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MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL

In Memorium: Claude Conklin Bond (c1911-2000)

"ALMA MATER"

Montgomery, Montgomery, We hold thy name so dear, from day to day, week to week and all throughout the year.

Montgomery, Montgomery, We love thy red and white, we'll always help proclaim thy name, we'll strive with all thy might.

Montgomery, Montgomery, we'll hold thy standards high, we'll worship thee and cherish thee, until the day we die.

Chorus
Montgomery, Montgomery, it is of thee we sing, at work or play through the day, to you we'll always cling.

Chronology

• Negroes Have a Creditable Building (1922), Lexington Progress
• Dormitory and Buses (1938-1940s)
• Souvenir Program of the Dedicatory Program of Montgomery School (1949)
• The Tiger M.H.S. 1950 (partial)
• Dedication of Health and Physical Education Building (1954)
• Appreciation Day Honoring Claude Conklin Bond (1956)
• Montgomery School Announces Its Twenty-Fifth Annual Commencement Exercises (1958)
• Snippets of Montgomery School History (1959-1964) (from clippings saved by the late Elsie Johnson)
• Welcome to the Montgomery High School Commencement Exercises (1963)
• The Closing of Montgomery School, Items from the Lexington Progress (1965-1967)

Reunions

• Montgomery Home Coming (1985)
• Montgomery Home Coming (1988)
• Montgomery High School Reunion (1996)

Miscellaneous

• The Montgomerian (Student Handbook)
• Montgomery High School Football Team from the 1940s (photo)
• Montgomery High School Football Team 1949 (photo)
• Montgomery High School Photographs (from the collection of Patty Lee (Miller) Parham)
• Photographs from the Collection of Marilyn Henry

 

People

• George William Beal (with photo)
• Teacher of the Month: George Beal (with photo)
• A Giant Leaves a Legacy in Education (Claude C. Bond) (with photos)
• Interesting People: Rev. and Mrs. Norman Carver, Doris Jarrett (with photo)
• Mosie L. and Isaac Hall (photo)
• Arthur Lee Robinson (with photo)
• Dorothy J. Kizer Thomas, Doris Jarrett (with photo)

Alumni Association

• Index to Graduates

Montgomery High School has a very active Alumni Association.

For information, please contact:
Samuel and Gracie Timberlake
1425 Moose Lodge Road,
Lexington, TN 38351
(901) 968-4366

Montgomery-Bond-Robinson Community Center

• Center Awarded $90,000 Grant for Renovation, Jimmy Hart (1997)
• Summer Programs at Montgomery (1997), Charlotte Moore
• Community Fair 1998 (photographs)

Click on DCTS/Crowder High School Home Page to visit Decatur County's black high school.

Help!

We need your help. Does anyone have original prints of the photographs used on these pages?  Most of the materials used in creating the Montgomery High School Home Page were second or third generation xerox copies, so the images are mostly of poor quality.  We would like to borrow original photographs to scan so that faces can be recognized. All original photographs would be returned.

Do you have something you could share with others?  We are always on the lookout for more materials. What events of your years at Montgomery School stand out in your memory? Who was your favorite teacher and why? Please share your stories, photographs, and other materials to make this page better.

Brenda Kirk Fiddler
1414 Frizzell Road
Lexington, TN 38351
brendafiddler@yahoo.com