Jefferson Photo's ~ 1952 - 65

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1952 - 65 Jefferson Photo's

Photo's from the 1950s and to mid-1960 ~ Jefferson High School.

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Billy Sailors ~ JHS - 1953

The 1962 - 63 Jefferson Boys and Girls basketball teams. Girls; Back Row - L - R - Ellen Hall, Julia Stovall, Jan Burnette, Saralyn Foster, Ann Melvin, Vicki Ray, Susan Ethridge, Claire Colombo, Linda Evans, Judy Marlow, Eileen Bryan, Joyce Beatty, Martha Pinion, and Sandra McNeal. Boys ~ Left to right ~ Walton Halski, Al Westmoreland, John Ellington, Larry Hutchins, Jack Wilson, Gary Brooks, Cecil Buffington, Billy Mitchell, Gene Dubnik, Larry Joe Wood, Paul Bloodworth and Eddie Watson.

Coach Martis Robinson, Coach John Davis, and Coach Charles White. JHS 1962.

The 1961-62 Jefferson Dragonettes. Front - L-R - Linda Evans, Julia Stovall, Saralyn Foster, Judy Marlow, Jan Burnette, Vicki Ray, Back Row - L-R ~ Sandra McNeal, Martha Pinion, Joyce Beatty, Ellen Hall, Susan Ethridge, Claire Colombo, Ann Melvin and Eileen Bryan.

Mr. Robert Odom. A Great Teacher, A Great Friend and A Great Man.

Cecil Buffington ~ 1963 State Class B Pole Vault Champion. Jefferson High School.

Roger "Hardrock" Jackson, Cecil Buffington and Rod Johnson. 1962 Jefferson Dragons.

An early Roosevelt Theater Jackson Herald ad advertising the showing of : "The Greatest Show on Earth" - 1952

Julia Stovall and Judy Whitmire ~ JHS band - 1960

April 16, 1953 ~ A Sports and Recreation display at the JHS gym. Athletes pictured are: L-R: Dwight Howard, Jack Butler, Lamar Love, John Anderson, Dwight Carter and Mr. C. B. Lord.

Jefferson Mills ~ 1955

Frank Craneford, James Stovall and Dan Hardy after completing a Gainesville-Midland at Jefferson cleanup project in 1960

Terry Cotton sweeps wide for a 12 yard gain as the Dragons fell to Class B powerhouse washington 33 - 7 in Washington. The Dragons closed out the season with a 5 - 4 - 1 record in 1963.

The best football player in Jefferson history ~ Jeff Davis in a 1964 Georgia Tech program photo.

Bennie Tompkins, Woodrow Stewart, Webster Samples and Donald Marlow ~ 1954 Jefferson Dragons.

1962 Jefferson Homecoming Court ~ R - L : Jane Blackstock, Sue Brown, Martha Parks, Ellen Hall, Ann Melvin and Hilda Tate.

Jefferson Eagle Scout Troop - 1960 - Front L - R - : David Gurley, Mike Tate, Tommy George, Gene Thurmond III, Sammy Shropshire, Jerry Moore, Bobby Ray, Ronnie Johnson, Tim Waller, Second Row - L - R - ~ Ronny Dowdy, Michael Phillips, Josoph Couch, Jr., Scott Bryan, Shannon Adams, Jimmy Gooch, Cary Carter, Denver Moore, David Little, Bobby Bailey, Jack Kesler, Jr., and David Harbin.

A new era for Jefferson athletics in 1965 - Coach Paul Knight, Coach Jim Stoudenmire, Coach Jim Lofton and Coach Ron Farmer.

Halfback Billy Ricks - 1956 Dragons

1956 Dragons ~ Front - L-R - Sammy Scott, Randal Tolbert, Omer Whitmire, Albert Logan, Charles Anglin, Columbus Williamson, Second Row - L-R- Billy Ricks, Monk Tolbert, Bobby Potter, Doc Berryman, Benny Thompkins, Leroy Wiliamson, Lynn Brothers, John Kesler, Edwin McClure, Back row - L-R- Gary Duke, Steve Moore, Richard Langford, Charles Gilbert, Daniel Gasaway, Tyrone Taylor and Larry Wood. The team finished 7 - 3.

Wayne Wages averaged over 23 points per game for the 1955 basketball Dragons. He was also an outstanding football player at quarterback.

Jefferson finally got their very own "Hot Dog Heaven" when the Dairy Kreem opened in 1956.

Bobby Potter was an outstanding quarterback and long distance track performer for Coach Davis at Jefferson. He won the state one-mile run in 1959.

1957 - The Georgia Bulldogs had lost to Georgia Tech for 8 straight years. Theron Sapp, "The Man who Broke the Drought" crashes into the end zone at Grant Field in Atlanta to stop that streak.

1964 JHS Dragon Baseball tean . . . Front Row; L-R - Rod Johnson, Richard Gearin, Johnny Beatty, Joe Turnell, Bob Gilbert, Eddie Watson, Howard Sauls, Back Row; L-R - John Davis, Mike Tate, Damon West, Gary Brooks, Jack Wilson, Cecil Buffington , Coach White

Howard Sauls - JHS - 1964

Coach Dorsey Brooks with Dragon Captains Gary Brooks, Left; and Cecil Buffington , Right; ~ 1962-63, 1963-64. Buffington was leading scorer and Most Valuable Player Award winner as a junior and senior for the Dragons.

1963 Dragon football co-captain Earl Tompkins, Coach Charles White, Coach John Davis, Coach Paul Knight and co-captain Damon West.

Dragon receiver Gary Brooks ( Number 83 ) pulls in a touchdown pass as the Dragons defeat Georgia Industrial in the season opener in 1962. It was the first game in the new Memorial Stadium, the first Dragon win and the first touchdown scored in the new stadium. The Dragons won the game 6 - 0. Halfback Buck Tolbert ( Number 21 ) runs his route at the lower right.

Cecil Buffington - Senior year photo - 1964 at Jefferson High school.