Swain County High School Class Trip to Washington D.C., 1961

Swain County High School Class Trip to Washington D.C., 1961

High school students

High school teachers

School field trips

United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)

This 1961 Swain County High School Senior class photograph was taken in front of the United States Capitol in Washington D.C. 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: Carol Hall, Cozette Revis, Brenda Beasley, Charley Dunn, Polly Crowder, Bobbie Burns, Betty Estes, Helen Byrd, Ann Green, Louise Treadway, Shirley Byrd, Barbara Rowland, Bertha Matthews, Judy Henderson, Katherine Stiles, James Crisp, Joyce Dugan, Gwen Medford, Gail Clark, Carolyn Wilson, Brenda Crisp.Second Row: Ruth Lindsay, Ann Morris, Shirley Lollis, Nancy Gibson, Cecile Plott, Mary Jo Greer, Becky Adams, Azalea Arkansas, Carolyn Henry, Clara Phillips, Gladys Bales, Nancy York, Nonnivee Woodard, Barbara Camby, Lois Green, Patsy Marr, Rebecca Sue Arvey, Maxine.Third Row: Billy Reagan, Sonya Trawick, Nell Wiggins, Sara Welch, Sandy McCracken, Glendale Morgan, Mr. Waters, Mrs. Water s, Lillian Thomason, John Price, Christine Thompson, Shirley Simonds, Tommy Jones, Velma Cable, Judy Grant, Peggy Blanton, Jimmy Morris, Dennis Cunningham, Rick Bryson.Fourth Row: William Wike, Austin Chambers, Bobby Bennett, Harold Fowler, Darrell Campbell, Raymond DeHart, Will Wiggins, Eddie Crisp, Lynn Ballew, Bill Dills, Tom Ferguson, Lyman Brown, Butch Saunooke, Doug Revis, Doug Bowman, Bill Manness, A.J. Davis, Dale Morgan, bus driver.Fifth Row: Bus driver, Dale Parris, Bud Breedlove, Cam Carson, Kyle Jenkins, Troy Payne, John Simonds, Raymond Queen, Bill Howell, Lloyd Arneach, Sandy Messer, Bruce Fortner, Phil Rickman, Carl Wiggins, Don Early, Carl Collins, Larry DeHart, bus driver, bus driver.

Mar-Ves Studio

Friends of the Bryson City Cemetery

1961

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photographs

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StillImage

64670

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Washington (D.C.)

12" x 20"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia