Jefferson Photo's ~ 1950 - 65

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Jefferson Photos.

Early Photos from the Golden Age of Jefferson, Georgia and Jefferson High School. 1945 - 1965 photos.

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1951 Jefferson High School Faculty - Front Row - L- R - Mrs. L. H. Isbell, Mrs. C. B. Boggs, Mrs. A. W. Ash, Mr. A. W. Ash, Mrs. Frances Smith, Mrs. J. W. Early, Mrs, L. B. Moon, Second Row - L- R - Mrs. L. G. Payne, Miss Irene Rankin, Miss Avis Register, Miss Gena Gwinn, Miss Glenda Mehvin, Miss Martha Jo Blackstock, Mrs. Hoke Gurly, Mrs. A. D. Moore, Mrs. H. N. Crumly, Miss Frances Roberts, Back Row - L- R - Mr. J. L. McMullan, Mrs. H. C. Aderholt, Mrs. G. A. Spratlin, Miss Annie Roberts, Mrs. Hilda Tonge, Mrs. E. C. Miller, Mrs. Malcom Morton, Mrs. B. W. McFall, Mrs. Lewis Turner, and Coach W. H. Yancey.

The Harrison Hotel - 1952 - Jefferson, Georgia

The 1957 Jefferson Dragons ~ Front Row - L - R - James Stringer, Franklin Nichols, Albert Logan, Omer Whitmire, Herbert Wilson, Jackie Lyle, Sammy Scott, Sewell Blackstock, George Waddell, and Tom Venable. Second Row - L - R - Columbus Williamson, Monk Tolbert, Charles Anglin, Bobby Potter, Gary Duke, Lynn Brothers, John Kesler, Norman Botelho, Jeff Davis and Steve Jackson. Back Row - L - R - James Aaron, Scotty Brooks, Wayne Foster, Charlie Gilbert, Daniel Gasaway, Buddy Tolbert, Donald Lord, Dickie Storey and Manager John Davis. The team finished with a 6 - 4 record.

The 1958 Jefferson High School Basketball team - Front Row - L - R - Charles Gilbert, Norman Botelho, Daniel Gasaway, Dan Truluck, Don Truluck. Second Row - L - R - Lynn Brothers, Gary Duke, Coach Monk Collins, Johnny Melvin, Talmadge Perry.

The 1958 Jefferson Dragonettes - Front Row - L - R - Delores Roberts, Lilly Scroggins, Betty Parks, Sandra Gailey, Martha Evans, Gloria Langford. Second Row - L - R - Emma Lou Murphy, Doris Skelton, Shelby Langford, Sandra Evans, Carol Murphy, Alijean Roberts. Back Row - L - R - Coach Betty Cook, Reba Ricks, Polly Berryman, Mary Nell Davis, Junan Davis and Linda Meade.

Jeff Davis scores one of his five Touchdowns against Georgia Industrial Institute in 1960. Jefferson won the game 45 - 7 in Jefferson. The Dragons finished the season with a 6 - 2 - 2 record.

On a rainy night in Jefferson ~ Morgan County and the Dragons fought to a 0 - 0 tie in 1960. In this photo Jimmy Sexton makes the tackle with Don Tompkins ( 20 ) ready to lend assistance.

THe 1957 Jefferson Dragons - Front Row - L - R - Johnny Melvin, Benny Tompkins, Edwin McClure, Lewis Gailey, Jerry Adams, Billy Ricks, Second Row - L - R - Leroy Williamson, Bobby Potter, Gary Duke, Daniel Gasaway, and Roy Evans.

In 1957 ~ The above Jefferson Mills team met the undefeated 1957 Jefferson Dragons ( 6 - 0 ) in a March of Dimes Benefit game in Jefferson at the Community Gym. The Mill Team won easily 73 - 51 with Morris Dinwiddie, a former University of Georgia All-Southeastern Conference star scoring 31 points. Charlie middlebrooks scored 21 for the mill. Members of this team were: Starters : Morris Dinwiddie, Curtis Segars, Charlie Middlebrooks, Bucky Johnson, and Davis Roberts. Other team members were : Charlie Cox, Harold Curruth, Carroll Bufford, John Godfrey, Wayne Wages, and Hershel Middlebrooks.

Curtis Segars was the mainstay of the undefeated 1950 Dragons. The Dragons finished the season 9 - 0 - 1.

Donald Cole may have been the best freshman back ever to play at Jefferson. He was a four year starter for the Dragons from 1950 - 53.

Cecil Buffington was the first of a long line of Excellent Dragon Pole Vaulters. In this picture he clears 11'6" to win first place in the first Jefferson Relays in 1964. Buffington also won the 120-yard high hurdles with a 15.6 time. These were the only two first places for the Dragons in the first Jefferson Relays in 1964.

THe Jefferson Summer Day Camp was one of the earliest Jefferson Traditions of the Golden Age of Jefferson ~ 1945 - 1960 ~ The 1958 Staff consisted of : Front Row - L - R - Ellen Hall, Ellen Garrison, Jennie Wilson, Gloria Spence, Ann Melvin and Mrs. Claude Stewart. Back row - L - R - Camp Director John Bell, Jeff Davis, Johnny Melvin, Lynda Massey, Don Tompkins and ane Melvin.