In
1916, Albany High School,
a ten room class room building with two bicycle racks, was built on the
southwest corner of Monroe Street and Society Avenue.
It remained
AHS
until 1925. In 1926, the high school on Monroe Street became
McIntosh School and served for almost 50 years. It was named for
Mr. H.M. McIntosh, former Editor of The Albany Herald.
Grades 4 - 6 were taught there. Miss Toy Spence was the
Principal.
1926 - 1954
The
new
Albany High School
opened in 1925 at 1000 N. Jefferson Street.
Mr.
J.O. Allen was Principal. The south end of the school was
for boys and the north end was for girls! There was no
lunchroom.
The first
Librarian was Mrs. Mabel White Hogue. The Indian was first
mentioned in the
1925 Thronateeska. Thronateeska, the Indian name for the
Flint River, means "giving forth" in the Creek Indian language.
The Student Council was started in 1926-27 with Stephen Hofmayer as
President.
Site of 1954
Graduation Ceremony
... last
graduating class from the Jefferson Street Building
1955 and going
forward ...
When the doors opened at the third new
Albany High School
on Residence Avenue, the Class of 1955 proudly
assumed the role of the first Senior Class. Mr. J. J. Cordell
was Superintendent of Education, Mr. J. O. Allen was Superintendent
Emeritus, and Mr. H.E. (Mr. Mac) McNabb was Principal.
In addition to Mr. Cordell, Ed Martin, J. P Champion, Jr.,
E. H. Kalmon, Jos. S. Rosenberg, H. Holcombe Perry, Jim
Porter Watkins and Louis Peacock served on the Dougherty County Board of
Education. Dennis and Dennis were Architects, Richard
V, Richard, Associate, and S. J. Curry of S. J. Curry and
Company was General Contractor.
The 1955 Thronateeska Editor-in-Chief was Claire Wooddy.
The Annual was dedicated to Mrs. Helen Myers Long, and to the
memory of Lansing Burrows Mays. Emory Lewis was Student Body
President. Sara Cordell and Jimmy Phillips were selected by
faculty vote to be the recipients of the Kiwanis Award and the McIntosh
Award, the highest awards attainable at Albany High School.
1955 1965
1968
MILLS
MEMORIAL STADIUM
2002
You are welcomed as visitor number
THANK YOU!!!
Last modified:
Thursday November 12, 2009
Original AHS website ~
first posted: June 4, 2002
The
ALBANY HIGH TIMES
~ first posted: August 16, 2002
Comments, questions or problems regarding this web site should be
directed to:
This website grew out of a plan to start a
website for the Class of 1955, but so many other classes showed
interest, that The Albany High Times was created instead for
all classes.
The website has connected classmates in a
wonderful way, and you who have volunteered to be sponsors are a
part of making that happen!
You
are:
Claire Randall Rice, 1953
(In memory of Helene Lee, Class of 1953)
Ernie Frazier, 1955
Rudolph Patterson, 1957
(In memory of Miss Plant, English teacher)
Jon Crawford, 1954
Jim/James Calhoun, 1950
Sylvia Lewis Knight, 1956
(In memory of Bobby Wingate, Class of 1957)
Mary Dale, Vansant Kea, 1956
Don Spees, 1958
Pat Hancock Hamby, 1952
Tommy Ross, 1960 (In
honor of the “1960 Reunion Planners”)
Pat Rose Duggan, 1963
(In memory of her brother, Jeff Rose, Class of 1959; and her
sister Ann Rose Bellflower, Class of 1956)
Jay Beck, 1962
(In memory of Hamilton Jordan, Class of 1962)
Bill Upton, 1960
Carolyn
Miller, 1955
Jack & Fran Shadburn Davis, 1955 and 1956
Jack Ivey, 1956
(In memory of my friend, Larry Thomas Harper, 1937 - 1969)
Pat Dean, 1948
(In honor of The Class of 1948)
Lamar & Evelyn Butler Clifton, 1946 & 1950
Buddy Fleming, 1955
(In memory of Tommy Webb, Charlotte Curry, Marlene Kahn,
Delores Ann (DAP) Page, Stella Mullins – all Class of 1955;
and Mrs. E.M. Dobbins, Latin Teacher)
Phyllis
Lee Spier, 1953 (In memory of Helene Lee, Class of 1953 and David Lee, Class
of 1955)
Gene
& Dorothy Reeves Crosson, 1952 and 1955 (Celebrating their 55th Wedding Anniversary April
10, 2010)
In
1916, Albany High School,
a ten room class room building with two bicycle racks, was built on the
southwest corner of Monroe Street and Society Avenue.
It remained
AHS
until 1925. In 1926, the high school on Monroe Street became
McIntosh School and served for almost 50 years. It was named for
Mr. H.M. McIntosh, former Editor of The Albany Herald.
Grades 4 - 6 were taught there. Miss Toy Spence was the
Principal.
Mr.
J.O. Allen was Principal. The south end of the school was
for boys and the north end was for girls! There was no
lunchroom.
