The school was arrange. Grades 1 - 3 taught by Mamie Wagner, grades 4 -6 taught by Lucille Post, and grades 7 - 8 were taught by the principal Bright Gum. Yes, that was his real name.

Photo 1. Row 1. James Wagoner; Rebecca (Becky) Karickhoff half sister to Mike Rexroad; Clyde Lantz; Aneita Cogar; Roger Queen; Loretta Squires; Gary Evans; Sue Ware; Roger Riffle; Row 2. Wilma Nitz; Dale Stone; Linda K.-?-; Basil Queen; Wayne Arnold; Cheryl Lanham; Larry Petty; Ruth Garrett: Row 3. Jerry Rice; Gloria Powers; Larry Garrett; Margaret Canter; Ricky Keller; Barbara Riffle; Jimmy Norman; Sharon Dowell; James Adams; Row 4. Eric Sudar; Larry Lantz; Ethel Crouse; Gerald Rohr; Ramona Norman; Lynn Bumgardner; Paul Dalton; Martha Crouse.

Photo 2. Row 1. The teacher, Miss Mamie Wagner; Larry Lantz; Linda K.-?-; Gloria Powers; Gary Evans; Margaret Canter; Roger Queen; Row 2. Clyde Lantz; Sharon Queen; Paul Dalton; Wanda Sharp; James Adams; Cheryl Lanham; Row 3. -?-; Steve -?-; Aneita Cogar; Gerald Rohr; Lanham -?-; -?--?-; Betty White; -?--?-; Row 4. Doris Sharp; Dale Stone; Ethel Crouse; William Wagner; Wayne Arnold; Lynn Bumgardner. " I'm sorry I missed out on some of the names".

These were some school pictures pigtails and all as an old school mate reminded me once " You know I went to Hodgesville Grade school with a freckle faced, pig-tailed girl named Gloria Jean Powers.  You wouldn't by any chance be that same person would you?" "Yep! that was me" I told him. The school mate was Mike Rexroad who supplied the Beautiful West Virginia photos.

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