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Events and Activities

Athens High School Sophomore Mary Bowling shown here after being crowned Halloween Queen of 1963 during the finale of the town celebration.

Halloween Queen

Each year during Our Years the Lion's Club sponsored the Halloween Queen contest.

Troop 3, Boy Scouts of America membership card, March 1960.

Scouts

Boy Scouts were active throughout our years, often meeting in the basement of the Baptist Church.

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Halloween Carnival

This festival along Vermillion Street was popular during Our Years.

The Athens Lions Club sponsored a summer baseball program for local boys after building a backstop and making other improvements to the field behind Athens High School.

Sports

A summer baseball program and co-curricular basketball were tops.

Shelby Ford and Patty Jennings (Ford) at the Senior Prom, May 1964.

Dances and Proms

The Athens High School Gymnaisum was used for sock hops on Friday and annual proms.

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Community Center

The Community Center was incorporated in 1952 and dissolved in 1995.

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