Swain County High School Class Trip to Washington D.C., 1956

Swain County High School Class Trip to Washington D.C., 1956

High school students

High school teachers

School field trips

United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)

This 1956 Swain County High School Senior class photograph was taken in front of the United States Capitol in Washington D.C. The flag can be seen at half-staff. Each year from as early as 1953 until about 2015, Swain County seniors took a trip from Bryson City, North Carolina to the District of Columbia, with high school teachers as their chaperones. Until 1970 the trip was made by a combination of bus and train via Southern Railway. Starting in 1971 a bus was taken the entire way. All names are read left to right. Front Row: Robert Lee “Bobby” Reid, Max Leon Douthit Norman Charles Hutchins, Max Davis, Garl Charles Jenkins, William Thomas “Tommy” Penland, George Henry Henderson, unidentified bus driver, unidentified bus driver, Von Larry Dixon. Clayton Bryson Monteith, Luther Paul Woodard, Clarence Aaron Pilkington, Jerry Elmer Martin, Charles Lewis Cline, Melvin Douglas “Buddy” Long.Second Row: Hazel Frankie Breedlove. Barbara Emily Skidmore, Peggy Joe Howell, Jamelia Elizabeth Maloof Bryson, May Alyce King, Margaret Ann DeHart, Marcella Irene Cooper, June Brown, Sara Josephine Fortner, Allie Fair Greene, Jeanette Eileen DeHart, Lois Dollie Herron, Margaret Jane McHan, Barbara Jean Welch, Margaret Annette Woody, Pauline Francis Carver, Fay Lambert, Lluetta “Lou” Pilkington, Betty Lee White, Rhea Ann Turpin, Evalene Smith, Pearl Ruth Howard, Susan Estelle Farrell, Shirley Ann Smart, Shirley Faye Jones.Third Row: Jacqueline Sue Sutton, Peggy Anne Hyatt, Maxine Conley, Martha Helen Rogers, Marie Patricia Saunooke, Rachel Ann Freeman, Barbara Maxine Thomas, Bernice Clarene Walker, Marian Nations, Darlene Ann Whitetree, Elizabeth Ann Cole, Clara Lou Willett, Sana Herron Sitton, Joanne Robinson Wright, Jo Ann Munday, Evelyn Frances Sitton, Peggy Sue Bradshaw, Rachel Elizabeth Turpin, Mildred Alyne Walker, Shirley Ann Smith, Harriet Ann Davis, Mary Alice Brendle, Mildred Marie, Marlene Ann Payne.Fourth Row: James Maurice Biggs, Jerry William Whiteside, Max Thomas Hyde, Faset Joaquin “Billy” Seay, William Nathaniel “Nat” Cline, Dan Wells, John Wikle, Gertrude Ferguson, unidentified Representative, Lillian Thomasson, Southern Railway representative “Pop,” John Huffman, Max Thomas Hyde, Gerald Anderson Davis, John Silas Parton, Charles Richard “Dick” Ensley.

Mar-Ves Studio

Friends of the Bryson City Cemetery

1956

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Washington (D.C.)

12" x 20"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia