1958? Fourth Ward Safety Patrol

 The Safety Patrol at Fourth Ward Elementary School, Griffin GA, about 1958.

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Names according to comments below: 
Back Row L-R: Wayne Brown, Charles Cunard, Henry Mashburn, Edward Taylor, Steven Balint, Dale Nutter, Barry Cook, Barry Collier

Middle Row L-R: Unknown adult, Lynn Daniel, Marion Elder, Vicki Glow?, unknown, Sheila Howell, Chuck Brooks, Paul Stockhammer, Buddy McDermid?, unknown adult.

Front Row L-R: Terrell (Terry) Shaw, Holly Franklin, Jan Pyron, unknown, Diane Brown, Donna Weldon, unknown, unknown, Jimmy Goodroe.

The school patrol at Fourth Ward Elementary School in Griffin, Georgia. This is probably from the  1957-58 school year, my fifth grade year. I remember only one name other than my own.. Henry Mashburn (top row, third from left in the flattop)... maybe some others will come to me. My patrol location was a couple of blocks toward town where a not-very-busy side road came into the street that we are facing in this picture. There was a little mom & pop grocery there where one could get a cold coke and/or peanuts or a candy bar if one had a spare nickel or two. 

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Here is my Facebook post on the
Griffin-Spalding County, Georgia Genealogy and History Exchange's page.
September 9, 1921

As a result of comments on this post we now know many of the names of these children. AND for many years I have remembered my second grade teacher simply as "Miss Florence"; now I know she was Florence Gresham. I was thrilled to read these comments.

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My father, Charles C. Shaw, served the Midway - Sunnyside-Vaughn charge of Methodist churches in Spalding County from 1954-1958. We lived in the Methodist parsonage at 333 S. Ninth St on the corner of College St. I attended Fourth Ward Elementray School where my teachers were "Miss Florence" (2nd); Mrs. Giles (3rd); Miss Matilda Brown (4th) and Mrs. Anderson (5th). Our principal was Mr. Cody. I remember that there was a furnace explosion during my fourth grade year in which our custodian was injured.

Here is a picture of our Safety Patrol from about 1957. I'm the little guy on the left end of the front row. My patrol assignment was the little side street crossing on Poplar next to the tiny neighborhood store just across the street and south of the school.

Does anyone recognize any of these folks? The picture is unlabeled.

Does anyone remember the full names of our teachers (other than Miss Brown?

My maternal grandmother Ieula Ann Dick (Baird) and her siblings, including 10 year-old Irvin, all worked in a mill in Griffin in 1900 and lived with their mother, Elizabeth Ann Mask (Dick) in an apartment in downtown Griffin at the corner of Ninth St. and Broad St.

 Comments

Dale Martin Carlisle

Love this history of Griffin

Thanks for sharing

Sorry don’t know anyone

I knew Mr. Cody

Not pictured

Andrew Blake

Miss Florence Gresham

Terrell Shaw

Andrew Blake I've been trying to remember her last name for years!

Dianne H Hensley

Oh my Lord I was at Midway with you my whole entire life

I absolutely adored your father and the whole entire family. They did not come any better or nicer than your family

My family was the Harpers you know Aunt Jewel Harper played the piano and TJ led the singing

My daddy was Grady Harper and my mother was Rosa Harper. Somewhere in all my belongings I even have a picture of your family and I remember when your mother came to Midway to preach one time. You just brought back a very special memory to me

Terrell Shaw

Dianne Harper Hensley I wish I'd put this up a few weeks ago so I could have shared your kind words with my Mother. She Died August 1 at 98 years young. She lived on her own until eleven days before her death.

Dianne H Hensley

Terrell Shaw Oh Terry I wished I'd have seen it sooner also. I was very sincere when I told you that I thought the world and all of your family and so did my family think of y'all the Shaw family was just something so special. And those days at Midway were wonderful because everybody knew everybody and everybody was related basically to me because my family started that church and when it shut down a few years ago it was like a piece of my heart was broken out of me. We still have the cemetery but I can't sit in there now they sold it to some Baptist group but it's always going to be my Midway. I hope you and your family are doing well ..didn't time go by fast. It seems like we were just kids yesterday and now I've got great grandchildren.

Terrell Shaw

Only a few weeks ago Mother and were looking at a picture from Midway Bible School about 1956 or so. I'll find that picture and post it here. I'd love to see the picture you mentioned!

Dianne H Hensley

Terrell Shaw My house burned a few years ago and I lost a lot of pictures and some of them I have are melted but I knew do know I did have that picture but if you can find one from the bible school I bet you a nickel I'm right there

Alice Blake

Mrs. Jeanne Giles was a widow who later married Carl Cartledge

Terrell Shaw

Alice Blake I'm glad to know her full name. I loved Mrs. Giles. I remember that one time I had misbehaved --- I don't remember the nature of my crime -- but she gave me a note to get signed by my Mother; I took FOREVER to walk down Poplar toward South Ninth Street. I did NOT want to show that note to Mother!

Alice Blake

Terrell Shaw I never had her as a teacher, but her daughter and I were good friends and lived within walking & roller skating distance of each other.

Cathy Langford Brooks

Alice Blake and Terrell Shaw, Mrs. Giles was my third grade teacher at the “new” Crescent Elementary. She married Mr. Cartledge the year I was in her class and I had the hardest time changing her name. I had a great year with her. Enjoying this post, Terrell.

Pat Anderson Atkinson

Any one know the third one on first row from left

Brenda Oglesby Robinson

Pat Anderson Atkinson Looks like Jan Pyron McKinnon

Melissa Hammond Spence

I have heard wonderful stories about Preacher Shaw my whole life!

Jan Pyron McKinnon

I couldn’t believe this picture when it came up. I’ve never seen it and I’m in it. I can tell you about half of the names. First row: Terry Shaw (I remembered you), Holly Franklin, Jan Pyron (me), unknown, Diane Brown, Donna Weldon, unknown, unknown, Jimmy Goodroe.

Second Row: Lynn Daniel, Marion Elder, unknown, unknown, Sheila Howell, Chuck ?, Paul Stockhammer, unknown.

Third Row: Wayne Brown, Charles Cunard, Richard ?, Edward Taylor, Steven Balint, Dale Nutter, Barry Cook, Barry Collier

I was a fifth grader here and was a lieutenant that year with the school patrols. The next year I was a captain. I remember wearing the yellow slickers in the rain and the flags we had to actually stop cars! As a captain I actually had to go around to all the posts to make sure people were on duty!

My teachers were Lanell Allen in first, Florence Gresham in second, Jeanne Giles in third, Ramona Luke in fourth, Eloise McElheney in Fifth and in sixth I had John Andrews (then principal) and Sara Brantley. In fifth grade Mrs. McElheney taught us to play all those wonderful instruments that were in the auditorium ( marimbas, vibraharp, chimes). I remember getting to go on the Washington trip with the patrols in the sixth grade. It was a wonderful trip for someone who had never been out of Georgia. Thank you so much for sharing this. Wish I could remember more of the names.

Brenda Oglesby Robinson

Jan Pyron McKinnon Second row third from left looks like Vicki Glow

Brenda Oglesby Robinson

Jan Pyron McKinnon I had the same teachers you did except 4th grade I had Matilda Brown...I was in the first grade was a East Griffin...

Terrell Shaw

I loved Miss Brown even though she seemed to me ancient and kind of crabby. Herbert Leach and I used to mow her lawn. I remember she lived in a big house along the walk (Poplar?) from Fourth Ward to my house and I'd sometime stop by her porch a talk with her-- I remember she gave me a cutting of her "Airplane" plant to take home to Mother.

Brenda Oglesby Robinson

Terrell Shaw She lived with her sister

Donald J. Goodman

Far right 2nd row looks like Buddy McDermid. (Sp?)

Chuck Brooks first boy from left on 2nd row.

Brenda Oglesby Robinson

I remember Bill and Dottie Haisten's mom was a substitute teacher

Tesa Watson

I only attended Fourth Ward 3rd, 4th & 5th. Third grade teacher was Mrs Richey. Fourth grade was Miss Matilda Brown & I was not really fond of her, good teacher, but very stern. Fifth grade was Mrs Grove. Mrs, Richey’s son, Bob & Mrs. Groves’s daughter, Diane graduated with us in 1966.

I too loved playing with all those wonderful musical instruments.

Thanks for the memories.

Terrell Shaw 

Does anyone recognize the two grown-ups in the picture? I know I should know the lady at the Right with the pearls.