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Bill Conn, Jr. sends fascinating old Columbia school photo Updated October 18, 2007, at 3:03pm By Ed Waggener Bill Conn, Jr., sent another fascinating photo to me to share with ColumbiaMagazine.com readers. It appeared to be from ca 1915, but new information places the time at more nearly 1920. He wrote, "This old picture was found in some of our old things. I thought several folks might enjoy it, including you." It is. It brought to mind many great Columbians, and left remembering many and wondering about others I knew by name, but with whom I did not have a lot of personal contact. "The back of the picture says Columbia High School, but my Aunt Mary Helen Patteson and most of them don't look old enough to be in High school," he wrote. "The names I'm sending were on the back of the picture." Ann Curtis clarifies date On Thursday, October 18, 2007, Ann Curtis sent this note, which puts the date at closer to 1920: "The class in this photo graduated from Columbia High School in 1928. My mother (Effie Sandusky) was born in 1910, so the date of the photo was probably closer to 1920. (This group looks older than five years old, which they would have been in 1915. My mother also has this photo at home in Columbia, and would know the date.)" The names Bill Conn, Jr., sent, alphabetized below by childhood last names, are spelled as they were listed on the back of the photograph. If anyone notices where corrections are needed, please let us know. They are:Nina Barnes; Teacher, Mrs. Mary Biggs; Eva Buster, Cecil Caldwell, Virginia Callison, Chelsie Clayton, Margaret Coffey, Marian Conover, Cotton Durham, Lucille Epperson, Nellie Garvin, Elenor Grissom, Nettie Clark Grissom, Thelma Harper. ALSO: Guy Jackman, Lynn Jeffries, Sammie Kelsay, Laura Loy, Denver McClister, Temple McClister, Lyne Price, Vernice Moss, Lenord Noe, Gordon Page, Mary Helen Patteson, Effie Sandusky, William Todd, Edwin Waggener, Ina Dee Wilkenson.Also, he said "We both have relatives in it as well as many other people in the county and city of Columbia. I think it was made at Columbia M&F School." There is his mother, Lucille Patteson, and his aunt, Mary Helen Patteson, and a cousin of mine, Edwin Waggener, the father of Dan Waggener, and the grandfather of Judge Ann Melton and her brother, Columbia businessman D.C. Waggener. But there are many more people so many in Adair County will recognize and at least one many will think is a time warp. The name is in the cutline says, "Cotton Durham," but anyone who has seen a picture of Columbia Attorney and Adair County Trial Commissioner Hunter Durham when he was a lad may think it's Hunter Durham, but I know for a fact it can't be, because Hunter is a post-World War II model. Cotton Durham, as Adair County Attorney, dominated several Adair County judge administrations for around three decades. Lynn Jeffries is well remembered for his many years operating Jeffries Hardware Company, when it was on the Square in Columbia. He was one of Adair County's most progressive individuals. Many will also remember the popular Putt-nik Miniature Golf Course which Mr. Jeffries ran for a few years at the corner of Conover Lane and Russell Road, on what is now Don Yates' Drilling Company's warehouse grounds. The name Putt-nik was inspired by the Russian Sputnik, the first earth satellite. My childhood neighbor, Effie Heskamp, then Effie Sandusky, is in the photo. And children who figured in the two Columbia funeral homes, seem to jump out. Mrs. Heskamp and her late husband, David, were partners in what is now Grissom-Martin Funeral Home, and the Grissom girls, figure in that landmark Columbia businesss, and of course, Lucille Patteson and Mary Helen Patteson were the daughters of Joe Patteson, who founded what is now Stotts-Phelps-McQueary funeral home in 1922. There should be, we're sure, memories which need to be added about all the individuals. We hope readers will share them with us. Lucille Epperson had great musical talent Ann Curtis sent this additional information 2007-10-19: "One of the students pictured is Lucile Epperson, sister to Morris Epperson. She and my mother remained lifelong friends. Lucile was a gifted musician, and after graduating from Columbia High School, she attended Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. She went on to a long career as professor of music at Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina. She is buried in Columbia City Cemetery." This story was posted on 2007-10-18 09:04:37
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