Swain County High School Class Trip to Washington D.C., 1978

Swain County High School Class Trip to Washington D.C., 1978

High school students

High school teachers

School field trips

United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)

This 1978 Swain County High School senior class photograph was taken in front of the United States Capitol building in Washington D.C. The panoramic photograph, taken by Central Photograph Company, includes their signature style, a “runner” who appears in the image twice. In this photograph, Woody Parton is the runner. 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 Mitchell, Corina Elders, Vicky Smiley, Teresa Nations, Leisa Seay, Becky Sutton, Denise Blankenship, Tammy Nichols, Norma Whiteside, Debi Cline, Patsy Davis, Vikki Mason, Elaine Brendle, Sharon Wright, Beverly Gibby, Judy Connie Robertson, Geri Barrett, Rosalyn Harris, Tammy Hampson.Second Row: Diane Bowers, Darlene Orr, Marcia Seiveking, Lisa Styles, Elaine Dreyer, Karen Carlson, Cheryl Wike, Denise Douthit, Lisa Biggs, Brenda Parton, Linda West, Jerry McKinney, Bob Thomas, Nancy Gibson, Penn y Proctor, Anita Watkins, Debbie Cabe, Steve Estes, Gary Marcus, Laurel Cooper, Eddie Armitage.Third Row: Donna Dorsey, Russell Dukes, Mike Lindsay, Marvin McHan, Dean Smith, Bill Lucas, Jeff Stephenson, Mark Winchester, Steve Skidmore, Robert Wells, Wally Gunter, Gary Haymond, Sam Crutchfield, Doug Smiley, Unknown, Cynthia Ed Sharpe, Unknown, Daryl Huskey, Paula Watson, Chris Conley.Fourth Row: Woody Parton, Danny Jenkins, Donnie Rowland, Bruce Fuller, Keith Waldroup, David Wiggins, Cabot Jahnigan, Roan Garland, Bill Fogle, Wade Sauls, Bob Jenkins, Joe Calhoun, Nick White, Rocky Sampson, John Welch, LD Longwith, Ben Winchester, Doug O’Dier, Michael Proctor, Ricky Cochran, Kevin Miller, Randy Arvey, Andrew Herron, Woody Parton (runner).

Central Photo Company

Friends of the Bryson City Cemetery

1978-03

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photographs

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StillImage

64683

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Washington (D.C.)

12" x 21.5"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia