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Some Stuff I Wrote (2001) H. Morris Williams

it is a valuable contribution to the storehouse of memories of our community.

Columbia County Portraits, Part II— About one-hundred pages. Inspired and organized by
CHS super-teacher Eulene Wheeler. Written and published by a bevy of CHS students. Theme:

The telling of military experience by Columbia County veterans who lived it. The students selected
a veteran, interviewed them, then wrote a “portrait” of them. You will see lots of names you know,

like Roscoe Mansfield and Dr.. Barney McRae. Teacher editing is intentionally minimal, thus the
writing is done in each student’s own “straight-ffom-the-heart” style. My comment: Much like the

“Foxfire” teachers, Eulene sends her student out into the community to research and write about our
own people. Last year, she had her students do a similar book (Part I). Beyond her wildest dreams,
that book was a smashing success and copies were in great demand. These are books you don’t want

to put down. They are about us! They are also a lot ofwork to do. Still, next year let’s hope for Part
III.

Some 1960s CHS Grads

June 15, 1993

From 1960-69, over 1,900 students graduated from CHS, then located on Pennsylvania

Avenue. Here are some brief flashbacks to that ten-year period in CHS history.
Brand New Building: That first graduating class began the school year in a new building,

the first CHS class to do so in thirty-seven years.
Class Sizes: The smallest class was in 1960 (130 students). The 1967 class had the most
graduates (254). The 1965 class became the first CHS class to have over 200 students (230).

Class Mottos: The 1962 class had the longest motto: “So nigh is grandeur to our dust; so
near to God is man; when duty whispers low, “Thou Must,” the youth replies, “I can.” (Ralph Waldo

Emerson). The 1968 Class had the shortest: “Vaya Con Dios” (Go with God).
Principals: S. W. Rayburn was principal the first eight years, followed by Fred Murray,

who was principal the next two years. Murray’s assistant principal, Jerry Fisk, became the first full-
time assistant principal CHS ever had.

Band Directors: Lcnvil Dicks served seven years, followed by Dean Cassel’s two years,
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