'Ole Timers' reunion at CHS
 | | The Coffeeville High School Class of 1956 was the honored 50-year class. Members attending were, from bottom left: Robert Earl Bumpers, Janeice Shepherd Desporte, Gracie May Hodge York, Pauline Dunagan Bedwell, (middle row) Ralph Deas, Jackie Bumpers Cox, Hattie Ruth F. Cunningham, Donnie Deas, (back) Frank Cotten, Jim Faircloth, Andy Counselman and Betty Joyce Allday Pugh. Other class graduates included Jimmy Bedwell, Johnny Ray Motes, Mary Alice Counselman Shields, Treford Bedwell, Johnny Bumpers, Faye Crew McWaters, Rone Deas, Ronnie James and Roger Pettis. Deceased classmates are Cecil Shepherd, Herman Anderson, Judson Parden, Barbara Ann Pelham Purvis and Schaffer Truett.
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Over 110 Coffeeville High School graduates, former students and teachers gathered for the annual Ole Timers Reunion at the school Saturday.
The group gathered in the school's auditorium for a program and covered dish lunch.
Each year, the 50-year class is recognized and this year it was the class of 1956.
William Harper served as emcee for the program and Mayor Faye Cotten welcomed the group and told them about some of the town's activities, including this year's big Fourth of July fireworks show and plans to buy the David Wood residence for a new town hall and converting the current town hall into a library.
 | | Composite photograph shows group gathered in Coffeeville High auditorium singing the National Anthem and the school's Alma Mater.
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Golden Dunagan Shepherd, 90, was the oldest graduate in attendance. She finished in 1934. Jean Hawk, a longtime teacher at the school, was the second oldest graduate.
Willard Guy came the greatest distance to the reunion-all the way from Colorado.
About a dozen attendees raised their hands as first time attendees at the reunion.
Several former teachers were on hand and had a special table set up for them at the front of the auditorium.
The proposed date for the next reunion is Oct. 20, 2007.
 | | 90-year-old Golden Dunagn Shepherd of Coffeeville was the oldest CHS graduate present. She finished in 1934.
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 | | Former CHS teachers had special seating and recognition for the day. Seated from left: Edna Hamrick Cox, Former Principal and Coach James Kornegay; Kathleen Clanton Dunagan; Lyndal Bumpers Scruggs, Bessie Mae Shepherd Autry and Jean Hawk. Standing, Blanche Starks Smith; Sara Peppenhorst; and Henry Dunagan.
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