 Provided by Dave Pettigrew '71 Class of 1971 Alice Drive Elementary Grade 3 - Mrs. Elmes1st Row: ?, Bryant Blakesley, Art Beasley, Charles Walker, ?, Sheila Bundy2nd Row: Paul Beatson, Marilyn Hinson, Karen Rogers, Gay Avins, ?, Bobby Player, Debra Huggins 3rd Row: ?, ?, ?, ?, Murr Brown, David Pettigrew, ?, Seaman Richardson 4th Row: ?, ?, Lakey Dowdle, Debbie Lloyd, Larry Riley, Mike Dunlap 5th Row: Francis Barr Strickland, ?, ?, Mike Gulledge, ?, Greg Bechtel |
"Field Trip Gone Wrong" or "Nightmare on Mrs Elmes Trip"
Does anyone remember our third grade teacher Mrs. Elmes taking us on a field trip to the Sumter Meat Processing Plant to see how our meat was processed? At first we saw packaged meats and then pink sides of pork hanging in a cold room. Then they took us into another room and shot a huge pig in the head, hoisted him up by his hind legs, and sliced his throat open with a great big knife spilling gallons of blood down a drain in the floor. The pig was kicking and screaming and blood was flying as we stood there within ten feet of the slaughter watching in absolute horror. I remember squeezing a classmate’s hand the entire time. Can you imagine the fallout if a third grade class experienced that today.
Memory by Francis Barr Strickland '71 Provided by Kay Brown Criswell '71 Class of 1971 Alice Drive Elementary Grade 3 - Mrs. Montague1st Row: Pam Stevens, Cindy Cross, Junior Irick, Kay Brown, Keith Windham, Linda McCarty2nd Row: Sharon Caughman, Cindy Snider, Mike Dantzler, Mike Andrews, Frances Whetstone, Randy Faultner, Ruthie Jennings, Randal Davis 3rd Row: Cindy Hodge, Kathy Brown, Susan?, Mark Kuhn, John Atkinson, Phillip Gilbert, Ricky Carter 4th Row: Dianne Jackson, Nancy Stevens, Dianne Thames, Robbie Elmore, Danny King, Jeff Currwood 5th Row: Susie Riley, Linda McIntosh, Cindy Matthews, Karen West, Betsy Maker, John Harmon |
"Roly-Holy ... Three in the Hole!"
Remember that great marble game we used to play in the third grade called "Roly-Holy"?
We would make a hole in the dirt and in the hole place a few marbles. Then there was a lag line maybe 6 feet back from the hole. The player would stand behind the lag line and try to roll or throw a marble into the hole. If the marble falls into the hole the player wins all the marbles in the hole, if not the hole master wins the tossed marble. We all loved the game and at recess there would be lines of kids with their holes full of marbles shouting "ROLY-HOLY ... THREE IN THE HOLE!".
The game became so popular and so many marble were trading hands that Mrs Holden, the principle, banned playing for keeps. She said it was gambling. So we couldn't play to win marbles any more. Needless to say, that was the end of marble playing altogether because marbles were no fun unless you could play for keeps.
 Provided by Debbie Chandler Gainey '71 Class of 1971 Crosswell Drive Elementary Grade 3 - Mrs. Thomas1st Row: Judy Floyd, ?, ?, Vanessa, Jody Piper, ?, ?, ?2nd Row: William Jackson, Debbie Chandler Gainey, ?, Stanley Afford, ?, ?, Francine Brown, Linda Jean Brown 3rd Row: ?, ?, ?, ?, Herb, Keven Kudra, Terri Ludwig 4th Row: Pam Kinney, Van, ?, ?, ?, Jim Smith, ?, Roger Cheek 5th Row: ?, ?, Glynnis, ?, ?, George Campbell, ? |
"The Hornet"
I remember the time when a hornet got into our third grade class and was causing quite a distraction. Our teacher, Mrs Elmes, told us to just ignore it and it wouldn't hurt anybody. So we tried that, as best we could, but it eventually lit on Charles Walker and promptly stung him on the cheek causing his face to swell up bad enough to go to the office, crying in extreme agony to see the nurse. Some of us thought the whole thing was pretty funny. Most of us felt bad for poor ol' Charles. But all of us learned a very important life lesson ... Ignore a hornet and he'll sting the living crap out of you.
Memory by Dave Pettigrew '71 Provided by Liz Compton '71 Class of 1971 Crosswell Drive Elementary Grade 3 - Miss Fishburne1st Row: Susan Player, Gail Nobles, Linda Vassar, Liz Mahaffey, Allen Lutz, Gary Martin2nd Row: Lynn Norris, Liz Compton, Virgina Turner, Patricia Collins, Eddie Kinney, Connie Brown, Gary Eudy, David Joye 3rd Row: Steve Newman, Eddie Jashinsky, Waverly Bradham, Jimmy Wilkes, Emily Garrard, Katherine Nesbitt, Paula Boney, Annette Blackman 4th Row: Steve Yont, Bobby Stokes, Lukie Keith, Tommy Shuler, Marena Marshall, Elaine Hancock, Fairy Ann Goodson 5th Row: Glenn Bradham, Arnie Jordan, Mike Ardis, Nora, Cathy Fleming, Kendra Shumpert, Debra Hinson |
 Provided by Dianne Robertson Richart '71 Class of 1971 Central Elementary Grade 3 - Mrs. Wilder1st Row: Patsy Case, Patsy B., Sandra Atkinson, Geneva James2nd Row: Dianne Robertson, Jenny Griffin, Danny McCathern, Jeannie Ray, Greg Hirt, Marilyn Compton, David Lane 3rd Row: Linda Northcutt, Paulette Terry, Cindy Baker, Sandra P., Debra Iler, Elizabeth K. 4th Row: Linda H., Marsha White, Leighton Cubbage, Derbi Peeples, Romona Spigner, Bobby Holladay, Eddie DuRant 5th Row: Vickie G., Ronnie J., Wayne Owens, Paul Helton, Cindy Hatfield, Cindy Justice, Ned Parker 6th Row: Tommy Bailey, Jud Cuttino, Ann S., Lindsay Brogdon, Charles Geddings, Mrs Wilder Absent: Warren Moise, Brenda Smith, & Linda Boykin |
 Provided by Josie Elmore '71 Class of 1971 Central Elementary Grade 3 - Mrs. McLeod1st Row: Carol Jo Morgan, Phil Stamey, Johnny Riles2nd Row: Ray Moore, Starr Moore, Charles Moore, Larry Angelery, Bobby Diggers 3rd Row: Gloria Brooks, Helen Brown, Dale Bradley, Mary Ruth Griffith, Johnnie Atkinson, Phillis Windham 4th Row: Peggy Ingram, Jimmy Childers, Katherine Faulling, Harriett Brown, Robert Caughman 5th Row: Terri Todd, Marcus Outlaw, Rositta Singletery, Randy Durham, Josie Elmore, Mike Tatum 6th Row: Ricky Dickmann, Fanny Turner, Cecil Pruette, Bunny Nicholes, Buddy Pittmann 7th Row: Carol Owens, Robert Crosby, Gwen Davis, George Walker, Terrel Stamps Standing: Mrs McLeod |
 Provided by Larry Russell '71 Class of 1971 Willow Drive Elementary Grade 3 - Mrs. Harper1st Row: ?, Beth Propst, Cabel Rowland, Larry Russell, Kenny Clark, ?, Lib Monteith2nd Row: Shelly Cockerill, ?, Lisa Coker, Brenda Harvin, Glenn Garrison, Kathy Baker, Tommy Hutchinson 3rd Row: ?, ?, ?, Becky Brunson, Danny Spencer, Jackie Cook, Billy Gleaton 4th Row: ?, Emily Caine, ?, Janet Richburg, ?, ?, ?, ? 5th Row: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ? Standing: Mrs Harper |
 Provided by Liz Compton '71 Class of 1971 Willow Drive Elementary Grade 3 - Miss Godbold1st Row: Cathy McCreight, ?, Kathy Roberts, Kevin Engelhardt, Mike Watson, Julee Keith, Sherril Peebles2nd Row: Marion Davis, Ray Huggins, Peggy Jernigan, Stephen Berger, Dede Smith, Howard Feldsott, ? 3rd Row: Susan Davenport, Beth Rhame, Marian Riley, John Riley, ?, Beth Law, ? 4th Row: Carolyn Kimbrell, Laurin McArthur, Sharon Hudson, Brenda Johnson, Lawayne Stokes, Jared Shope 5th Row: Betty Lee Thomas, Cindy Hibbs, Mary Kay Litherland, Robbie McDonald, Ronald Berry |
 Provided by Liz Compton '71 Class of 1971 Willow Drive Elementary Grade 3 - Mrs. Cunningham1st Row: ?, ?, Curtis Hammock, Dale McLeod, Dianne McKinnon, ?2nd Row: ?, ?, ?, ?, Melba Barwick, ? 3rd Row: ?, Donnie Johnson, ?, ?, ?, ? 4th Row: Jackie Goff, ?, ?, Mike Bell, ?, ? 5th Row: ?, ?, ?, ?, ? |