chumuckla is not a high school anymore i go there

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Janis filled in a lot of gaps:
At first we thought the teacher was Bobbie Whitley - one of the Wasden girls from Jay that were nieces of Juanita (Campbell Salter) Salter. But - Janis (Campbell) Engert tells us that Bobbie and Mrs. Fuqua swapped schools (Fidelis) the following year so each could be closer to home.) But now some of the actual students say the teacher is a Mrs. Vicks.

Here is the latest input! Janis Harris Simmons (Bobby)..
Back row left to right
Martha McBride, Raymond Smith, Bonnie Kimbrough, Phil Harris, Eddie Savent, Ms. Vicks, David Campbell, Harry Harris, Buck Roberts, Penny Richarme, Bobby Waymaire, Seaborn Retherford, bottom row left to right, Rita Castleberry, Janice Cotton, Dorothy Diamond, Betty Spicer, Helen Hopkins, Helen Wise, Ann Howell, Helen Castleberry, Bobby Simmons, Travis Barlow and William Carnley.

Some discussion still going on about the little blonde girl with the wisp of hair in front. Some think she is a "Patsy Cook" (not enfinger, not patty) but it is a mystery at this poiint. Bobby Simmons (above) thinks she is Helen Wise. But on this date it seems nearly all are clearly identified.

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I think I see far right, Seaborn Rutherford and Rita Castleberry bottom left. I think it is Bonnie Kimbrough 3rd top from left but she was I thought a year younger? Maybe that one is Penny Richarme? Need a cheat sheet.I think the boy at Mrs. Fuqua's right is a Johnny Faulk who used to live on Howell lane? I think Jim is right about Bonnie Kimbrough (below). I think MAYBE the girl holding the poster is Joyce Hatfield.
Janis Engert - niece of Bobbie Whitley informed me that is NOT who the teacher is. It is a Mrs. Fuqua who swapped schools (Fidelis) the next year '56 when I joined the 2nd grade at Chumuckla. Besides Bobbie - another Wasden sister taught at Chumuckla later still - Mary Alice. From Janis: James Manning Wasden, was my grandfather. His daughters: my mom, Drusilla, Emma Ruth (Cannon), Bobbie (Whitley) and Mary Alice (McHenry)His sons: Randolph, and Mack. Juanita (Campbell Salter) was their aunt - sister also to Dewey Wasden who some of us picked cotton for.

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March 7th is the opening day for baseball this year. The Chumuckla Athletic Association Board is excited. This year we have more kids participating than ever. We have 1 Pre-T team (you have GOT to see these little munchkins play!), 2 T-ball teams (also a must-see!) and for the 1st time ever we have 2 Machine Pitch teams. We have 1 Girls Softball, also a BIG Minor League team this year and a Major League team.

If you find that you've got nothing to do one night, head up to the ballfields and chances are good there'll be a game going on. With so many teams, they are sharing fields for practice and games. Our playing areas have expanded also. In the Tri-County League we will be playing in Jay, Fidelis, Century, Flomaton, Northwest Escambia and Molino. (all the small towns are sticking together!) WERE GROWING!! Now we just need more space for fields.

MOST EXCITING!!! Several of us were looking in the old yearbooks at the Community Center and we found a picture of the new uniform we want the kids to wear. It was one of the books from the 70s (I'll find out and post later. Maybe you know someone in the pic) This year the board was commited to giving the kids nice uniforms and I think everyone will be as pleased and excited as we are. It's kind of a retro-70s look but we wanted to get away from the T-shirts. I believe they will white (argh! the men on the board just don't understand the women's look of horror!) and possibly the "vest-style".

More updates later. Please come out and support the kids in the community. Thanks, Tina

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I was so inspirerd with the fact that there is a Save "The Collards Association HQ" that I just had to Restore my page on "It's Garden Time".
Motivation is a great way to get things done........don't you think?? :) :)
MPL38/Lena

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Thanks, Lena! I must try to remember to check this site out more often! Sorry it took me so long to reply to your message. I am so happy that you liked the poem. But, I'm sorry to hear you have been sick. I hope you are doing better now! And, yes, I'm happy Vic introduced us too!
All the best,
Mary Jo

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I hope you will read the Chumuckla poem and let me know what you think!

Thanks!
Mary Jo

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Chumuckla is fortunate to have you back. Thanks for bringing your talent to this site!

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Please use your Community Center. If you need a place to celebrate an event or just need a place to hold a meeting of most any sort. Call 850-994-8811 and rent your community center. It's there for your use.

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Grace McCoy Walther, 77, passed away Thursday, January 1, 2009, surrounded by her loving family. Grace was born and grew up in Vidalia, Georgia. She moved to Gainesville, FL where she met and married the love of her life, Norman "Plug" Walther. They moved to Santa Rosa County where Grace was a resident of over 60 years. Grace loved her husband, her family, and her church family. She is preceded in death by her parents, Julian and Fleta McCoy; and daughter, Martha Walther Levins; and granddaughter, Alisa Walther.
Mrs. Walther is survived by her loving husband, Norman "Plug" Walther of 60 years; three daughters, Marie (Wayne) Goddard, Jane (David) Chavers, and Jean Kirkland; one son, Jack (Eddnie) Walther, and one son-in-law, Ed Levins; nine grandchildren, Tim, Michele, Jennifer, Chris, Marcia, Stacey, Jonathan, C.J., and Joshua; four great-grandchildren, Annie, Mickey, Morgan, and Caden; and a very close friend, Lillian Ward.
Funeral services for Mrs. Walther will be 1:00, Monday, January 5, 2009 at Lewis Funeral Home, Milton Chapel with Bruce Richards, Hurbert Smith, and Ann Walther Sprague officiating. Burial will follow in Coldwater Cemetery with Lewis Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be from 12:00 noon till time of service.
Pallbearers will be Mrs. Walther's grandsons, Tim, Chris, Jonathan, C.J. and Joshua, and Keith and Clark Harris. Honorary pallbearers will be Mrs. Walther's close friend Lillian Ward and granddaughters Michele, Jennifer, Marcia and Stacey, and Billy and Dewayne Walther.
Friends may send condolences and share fond memories with the family at
www.lewisfuneralhomes.net

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