Wlp~ ~eCllrO Estab. September 1900 SPECIAL EDITION May 2000
tlittkl'r ~iUh §rhool A Dream That Came True Negro IIigh School, Circa 1888 Indllstrial High School, 1900 - 1939 A. II. Parker High School, 19311 - Current
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LD United Alumni Assuoclation, Inc. 7501 P.O. Box 2304, Birmingham, AL 85202.2304 .57 P37 2000 e.- :!I. 'arlter ~islJ ;;r~""( ([r.nitllnial (!Jrlebmtioll 1
••• A NOTE FROM THE PuBLISHER
The following pages showcase just a handful of the many accomplishments, achieve- men.ts, and people who have made this institution exceptionaL Let it not be miscon strued that this is a complete depiction, nor is it an attem pt to chronicle 100 years of our school's impeccable history. II is, instead, designed to educate and inspire the chil dren and w motivate alumni (and friends) to help us preserve our legacy. The history lies wilhin each of us. There are some wonderful stories ·out there; and we have asked that you, please, write them down for The Legacy - a publication yet to come. The late, beloved principal Edward B. {Bubba) Thompson put it best in his letter of March 17, 2000: ~e must all join forces to preserve our heritage and maintain our rightful place in Binningham's history,- (see -Letters from VIPs1 Jan Robinson 2 fIlenttnnial BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC UBRARY Dedication This program book is dedicated to the students of 2000 and beyond - designed to perpetuate Parker Pride and to be a beacon of inspiration well into the next century. The following pages are just a snippet of what's to come in WII' ~gaq, the publication to chronicle 100 years of the school's history. Our heritage is rich beyond comparison, and it is up to us to pass it on to generation after generation, and so on, and so on. W:~e ~nitei) cA..Iumni ~55ocintion, ~"t. SOI.1THER!I HISTOflY DEPAIm.IENT 8lR~ PI.IBllC U!lRAAy 2100PARKPlACE BW.i:I'~. AI.AfLI.MA 35203 4 5. rf\. !f. Jlarker :JIisiJ ~clJool (Leutr.nuil1l (fldthration Mission Statement The United Alumni Association's mission is to provide financial assistance, scholarships for deserving students, and tutoring to bring back the academic standards and disciplines for which Parker High School has so long been noted. We are working to be a model for other schools' associations, because it atakes a village to raise a child." 5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT !71tt' Wm"te,1 J/uPlfli ./I4·soaa/i"" UJoulJ kk to- {{[h.e> tAt' o}f'oriIlFli{!f to eLfrt:M 1tJ: 6(/{C('/Y (I,P,P"f',aalloFbw-tiu--rlOII..fOn.f, 'ptllrofl,f, tliU/ {u/uerlamr ,0/ tAM Air/uni' occa,J"LON . .9i is Ihro'&AflOfll' hl/UbUIM flIUf.yl'flNY}.ft{!llhat lAM a:kblYlliQII ,;t fl ,UlCrt:,u. 111- mco((/"{!!/" ,,/loN, nhmm( ((/U{PvlYUIr to,ut/JjxJrI .!lOll/' jl'OlR/ct.r lIm/,rerolCt',r. mamJl.!!o". I71te rtbN(a/~ fimllll ...J&fOCFil/liHl , $te. 6 I CU enit'l1uil1J (fieJehrutioll MAJOR SPONSORS Damron Corporation Citizen's Federal Savings Bank Booker T Washington Insurance Company U. S. Army Civil Rights In stitute Golden Flake Coca Cola SPONSORS AND PATRONS Blue Cross Blue S'lield of Alabama Th e Personnel Board of Jefferson County Cheetah Graphics Poole Funeral Home Alabama Power Company Independent Termite and Pest Control, blc. Guiding Light Church Samford University Brunos DR. ARTHUR HAROLD PARKER Founder and First Principal Dr. Arthur Harold Parker 1900 - 1939 PIta3r IIH fM Mlly 1939 Industnal High School Retorrl ffprodumJ In thU boo.t {or furtMr m{omtlltitm. WILLIAM BENNETr JOHNSON William Benne tt Johnson during lhe World War. He remained there for 5e\'Ul1 1939- 1947 months, but did not see service abroad. Mr. Johnson was born in Selma, Alabama, April 3, 1894. In February 1919, he began teaching mathematiQ at When IUs parents moved to Birmingham, he allellded Industrial High Se:hooJ. He was an efficient geometry Lane Elementary School.. He graduated from this scbooI. lnstrUewr and "the talk" of all third year students. In J.Q 1908 and tntfted Industrial ftJgb School the following 1926 he ,,'as made pnnopal of Lane Elementary &0001:, September After four }'HI'lI ti bard study be graduated where be reuwned until 1930. Dunng this period be wilh honors, Iituditd at Columbia University in the ~ and The foUOWllI, year, Mr. JOOnson attended Wilberforce l'I)Cti\'td his MA degree in educatitm. University and tompleted his coursewon there in 1917, In September of the same year he was p~ to receiving a B.S. degree in mathematics. Sedcing to fur the position of 8.8IlLStant principal 01 Industrial High ther his ooucatioo., he enlen!d lhe University of Chicago, School. Mr. Jo/mso:J. became the dIooI'. secood principal bul was called to Camp Hantock in Augusta, Georp, upon the retirement of Dr. Parker in September, 1939. • R. C. JOHNSON - . Robert Charles JohnSOD Johnson and served as principal fur 22 years. 1947 - 1969 He retired in May of 1969. Robert Charles J ohnson. third principal of Mr. Johnson was married to the fonner Parker High School, was born in Oberlin, Mildred E. Bell and the father of two daugh Ohio. on August 11, 1903. ters, Alma Vivian and Barbara Rose, both Hi s family moved to Talladega, Alabama, Parker graduates. where they were employed at Talladega He received hi s M.A. degree from Fisk College. Mr. Johnson attended Talladega Univcl"!!i ty in Nashville, Tennessee, and was College and received his B.A. degree in the recipient of many hanOI"!! and awards. Chemistry in 1925. He was admired and respected by many of When his family moved to Binningham, his students who were always amazed that he he began his career 8S an educator at could remember them and address them by Industrial High School, now Parker High name. School. in 1930 as an instructor in t he Scienoo lt is also remarkable that in the 100 Department. yea rs of its existence, Parker has had only Mr. Johnson served as principal of several six principals. This speaks highly of the ded elementary schools, the last being Lincoln ication and commitment of its administra Elementary &hool. He became principal of tors. There is truly "no other high school like Parker in 1947 after the death of W. B. Parker High." EDWARD B. THOMPSON Edward Benne tt Thompson CIf the ~ I udenta from Ihal rivalllchool Were merged. into 1969 - 1989 Parker High, The Khool B)'I!tem mcrved to a unitary In the spnnjl: of 1969. followIng a brier illnesa. )lr school system_ Many experienmcileachenl ";ere "",,'00 Robert C. Jabnson announced to the staff of Parter to pndomiuawly ",,'lute scbooIs and Paru,r ",'as ~taffed Hi!,.... School that he wu l!t'lnll to retire following the with" number of i" cxperienced teachers willina to dose of ..,hoo! During the summer of 1969, Mr. work but in areal need of n~ow !.Ca che. super".;sion and Edwanl Bennett Thompsom ... IUI appointed 10 servO as tmining In order \.0 f05ter the integratWn concept, th" !lclIooI'. founh principal. lie htld served as a high magnel and a1km ative 8choot.. were de"eloped in aor· school teacMr or flCielK'll!. a boY. ad,isor, and a princi· tain ~311 of the aly. This move greatly affectoo the pal of two elementary 5Choou. '" the BIrmIngham student population U Parker "'hich remained" pre l >Ubli~ School Sylltem. dominately black nelghOOrhood ""hool Zone lin"" were A new era in the lire of the IIChoo! bejpon _ an era drawn to balance enroll ment at PbJ\lips. Parker and dedicated \.0 retail';'" Ihe glury and spirit of the p:I$I. Glenn High Schools. The major illterstow through the and u> reaching new heightaofaehie\·emenl. For many city we... completed a few)'ClU'>I prior to this ume and r(>UOns. Mr. Thompson wQ ~.....t to become the much of Parker's M ighborl>ood wu destroyed. thereby """t 1o"'h""'...... Along with being a 1943 graduate of caU!Jing a ",,.,;or exodua nf many hOlDool to ...,... heighU He wall tne~tie. Alar having served for nlnet.t!oo!n and one·half raoureeful. nnd Illwaya in sean:h Clfnew innovHtiotla in years as principal of Parker lillth School, Mr_ ooucatlOnal pmcticeli d c~igncd to.> make leachIng mMe Thompson retirt!-d on December 31. 1989. effective and lea rning easier Shortly after h ~ became Though retired and f8 ~lng ...,me health proble ..... principal, Parker High School, like many urban ac:hools Mr Thompson. Bull hIlS that ·Parker SPintO and ill du"ng Ih" tn, was faced .nlh m .... y """"eta! chal· deeply «Interned .OOut th~ !!cl>ooI'• ....",aining • viable Ie"ges, The UlUven;ily of Alabama at Birtlungham l~ituuon and ..,..unuing to claim ita rightful place lD expandoo and lnlman High School was cloaM _ many the Blnningham Public School SYlI",m 'n «l'ntrnnin I ill, [c bra ti (Ill 11 - - DR. EDDIE DANSBY, JR. Dr. Eddie Dansb y, Jr. it alJo. Men~ for the YOWl( Men'. Committee and serves 011 1989- 1998 1M BirmiJ!gham MetropoIitlll. Board clDlrectan. Dr Edc!it Dansb)', Jr.. is a Dati..." Birmingham Alabama, He has _.~ numen)U!l ~...-art\l! U1d mud! """lJDillllll. aDd il I produtt of the Bimll~Bm Publi~ Schoal System. In He hal rt'OelV~ the outstanding High School Principal Award 1962. he rl'l'ti,-ed • Bachelor of Sc:ien~. majori", in from the BirmiJ!Cham PTA Couacil AssociatiOll. the Elmw:Dtary EdueaUoo, from MilI1!1 ~! in Birmingham, Arhievemen\ Award fr= Woo's Who of Greater Binningham, Alob'mI!, He did graduate wort. at Alabama A&~I UnivHSJ.ty the Appreci&uc.J Award for Hard Work, DldlcaUOll., &lid ia HIlDtmJJe, Alabama. CGIlunuing Iuo ~U(';llioa, he ..-ent on !.o)-a!ty Se:mce from the National Teachers AAociation, the 1.0 rete)"e a MI.ltM; and an Ed.5 . in SdJOG! Adminismlioo Oulst.llnding High School Award £ram the Birmingb'm Grid from 1M C.m-mily of Alabama at BirmiDgham, IIMI comjMt rentaSI...-, the Cm.lficate cl A~atioll and Merit and the eel alIeou,. "'ork for a Iloct(lra~ 111 School AdminiitratifN! at Boy Scouts III AmmQ Merit Award, from United Way IIR Univm;ilyriAlab.ma in ~ In 1987, ~ad!oe DR. RAYMOND REDDICK Dr. Raymood Re ddick Dr. Reddick has 5er.led as Public Relation. 1998 - CUJTent Coordinator, Human Relations Coordinator, Dr. Haymond Reddick, a native of Chicago. and Civil Rights Desegregation Coordinator Illinois, has many years of experience in the in the Chicago School System. He has also field of education. He is entering into hill sec· been in se~ice to education in the state ond year as principal of A. H. Parker High Mississippi as a Superintendent, Dean School. Having hfold many different positions Students. and high school principal. He I nd within the field of education. he has found his ...'ife, Sybil, are the proud parenta this job to be the most I"Cwarding. children and six grandchildren. 13 OFFICERS President ...... Jesse Champion, Sr. Vice President ...... •...... Robert Ollie Secretary ...... •...... •... •...•...... Edmonia Anderson Corresponding Secretary ...... Diane Favors Treasurer ...... James 'Nbitaker Business Manager ...... Larry Langford CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMMITTEE OFFICERS Chairperson ...... •...... Adrienne Reynolds Ass\.. Chairperson ...... John Cargill Secretary ...... , ...... •...... •...... Jan Humes Robinson Assistant Secretary ...... Patricia R. Smith Financial Secretary ...... Donna Melton Business Manager ...... •...•...... Robert Ollie Publicity Chair ...... •...... Jan Humes Robinson Program Director ...... •...... Sandra Humes Weems 0; MUSl(: . rector ...... •...... Dr. Frank E. Adams Hospitality and Ushers ...... •...... Sondra Pompey Parade Coordinator ...... Diane Favors Sponsorships ...... James A Alfred Advert"ISlOg &• Spoosors bIps· ••••.•.•.•.•...•...... • ...... Jan Hurnes Dn.u- bloson· CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMMITIEE MEMBERS PUBLICITY Barbara Johnson Gl'ftne" Arthur Harrell· Detroit" Erne5tine Poole Co5taloop Rick Howard· Detroit Carolyn Boone - Detroit"" Patricia Davis GwtndoIyn May Linda Johnp). COl" JIICqUt'I}"n P. Seales Jennena Cuter Moman """WalterT. 5«nrt Ha)-den· Fon WI)'De" HOSPITALITY Jaqueline A. l.e:Jnard l)eloris Molette Charline Barrow Korella Perry Annie Ruth Smith Patricia R. Smith Velma S. Freeman" Arlene Godwin Katie HolIis ....Viola ""'"Barpintr Adolphus D~l\'idson BarlIan Goodpme Olatmao Kathenne H.rdriek Jacquelyn P. Seales Mary L Woods Edmonia Andersco Fredie fat. F USHERS Andrea Burnette Andrea Pruitt Ang\>La Pruitt MeUani Reynokb Alisha Clark AJanah Melton Natacha Molette John Mirhael ytilliams Chukwuemeka Weems RIchard Franklin Brian Leonard Racpbael Pruitt DECORATING Ibma Drake \VOIlDe CoIVllI PARADE Mary Collins Donna Meltoo Stanley HaU Jan Robinson Emma Bonner 1.. C. Thomas 'Thor Lamptio Katie HoIlw Delores Molette Jl!De6.... """" Whitake!- """"8arbata "'""" R. Jaeksui Patricia SDlIth Evelyn Dial Viola B81iainer Adolphus Davidson Carl Jacksoo." FINANCE Nadine BUtIle« Donna Meltoo Gloria Clark PROGRAM Patricia Smith Nadine Buroeu. Willie .Mae Pruitt Gloria CJark .~~ r....,.". 2, 2000 _ IN "NaInIInh, A1umD1~ "PIo .. let III:ll PI&" 15 .,Arthur Harrell If anyone can be called "Mr. Patker High,' it's Arthur Harrell- just ask anyooe from the classes ofl943, '44, and '45. A retiral newspaper advertising executive, Mr. Harrell has trav eled to Minnesota, New York, New Jersey, San Diego, Cleveland, and Florida to let his class· mates and mends know about this event. He even sends aU his cJassmate; Christmal; cards eam year! "Carolyn Boone Carolyn never attended Parker High, nor lived in Alabama, but she did grow up being fasci· nated by the stories her aunt ....ould tell her when she was a small child aoout the early days of our school. Upon hearing about the Centennial, she knew it had to be her aunt's school. She was right! CarolYD put out flyers in her church (one of the la~ t Black churdIEs in Detroit _ Hartford Memorial Baptist) and found many of the members to be graduates of Parker High. She is compiling information for us for TM Legruy. Mrs. Susie L. Vaughn Johnson (Carol)ll's aunt) and her best friend since school days, Maggie Newbold, are graduates of the Class of 1929 and reside in Detroit. "Walter T. Hayden Walter is a member of the Black Publishers Association and had owned a printing business for 40 years. The business is now owned and operated by his daughter and $(In-in·law and they are the prinwrs of this publication. Speaking of children, Mr. Hayden and his lovely wife, Ernestine, are proud parents ofnine children and "45 or 46 grandchildren"' Mr. Ha)-d€n was one of Parker's quarterbacks during the times we could not be beaten. Wow ! - does he hal"e some stnries to tell! If this committee can slow him dnwn 5OIlle, well get him to write about what he and other boys would hal·e to do to keep the dust down in the school. Birmingham was an industrial city then and many of us will reca1l ha'ing to dust our own homes some times twice a day. We hope to ha,·e that interesting. comical, and downright scaI)' short story in T~ugocy. "Velma S. Freeman Velma is affectionawly known to the eonu:nittee as "Miss Caaa va" - as in Carver High &hool. She has been a great PTA parent whose son (Kevin Freeman '99) played exceptional footh.all for Parker and was an honor student. Velma continues to have the school's best inwr· est at heart and is an active member. We're fortunaw to have heronboard. "Carl Jackson Designer of replica of the school Jesse Champion, Sr. President, United Alumni Association, Inc. GreeungS. It seems Uke only yesterday that I was a youngster embarking on the journey Into high school. Many had gone before me. and many have come after me In the more than 50 years since. So. as President of the A. H. Parker High School United Alumni AssoclaUon. Inc .. it is with much grauneauon thai I extend a hearty welcome to each of my brothers and sisters of Parker's Alumni to our Centennial Celebration. May I suggest that you enjoy the essence of being an alumnus of our beloved "Dear Ole Parker High." The members of United Alumni. Inc.. have labored diligently to put together for yOUT pleasure an enjoyable event. Your every wish and desire has been anUcipated. and we trust they will be fulfilled. Although yOUT stay with us may be short, we hope that It will be memorable. The efforts of the hard·worklng committees have been outstanding. My sincerest appreciaUon goes out to all. [t is my desire that lhls occasion provide an opportunity for a renewed commitment 10 personal Involvement In the programs and projects of our school. As we view our experiences through the archway of past accomplishments. we can evaluate where we are and determine desirable goals for tlle future. Whatever assistance we can proVide wUJ be bencncla! to our leaders of tomorrow. As we gather here in the Magic City for the next few days. let us concentn:lte on the business a\ hand so that we may assure that our Alma Mater will continue lO mo~'e progressively Into the next century. And by all means. do have a great time. After we have enjoyed the merriment of the occasion and the fellowship and experiences of thls observance, let us return to our homes. be they near or far. In safety and with the thought in mind that we are better people for haVing tn:lveled the hallways of this great institution and that we are now striving to do our part in esteem.lng and enhanCing the name. reputaUon and Image of Parker High School. Let us all continue to foster excellence In all aspects of our Alma Mater. May Cod forever bless and keep you. ~~·s,. President. A. H. Parker High School United Alumni AssociaUon. Inc. 18 Adrienne M. Reynolds Chaupenon, Celebn.tio!l Cmnmittee ([ruiennial ([rlrnrniioll 19 Greetings rrom the Centennial Chairperson ))car Alumni. Students, Associates and Friends of A. H. Parker High School, It is an honor and a blessing to serve as c.hairperson on this auspicious and historical occasion. I give all praises fim to my Lord and Savior. Jesus Christ. who is the ultimate educator. and I give high aceolades to the Centennial Commillee members, who ha ... e .... orked untiringly to male thiS celebration a success. Ilats ofT to you who came from far and near 10 participate in this great celebration. Thanks 10 the eilY of Binningham and the busine!>.,> community for }our support. Parker Iligh Sc.hool was. is. and forever will be. an excellent educational facility because of people like you who ha\'e a love or knowledge. Adrienne M. Reyno ds Centennial Chairperson '"Class of 1975" 20 Jan Humes Robinson Chairperson, Publicity Committee April 24, 2000 Dear Parker Family, It is a delight lIS wclt as an honor 10 address you on this grndiO$C, once-in-a-lifCtlmc, occasion. The past clghlcen months ha,~ been an awesome: expericnce - one that I witt forevcr treasw"e.. The most c,;,cltmg part of plannmg this event has been speaking with. what seems ilk. hunchds of you. 1 made new fricndshJps. ~kindlcd old ooes, and cvcn had the pJeasuR, of visltmg in sevcral of your homes. To !hose 1 had not spoken" ith in tluny 10 forty years - 11 "'as ajo)', indeed! The 10\'e for each other and the spint for the mIghty Thundenng Herd are a!i\'e and well . LeI us keep it that "11Y 'The Urute(! Alumni ASSOCIatIon is a vIable orgaruzatlon with astronomical poIenuaL We can achle"e greater heights with just a little help from many of us. For those "ho live outside home ba~. wc are glad that yoo are here and thank )'00 for coming. We ask that )'ou become "card caIJYlng" membc~ of the association alld 10 rcpon 10 us the gomgs on With yoo and other alumru In your area so thaI "~can Include ~'ou In the NC'o'·stelten. Our POSI OffICe: Bo,;. number IS on the front of th,S keepsake Program Book. please use It - "'e want to heM from)OlL To SId and Grw::y Martin (husband and wife graduates of Parker High '63) - you know how important you have been 10 tfus coout\ItlCC'. Thank you for helPIng. To everyone who passed ''The »\;Inf" - we could not have done it WIthout you. Thanks 10 my mom, Franccll Ho,,-ard Humes. ClIS$ of '41, for constantly reminding me to "sllIy focused;" to my brother En1n. Class of '66. for your gcneroslly and cvangeilcal ".-ords of ""sdom; and to my husband, Tim Robmson, (alumnus of Ullman High School) for suppOIling me throughout all of thiS. The CentennIal Celebration Comrruuec has been I pleasure: to ",ork "'"h. I am looking forward 110" to getting hac" 10 lhe United Alumm As.wcial1on and the buslness al hand. To God Be the Glory. Y~ truly, buy,own<)' bopv wah. fua Rep The "'PP"'" to u... bnh of thr CmI R.!gItI> ~ Civd ¥u institute dwtI McMmml ond u... ~*""1!8Ie 6::x .-ollhot l>ltoOr\'. ""* ~,ow CMiond~ ~ I, •• p;ourraeylhot nt)'S. That J'"ImOY meMo !tom '" en of wi!! edu:ate_ -.and "'IP"'")'OII -- -- ... into the 21st Century - - kree OldMiuiolllo PllIiu HilA 01"",.; Ala, 11 - 14, fOOO I 1'"",.. /f.,ju,.1 A"'~J. ,.",.", c..&ry lid ...... "tm., w.//tV" o._s.- T~"' .. _ .....ao;o.,., ia thio woold d.... 1.o MAy 11 - 14, 2000 The purfXJse of this 4·day gala is to celebrate 100 years of educational excellence, the kgacy of our founder, and to make this the finest alumni association in the country for the betterment of schools and children. 24 Phone (205) 251-9397 By Appointment Ross E. Gardner, M.D., Ear, Nose, Throat, Head Neck Surgery and Facial Fractures 1420 7th Avenue, Nonh Birmingham, Alabama 35203 MICe Garpenler.Qarjo; goreue~'/I oar-h.eartr, g;,ar .%mW , 25 Reunion Days, now years, bave aU gone by Some sad, some glad - I ask myself, "Why?" Why didn't I write? Why didn't I call? Why didn't I visit? Try anything at all? I've gotten so tied up in myself, That I forgot what I had left. But time has given me one more chance To start all over from another glance To see my teachers, classmates, and friends, The principals, cooks, janitors, my kin. A class reunion that I long to see. My wish is that we never part; We're thundering herdsmen down in our hearts. So Parl:erites, keep in touch and pray, That God be for us, every step of the way. We're celebrating 100 years Now that's a reason to shout! Praise God for all that He has done; For He has brought us out. When our time together Has come to an end, Just remember, this is only a bend. What we've shared, let's not forget, For we are Parker Bisons, Thundering Herdsmen - The Best Yet! - By Naomi Lynn Harrell, Class of'76 ~- .------...... 26 i[tlltrltuial IN REME~mRANCE OF OUR DECEASED BROTHERS & SISTERS :lm llnd Iamli/e, says the Lord. i As for m~ 1 Know 'haf my Redeemer lives., and that at the lasthe slUlllYand "pOII the earth; After my owokiming, he will m.e tiP; and itl my body J thoU."ee I my~elf~all see, amI my eyes-behold God, who is my friend "lUI 1101 a stranger. For ~e do not have life in oun;e~vesJ and we do not become ourowli masters when we die. Fqr ifwe have life, we are alive ill God; a"d if we dii!, we dit ill God. So then, whether we live or die, ~!(. l , we are Qod's possessum, if ~ ~ Happy from now all are those...,who die in God! So it is says the spiro, for th? resr/rom their filbors. A SPECIAL PRAYER Gl'i%"" lite Gl'i%amu/w, f3QA~"d. 0/ 'P/{eronlizl goecea4ect o/IJ/ell o//{;lw1'J (No picCure &vaitable) (NQ pIcIum available) Eloise Rembert Katherine Townsel Edward B. Thompson Benjamin Ounllam a..d'~ Oanlels .... 28, lm.Apr 16. 2000 -.~ t-~_'Ih') Col. Ronald Kirk Marion L Jones, Sr. Re .... Jeanus W.JIace Washington, Sr. G..... ca. 2t 192-1- FtIb. 15, 2IlOO 0ct.S, 11150 - ...... 31, 2C(IO a-oIll1U CIoaoll l1618 lola< 2. 1950 · Jon. 3. 200J ~'''' lQ.1O - ~ 3. 2IDl cr..01l11117 0.. .. 1!i67 .... '" ."'...... , !Mo'. lij~ .... " ,,,,,,-, o £iod of Fe • ...! k. .. ,,,,,,,,,brr !..for. 1'" /hi, Jay our ~. an.! >i,It,... 'W< I!w.nlr. yotl P ;'-":nglA.m J.. ILl, IIW foml1ia and ficn.l., J...... _,J '" hoc ... aIm""n ...... t..rWy ~ :;~ ,..., Iooru..lku ..... pow;.-, ...... k ...... &;1.'<. ... J.u1h 1.0 __ Ln ""'lh tk F of tVrnal L/t,» lh..J in 'l"itt canfiknu .. ""'Y "",fin,,, our ...... , .. on E.rlh, lInIil, J, if"" cgQ, .. "'~ , ...niItJ ,.;lIt a...... &. ",",,", SO""" ".",~ .... -"'- .. , ([Pllttllllial Ol,ltbrlltiolt 29 A. H. PARKER HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY Birmingham, Alabama - Du ring the school year of In 1904 the first gradlJating class of Negro High 1899, some Negro citizens of Birmingham called a School was made up of fifteen students. Miss Orlean histoncaJ mass meeting. The pu~ ofthis meeting D. Kennedy was added to the faculty at this time was to draw up a petition in which Negroes of this m.. city would request the Board of Education to estab In 1910 the school was moved to a three-story hsh a tax supported school fo r Negroes. Dr. w. R. frame building on Eighth A\·enue between Eleventh Pettiford, president of the Alabama Plmny Savings and Twelllh Streets North. This site was known as Bank, a NegrtH>wned financial institution, and Mrs. the Lane Auditorium. Formal classes in industrial B. II Hudson, a cashier of that bank, y,ere the lead training began and the sthool became known as Ing spirits in this effort. Industrial High School. Dr. Samuel L'llman, chairman of the Board of During 1914 the United Presbyterian Sc:hool, on Education, encouraged the mO\"ement and during the corner of Eighth Avenue and Ninth Street, the summer of 1900, the Board established the high became the new Industrial High Sc:hool. It consisted schooL t: pan recommendation of the school superin of a 5e\-"eTl-room church building and fourt.een cot tendent, Dr. J. Herbert Phillips, the Board appointed tages whIch were pun::hased by the Board. Arthur Harold Parker to serve as the principal and Mr. John F. Whatley joined the faculty in 1917 only teacher of the Dew school which I\'as to be and organized the printing shop and the school band. Moll'll as ~egro High SchooL Two years later, in 1919, Mr. WlIIiam Bennett In September of 1900, In the one room ofthe sec Johnson was added to the faculty. ond floor of the Cameron Building, located on the In 192Q negotiations ended in the pun::haseofthe southwest comer of Avenue H and Fourteenth block on which the sthool is still located. In Spring of Streets South, Negro High &hooI was formally 1923 work began on the new building, the fU"Sl. unit opened with eighteen students. The school year covering the entire square between Joseph and ended ....ith an enro!lment offorty.five students. ---- r'!or.;------ Johns Streets on Eighth AI"eoue. During 1926-1927, "Bubba" Thompson became the fourth principal the Boy's Industrial Building was added to the exist Parker High School. Mr. Thompson brought with ing structure. During the )'ears 192&-29, a two-story him the true· Parker Spi rit" having graduated as a structure, the library ami gymnasium, \\'ere added. "Bison" himself. He was also the nephew of foTlDE'I [n 1939 Dr. Arthur Harold Parker retired af't€r principal W. B. Johnson and the son of Mrs. Myrtle fifty years of servia!. The school, which had been J. Thompson, who fo r many years was an out.<;tand· known as Industrial High, was named A. H. Parker ing teacher at Parker High School. The new Parker , , ' , , .... ,t ., ~ . HIgh School in his honor. Mr. William Bennett High School building became a reality under Johnson became the second principal of the schooL Principal Thompson's administration. The enrollment continued to increase from 18 Mr. Thompson retired in December of 1989. On students in 1900 to 3,761 in 1946. \Vlth this steady June 26, 1990, Dr. Eddie Dansby, Jr., became the increase, the school soon became known as the fifth principal over the campus, which occupies largest high school fur Negroes in the world. approximately fifteen acres and oonsist.<; of eight A typing departmen t was established, The school buildings. also became nated for its population, industrial edu Dr. Raymond Reddick became principal during cation, band, and spirited renditions from its choir. the 1998-99 school year. Principal Reddick has The power of the "Thundering Herd~ came forth. inspIred the 1,In students enrolled, parents and Mr. W. B. Johnson passed away on January 28, instructors by implementing an "It Can Happen 1941, and Mr. Robo>rt Charles Johnson, a former Dinner," !(J stimulate the pupils' interest in achie,·· teacher, hecame principal. Under his admimstration ing skills for better performance on the Exi t the school acquired a Guidance Program and the Exams. addition of two full time advisors for both the boys Also during his administration, the Parker High and the girls School football team played in the State Playoffs for In 1953, Parker was accredited and approved by the '98-'99 Season. the Southern Association of C Due to illness, Mr. Johnson retired in lIIay, 1969. p.,/rq Hit},. Sclwol loUt"" ~ & Yo ..m ..:. J(l&S l)aMoo: 1.'...... Tt(lI<. c..u. THEMun" L""'AT (!tS)J!S-SllS. we WfIAG»1;IIS,oBUD EdI>C>.UOI> , (Centennial illdtbt"lltioll 33 Delma George "Wimp" Winston Retired in 1974 after 40 years of teaching Social Studies, History, Chemistry Future Teacher of America, Boys' Advisor REFLECTIONS It IS tumi !O believe thaI we are celebrollng 100 ,ears of Parl.er School history. sImply because so many of UJ have been awl!.) so long and It makes us $lOP and think tbout how old we:are. It scems like: )'CSlerday as we reflect on our da)'S ~ students. When I saw !he £boll)' article 11 brougtu back so many warm ~morics. We .... ere so special lIS an JIISlituuon; proud. Slroog. nll!'tUl'N by caring teachers ",1'10 pn:p:tred us 10 face a difficult world. We grew and learned m a.safe. SIlUctUl'ed enYlfonment. We dldn', much like wearing th05C umforms. but !hey scr Alma Johnson Po"ell C\as.s of January. 1954 .....------36 aIndl'lUliai February 5, 2000 Centennial Celebration Commitlee A. II. Parker IUgh School c/o Mrs. Jan Robinson P.O. Box 2304 Birmingham. Alabama 35204 Dear A1uoml and Friends: It Is a ....1) nderfui privtlege and honor for me to salute you on the occasion of the Centennial CelebraUon of A. H . Parker High School. Your high school Is a rc\'cred insUtution In slate a nd has served our people with dlsUnction. Your graduates have served throughout OUT naUon and many have been meritorious scrvicc to their communities. No city has benefited more from the Institutional strength of Parker l-Hgh Sch ool lhan my City of Birmingham and no city IS prouder of Its secondary Institutions than Birmingham Is of Parker High School. Please continue your fine record of sen.1cc and continue to urI up the name of your Ahna Mater. Sincerely. fL..~Lf72y Richard Arrington, Jr.. ""'..., LETTER FROM A VIP March 17, 2()(X) Greetings to all o.f Parker's graduates who. are ."""d;"g~ the Celllenllioi Celebration. My healllz will fl OI pemlil me to slutre these activities with you. Please join me ill the cmsade 10 make cenain IMf there Willll/ .....ays M a Porker High School ill OOW1IIo.WII Bimlil/ghom, Alabama. lVe must all join forces 10 presen'(! Ollr heritage and maintain our rightful place 1/1 Bimling/ram's history. Edward 8. Thompso/l SAMFORD UNIVERSITY proudly acknowledges IIle COlltributions of Parker High School QJumtlu~ THE R EVEREND DR. JOHN T. PORTER as a trustee oflile Utl i ~'ersily alld rL'I'ered pas/or ill the Cit)' of Birmingham. SamfordH University ~All!2l"1 --.~------"-"'---"-- " ---"-.-.-- 38 FROM THE INDUSTRIAL HIGH SCHOOL RECORD Submitted by Edna Nall Davis, Class of'32 Our Princi pal Honored on Birthday Farewell! Dear Seniors! Startmg from early in the monung ofFndB,y, May 6th, Calvin B. a,.".n. 411> Jr I and continuinr: throughout the day was heanI. the ~ry phrase, "many happy retunul of the ~. which ",ere You! dear Senior>!, have &trugg1ed, directed 10 our pnncipal, on occasion of his ainy-second And your struggles have not been in vain; birthday_ You may know your labor wun't wuted The man who has gUIded the destiny oloursdtool has As you reap the golden gram. 8 b lQgl"&phy that can be t.ruly terminated in the expres Klon, -A Dream Comes 1hle,~ 1b you, who labored &0 earnestly And remained in school &0 long; The World', Largest Tho' your body may be debcate Your mind should be very strong. DId you know that you are attending the largest high school in the world fo r Negro children? Old you know You have cramped twelve yean of learn,ll8' that ours it the most di.8<:uued !ugh !!Chool in the coun Into your small, but eager mlDd; try at the preaent? As you cross the threshold or\Ulowledge o,d you know that we cany on many unUl!ual lind Let me leave this thought behind. ouLsUUldlng things here. that are not attempted any where else? As you depart from old lndustrilll Now you know it - talk aooul it. Nuff sed Leaving dear onllll and teachers behind , You must put your be!5t \D the rllce Class Poem - Dear I. H. S LIfe's nol so easy you'll find! Edna 0 I>all, nh Sr. I You ha"e taken all the learning we offered, You grasped opporturul'eII as they came, We love to stay at dear old [ H S. And now that you're going to leave \18, Where all the alues are blue. Somehow we don 'I feel the same, \"'here all the atudenta w,1l do thelT best, And where the t.ellrhen are troe. We hate to Bee you leave WI, But dear school we must lefl,-e Uwe, And yet we're glad to have you go. For if there ia a "acancy And wander, ob' 80 flU"; May teariul ,,!TOW' never grie"e thee, It shaJ.1 be yours, we know. And never thy glory mar. As you t:alIt your lot among othen Dear I. H S. we11 ever thee cherish, Please,just thIS one thIng heed; Tbough far we may roam; That tbe man who toila and .t.riVeII!I onward O! may thy glory never pensh, Is the man who will sutteed. Our dear old H'gh School home O! bme for a moment, stay thy n,ght, We bid you farewell and Godspeed; We stand OD loyalty's CTelIt.; You are the pride of our race- \"'here every voioo in song unot.es, Il"s not always the flUll who wm, Praise for I. H. S. But the Doe who keeps the pace, So we11 ..y ~rarewell," dear claaamatea, "Farewell," dear l.eachen true; And whatever walks of Me we take, We shall alway. thmk of you '- - 39 WHAT MAKEs PARKER So SPECIAL? [ was wed !'«ently by Me medi. pel'!iOll, ""''hat _ell Patter Higb 10 &peciaJ?" That. for IDI', lnIIl \oaded question. Having beard all the wonderful stories about lilt school from my mother (Francell Howard Humes, '4 1, _ my brother Harvey, '59) prioT Ioalt.ending the scbooI myself; my answer ~'as "many thinpr I then raW~ ofT IOIIII! of the "ihinp' that [ thougbt made Parker High Robert"""~ Jones SdIooI so~ I wuJdn\ get that question OIl! f/ my mind af\er days Chemistry 'Thacher olUunking about it. I kept coming up With "many things' Founder & Director _ many GIUIOIM things \.0 be exact: the internationally rmownecI school. choir ("'hich could .wnd drills O\"er yoo of the Playmakers flDlPIIg apirituals and songs from Bad!. U,l Rock~ the uabeatable foot ball teams; the basketball team~ Wbert D. Hopkw, Sam I'Ierte, "the boy trlth the golden ann;;. Motional basketball championship in 1964: and Btaoe Wat.soo Wllh his international sciellte fair award. 'I'bere wert the Variety Show! .... hich the public Speaking ofst.ageS, our school had an awesome stage. bought tidets to attended (always 2 nigh\:!' penorrnaneell) There were several rows of drapell - drapell that would eadl year. The dance groups. with Richard Mumford, \I'era kllOIi the strongest man down if lie were in the l1l1I1 .as Jpl'(iaJ. Karen noyd and her acoustIC guitar, the Glee they...-ere closing. The lighting system woold be 5pecial Club lall bo)"J choir), the man:hing band with its many for a school by today's 8tandard~. awesome drum IIIaJOrs and sophist!ClIted IIlllJOrettes,the I vividly rtnIember my mom', coming home from one contm baDd, the teachers and prinripall {strict disopU of the plays (in whid! my brother Harvey "starred") telling narianslll'ere all special Even the halhl"lIrs .... ere special us aU about it: ' Rebel '.'.'ilhout A CaUSl!." We, my brother, while plJfiing duses (some 3,000 - 5,000 strong and Ervin, and .mter Sandn., could hardly wait 10 get to I!IOI'e, depeodq on .... hen one attended the schooIl. Parker High - that was the ultimate, in our !.hen, 'Ibm, thero were the dubs, both acade!lllc and social. younger lives. We had gQlf and tennis dubs decades before they were [ shall never forget the first play that I wit.nessed popular in Bladr. tulture. The lin could go 011.. After all I I.!"rom the baI(01lyl as a ninth grader. -Rehearsal For lIII jIIst _ of the hundreds 0( thousands of Partentes. Death" (a play within B playl. You wlll,lld have to have Se-,'rrthele$S, there Willi one group which made the school been there 10 appreciate B. J. Morgan's famous lint (after 1 real "special" treat, and they were the Playmakers. a knocht the door), "Who rou.Jd that beat this hwr?" The Founded and directed by Mr. ROOert (Bobbie' Jones, statement was 1(1 profound that &1m, after 37 yean, I nnd the P\aymakers coold ha\"e ~tQOd the test "'ith any of New myself uttering th~ ,,'Onis wilen my phone rings late at York'!; Broadwav Pnllilw:tioos. Costumes "'ere JOI!IeI.hing night « when there is I koock on the door, after bours. to behold. It haS been said that a woman Iiu:D one of tile -M\Ililcal Americana: staning the then Nilhe Ruth Hardy ndle:st communities in the nation attended ooe of the ~ell Carter) Will fun·filled. the concert band, of which I naLlYity programs and later asked to pun:hase one of the was a part. aJso played 1 special part in that atraYlpll' Ia.Ilpturemat~ used 00 stage in !he progrllll. What lbe thought "'as a statue "'as a human and could nOl. be ...... ", All who knew him will agree that Mr. Robert Jones Ifll!l special. Mr. Jones ",as a geniu.s when it came to hit - Jan Robinson PlaYlIIalum. I can see him now, running from the back of ClaS/i of '68 !he audiwrium all the way to the stage, shouting at s0me one who was not doing his part Tighe.. Who Was Samuel Ullmao? Samuel Ullman was born in In to this try. He grew up in CooIederary. Later board president. Samuel Ullmau Negro High School- which was not a to his being kidred off the school board. was, many people never had the same clout. Samuel Ullmau was a man before his time. It was after his death that he was dis('Qvered writings, The was by culture . The poem was ril'aI ever, was III T~ Legaq, our history book - to rome.) Ullman High School (the "Green and Gray" Wolf Pack) was Parker High', Sa I Ullman t 80' 1919 biggest ri\'al for many years. Students of Ullman High would hal'e 10 mue a age 10 complete the last two high school years at Parker before it became a fou r·year school. Though the school building is now the University of Alabama at Birmingham's Bell Building many of the fo rmer school's alumni stay in dOSl'touch with each other, Ullman High School is vet)' much a part of our lega ey. Many ofus are relatives, friends, and spouses. YO UTH Youth is Mt a time of life, it is 0 gl(Ue ofmind; it is IlDt a matkrofrosy c/weks, rfIi lip$ and suppk knees; u is a mot· tuoft~ will, a qUidityoft~ imagination, a ~igor oftM tmolwm; it is thR {rtthMS3 oft~ dNp springs of life, Youth mtGM a temperomllltaJ predominanu ofrourage ot'f'r timidity ofthR appe/ill>, for mll'f'ntun ooer the u-of roSl!, This often erists in a man of sixty morr than a boy oflUlen/y. Nobody groll.'s old mmly by a nl.llnMr ofyror1 Wt grow old by urting our idroh. ¥oors may u!rinkLe lhe skin, bul wgilJt up en1hU$Uzsm wrinkks tM soul. Worry, fear, s from Ronald E. Damper (}-assOfI9~ "From the turn ofone century to the turn of another, Parker fligh has enriched our lives while educating and preparing us to mQve forward and give back to our communilies. We honor Parker s legacy as we support the present students andfuture generations. We salute the Purple and White. " May 11 . 14,2000 - - HOI $4NU _ Sasonblgs - Oils - Tu· Coffu - Caler- GONrmd 42 CONGRATUlATIONS FOR 100 YEARS OF EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE! Funeral Chapels .~~o/~. serving Residents of Alabama Since 1937 Family Owned and Operated Dependable &. Sympathetic Service All Burial PoUeies Honored Pre-Need COWlSellng &: Arrangements Avallable ~Afune,.al should be what you want it to be. It is the summary ofa life that you held dear and nothing pre-packaged can fully express that. We understand and are dedicated to providing eueryfamily the personal attention they deseroe. ~ Two Generations of Proud Parker High School Graduates: Ernest Dewitt Poole' Class of January. 1929 John Adkin Poole' Class of Janwuy. 1932 Minnie Poole Frazier Class of June. 1932 Ernestine Poole Costalonga Class of May. 1966 Laura Poole Johnston Class of May. 1967 James Dewitt Poole Class of May. 1968 ""="«' (205) 322-5574 or 322-5575 Fax: 322-6396 Post Office Box 1901 lSOI Seventh Avenue, North Birmingham. AL 35203 (Located In Blnnlngham's Civil Rights DtWlct) Materia M. Poole. President MinnJe Poole FYazier, Secretary Ernestine Poole Costalonga. Administrator Wttkly Broadcast Every Saturday. 7:00 a.m .. WATV-Radio - THE WAY IT WAS by There are historical fads about Parker High School Dodson M. Curry, M.D. fpreo.iousi}' Industrial High S:hooll that should be stated. lA/ftclWlUlttly hoo:n /{) many as "Dr. Dog Bitt") Up until the Late 19305 Industrial H18h School was the only Afro-American high Khool in th.e City of Birmingham The enrollment at this time was between 4000 to 5000 students. This ract alone made it the largest Ingh school in the ""OTld . This fact was publillhedon more than one occasion by an author. columnist., and later tell' VlSLon host, Robert L. Ripley in hill book, &lit~ it 01" Not. The first C!I.>--ualty in World War II from Birmingham, and po;iSibly the State of Alabama . .,..as •• graduate IX Industrial Higb SdIoo1., class of 1938. His name q; Jubus EIlsbeny. He 1"aS killed aboard the Battleship U.s.S. Oklahoma on ~mber 7, 19·n, .,..hen Japan bombed Pearl Ham. Today It is dtffiruh to realize the obstacles tha~ the teachers and students had to OYera,lme in their quest for an education in the 1930s.1t took dedkated teachers and willing students: fortunately there wen! both at this school. During the early 19305 female teachers a)Uld not marr)'. If they were seeretJy married lIJld their secret revealed, they ..,ere terminated immediately. This rule W85 rescinded SOIIK'ti!ne in the 1930s. Afro-AmerK:an teachers ...,th quaiLficatmllS equ.al or superior to thw 'dute CWIlterpalU' .,..ere by la.,.. paid much le;;s. 'I1w; mequality tnlS later rectified in • C'OW1 cue. As if these obstacles -..ere not ttLough. there " trically dril'en and ran on tracks which were locat.ed in one passing along 8th AI'enue in front of the school would the middle of the main thoroughfares. The sueett:an; think the school deserted because then were no IIiIIS of' had routes that went to most or the of the outl~lng com activity. It walIlltnctly forbidden that any student be III munitil.'S ofthecity. There was a oentral eonnedioo pornt fronl "hen school .... as in session. Dunng ~1.as5 periods dowotown 011 19th Street North at 1st. 2nd, and 3n1 the hallwa)"S ""ere rompletely empty. When necessary to Avenues. 1b alleo.iate the oongestion caused by students change classrooms at the end of a period, all traffic in the going to school in the mornings, ~rtain streetcars "'ere hallway lIIII\·ed in the same direction. dl'lllgnatM ~ials __ The specals ..,..ere reserved for All 51udents were roquired to .... ear unif(ll1Ilfi. The uni, students only. EI'en with this, smne students ",ere luck· fonns for male students Wef'l'. khaki tl'llllSffi with shirtli ler than others in that IIO!De Specials stopped to off-load optimal. When one reached the level of senior student, them on 8th AI"enue m front of the sehool. Other Speciah there W/I.II the option of ""earing navy blue trousers. For disgorged their pa&SengefS no Graymont Avenue at 4th female students the Wliforms were blue cotton dresse&. Street mating it necessary to walk three blocks to Skirts and bloose& "'"ere permitted bot the blouse had to school. The unluckIest of the group were the ones who be ""hite rottoo ";th bluejacket to match the skirt. When had UJ come from the oommunmes of CoUegeville, the ~e1. of senior was reacbed, the girls bad the optioo of Greenwood, East Bmningham, North Birmingham, and wearing all ""hite. There were no exceptions to thIS rule. Tarrant. located in the Northern section of the city. This If a male student came to school out of uniform he had two pattirular Special was composed of a motor-dri\'eI\ lead d\!jres: one of gomg home, thus betng marked absent for car that pulled a trailer eoupJed behind it. The lead ear the dar. or borrowing a pair of trousers from the tailor picked up the wrute students ...·ho were attending lIle all &bop. The latter choice W/I.II the least des:itabre because the ,,;lIlte Plutlips HLgb ScbooI. Wben this double stree\ear borrowed trrusers were in\'ariabl)' ill SUing and SOITJeo amwd at 26th street and 8th AI-eoue, the Phillips High time;; not as sanitary lIS one would desire. If a female stu ' School studen l ~ "tre unloaded.. The street ca r pnx:teded dent came to school out of wufonn she ..... as sent home to.th II-.enue IUld ternunated its run al the "car-barn" Immediately. located on 3rd Avenue at 9th Street At this location all It is necessary to give some historical background oftheAfro.Arnt-neall students "en unloaded IUld had to before stating some facts about the diotr al Induslrial walk to BChooi. (Parker) Htgh School. During the era ofslawry the slave It was sometime during the penod of near 1931 that owner would separate any t ....o sla\'eS who were from the the Lincoln School Annex "as opened to partially relieo."e same nllage or the same tnbe. This was done to prevent the crowded Cl)ndillons of the ever increasing number of any communicatIon between the two or group in a lan students, Some of the claS5ell of the 9th grade were held guage IIllkooom to the dave OII'"DI!!", By nea!SSity the at Linroln School. Anotl,..r method to accommodate the sla\"e5 .... ere forced to speak English. A method of commu grO\\'ing student population was to institute what was nication by way of song was developed. This music is called 'double sesaion." This was I method of teaclting knov,1l by us today as the Negro Spiritual. Within the one class of students from 8;00 a.m. to 12:00 noon then won:ls of the Kegro Spiritual are messages of escape sending them home. The nen set of students ..... ould plans, routes to take, and much more valuable informa attend scbool from 12:00 noon 10 3:30 p.m.. When it was lion to make eItIlpe sucoessful. A debt of gralitude II determined that this was just a temporary S()]ution, owed. to Black historians, writers, and musioologists for Ullman High School "'-as opened. revealing Uus mlormalJon. In 1938 Or. ArthUl" Harold Parker .... as the pnnapal Before the ronstructJ.oo of the new Parker High School and Mr. W. B. Johnson was the lISSiIl!.ant principal. Dr, facility, the original buildin& had an auditorium that Parke!" was I man of relath"e short stature, light rom could _t about 2000 students. It no; in thts auWt(lrium ple:rion, and walOY hair, Mr. Johnson was somewhat the in the 1930s and 1940s that the choral direetor, Mr. opposile being a man oflarge stature with a brown ro~ Wilkerson, and later Mr Henry kepi. the an and craft plexloo, In thetr adPunistralive capacibes they comple and the urumagu:table beauty of this mUSl( alive. The mented each othe!" as evidented by the smooth cunnmg chontl director seated the students in Cl)lumns according and the discipline of the school. On III}' gi ...m school day, "..,_ ... _- -'"n to ,Ute. The bantones and bIwes in one lXIIumn, the when the unwanted viSItor prolonged his stay, the ,ilua tf1\OI'S. altos and sopranos each in separate columns. don was dealt with by calling Miss Kmnedy to relloh'e Each column '11'11$ ~used IIq)lll'lltely, then the whole the problem. Mi" Kennedy was a tiny woman With an ensemble would sing. This thoir bad gained such a rcpu· engaging pmooality. Her manner and tedmique ."35 UUDII that I'lhen Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, the lIife of then such that she could make the most uncivil of men calm j>mldent Franklin D. Roosevelt, (ame to BinnlIIgham, and reasonable. Mis6 Kennedy was called in only when IIhe 'Visited the school to bear this phenomenal choir. the all other attempts had failed. She would resolve the ~ . It woold be an impossible task to mca.l1 all of the great diffkvltlfS with class and dignity and all parties left .. wachers 11'110 IIlOkled our young li\1';S during Lhis time. smiling . When one considers the odds.lhejob they did was noth· The Parker High School Band has alwaYIL enjoyed the " Ing short of amazing. reputatloo of being one of the best high sdlooI bands_ Our class sire was never less than 60 studentl; per Tlus is a legacy handed down through the years. It is a '.~ classroom. On the second or third day of dass the teacher little known ract that during the tenure of John T. "Feu" knew e\"ery 51uden(s name, and by the serond week, he Whatley III band director, an ilUlO\'ation was instJtu\ed ~" or she knew the parent'. name and the family back· by this remarkable man that is still pncticed today < ground. How they did tlu.s I will !le'"er MOW. because Before this bold music move was made by Feu Whatl~ " ther1' were few telephooes. How these teachers cooId halftime football entertauuneo.t COIl5isted of the bind • idenufy yoor voice wben ),OU were whispering in the bad: playing a number of military marches. Fess Whatley was • iii the dassroom will remain another mystery'. the first band direnor to take a popular tune and COO\wt • There ,,'ere DO I!IlIjor problems of discipline in the it to a march tempo and present it to the public. That • dassroom, rere;s areas, or hallways. [n order to elTec· song ..... as '1\u:edo Junction." When first heard, It was an tively teach 6O-plus students in ooe dassroom, silence instant success. Sint"l! that time !iChooI bands M\'e adopt, was essential - Ihis the teachers demanded. and this ed !he format of sho...- tunes and popular mU$i( for half, they got. For infractions of I minor nature you weft time entertamrnent. This revolution in mUJit ..... 1IlI start admonished by the teacher. If the infractioos ....ere u a ed by this band director of Parter High School, IlIOn! ienCIIIS nature, the student ..as threa\l:'fll!Cl by No (IDe doubts that Ft!$S \~batley was , great band tN. !limp/e ~ "If yuu tOrIlmlll' Y ,:JJn ~enwrimn John T, "Fess" Whatley Fess"l1 born in Thscaloosa, Alabama, March 11, "", ,,~•• '"!""'." and Lucy "''hatley. At the age of 12 years, he came to Birmingham ro live with the late . Carrie A. 'fuggle and to attend TIlggle Institute. There he rec:eivoo his high Sfhool training. It has been said that as a yrunc boy be played bookie to follow the cin:us bands all O'o"er toII'Il. He sold scrap II'IIl to buy his first trumpet and would later lead his bands to fame in the '3Os and '40s. He attended Alabama State College and New Jersey State College. In 1917. he joined the farolty of the then Industrial High School where he organiwd the first band and printing shop in the Birmingham City &:hoots. Fess Whatley taught at Parter High &boo! for 48 }11lll'S and retirW in 1963- He wa;; mamed to Alire DarueI .ho preceded him in death (19631. For 57)'eIlrS be wu a ~ber of Sardis Baptist Churcll and a member ofits trustee board. He"'lIi I 32nd degree Mason, a Shriner, and an Elk . The Legend Continues Smith & Gaston Funeral Service "\-\THERE TilE COST OF A '~:::! ISA I\tArrER OF' YOUR CI IOI CE" ISOO4th A>-enue Nooh (Nonmide) 102 6th A"coue S.W (Soulhiide) BinmllJlwn. At 35203 (2OS) 322·3581 Binningtum. At 3S211 PAUL G. GARDNER, ERIC A. GARDNER, EDNA M. GARDNER, DIRECTORS 1888 A. H Parker Special Edition 1939 ~~ ______;""'"M"'"N"GCH"A::M-:"~A~l_" "'"'~'~':'~~ __ ~~~ __ _ B io qrilph~ ill Briel 01 51l1lienls P81J Tribub I:u l'riot:ipal Onr Principal GoId~ EdIlCl.~onal Amrile~ Arthur Haro" W:-:...::-:,k ... _ bora Celehraled II Schcol May 7. 1870. in Sprioj:field, Ohio. Pupils o f aU d ..... or InduSlri.! His 'athe, w ~ . a nali.'", 01 Ala· Hi2h School uailed Moy 5. to do bam ... while his mOiber " .... a Vir- 1>000. 10 the principal. Dr. .... H. gini.n. Tl'Ilim-d in the p " b lie Pork...,., .... hoo.e goldftl oooi...,...sary ochoob of SPTiog/ield. where b ~ 01 teachiD!!" "" II t.. <>Iw>,,~ by linisMd bia-b schoo] in 1887. be cirR<>u 01 the school. Sundo,y after- wu preporioi: to enter Obet-lin JlOO_. May 7, al. the ,,,boo! ~ i ~ CoIIti'" wben Ai& tarlMr. -.a..iM Ib" ;1 buiulrill Hi..L 10 Celebrale 0"'" I "",m}' - li~e hundred in all. oIlould~", "" lhe oldeSl children, !I" 0"", ."""k" .. on ,be pr<>eT"m Arlhur wa ••he .....,.,nd chilc1 aDd 50th AmDnrsug i~ Tel ~ hing of ....,,'" 0<. C. B. Cleno, Superinlend. ",."'inll and ironing lor the Ilmil, Dr, Puker .nl of SChool ... . nd Dr. L. F. Snk ... ,fas hit "";2ned job. He yet ".';'~llnl Superin l end e n~ Rerre. lound lime 10 •• k" a shorl b",in... May 7111 will be. day 10 be r .... "".,.,iv.. from 'be oIludcm IITOup cou"'" ,n Sp.intlkld along ,,~th hi, membered in Birmicthlm, when paid-",bule to 1bJ, princip.!, .nd r.rul.r llehool w!lf k, as well as.o cili"",s of Birmintham "'-ill come rills from cla$$6. club.,-and iodi LeuT1I his Iother's teadeofborberin, . 10g •• lIer to do honor 10 Dr. A. II. vidual. we.e presen'ed 10 him. ThUli ...q uipped 1" "",n • living, Parker, principal of Indu$irial Speaking lor lbe Fou"h Senion wben he was unable 10 <'1I1. r 000.- High School on the ·O<.lCIlsion of wi. Edward Jones. S<-Dior ~ . liD, he came South in Ibe ... mmer the comple lion of his fiftielh YHr dent; for 'h" FOII"h Juniors. Cha.. 01 1887, stoppin~ li,...1 in NM$h,.,n", ,n Ibe Birmingham Public School", Shaw; .hi,d )''''' .... Willie Brlnll"10 .hen AUI DIa. aDd finony cominr 10 He will al ... c INDL'STRIA!. /UGIl SCHOOL RECORD ~ Some Fmrie Jobs of - - May 50 I'IM Dr. Pubr .... _"" ... ~I>f Or: ~ II. Parker.. I II co.pUliD wu oonlininl Ib~ pi.... U'OC5TRIAt HIGH ~ PriDCI .... ~ Ind ~ ....l H~ ScbooI of .n~ck for ,be '0110""01 dlJ' "'. -- IIIrmiorham. Aim.... ~""'Dl 01 NtVO toId~ 1U>tT(lIUAL STAFF ()e,o. [}r. Plrk~: . ""Tomorrow, I ....., you 10 be 011 u.,... , ..."ri ___ Wmlo c.:.It...I AI fourth SenoorJ ,,'00 ha.", fOUr ' ;plOH. You will l~ 1h'" 11- ,,_10.1. WMW __...... J4_ , ...... known )"0<> klr lour fe-flo i. ~iw. toek; ~OOO of you. boN::ktd up by ...... ' UI _ __ A..tn.. A~'" '" &,1'1<01 pleQ''''' to extend 10 you 100.000 0( ,he <:(Iunlry', picked u....,. U ..", E...,.. w..- our h""niesl ~lul.1ions 011 ..hIre .oldie,s. Th", ey .. of tbe 1:<1_ 04 ~.wo....- .___ CIon _ your birlbd.y and coIdea """i,,.,.· ..,ioa ,.,,11 be 011 yoo.~ ~ u_ Do ...... ,.. Thiok,,,, 10 spur 1hem 011 10 he- ~ __ 0..,. We lOtI! prOUd CUI Ibis oa:aoioa ro;., tHor, ... be MMd, __ _ m _ .... _ tomts ill Ibis ynr-ou. bu ) 'ear- ~Do)"OCl kIIow 110... rbe ~. ud 'u Ih.ll pi .... it ''''''''l" ow li_ 1M nest day ,.;u ~I '50.000 mooa dlnu.bfd __ ia. OF U~C I.E SAM'S BRAVEST Ioby h.ppi..es ud joy bere- SEGRO SOLDIERS LEAD .fret be you .... Ind ".., oiDttrdy ArrACK. BACKED BY 100." ~ lb~ l ...·e m" join IOU io PICKED WIIITF. CA\'A1.Rr.~ I.essau 10 be Iiamed hum liIe m.ay 11>0~ ~ltb".. iooL ()oe I'qro .,lche,. i00i<1'<1 ~p We DI piJhr SiDOeft'ly you.... Ihpl;':"llr. lad_id. Dr. .·ourth So>nior a..... ~you D)' " 'e· .... I"'DI tD Itodr Wbea one oft"", 10 .,.",.id.... th., .:.d",.nl lOdes. a."nmon ~Y .... ~ probabl)' OIIe lounh 01 ODP'. lile il [k,nn" Perry, eo.a.",man "ADd lhe "'h;tt 101k.11 be behind f~nl in iCbooL lbe~ should. be us?" other ttfall IlId wuoftd 0CC'Wf 10 Moy 5, 1'lJ' "YCL" !be miDd .1 1M _one time. OIIM Dr A. I I. P.rk.... "We',e IWint 10 IHdI" penollf "'bo h.w had ionuence 1 ~~n.II"lh Scl>nol "Wby. yot". uid lbe ""plaiD PUl' 0 ..... III all our )...... in school. tbe Ili,m ,alb~m. AI.bom. u.d. m.'" dI..-.der iI Dr. A. H, Park .... DHr Dr, Puke.: "Well. ""plIID, thill ill bo", the who as OIl. priocipoal has done We I.... Fourtb IUDion would ~eW3P" pt'r bHdliMl·.... roo", 10 1IIt>C'b for tht laduStri10l H'lb lilIe 10 n ... _ our Ipp""'i:atioa for fftd-'IIII,OM OF UNCLE SAM'S SdIooL Tb. ~ ha had lbe 1II... y Ih,ap Iblt ,.- boo,... BEST WIUTE SOLDIERS ~l"nce ..,th both I~ &lid done lor ... \'our_~",", 1 TRAMPI.ED TO DE .... 'H B\' 41L>1ka~ .It_lh be has _ .1 IIUL beta III<:« than !..Iplul 10 ",. .50." BLACK S01.Dlf.RS.~ ....,.. ~It .....,n. \·ou ...... 1 ..... yl uadri.Ddiol lie dream<>d 0/ rnchiol: ""naia aDd .ympalbelle with tbe llower AI. """"'t.... "'" ~nl: through IOIlI in hie and b ... 1Il>OCftded. PUPIls. We admi")'Go .'.,,-y mt>C'b octo. of l.be pOOIu d;,.id. 0/ N~w This wN not done m."..,ly by lor th_ Qu.ol'loeL We ",ish you York Cuy. he hel.d I ,,'omlD .",\1 - ~reaminl[ .boul them. but by "'ark e.'ery poI6ible joy on I~i. ocali(MI ,a~Morphie. 0 Mo.-phie!'" ,nQ;loward lb~m, lor )'ou ru\ly ddoe,,'e ,It Tbe .~por "" louod lhe prl"SOn Alter oblOiniQIf Ihe things ,h., he Yaun Ioia<:('fely. ..ho WII e.lh~a • tmoU ~h ild ond wisbed be did Dot ilop bo'. tried jlmes £lhl1£ton. o,ainl1"" asked. . ." ._" _ • ~_ .~' \\ 11I1~m &rk.... eo-o,..,rmon ·WhJ do)'OtL (;111 he. ·Mor.... ;,,·,.· a",," I '",ar 10 0 "oct""" wlDP ...... I« botb hit tcbooI aDd hi> --Ie. MWel1~, sa'" l,be mothoT, ~ber re:ol .... y~ I May 5.. .,It ".me it MorptuM. ~ "fhe LWc1\'$Pl1""I' ~.ff of the IDd... PTof,!t, II. "".kor. P,;napal "Morpliloel Wlty did ,..,.. Dime lrialllLII:h School RHU'd """"..1- lodultnalll.,h ScbooI bet Mo.phitler ,I,," Dr. Pmet OD b .. fiftieth Bnm.al[ltl..... Allha.... " I .I ..· .)i beo.nl ,hal Morpb,oe is laah'flMrl Ind .. i>ba billl bapp; 0.- Prof. Porker: the prod...!! of ...... 1d poppy; Ind if neas.t thil Ume. \\ eo tbe 3nI So:aior a ... of the nt1' ""1OM bad I ..' .Id poppJ. thIS laduflr,ollhch ScbooI wiob 10 """ child bti." ...., lin M• .w Aidoo. '4(1 '<.'.'•. ~.-~ .IohyS.I'll9 ...... " -" Dr. A. II. P~,k" .~_ ~ min.", I f'2£J. ~ MItT ,fIIut ."'...... """'"ul. ,.alw.,"' .. . PTiDCipai. Ind!Ulri.1 Hiirb.xl>ool _time bad PAM«I ,be ..... ,,..,. I~ ,"- ,,'1.,... /If ..... lt ' ....k .... BirmiQirb.m. Alabo.ml '.'ufDft! ."" aM~. "s-. no' - ;tr.JI!.~. ~"~"'1""'I~p ON. Sir: ,.,., ,.kt your erp lnolher "'Y. I Plcase toeapl ,be lin""", rood out 'imm.rer ;. br(lkftl." . r ------50 ,A. JFI. Jlarktr !IiS~ 5'cqllol INDUSTRIAL HIGH SCHOOL RECORD Girillesernli ud Hi-I Bogs Atreud YIIIIlh CoDgress :~~~;;mi":"':~so'and ac«pled ,ba' be• I Imer"a] cSloblish- school f .... claimed I I.~ s<:hool !he world. enrollmenl of 2992 William$, social .... Parm Hiqb Olwrns Nerp'II Birlort Week TM &-..b ....._ 0( 1'_01 s.ro fI...,. ..._ ~ . -'-..1 .. ,,-to, HiJ:h _ do".. ,be _ to( F...... , ll. Tlot loooIIooi. -. toor.. ___ ., ...... -.. .. oI.be N-. 11...,._ ",,,,,,G>' ...... ,., TM _trial _ ... Icc, _ '" [D_ u....mercial...... Classes "" IeedIers Gel Und~rwa;-' ...... 10 '" ~~~§~~~§~~.;::;¥.g~~~~~~~~~~ ,,",t.. H ..... bon...... tio.r _ _ A ------52 {tttdtunial ';§crihbltrs l!illrlU'r 1'1nff ,;§ilTtnkl't (![[ubs Girl RaerTII .... L __ CIoI. ..1.. _ 1" 00rI _ .... jOA,",_ "" _ _.. _- L it ..... ' __ -. __01_ .. "__ ...... L c-co.t ~ ...... I DttIo T.__""..N __ I000_ ',_"_.;o:, ....~ _-- I... c-...... t.o.-GioI ____'-. ___ ...... __ ....._ __...... _ ...... _ tuolll. .•• _ ...... '... _ .1.0,....,...... (;00< _ l000i ...... _ .._ ... __ _--- I. s..._ G ... TT. I .. ...~ .... _ ... _ t ... _. __ x-.. Dqs AIjIiI no__ ...-,. _ __ ... _ __- I __ ...... _., ... __ a..._11100 _ ... _ _ . '" v,"", .. -~ ... .. ' .. _.__ .. .__ ... _ .. - ) $10_.. _ _ ...... ,.. _ ... _ .- AT THE ANNEX :n...~::.. .. --=..._-.. ,;.":d. IIi-TLn.cl;nDri ..-_ ...... "'...,. __.. '"10_, __..... 0-__-- ..... ,.. ...- _ _ ...... __ 10 ...... _ ...~... --...,.--.. --.....,_ - ... __...... 1(-._,_....0_...... '_''''_, "' ...... -_ " _,,.,<'t .., __ ...... __ _ ...... _ _... n ...... - .CIOO4 -~--"",.&, ,-_ .. _- .... ""'koI.....,_"'-"". f __ ._~ ...... ",,"," - I ...... __ ..... ,__ ... _...... _.nIo_ """-- ...... _-- .. _ ...... T....-_ . ....__ ,.. __ ...... - _ ~ -",.- hi ...__ 00I0M0t OM __ ... -...... -...... no. . _.,...IIH ___ .. _ ....aMY _ ~~ ...... "MY 01 .... __ .. _ "Variety Nighl" ,._,_," _.-_. -.....,.._ -P. ~ - _ -"--'...... Io ...... ' • 00._;u, ""'...... ___ .... 1,_·...... _ ___...... Bul · Mmstnl . Orohmn ...... ,..." .-_ ...... -. r ... '1 ___ .. _ ..- _ ...... _.,, ...... __ ",.. 11,,_-• low ..... Parker High School w_ Mmh l5, 25-1 ,. .. .l I PAun IISI SCUGl IItOU EDITORIAL PAGE -. ._- ,.,...... -~ _--- .. --·-...... I n...""'- .... _ ...... 010 .... _...... ~ .. - __ _ ---~-- --n..,r _ ___..... _ ot_------..... -. .-.01._ ...... &00<. _ .. ...__ ~---- tIoo_. No ...... -_ ..... r,.--~-- __ ...... u,...... _~ ...... no..... __ .. "'"'- ...... _. ._r ""'_"- ...... --. _ ...... - _0l0i..... -~ ...... __- ...... - .. _ ...... 0l0i_ oWrtf ow "------...... __ r.. __ no ...... -.__ ron...... _ ...... -~---- -.fto ...... ~--. -.--PI ___._ ..... _ r -- _--'01..... _--- Ii ...... ---_... .., rr ____-...... _.. _ .-_---01 """""-0. ~ _ _ - 'IlooJoJ- __ oI_. ~$:= ' .-...... r_,,-._ ".. Buy U. S. War Bonds and Stamps 8m It Pri:!td It 1. II. PARIII\ Hffi8 SCHOOL PnIIon r. Tn ..... Nolie SdoooIo • 54 _ t;?J.,.. :!I. )1urku :!1igll ~c~ool «tttuul1inl {[elebrntion UMBER Ii lULU IU U BlumGUII, IUUIIl IUf 22, lUi 4000 PARKER CORONATION ,... "'" .... "" ... 01 Iloo _ .. _,__ .. __ .r ... "' _. .... _"IP __ ...... _ .. , " .. 'I ' " . .. __ ... _ ••<10,100 .... _ -.._-----...... _ ... _...... -...... rl_' ..._--.- ...... 1o.oJ, -. - _ .. _b,...... " ...... 10< ___' _ ...... -':.... ,.,_.- ..... - -...... __ - ._..,....-- T...... _-- _ ' .. - ..__--- ... 1 ...... _ --...... , .--_T. twrJ... .. __ ...... _· ., ...... _--'w ...... _ .-... _ -_...... To _. _- _____ ..... -- _ot ______. ot . _ __-=_Mloooloa.;a. DonI Fail to See and Hear , ...... T... sn...... 101 ...... _ Boogie Woogie Revue 1 .. L._Lo~""'''''b__ ol_" ' ~I Man., Tues. Nillhll ,.,...... -_ • __...... toIIioto- ..-_ _...... May 26-27 _ ... t ... _. L...... -II...... 55 AIWIIX II..,... KmlCrtsUs IIewui ill Opmf, 19-1 ,.M. _"A __ .... _,,_00.. UOO __ '"... n.. __ ...... __ __ wIIlI ____ ..... -- loll- ...0"'-1. -" w_ ...... _ ...... -..."" ...... _ ..... _____ ... _ ..... u...... ------_ _...... ---_ __ H....,._I '-0'M00I_._ ...... ______-,... c.-._Il00 _ . _ _.... "._ .... 1>. ___ ...... _ _ 1, - .... _.. ---_IooL ILT.W._ .. _ ...... ------...... _'._-.... _ ; ..___ _-__ eooo._...... -.."""...... _ ...... _ ...... , ,1."" __ ""_...... n" ... _,...... _---- _ ----- ...... __ ...... -1...... - --_ _- - PARKER SLAUGHTERS MARTIN LUTHER 51-0 - 56 MISTRESS OF CEREMONY Binnie Myles Binnie Myles is I product of the Birmingham Public School System. She attended Miles College, rereivOO her under graduate degree from Clark University in A1Iaota and her Master"s ~ !Tom Antioch Uni"mity in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Binnie's career includes radio and TV talk sho\\' host positions in Philadelphia, Atlanta, and Birmingham.. She presently is 1hffic Reporter for sa'era! radio stations including 98.7 KlSS-FM.. SM "olunteers in the area of HlVlAlDS in churthes. schools, the prison systems, shelrers, bospitals, and in the community She serve.; OIl se\"eral boards and is act.ive as a public speaker. She is chair of the Martin Luther King Urnty Breakfast Comuuttee for the year 20ot. Binnie is the Associate Director fithe Alabama Jw: Hall of Fame and an actiw member of Christ the King Lutheran Churc:h in RIverchase. TMm~ "Ukbralil1g fJIId Commemoralirlg 100 Yturr of Educational Exfflfenre and PIU,ing 011 II Ltgrrey of Parker Pridt" May 11-14, 2000 THURSDAY -MAYII, 2000 Registration Reception ...... , ... , ...... Get Acquainted Hour 7:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m. Entertainment ...... , ...... Emanuel FRIDAY - MAY 12, 2000 M'NUAL ALUMNI DAY PROGRAM 10:00 a.m. Master of Ceremony ...... Christopber Holifield, Class of 2000 Posting of Colors ...... Parker High School JROTe Invocation ...... Re\', Calvin Clopton, Class of2001 Selection ...... Parker High School Band Play ...... "The Pearl of Binningham" Written by Barry McNealy, Clm 01'1989 SeIC(tion ...... Parker High School Choir Selection ...... Parker High School Cheerleaders Sele<:tion ...... PHS Temptations Class of 2000 Dance ...... PHS Dance Girls Ike & Tina Thmer Review Selection ...... Spotlight Dance Parker High School Dance Roll Call ...... Mrs. Sandra Weems, Class of 1972 Remarks ...... Dr. Raymond Reddick, Principal School Song ...... Choir Purple and White Ball 9:00 p.m. - 1:00 am. Elllertainment ...... Binningham Heritage Band 59 Greetings ...... Mr. Jesse Champion, Sr., Class of 1945 United A1umni President SATURDAY - MAY I ~ 2000 Centennial Celebration Parade Smithfield Candle Lighting Memorial ...... Parker High School Graduates Solo ...... Ms. Patricia Whately, Class of 1972 Grace ...... •...... Rev. Calvin Woods. Sr., Class of 1950 Dinner is sen'ed Words onVISdom from Parker Bridge Builders: Mr. Ron Damper, Class of 1963 Enlrtpf'UlllU The Honorable George W. Mitchell, Class of 1954 SUpuWr Court Judgt, MashmgwlI, D.C. Dr. Gemma Douglas- Beek1ey, Class of 1963 Profmor, R~sl Cclugt. Holly SpnI1lI, Mlss/stlppi Mr. Henry Boykin, Class 00957 Rdlrtd tdum/Qr, Blrminglwm Publk &hooh Entertainment ...... Good Fellas, featuring Ms. Tena Wilson 60 Remarks' Appreciation ...... Dr. Raymond Reddick A H. Pruitr HilI! &hooIl'riIIcipaJ Mr. Jesse Champion, Sr., Class of 1945 Uni.1ld Alumlli Prnl Candle Lighters Raphael Pruin, Class of 1995 Andrea Pruiu, Class of 1999 BrianLeonard, Class of 1998 Angela Pruitt, Class of 1999 Natasha Mollette, Class of 1998 Alisha Clark, Class of 1999 Chukwuemeka Weems, Class of 1998 Mellani Reynolds, Class of 1999 Andrea Burnett, Class of 1998 Richard Franklin, Class of 1999 SUNDAY - MAY 14, 2000 Breakfast I Worship Service 7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Parker High School Ministers in Charge Laying of the Wreath 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. A Memorial Tribute to Dr. A. H. Parker Oak Hill Cemetery Solo - Mr. John Plump, Class of 1985 "The Impossible Dream~ School Song Releasing of the Doves Love Birds, Inc. 61 GRAND CENTRAL MORTGAGE CORP. -raking You Home H FHA. VA. Com'mllonal & CommeTcla! TIM ROBINSON "'""""'" 213 Gad--sden Highway. Suite 220 Binningham. AI.. 35235 Phone; (2051836·6211 Pager: (205) 804-0718 Fax: (2051 836-6336 ------BANQUET SPEAKER Gemma BeckJey First Black fflllale proressor at the Unh-er sily of Mississippi It is with ple~ that J am partici· pating as • 1963 gnMiuate of Parker HIgh ScbooI In this eent.ennial cele bratiOll. To begin, it should be ~~T1 how important Parker High School WBIi and III to me dunng my de-'eJop mental years of growing up in Binningham. When I entered Parker In 1959 and graduated in 1963 I became I third gmeratim Mmy fam ily to ha\'e aUended and graduated from this high school. Having heard my ramily tallr. about Parker all of my W'e, I '1\'&5 extremely proud to enter its IlUIb Ind now to be counted among its many illustrious graduates Born m 1945 and n ate"1. IIJlportant ~ta1 years m my bfe. There Loul"enia Finley, but my three cousins, Eamest, Robert were man}' who influenoed my life like so many thou· and Eugene Hentley, all graduates of Parker HIgh sands of others. Mr_ R. C. Johnson Willi prmcpal of School, .... ere my brothers and hal'e fl'm.ainlld !SO through Parker ",hen I attended and was n(l(oriousiy wooderfuI, DIIt my life. My bfe seems remarkably oounsbed by He cwId stand in a hall ..ar and 'IIIIth almost four thou auots, undei and those family fnends .... ho oeemed to sand students in attendance appeared to know e"eryone epitO!lll1.e the Mrican saying "it takes a vi llage' by name. M)' class must hal1' been!UllOilg the last group -..-... -- c~. :!L l1arkn :!IiSI, $~ool «l'niennial ([l'll'braiion _ 63 \.I) attend the Annex, which then housed 9th graders. health center. Upon his return, 'W IIlOVf!d 10 Holly v,'hat a treat we all thought to mol·e to the main building. Springs, Mississippi, and began work with Rust College, It was as though)"ou were advancing iII some ma,ior way which was the alma IIlIIterof my husband.. up the ladder of progress and SUta.'SS. Others who influ· After I few ~"Nrs I returned to direct social work enced my life include my brilliantly talented clIOIr direc· practioe for a kill' years and e'l'eDtuall)' in 1976 bert!lll' an tor, Mr Henry. Nothina: seemed more important than our instnu:tor at the University of Mississippi. I remained after«hool choir rehearsal and to ~il'e the famous there untill98i. Dunng lIlO6e)"I'lIrS I took I few years' black robe after sua:essfuUy auditiorung by sInging a few lea,-e of absence and attended Columbia Universtty to bars of 'Way Down upon the Swanee ru,·er: Mr. HellI)' Kew York wbere I completed my docton.te in 1986. My 11'111 sueh an influence that as I entered Dillard husband pursued and earned his doctorate lD 1986 from t:nil-ersity in New Orleans as a college lItudellt, I "IIl'1I5 the University of MissiSSIppi, Orlord, MISSiSSIppI certain that I wanted to be I music major. No drama pro Afterwards I taught at the Um~emty of Thnneuee's dutboo rould have had ll:lOf1! a-eabvity than those chrect Graduate School of Social Work., and my spouse lwarne ed and produced by Mr Jooes, and e\'ery year for as long president of Wiley College in Marshall Thus.. With a rom· as I could remember the audience was paclr.ed as the muter marriage fo r the neIl. few years, I taught first at choir and the theater department performed the Grambling State University, Grambling, Louisiana, Chnstmas Story. Each year the production was unique, where I became ~or of the Master's of Social Work neve- repeating the same prognun and yet all equally as Pn:Igram. I..ater I "Ironed in Washington, o. C., aoi a beautiful The heroes and she-roes are too numerous to Senior Program Ass:;x:iate for Marian W~t Edlema.n name but what an .muing t.eam of faculty and staff. and the Children's Defense Fund. Upon my graduation from Parker, as mentioned ear· Though there have been numerowt hooors and lier, I began my four years of liberal arts edutation at opportunities over the yellTtl, the following are those Dillard Umversity in New Orleans.. Enll'ring in 1963 and that I chffiSh most. Since 1991 I have taught at and graduallllg in 1967, I lIlllDediately a=pted a tchoIarship beaded the Social Work Department of Rust College, to attend Atlanta Universlty'5 School of Social Work. and where my husband has IM.'rTed lIS President. MlM:h of toDlpleted that degreoe in 1969 my Ume is spent now deI--eloping prDJed8 lIlat have \\ltileaUendingAtlanta.. I met byhusband, n(l"lll'of32 taken me w Eastern Europe (Yugoslavia ISI0l'eD.ia1, )-ears. We are the parenta of two wonderful daughters. Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland. Austria), more recently to Jac:queline Davida Beckley Lampley, is nnw married and Asia·lndia, China, and II late as last summer (1999) to the mother of our first granddaughter, Christian Samone. the Middle East (Isnlel and Egypti. My study and Jacqueline and her husband rESIde bere to BlllDlIlgham. research have alluwed. me to attend the UOlversity of She .. a teICher in the Jefferson Cwoty School S)'5tem. Hawaii , Honolulu, Hawati. I have been pubhllhed II the Her husband, Christopher is I polia-officer. Our younger author of several articles, I book, and I1'CeIItly a chap Ibughter, Lisa Michelle Beckley, has just entered her ter in a book. J find myselfthankfuJ. and grateful to still first year at Florida State University, purwing her have good health and the energy to pUr&ue many of my Maoill'r's degree in music perfo:manm as a harpist. Both goals. daughters are graduates of DiUani Unil·ersily and Presently, like many of,uu, I serve on many rom.mu· Jacqueline is a graduate ohhe University of Mississippi nity eommittee5 and boards. Th.i! is my second term as I ,,11m she meet her husband .,.hile completing hel" member of the School BoJn:I 0( Holly Spnngs and the Muter's degree. Christopher is a graduate of"Ole loIiss· Sate Board of Directont. I lID. Chair of the MISSissippi and ru. degree is in Criminal Justiee. We are obviously Humanitie£ Council (National Endowment of the I'l:tremeJy proud of our children. HumanIties State Councill, and most recently J hal'e I hal'e ~n fortunate during these many years. After begun a project with Thskegee Universit,'6 National Bio tompleting my Master's degree. I ~"{JI"ked for a brief peri. Etlucs Researth Cenll'r. od here in Birmingham lll'ith the University of Alabama I have never fotgotten my roots, and my love for God, MtdicaI Center's Center for learning and Developmental family, and community has led me to wonderful beights. ~ Afterwards, while my husband oe....oo in On this, our 100th anDi\-ers&ry, I am proud to be a grad. \letIlam, 'practim:I lIOCial work in Kenwdr.y at a mental uate of A. H. Parker Htgh School. 64 ~ e. ~::L 111 BANQUET SPEAKER Ronald E. Damper Ron attributes any achie\'emenls and sue cesse5 be has enjoyed to fOUT major determi· ,m"- The first woo are considered oIl\iow;, though di.m" I namely, belief and trust ill God, and love port of family. The other two factors are tilati,-e and Earthly; namely, i through sacrificial works and struggles "".education from school The third child Ron was nomically as were "'" bba ry. remembers his first year tar), school he was seif-eonsci(lUS about his sp!.ftb and clothing bel:ause he thought that they were not on a par with the middle class students. The need to help make ends meet inspired him to numerous entrepreneurialjobs in his youth. Among them were neighborhood sboeshine boy, annie book trader, gardener, toy maker, housedeaner, and later, golf caddy. During the first thee years ofhigh school, he arose at 3:00 II m. and WGrked from 3:30 B.m. to 6:30 R.m.loading vegetables and produce at the Farmers' Market His father, Willie Damper, "-ark and changing t;,'es af welfare and inne~ city ati Leading American EJ[(!("uti\-es, Elite Registry of Zl'nB. Over the years Damron hag adapted area ele!OOTl Ext.raordinary Professionals, African American, Et.::., Inc. tary schools and provided schalarships to inner city st.u Magazine and Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of Year dents. and Ron has ger.-cd as "Principal for a Day" in Finalist 1990, ICNC Businesspersoo of the Year 1990, Chicago's school system. His serving as mGtivational National Black ~mAAssn. , Chicago Entrepreneur of the speaker at several schools can bedescribed as a quantum Year 1993, G:\'PDC Community lnve>tment Award 1993, leap from the first gra~ self-oonsciousness with regard. Chair MedWeek Council 1997, President Clinton til his speeclL Meritorious NAITA Letter, Caldwell Chicago Ron's continuous dedication til educatioo and com Cosmopolitan Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Small munity improvement is chronicled by the many organi Business of the Year 1999, Minority Business Report Ten zations that he warks with and the many awards Outstanding Minority Businesses 2000. received. Some organizatioos include: Board of Trustees Although his work has afforded Ron an opportunity of Athletes Against Drugs; Knoxville College; Tea to .",ork from the production lines to the boardrooms and Association of the United States; Montay College Chair, to socialize with numerous people from the ski slopes, sell Member of ABLE (Alliance af Business Leaders and depths and the golf courses, it can never replace the Entrepreneurs); Mdlonald's Diversity Council; Chicago youth experienced while at Parker. That is why he Anti-Hunger Federation; Executive Club of Chicago; believes it is so important for Parker to rommemorate its Chicago Urban League; illinois Department ofCommeroo legacy during this centennial year and show how it has & Community Affairs Small Business Advisory Council: helped mold outstanding graduates to berome useful, Chicago Principal for a Day and Adapt a School program; productive citizens for Birmingham and the rest of the and the Pleasantdale Park District where he roaches his w!)rld. Parker High School still has 11 role in this new mil daughter in basketball. Some of the awards include: lennium to create an atlllO&phere where students can be Black College Alumni Hall of Fame, Who's V.bo Among challenged and strive to excel. SIXTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH Dr, John Thomas Porter, Pastor Congratulations from the Goodgame Family To Our Be10ved Alma Mater A.H. PARKER HIGH SCHOOL On Celebrating 100 Years of Achievement. Academic Excellence and Service to the World of Higher Education. This p;tge is respectfully dedicated to the lifu and memOl'}' 0( a deJIr Ouislian. Mother, Educator, Soloist. and Friend Katherine Valedictorian, May Gass 01 1949 Dtamboo" 17, 19:)1. July 2S. 1991 Given in loving memory by her family: t H~ M. Goodgame. Sr. '49, ~, f-.1wsbtmd1Uld lifHJngJritrrd t s.rNn Goodg;une T. Chatman '68, Iouing dJiughta IUId (;,.idt:mt:e C-rlMlor. WilUr...", Middle School. B""" ngham. Alabama t Theodies Thompson Jr. - Gnmdscm t Terrace Dewayne Thompson - Grmuf:or • Jac;quetb Renee Chatman - GrrIndtImIghlrr t Henry M. Goodgame, JI. ( P~Irici.1) '80, rkdialWJ sonlUld DirmDr of Alu",,,i RdIltions Il1IIi Sperit.l EtIt7It:s, M~ Colk8't - Atllmta. GA t tittle Miss Kl;Uuyn Patrice Goodgame - Grlf1UldgughtD- (B(rIIl~J ~Ofl, PAR.Xl:K HlCH _ YOU fLt.w: G tVEN US YOUJI: SPlIUT, WE LOll[ YOU sor~ 68 .....rIcIt De ••,B" Je, ... D- .. Why Buy From STATE FARM? JJUAlAl.S AI. eeo UXTIXS SEA Y'IeE Idella Dumas 345 - 23'" Street S. W Birmingham, AL 35211 (205) 925-0260; FAX 925-5349 !\Iy stafT and I are one good reason why. 1429 8th Avenue, Nonh Birmingham, AL 35203 lestone (one block west of Alabama Power headquarters) The Universirv of Alabama salutes A. H. Parker High Melvin Humes School on 100 years of outstanding service (205) 252-4944 to lhe communirv and for the nOteworthy ",," ,.oM contributions to civic ''''U''''C' life made bv. i15 many. • remarkable graduates. Like a good neighbor, UNIVERSITY OF State Fann is there.- _ 69 70 G. C~ ' lL 'llrkrr :!figq ~rqool C!Il'ntl'ltUilll OIelrbrntiol1 • • • 11-<.- '-"" ,·Id itl! ' )nI .., op ~... ,,, p c~. ?t. 'arher ?fish ~r~(lol QIrotruninl C1L.>lrbrlrlion _ 71 r 72 Olenfennia l A GLIMPSE OF A FEw NOTABLE ALUMNI OF A. H. PARKER IlIaD ScHOOL The late Oscar W. Adams, first black Alabama Supreme Court justice * his brother, Dr. Frank £. Adams, fonner member of Duke Ellington's Big Band, educator, retired Program Specialist of Instrumental Music for Birmingham Public Schools, and Director of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame * the late James 1.. Lowe, educator, musician and founde r of the Alabama jazz Hall of Fame * Fess Whatley, internationally known for 1'wcedo Junction~ * Julius EUsoorry, the first serviceman from Jefferson County and the first African American from the State of Alabama t(I JO&e his life in World War II * Alma Johnson Powell, wife arRet. Genera1 Colin Powell and daughter nfthe school's third principal R. C. Johnson '* Superior Court Judge George W. l\litcbeU * Robert L. S miley, entomologist. made highly detailed drawings of 185 species of the cunaxid family of mites from specimens sent to him from researchers around the world, U.S. De partment of Agriculture * Maxine (Chris) McNair, mother of one of"1'he Four Little Girls," a Spike Lee documentary * Bunny Stokes, Jr., Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of Citizen's Federal Savings Bank., the largest minority-owned bank in Alabama * Jeff Germany, former Birmingham City Councilman (3 tenns), currently Commissioner ofOistrict 1 and Commissioner of Health and Human Services * the late Julius (Buck) Buchanan, NFL star fo r the Kansas City Chiefs * Nell Carter, singerlBroadway M actress * Ken LaRQn, actor, starred in "The Bold and the Beautiful and ~Law and Order; and is currently a member of the Oregon Shakespearean Festival * Mary Wilkins, actress, < Former California Governor Ronald Reagan once ANGELA Y. DAVIS "owed that Angela Davis wuuid never again teacll in the Angela Y. Davis is knowo UWI-en:i.ty of California system. Tbday she is a tenl!l1'd internationally for her 0ngo proi'l'SS(II'" III the History of Conscirusness Department at ing work to oombat all forms the University of California, Santa Cruz. In 19!J4, she of oppress.iOll Ul the U.S. and f'tl(:ei;~ the di.;;tmgUishui honor of an appointment to abroad. (Ner the years she the University of California Presidential Chair in Afncan hal been active as a itudent, American and Feminist Studies. teacher, wnter, scholar, and Angela's pursuit olan education has taken her to: The actJ\"1!itI organiW". She is a Sorbonne io Paris. france; Brandeis University In lilill8 Witness Ul the historical Waltham, Massachusetu; Johann Wolrgang 11111 Goethe struggh.os of the rontemporary University in Frankfurt, FR.G.; the University of m . California in San Diego; and Humboldt University I.D. Prof. Davis' political Berlin, GD.R. She has earned a Bachelor of Arts in French LIterature (Magna Cum Laude) from Brandeis • ~~~~:~":~ a )"Oungst.er in Birminham, ~; through her high school. years in University and a Master's in Philosophy from the was not unW 1969 that she mne to Umvennly ti California.. Her honorary degree; include natiwal attentioo. after bemg reDlO\"ed !"rom her teaching Professor of Political Science from Havana University in position in the Philosophy Department Dt UCLA as a Havana, Cuba; Professor of Philosophy from Moscow result of her socia.! activi!;m and her membership in the University In Moscow, U.S.s.R.; Doctor of Political Communist Pariy, eSA. In 1970 she ""&5 placed OIl the Science from Lleprig University in Le!pzig, G.D.R.; and FBfs Ten Most Wanted List on falJ;e charges and was the Doctor of Philosoph)' !'rom Lenin Uni''l!rsity, Tashkent., subject of an intense p;llice seardt that drove her under· Uzbekistan, U.S-S.H. grwnd. and c:u.l.minated in one nl the ID06t famoo.!I trials In 1979 she was the recipient of the Lenin Peace Prize. in recent U.s. history. Ounng her 16-month incartera· In 1994 she received an appointment to the University ~~ tion, a massive international "Free Angela Davi!;" cam· California's Presidential Chair in African American and paign was organized, leading to her IKqUIttaI in 1972. Feminist Studies. Her loag.standing commitment to prisoners' rights dates back to her Invtllvement In the campaign to free the JULIUS ELLSBERRY Soledad Brothers, which led Ul her own IiTTIlSt and lID.prisonmefJt'Ibday, she remains an ad\1X3te of pnson Julius Ellsberry was bam abolition and she has deo,·elopOO a powerful critique of August 22, 1921, in Mont· racism in the criminal justice system. She is a member of gamery, Alabama, but spent the Advisory Board of the Prison Activist Resource most of his life in Center and rurreotiy is work.mg on a oomparative &bIdy Birmingham.. He attended of women's imprisonment in the U.S., the Netherlands, Kingston and Thomas and Cuba. Elementary Schools and was During the last 25 years, Prof. Da\is has lectured in , a May 1939 graduate of all 50 states of the United States, as well as in Africa, Parker (Industria\) Higb Europe, the Caribbean, and the former Soviet Union. Her &hoo1. articles and essays have appeared in numerous jownals _ .... Julius enlisted in the and anthologies, and she is the aulbar of fhoe boob United States Navy on includlQg: Angew Doui$: AnAutobiogrophy; "Omln, R~ Oetober 31, 1939. He was serving as First Class Mate & CJau; Blun LtgociL3 and Blae. Feminism: GmTUik Attendant aboard the USS Oklahoma which was "Mn" RlliMy, Bessi.t Smilh otwi Billie Holiday; and Th.t attacked by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor 011. December A.owt/o Y Doois Rtadir. 7, 1941. It was during this attack that be sh01f«i his , 174~~~====~~~~~ ([eutenninl ([elebrntiOlt :- In 1978, Sid ~ame Vice PresidentiCorporate Juuus EUSBERRY, continued Controller (If the fifth largest homebuilder company in bnlvery while saving many (If his shipmates' ti\'t'S and the country whid! is also listed OIl the New York Stock losing his own. Exchange. In 19;5, the late Drs. Ruth J. Jackson and A. G. In 1992, he and his partner started a sua:essful CPA Gaston and other prominent business and civic leaders of flf1ll, Evans & Chastain, L.L.P., where Sid currently the city began a driw to erect a permanent memorial to ser.'es as managing partner. honor Julius. This generous effort resulted in the Julius ElIsberry :'tlemorial MOilumenl whi~h was un,-eiled on GEORGE COOK August 16, 1975. 11 now stands in the southwest corner of Kelly Ingram Pari: and senes as a reminder of the sacri· During the Great OepressiOll, fire made not only by Julius, but by the countless others a housewife and a railroad who gave their lil-es for the cause offreOOom. worker brought George Cook, Military records list Julius Ellsberry 85 the first ser· Jr., into the world. George's liceman from Jefferson Countv and the first Afritan father died when George Jr. American from the state of Ahibama to 106e his life in was 4 years old. World War II . In May, 1%7, George grad - Svbrrutltd by LoW. Ellobtrry W1t RoBERT L. S.DLEY Mrs. PaweII's graduate study was at Emerson CoIJese 10 Bostm. She was then employed as a staff audiologist Robert L. Smiley was born in for the Boston Guild for the Hard of Hearing from 1960- Birmingham, Alabama. He 1962. earnoo a B.S. degree from 11111. POI\'ell is married to Ret. Gen. C He is author (.nth Janet Nash and Judith D. Crocker) Aro;llREW BlIJ1NGSI.E\', PH.D., continued of the photcgraplut essay "Robert SlIUIlIs in Beaufort Dr. Billingsley was formerly Professor and Chai r, 'Ibday" in the Spring 1998 issue of Carologue published Ikpartmeot of Family Studies at the University of by the South Carolina Historical Society. He is (l)-author Ml1)iand, College Part, where be ser.-M from 1981 to (with Dr. Batbara Momsoo.Rodriquel) of ~ Black. 1998. During the 1992-93 academic year he was Visiting Family in the 21st Century: The Black Church 15 an Scltolar-In·Residence at Spelman College in Atlanta Actioo System" in theJourllol of Humonlkltcwi{)r in 1M ..-here he continues as .-\djunct ProCessor ofSoc:iology. SOOol EnWonmt/ll, January 1998; and (witb Judith Dr. Billingsley served as President of Morgan State Crocker) "Community In\"okement Helps Children" In Uni\'ersity in Baltim~ and Professor of ~ioloSY the Fall 1996 issue of Family Fulure publishro by The ! 1975-19M~ Vice President for Acadtmic Affairs and Institute for Families in Societ)' at USC. Uni\"ersity Professor- of The SPciai Services at Howard Dr. Billi.ngsley was Guest Ediwr of the Special Double University in Washington, D.C. (1910-1975); and Issue OIl The Blatk Church, in The No/iMoJ Journal of Assistant Chancellor fur Academic Affairs and Associate Sociology, Fall and Ylmler 1994, Vol. 8, Nos. 1& 2. He Professor of Sooal Welfare at the l:niversity of also coauthored se'I-eraI articles In thalliSUe. He ",.as c0- California, Berkeley (1964-1970). author, with Dr. Cleopatra Howard Caldwell. of"Chureh Education Based Family Support Programs" in a book by Kagen, et. Dr Billingsley was ed~ted at Parker High SdKd in aI., published in 1995. Birnnngham, Alabama, Hampton Uni\·ersity in \'"l1ginia, Endowed Lecturesbips and Grinnell College in Iowa where he earned a Bachelor In recent }-ean;, Dr. Billingsley has been Invited to giw of Arts Degrre in PoIitieal Science. He later earned a a number of distinguished endowed lertureships. These YI.>-ter of Social Work Degree at Boston University Include: The 1985 "J&me5 R Dumpsoa Lecture' at (1956). a Master of Arts in Sociology at the Umverslty of Fon!h.am Um\"ersity; the 1988 "Gisela Konopka Lect.Ufl'" Michigan (19601, and a Ph.D in Social Policv and Social at the Unil·ersity of Minnesota; the 1989 "Marie A. Peters Researth at the Florence Heller ScbooI Or Brandeis Memorial Lecture" by The NatiOllal Council OIl Family University in Massachusetts (1964 He earned an Relations; the 1990 'WEroerand Bernice Boehm Lecture" Advanced Certificate in Educational Management at at Rutgers University; the 1992 "Grate lIamiltoo Harvard Uni\"ersity in 1982. Lecture" at EIDOI)' Universit}~ the 1995 "Butler A. Jones Publicalions Lecture" at Ohio Wesleyen Uni\'ersity; the 1996 "Martin ..... Luther King. Jr. Lecture" at ....ittenberg University; and Dr. Billingsley is the author of six books and more he inaugurated the 1997 "Annual Robert Smalls Lecture than two hundred fifty tech.nieal and profes:siooal papers. Series" at the Uni\"efSity of South Carolina. His most ~t book is MilhIy LW a RulU: TM Blad Honors Church olld 8«iol Reform, published by Oxford Dr. Billingsley's work has been recognized by other University Press in June, 1999. Previously he wrote Kholars. Since 1975 (wer 300 citations to his ,,·ork haw Climbint Jacob" LodJlu mentiooed alxn-e. It was pub. been made by other sdlolars in the eight leading soria! lished by Simon and Schuster in 1993. SI:1ence journals. Another widely read book is BiDrk Familia III Whitt In 1998 the University of Maryland inauguraW a bi· America, lim published in 1968 and republished in • annual Natiooal Forum OIl Family Diversity and. grad. 20th anniversary edition by Simon and Schuster in 1988. uale student fellll'WShip ill bonor of the 30th aoni\·ers.ary Another book, Childrell of I~ Slm"l7l (wi th Dr. Jeanne of the publication of Dr. Billingsley's first book: Bla&. GiO\'Illnooi of UCLA) 1I'8S published in 1972. Fomilin in White Amtriro. lie is also wnting a book on 'The Family Legacy of He reeel\"ed the 1992 DuBois, JOOnsOIl, Frazier Award Robert Smalls: Civil War Hero" and is editing a \'Olumeof given by the American Sociologieal A;;sociation, the 1990 E. Franklin Frazier's rorrespondence. Distinguished &holar Award given by the Association of Articles and Book Cbapler Black Sociologists, lhe 1989 Marie Peters Award gll'en by Dr. Billingsley wrote the introduction to Dr. Robert B. the National Council OIl Family Relations. and the 1972 Hill's new book: The Strertglhs of Africall Amtrican Distinguished Speaker Award given by the National Famdiu: 7lw1l/)' Fil)t Yewr lAter publ~ in 1998, and &sorial.ion of Blaa Soct.al Workers. the F~ord to Family l4t ill BUd Amtriro by Dr. Robert Taylor, et. al., published in 1997. t ANDREW BIWNGSLBY, PH.D .. rontinuai Mr. Means- recogmtlOn and accomplishmenl!; iDclude: College Band Director of the Year, Birmingh'lQ Dr. BilliRg3ley's early churth affiliation was with Sl Grid Forecasters, 2000; College Band Direct.or of the James Missionary Baptist Church in Birmingham. He ill Year, Birmingham Grid Foreeasters, 1999; CNN featured cutrl'Iltlya member o{the Brookland Baptist Church in Mr. Means in a Doeu..mentary, "A S~es& Story in West Columbia, South Carolina. Educatim,- 1992; Thacher of the Year, Birmmgham Public Schools' Recognitioo Program, Rotary Club, ARTHUR MEANs, JR. 1991-92; honored 81 a Reuoioo Banquet. by former Can-er Band members, 1983; developed the High School Arthur Means, Jr.. is a prod Instrumental Music Curriculum ror BUlllingham Public uct or the Birmingham., Schools, 1980; City of BinninghalQ Resolution, Alabama School System. A "Outstanding Band Dlrector,- 1978; H~ School Band veteran teacller 0{ tlurty-nine Director of the Year, Birmingham Grid F0rf!C85ters, 1977; years, he received his mus;~al Outstanding Band Director Award, WENN Radio, 1976; lraining al Central State developed a Manual on Basic Concepts ofMarthing Band Un;\-ersity, Kent State Teclmiques, 1973; High School Band Diredor of the Year, University, and Otterbein Birmingham Grid Fortlca$\.erS, 1968: and Outstanding Univl'f'Sity. Band Di!'e(tor Award, Birmingham Board of Mr. Means is a member of Edueatloo.l9fi5. the Music Educators' National Conference (MENC); the BUNNY STOKES, JR. ~;~;:. Assocl.aUOIl (AME.-\); the ~ (ABA ~ Kappa Alpha Psi With nearly thirty yeaN ID f~terruty, Ine.; the SJrteelIth Street Baptist Church; banking and finanre, Bunny and Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Stokts, Jr., brings II wealth 0( Fraternity. knowledge and experience to He started the band program at Carver H ~ School, the top leaderslup position at Birmingham, Alabama, and &erVed as its only director for Citizens Federal Savillgs thirty-!Ie\'e!1 years before leaving to betome the Director Bank. As Chairman of the or Bands at Miles Col!ege. The Carver Band was rated Supenor or Es:ttllent at district and state amtests for elt'\'e!1 yean. bear in making The Carver Marclung Band performed in the &ate of . ... Alabama's Govemor's Inaugural Parade, the Mardi Gras Board OIl objee- para, and the Martin Luther King Drum Ml.Jor for and implementing the Board's Justice Band Feslival II. Sl Petersburg. Florida. The responsible for dinrting aU of the Carver S)'IDpbooit Band received aU Superior ratings for bank's daily activities, including lending, savings, opera 9(!\·entten years in the Birmingham City Schools' AlI·Cit) tiOll5, and administntioo. He also series as the bank's Band and Orchestra Evaluations.. Carver Band members primary spokespenon in the =unity and the State, ,,·ere actively invol,-ed in the All-City Band, Solo and maintaining close contacts with business, civic, and gov Ensemble Festh'al, Honor Bands, and A11-State Band. ernmental agencies. In 1996, Mr. Means re-established the band program Mr. Stokes began his long and distinguished cartW at Miles College. The band has grown from thitty-t,,"O at Citizens Federal in 1968, gaining a thorough under members during his first year to one hundred fifty in standing of all areas of operation, from lending to savings \999. to administration. For O'oW fifteen )-ean, he has sen,ed in Mr Means is lUI active Adjudicator, ClinicillIl, and senior aecutive positions. During his tenure at Citizens Judge. Federal, Mr. Stokes gained valuable outside aperience He and his wife, Dathia, M'-e ",'0 children, Felicia selling residential and commercial property throughout and Damon_ and two grandchildren, Jared and Taylor Alabama as an associate broker with Vulcan Realty and Am>. Investment Company and Sirman Realty Compan}'. O1rntrnnilll 79 BID.'NY STOKES, JR., oontinuM the rommunity of which he has been a pan for 1I'o"l'l" fifty years, Mr. Stokes !....ame the natura.J choice to S\KUlI'I:I Agraduate of Parker High School, Mr. Stokes OJIltin his great fiiend and mentor, A.. G. GtitaJ., UJlOO his pass ues to 5t1 an eumple for the value oflifelq Ieammg. mg in JanuJlry 1996. Mr. Stokes' leadership and vision He has a Business Associates Degree from Bookrr T. help to create a smooth transition into a new era for Washington Business College. In addition, Mr. Stoke. Citizens Federal and will guide the bank. prOOllIbility has completed advanced programs with the Amerka.n lOto the neIl. century. Real Estate Inmtute and till' institute of Financial Education in Chicago, as wen as the Dale Carnegie Institute. TENA WILSON Mr. Stokes' achievements and contributions bave A dynami~ song·stylist whose been recognized with numerous a\\'aros, including vocal range extends far Business Leader of the Year, awarded by the Omega Psi her petite packaging, Phi Fraternity, and theAlumni Merit Award from Booker \\llsoo. Comfortably T. WashingLon Business College. In teOJgnitioo of his at ease with Jazz, Gospel, leadership and executil'e capabilities, Governor Guy Pop, Classleai, and Spirituals, Hunt appomted him Hooorary Lieutenant CoIooeI and nona is the ultimate musi Aide-de.Camp in the Alabama State ~[ilitia 10 1988. cian's smgEf. In addilloo to his contributions to CitimlS Federal Thna is a product u the 1I'o"1!l" the yea~ Mr. Stokes bILS always been genl'ttlll5 with Birmingham Public School his time and talents, giving both tonumerous profession. System, where her nurturing aI, civic, and church organizations. He set\u on the family and teachers enoour· Federal Reseroe Board's AII\-"isory Committee of Wilson attended Knor.ille Financial Institutions of the Sinh District and on the a Bachelor of Science Degree Boards of Directors of the Southern Community Bankl'rs, i Ms. Wilson then received a ....ealthof Alabama State Savings and Loan .'-ssocialion, edUcatiOll through experiences 011 stage throughout the Community De"elnpment Corporation, Minotity United States and more than se\'en!ten countries. EnlerJlrise Small Business Investment Company, Off·Broadway (NYC), Ms. Wilsoc portrayed C!)-stal Jefferson County Ecooomic &-elopmeol, Law.son State in 'Little Shop oC HDrrOr.i - and her roles of Nan and Sally Advis«y Boarrl, Stillman College, Regioo 2000, Alabama in -Capi tol Cakewalk" won her an Outer Cmit nomina Symphooy, Crohns and Colitis, Operation Ne"«>' tiOD. Thna has toured the United States in "Journev Into Binningham. Private J.ndustry Cwncil, United Way, Blackness," "Ain't love Grand,' "Harlem Heyda;;" as Better Business Bureau, AAA of Alabama, Alabama 'li"ell as "Little Shop of Horrors." She toured internatiOD School of Fine Arts, and the Birmingham BUSlDeSIi aHy in -Mama, r Want To Sing,' "'Gersh\\in Gala f Porgy Assistance Network. He also serves on the Opponunity 4: Bess" and with The Blad Gospel Pearls. Having Housing Task Force of the National Savings and toured extensh'ely throughout Europe, Israel IIlld Japan, Community Bankers. is a member of the Binningham one ofTena's greatest acliie-.·ements was performing for Association of Urban Bankers, and sits on the Trustee 70,000 troops during Operation Desert Storm in the Boards of the Baptist Health System, and tbe Persian Gulffor fiw mootlu; with hrrOlle-woman cabaret Birmingham Area Chamber of Commerce. ,ct. Actively invol-oed in churth and community, Mr. Thna has also appeared on television in "Made In Stokes is a deacUl in the Sixth Avenue Baptist Cblll"dl New York" (WNYW), "Spotlight On Theatre" IAlIenta ... n, As a member u the Boards of Directors u the A. C. Pen.n.sylvania), and "ZDF Morten Magann' (Berlin, Gaston Boys and Girls Club and the Family Child Germany). She has recorded 5>e'>'eraJ jingles and mastered Service, Mr. Stokes provideI; time and guidance to our three voc:al. parts as the bacqround vocaIisr. for Kingdom eommunity's youth. H~ Mr. Stokes and his wife, Della, have two dUldren: Ms. Wilson enjoys perfomung different types of sen, Trentoo V. Stokes, and daughter, Tierra Lawson., and music and has performed a series of concerts entitled "A one gTBnddaughter, Whitney Lawson. Musical Potpourri" with internationally acclaimed ron· With his breadth of knowledge and experience of cert pianist laccompanist Daniel M. Cason II. These con· banking, finance, and real estate and his commitment to , her business. She au.ended Patricia Steo.-ens ~ 1'ENA WIlSON, continual ScbooI in San Diego and received ber life credential for certs included classical music: (sung in Geman, Italian Ad\-anred V«abon Leadership from Mesa COlege in and English) as ,..e!Iu spirituals, jaz1., sbotv tUDell and ,,1< gospel musK. Zenola bas shown many people the be:.tutiful, woo Rereotly, Tena performed with The 81l'!!litlgbam derful work that tall be obtained in the field of beauty Heritage Band, The Montgomery Jaxz Orchestra and culture and charm. Her expenence has made her an asset Combo, Good FdJas, 'Thkneek, md FQD}' Fatts &: Co .• in to ber churclt, civie, social and cultural groops in !Illll\y addition to several unique duet performances WIth inter· communities. nationally acclaimed bassist C!el"e Eaton. THE HON. GEORGE W. MiTCHEIJ . ZENOLA COBBINS MAxIE George W Mitchell c~ntly The J. C. Cobbins famIly pn!SidE'$ O'o·er the Juvenile moved to Bmningham. "beD Drug Court in W"asI!inpn, ?.enola was a baby Her publi~ DC. He bu served as schooling began at Enon Presldmg Judge, Family Ridge Elementary School. DII1SIOO, Superior Coon of Upon fini;;lnng Lincoln Jr. the ~ of Columbia. for High she entered Industrial fh·e years. He was nominated High I!Ild graduated in 1939 for tlus appointment on May under leadership of Dr. 21, 1982, by President Ronald A_ H_ • Zenola soon Reagan, confirmed by the U.S. moved to Senate on July I, 1982, and in Birmingham, Mitchell On February 20, 1960, Stephensoo. and theirdUldren are Renee and George W., Jr Attorney A. Crisp. George pum!ed Ius higher education at Hll'I'"ani In 1943 Zeooia mamed Eddie MaDe and became a University in 1957, earning Ius BA degree, and in 1960 housewife. Having been an imaginative and atatiVt per he rereiVfd his JD from American Unkersity. son, she sought some wdet. for m Irtistk ability, and He was admitted to the U.S. Distrid. Court ror the rightfully turned III beauty culture. After finishing Di:,-trict of Columbia in 1962, the U.S. Court. of Apptals roursework at Chu-i. Beauty College, she worked in forthe District of Columbia in 1964, and the U.S. District Chicago for a while as a cosmetologist. She lIlO\'ed to Court for the District or Maryland in 1972. During Ius Three Oaks, l>1i~higan, for a brief period and then to career he has ser,ed lIS dallDS adju6ter{l960), Veterans Mlchigan City, Inwana. She worked as an operator before Administration (1961), Solicitor's 00«" lind the US opening her 0'1';0 salon (Maxie's Beauty Salon). This did [}epartment of Lahor. not diminish her desire to continue to study, expand and George i.J; the rt(:lplent of two Certifieates of progress. She finished Eleanor Morris Finjsh;ng School of Apprec:iatioD for Contribution to the Nstional and Mtxleling and Charm in Michigan City, Indiana, and the Selecti.\'e Senic:e S~nem from President Ridlard Nixon J=y L)'1llI School eX Modeling and Charm in Chicago, in 1971 and from Presl(ien.l Gerald Ford in 1976. He was IllinOIs. Soon afterward, she opened M.uie', Finishing Law Alumnus of the Year from Howard Uruversity in School «Modeling and Charm which became • huge iUe ,,1< cess.. ZenoJa also did aoh"lllrl'd tTaimng "KIth 5e\·erat George is a member of Nstional CaJncil of JlWI":Il.iJe flllDCW name& such IS Westmore of Hollywood, lhe great &rid Family Court Judges, Board of~; National makeup personage. and Mstian Carange instltute In Child Support. Enfon:eruent AssociatIOn; ~5Slern Pali$, Franre. Sbe attended workshops in London. Regiooal lntestate Child Support Association; Ameritall Mexico City, New York. Boston, and la Angell!!; to fur· JudgesAssoriation.; District of Columbia Bar Association; ther her knowledge and enrichment vital to the SUIXeSS of • e.. :pl. 'arRer ;!!iS9 ;;r~(lol ((enttl1nial ([tum-afton @ 81 Sadie nceived the rollowinc awards: Parent~ THE Bo~. GEORGE W. MrrcHEu, continlWi Teacher's Association Service Award, Girls Scoots Service National Bar Association, Disciplinary Commiuee, Award, Bluebird;; Service Award. and lnterior DesJgn Probable Cause Panel Chairman, 1979; SbepanI Park Excellence Certificate. Civic: Assoeiation, President, 1970--71; H!!Ward La.,.. Sadie is one of se-,'en family members who graduated Alumni Association of the Greater Washington Area. from Parker High - aJllII:hie'(ed SUtteSSful career.;. One President, 1970; and U. S. Commission OIl Civil Rigbts, Sister (Maggie Lois Mitroell Gravatt) is reantly D.C. AdvillOl')' Committee, 1970. George \\'as appointed d«eased, A 6rst cousin, Edward ?'hu:hell (died acciden· by the President to: Appeals Agent, Selcrt.JVe Service tally, shortly before his 1947 graduation) was a highly System. 1976~ Hacker's License Appeal Board, 1965; and honorW Parker student. He .... as memorialized, at his Netghbor Legal Services Project, Board Qr Oirecton, funeral, by teachers, administrators, and the student 1976. body. One brother, (1954 Class) is currently a Presiding George IS a member of Zion Baptist Chun:h.. Judge of the Washington, D.C. Supenor Coorl. George has published a ClI8f' of first unpression in Sadie Sledge mnlinues to hve in Los Angeles with this jurisdictlon. The Court decided Wt a child born out her husband, Thonw 1.. Sledge. They have two daugh- of wedlock may bear the surname of the putative rather ters and 6ve granddaughters. over the ob,ieclioM of the 1IlDlher, '!rho asserts that he is not the bloIogu:aI rather of the child. The Cowt anived at THoMAS SLEDGE its decision by weighing the results of a Human LeuO)Cyte Antigem; ("HI..."'") test, noting pbysital similar· Born and raised in Birmingham Alabama, 'I\0IIllI5 grad itiEs between the putati\'e father and the child, and using uated from Parker High. tie later !IlO\'ed to Los Angt'les, sound, logical reasoning. The decision remains good case California andjoined. the Los Angeles Police Department, law. Another publicatioo is based on B decision where the completing a city career that spanned S6 years. Thomas Court held that the resu11.!; of II. droxyribonudeic acid Sledge's edutationai career included: Los Angeles (1lNAj analysis are admissible for identification pur· Metropolitan College, Lumbieau School of Real Estate, poses in foreDJic cases. This C35e serves as precedent m IBM EJ:eculive 'Itaining, California State University of assisting the Domestic Relations Branch of DC. Superior Southern California EJ:ecuti\"e Program. Court in handling similar cases. This dtrision appears to 11k Sledge's eme memberships are: Limlsed Real be the law III this JUnsdictiOll. 1n additioo, Judge Mitchell Estate Agent; lAPD Affirmauve ActIOll Committee; and has appeared 011 local and tultiooal te\e¥isiOll ptO\idin( National Forum of Black Public Administrators. He is legal commentary 011 a wealth of &mily is..-ues. also a member of The Afriean MethOOist Episcopal His 1IItmst.s IIIdude racquetball, fishing, ~ , ChW J EFF GERMANY daughter ri Mr. 4: Mrs. Robert and Ethel MOCJn! Cboth graduates of the school). The ~ rontioued with Jeff Germany was born in Debbie's graduating Parker Hlih School in 1973. Birmingham, Alabama., and Ms. Moore began her professiOllai career as a l'OSIIIe attended Wilkerson tologist after attending Lawson College and graduating Elementary and Parker High from Debbie's School of &auty Culture in 1979. She Schools. He also attended and rea!i\'ed the DoeIonJl Ikgree in Cosmetology from the graduated from Miles College National &auty Culture League in 1989, in 1970, earning a BacbeIor 0( Ms. Moore is blessed with the remarbble gift ri pas ArlI; degree in Social Scienao; sioo lOr her profession, which has enabled her 10 PRe! to IIIlIlOI' in Econamic::s. great heights. She has been featured in Shop TaIJ: maga_ In October 1979, he was zine, Spnng and Summer issue, Vol, 2, No. 2, 1983 and elected to the Binningham 1984. City Council and ser,'ed fo r 12 She has beld offices in the following organizatioos: 00 the council, be served as A1a.bama Independent Beau tll:ians ~ at ion, National ~~r~~;":. for two years, In October 1990, he was Hauuresser and Cosmetology Association, Alabama e to Jeffer.;oo County Commissiw, lli.--uid Pl(lg Ie6i;il'e Beauticians' Association, and the National One. He is SfO'ing his third term as Commissiooer of Beauty Culture League. In addition to being artil'e in Health 4: Human Sel'\ices tririle directing and establish these organ.i:tations, ~ls, Moore is a Cosmetolocy ing policy for the Jefferson Rehabilitation 4: Health Instructor at the Bessemer InSIJtut.e of Cos!D!'tology. She Center, Corooer's office, Central Laundry, and Jefferson has also been a salon W"Ilet (Magic Fingers) for 15 yl'ar5, Health Syste01$, Presently, he u; also servmg a four-)'ear Ms. Moore is a successful hairstylist of 22 ~ars. term III Presideot I'ro-tem of the Jefferson County trained by the moot leading educaton in the countrv. She Commission. has heeo a te(hnician for Soft Sheen Products for 7 years; Gennany 5e1'l'es 00 several ronutl.Ittees, organiza. winner of n\1Dlel'OOS competitioos; and 1st and 2nd Plaee tioo$, and boards, i.e., Jerrel'$Oll UJuo ty Lung \\'inner of national oompetitiOQ fo r Soft Sheen Products. Association, A. G. Gaston Boys' Club, Chairman of Her latest pursuit is to become an educator and certified Jeffer$(lll County Health Care Authority, Bimnngham business major. After a long illness, God has enabled bet Health Care for the Homeless, Posim'e M.aturity, as well to realize this dream - she 'Nill graduate from the as Chairman ofCity Council's Part & Recreation Board. Universlty of Alabama at Binrungbam, in Business lie is Pres1dent & CEQ of lOOcom, lot., ronrultiog firm. Managemeot, in May, 2000. Ms. Moore says, "'with the He is an Bcuve member ofOmimm Lambda Chapter love of people and God, she has been able to prosper." of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Some of his fa"orite She was a member of New Hope Baptist Churcb fund raising project.; are the Uni!.ed Negro College Fund, where she sang in the choir for more than 13 }'e1lTS. ~ls, Birmingham Heritage Festi"al, YMCA, and Miles Moore is curTe!ltly a member of Triumphant One. She is College Alumni &I;ociatioo. He was listed twice in Who~ the proud mother of a 13-year-old daughter (l)eatrice) Who 111 Amtnl'lJ as "Outstanding Young Man riAmerica" who is a student at SI. Paul's Cathedral. and nominated in 1975-76 as Binningham's "Man rithe y..,.. J OSEPHINE T ODD RlLI, ED.D. The CommIssioner is a member of Sirth A"enue JosephlDe was born ill Birm· Baptist Church and is mar· ingham, Alabama, on ried to Lois Germany. They December 25, 1927. After hal'e three chil~: Alicia Joi, graduation from A. H. Parker ~neth David and Stevona High School. she IIlIIVed to Rcgers. Cie'.. e!and, Ohio and WlIS mar· ried to Miltoo Hill in 1949. DEBBrE MOORE They lJl(1\'ed to WashingtOll, D.C., where he was attending &rn In BU1!llDgham, Alabama, Ms. Moore is the • ~~~~~=;=;~::::'~~~~~~:; O:cntclIl1ial ~ .• _.1 So8t - LlM. for 0 Muilltlhnic, Mullieultural. JOSEl'H1~E TODD Bru., Eo.D., continu= Multigf:nuatioMl Milull. Howard Urufer.lity. One daughter, Terri-Sue Hill. was Dr. Hill is an ac:wrnplis.bed artist (IXIIltempOrllry born in 1954. paintings and sculpture) and bas eJhibiled!Jeo woru In Dr Hill earned a BachelOI'ofScieru:e degree from the WashingtOn, D.C., Maryland, \~u-giD.ia, and West Univemty of the District of Columbia: a Master of Arts Germany. She has travded In IIlOm of the states of the degree from the American University; and, I ~ of United States, the Caribbean, Bahamas, Menea, Educatioll degree from The George Washington Canada, and IDlIjor cities in Italy, England, France, University. Dr. Hill has held the following positions in the Luxembourg, Lichtenstein, Austria, Switzerland, District of Columbia Public School System: teacher, Belgium, and Gel'1lWlY where she [h·ed and worked. Language Arts Specialist, Educational Specialist Volun ~r services indude: Superintendent of (Testing), Staff Development Specialist, and Associate Sunday Schools; Director of the Rhythmic Choir: Fund Research Analyst. raising for the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, During an mterim, lIS part of the United States The American Red CT065, and variOl1!; educatimJ.a1 and Overseas Exchange Program, she sen·ed all Thacher and commumty organiutioos. She lIer, ..ed as Peer Counselor Assistant Principal of the Ludwipburg Elementary far the Rodger's Senior Center, Outreach Prqp-am m ScbooI.. and subsequl'lltly, Principal of the Karls Kasemt Huntingum Beadl, CaW'omia, where she resided 14 Annex. She 11\'ed in Stuttgart, West. Germany, and a years. She currently resides in the smaU tawn Dadeville, sma!! t.awn, Neckargroeningen, along the Neckat River, Alabama. that flO'W 5 into the Rhine. Her motto is: "Llght a C8.Ildle; gh-e it air to breathe, 1Jr. Hill has been the Director of Education and spadle, and glow for as long as It lasts; then, savor the Instruction at The Washington Saturday College and heauty ofits life span." Civil Defense Instructor at the National Science ;-:;;-_ __-:-:-::- __ Foundation and the Georgetown Univen ity School of Nuning. She was the Founder and President of the Artists Promotional Association, Washington. D.C.. and Ross E. Gardner, Mll, is a the Life Propulsion Center, Ne-.lXlrt Beach, CaHfomiL nati\-e Alabamian. He eamed She has received llertificates and awards for education his B.s. Degree from alIromruunity tUl.tributions in Washington, D.C., Silver Hampton Instirute, Hamptoo, Spnng, Maryland., and in Huntingtoc, Beach, California.. Virginia, m 1972, and his Among past and present Of'8aniutwnal member· lI'l(l(bcal degree £mm. Mehany ship& are: Phi Delta Kappa (an 00n0/'lll')' educational Medical College in Nashville, society}, Club International; Business and Professunal Tennessee, in 1972. His Women, WashmgtO:!l. D.C; The Young Republican5; and mternship was in general Chamber of Comrnerre, Costa Mesa, California (as StalT at the Department of Member HOI) I Surgery, Martin Publications by Dr. Hill incluo:kl: PrtCtpliolU 0{, alld King, Jr., General Prefertnu . fo r, ContinuiIrl Education (by Seleelfil and his residency 11'85 'Ifathtrr of 1M D.C. Public &Itools), 1982~ ('..).authored at Martin Luther articles published in the Amerioon Jou17UJl of £duroIKln CaliforniL '/11th Dr ~orris Haynes, Ph.D .. Harvan! t:niversity; Imter, producer, and director of the fil m ldoeumentary~ "Criterion Referenced Te;ts: A New Coocept; 1975; "A S Ross E. GARD~'ER, M.D'J continued indude: Diplomat of the American Board of Born in Birmingham, Otolaryngology, and reDO'll" of the American College of Alabama to Julian. Mason Surgeons. Davis and Madeline Hanis Davis, Attorney J. Mason Davis was educated in JOHN THOMAS PORTER BIrmingham Public Schools. Jobn ThoID.IIs Porter is He received his A.B. Degree nationally known for his reli· gious and civic acth'itiea. His e:ttensi"e tduc:ation t.ncludes: B.S. Degree . Alabama State Unm~l'S!ty, Master of Ihvtruty Degree • Morehouse College, Partner lD the law firm School of Religion; Merrill was an Adjunct Professor \.Q _ Fellow· Harvard University; School of La..,,' (1972--1997). He has ~n a member of the Honorary Doctorate of Board of Directors for Bruno's, Inc., and Rust Divinity Degrees . Daniel International, Inc He is c:urrentJy Chairman, Board of Payne College, and Miles Direttors - Prot.ecti.ve wdustriallnsuranee Company of Col",. Alabama, Inc., and (II. the E%ecuth'e Committee of Dr Porter's profESSIonal experience Include: Paslm'" of Enetge!l Corporation, Board of Directors. First InstitutiCllal Baptist Churth, Detroit. Midtipn, He currently represents iUch dieuts as: Life and Slrth AI'enue Baptist Church, BinniJlgham. Insurance, Corporate, Bood 1b""lle5 and otheor Securities Alabama; member Alabama State Board of Pardons and matters; General Mown C Anne-Marie Ada!l1.'l graduated from Parker High in 1963 with honon;. She is the widow of Alabama's firs! black Supreme Court Justice, Oscar W. Adams, Jr., and daughter of the late Robert Jones director of The office of JefIerwn County in the Alabama Birmingham, Alabama, as an to her husband. She was responsible for assignments to stalT attorney\! and law clerks, and she- prepared IIH'moranda and proposed opinions to be circulated to other justices for ronference and evenrual release. Anne-Marie was a Paralegal for the law firm Adams, Baker and Cleman for more than nine year;;. She engaged in the general practice of law with emphasis OIl Title VII litigation; drafted complaint:;, affidavits, wills, inrerrogatories and answers to inre~atories. She com· piled and analyzed statistical data in Title VII cases in prtlparatioll for settlement diseu.ssions and/or trial; assisted attorney!; in client interviews and preparatiOil of clients as v.itnesses. Anne-Marie has studied at Xalier Univer;;ity, New Orleans, Louisiana; the University of Alabama in Binningham (Honor;; Program 1995 - 1996 and 1997 - 1998), and Birmingham Southern. Since her husband's retirement in 1993, Anne-Marie has boon a homemaker. After his death in 1997, she bet:a.me "somewbat of a recluse" trying to detennine the next course she would take. Upon hearing of the vacancy of the Circuit Clerk's position, she knew she would be right for thejob. After all, she had alwars enjoyed serv- Jl1l&> 89 A.... NE·MARIE ADAMS, dear by him. was the naming of an elementary sdrooI in continued Gadsden, Alabama, in his honor. ing the PfXlP[e of this coonty and state. If she is elected Justice Adams was a lifelong member of she says she wiD work hard, and run the Clerk's office Metropolitan .UtE. Zioo Church where he was a former efficiently. Chairman of the Trustee Board. Anne-Marie is. qualified woman, ready for the chal JIlSticeAdams died 011 February 15, 1991. His legacy lenge, and is willing to wort hard 10 run an effirie!lt office will bvt on through: his '!rife, Anne-Marie; his chil~ of the Cimrit Clerk. whose job it is to oversee electiMs, Oscar m, Gail, Thd, Kynath and Kevin; one brother, manage the county court doclr.et and to assign eases. Let Frank; and all who knew him. u! show our mpport for ber in the June 6th Primary When asked hIw,' he would like to be remembered, he because she is certainly qualified for the positioo of replied, "I would like to be known as a progressive, fair, Cimlit Clerk of Jefl't'nOIl CGunty (Alabama). hooest, and hard·working servant of the people: J USTICE OsCAR W. ADAMS, JR. Justice Oscar W. Adams, Jr., Barbara WIUi In was born 011 February 7, 1925, Birmingham, Alabama, on in Binningham, Alabama, to September 14, 1940, to our the late Oscar W. Adams, Sr.. beloved Prineipal Robert and Ella Eaton Adams. He is Charles and Mildred Bell the brother of the legendary Johnson. Barbara graduated Frank E. Adams (musicianl. from Parker High in 1957 and Justice Adams attended went to Talladega College. the public schools of She graduated from Birmingham &lid graduatEd Tennessee Slate University in from Parker High School. al 1962 and received her . His college edu· Masters degret in Library in 1944. He ScIence from the t:W\WSlty of..\labama in TuscalO(li3.. After graduation, BarlJara started her career in edu· 115 sole eation by teaching at Sears Elementary Sthool and the law Thggie School. She became the librarian at Huffman and Ciemon, which ll:fii"ed High Schoo~ and then worked at the Birmingham Board handling of emplO}lneIIt dis- of Education as a Media Resources Librarian. She rnminatlon worked for 18 years lUi the Director of Library Services at Justice was the fust African-Amencan in th!- Lawson State Community College, spending loog hoo:rs rustOf)' of Alabama to serve \D a statewide Constitutional to IIIlj)TO\ll the library to help her students recem the offioe, having been appointed to the Alabama Supreme best possible education. Court as an Associate JuSlJ.ce by Criwem(lT Fob James in Barbara gave to her belO'o'ed hometown community in 1980 and eJetted to the positioo in 1982 and 1988. In many ways, She opened the Lawson Slate library to 1993, be retired from the Court and returned to printe young mothers, encouraging them to read to their chilo practice with the finn of White, Dunn and Booker. dren, and helped college student;; SE'n.'e as mentors to He was 11 member of many organizations, including neighborhood elementary school children. She ennehed the National Bar Association, American Bar Association, the community with programs at the library to celebrate Alabama Lawyers Association, Birmingham Bar Black History and honor women leader&. She 5en.'e • 90 S ,p.._ ,!=l JInrlll'r :!t{igq ~cqool OIe.nicnnial OIl'lebratil.llt BARBARA ROSE JOHNSON GREEN; continued COL. RONALD KiRK WASHINGTON Like many alumni, Barbara was very COIIcernoo Colonel Ronald Kirk Washing. 3rout the test scores {If the students at Parker. Her plans ion ser;ed as the Deputy upon retiring this year from Lawson State Community Director, Office Of Architec· College, were to give as much time as needed to tutoring tures, Assessments, and at Parker High and volunteering at the church she loved -:quisition. National Reron· so much - SL Michael's. AlIl()ng the many helpful things issance Office (NRO), Barbara did for the Centennial Publicity Committee was Chantilly, Virginia. As Deputy to gll'e us a Jis! of names of people we 'should not forget" Director, be was responsible to mention in flu! Legacy (a forthcoming book about for the system of sYStfmS Parker High School). She will be missed. architecture development. Jan Robimon, Publicity Chair In 1972. Colonel Washing. ton earned a Bachelor of REV. JEANUS E. WALLACE Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Thskcgee Unil'ersity and received his commission as a Second Rev. Jeanus E. Wallace \\'as Lieutenant from the university's Resen'e Officer the only rhild born to Edgar Trniniug Corps program. He also earned an M.BA from and Apple Lee Wallace of the University of Montana, He was a member of Kappa Binningham, Alabama. Alpha Psi Fraternity. ReI', Wallace confessed His first military assignment as a Technical Christ at an early age and Engineering ,\.nalysis team chief took him to the Air joined West Princeton Baptist Force's Strategic Air Command (SAC), 341st Suategic Churth. Later he was called Missile Wing, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Great Falls, by GOO into the ministry and Montana. For the nert fOUT years. Colonel Washington ordained at New Hope Baptist dro\'e hark and forth to more than 150 Intercontinental Church (Ill December 12, Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Launch facilities and 15 Launch 1976, under the ~-tornte of Control facilities throughout the Montana countryside. Rev. H. Stone. In 1976, he was assigned to the 564th Strategic Rev. Wallace was active in evangelistic work through Missile Squadron as a Deputy Missile Combat Crew out his ministry. He produced two radio programs during Commander for the Minuteman III Command Dau the cwrse of his ministry; ·What Does the Bible Say?" Buffer System. i\'ithin six months he bi.-came a Combat and "'The Review of the Sunday School Lesson" on radio Crew Commander, a pivotal assignment oetting the tone sutions WAYE and WJLD. for the remainder of his career. While a Commander, he He attended Parhr High School and was president earned a Master's degree in Business Administration of the student gO';ernment in 1969. He attended Alabama from the University of Montana. Shortly thereafter, he A&~l Unil'ersity and graduated with hono~ cum laude. was selected as an alternate Crew Commander for the ReI'. Wallace was married to Darlene Wallace and SAC Olympic Arena Missile Competition :md then as an they were blessed with two children. He later, with his iru;truct.or. While still a junior captain, he was chosen as family, joined Tabernacle Baptist Churth where he the Senior Missile Combat Crew Commander instructor. served as pulpit associate, Sunday &hool teacher. and In 1980, he represented the Wing in the OlympiC Arena chairman of the Evangelism Commission. Competition, culminating his SAC career. He was employed by Alabama Power Company as a In 1980, Colonel Washington was assigned to the Business Administrator. 6555th Aerospace 'fust Group, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida., wbere he successfull)' transitioned from missiles to space systems. As a project engineer, Sate!lite Systems Division, he was involved in spacecraft and launch vehicle test operations, including the first space shuttle launch. c~ . ~ . llllTaer :P!igl, focllooi ((.enbuniui QIeltbrntion _ 91 Ms. Melua, indicatmg that be had paid his dues ror the COL. RONAW KIRK WASIllNGTOS, continued Centennial CeiebratwD. He alsodied on this day. He real· In 19M, Colonel Washington was assigned to the Iy wanted this a'lebration 10 be a suceess. Pentagon as part of an Air Forte Ek!ment Cadre for the Margaret E. Cheatlwn, C1ass of 1942 Seaetary of the Air Fort1', Special Projects. He ~ame heavily im'oh'ed in the acquisition of numerous systems PERRY L. ANDERSON supporting national Slrategies and mibtary priorities. While stabolled in the Waslucgtoo Metropolitan Area, Perry L Anderson .... as a Cdooel Washington's ""igmrfflt5 mduded Air Foree nativt! of Birnnngham, Systems Command Headquarters; Central Intelligeoa! Alabama, and a pnxfuct of the Agency, Office of DeI-elopment and Englllt'mng; Defense Birmingham Public School Systems Management College; Air War College; System. He ""as born to Perry Electronics Sy:;;terns Center operatlllg localloo, Lou;. Anderson. Sr. and Newington, Virginia; and the NRO. Violate Selena Durden Colonel Washington receil'ed the Defense Anderson. He attended Ala· Meritol"lOWi Semce Medal, Air Forte Mentonous Semlle bama State Unil'ersity n Medal, Air Foree Commendation Medal. and the Air Mootgomery, Alabama, and Forte Ac;~'ement Medal.. Other military award;; include received both Bachelon and the Air Forte Outstanding Urnt AlII"ard and (beAil" Forre Masters degn.oes In ltusic Organizational EueIlence Award. He also earned the Education. Additiona1litudies include: Eastman School or Master Ml5Sileman Badge and the Master Space Badge. Music and Uni"enJ.ty of Rochester in Rotbester, New Colonel Washington was married 10 the former York; Westministers ChoU" College, Princeton, Xew Sandre Joyre Haryey and they are the parent5 of three Jersey; Loyota Uni"ersity, New Orleans, Louisiana; children, Richea, Ronnie, and Robin. Georgia State Unil'ersit)·, Atlanta, Grofgia: Amherst Col. Washington is illld to rtSt in ArlingtOn National College, Amherst, Massachusett5; and he studied in insti· Cemet.ery, ArlingtOn, Virginia. tutes with Robert Shaw, Greg Smith, Joseph F1ummerfelt, "'orman LuOOff, and Paul Salamonal,ch. For five years, he directed the Hu~ High School MARION L. JONES Choir of Selma, Alabama. Dunn, this time, the choir per Marion L. JODes .".as born in formed at the 1965 World's Fllr in New York. and the Old Bessemer, Alabama, on Supreme Court Chambers in Washington, D. C., and they October 24, 1924. Hewas edu· made a concert tour in Southern and Northern tatOO. In the Birmingham California. Public School Sy5tem. Marion For the past thirty years, Mr. Anderson sel"\'ed as graduated from Parker High choir director at Parker High School, Birmingham, School. In 1942 and TI.'CQ!ved A1abama-the high school from 'A"hKh he graduated. He Ius Bachelor of Arts degree was also chairman of the MU!M: Department. from ~lies College in 1934. He The Parker High School choir was ~1V'd as one 'ias a Veteran ofW«id War n of the most reno'Io'Ded choin of the ,,-orld. In 1983, !1fT in the United States Andersoo produced a retOfd album l'eaturing the Parter High School choir and Nell Carter. The choir was inlit.ed in 1988 and 1989 to participate in the International Youth Festival in Vienna, Austria. Mr. Anderson and his Elb 114: and Civitan choir also performed at the prestigious Carnegie Hall in Club, IIlE'mber of SainI New York City in 1991. Mark Christiao Methcxhst Epi~ Churth and sen-ed Mr Andersm g81'& immeasurably ofhis Ume and tal as a Trustee aod Churdi SebooI1'Ncber. He was marned ent. As a result of Ius upertise and his students' dedica· 10 the late Mrs. Ethd Miller, to tlu5 union three SO!Ui tion, Parker's choir reeeJ.,-ed many superior I1Itulp in were born. . District and State Competition. The choir gaw (OOeeJts On February 15, 2000, Marion Jones, a member of on high school and college campuses, at churtbes, IIlld for the Uoited Alumni Association, received his receipt from ...... "" ""', - ~9~2~~~~====::;::::,~~~~~~1i~ You may also join us for ClIuz 100w 0# Clmtf, 73waJcast \VITO (Channel 21), Sundays at 8:00 a.m. WPXH (PAX - Channel 44). Sundays at 9:00 a.m. Birmingham Cable (Channel 4). Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. Sky Angel (Satellite Channel 262). Sundays at 2:30 p.m., Tuesdays at 3:30 p.m., and Fridays at 7:30 p.m. Pastor Jim Lowe Class of 1970 The Guiding • Church "WE ARE FAMILY" 60 Roebuck Drive, Birmingham , Alabama 35215 (205) 838-1386 c'A. . !t. lIarht>r :!Iigl, ~dI ool CUenunnial CUe.lrbraiion @ 95 A MUSICAL FAMILY mg, JTOO"'Y, and eternally enthuSlll:o""lic man. 'He was the SAMMY LoWE biggest htde giant you have ever _!" In the musIC busmess, Sammy Lowe, aU 51" of him, WM wnsidered an "all eo,'el')'thing.· All Ill1'lInger, composer, c0n LEATHA LoWE BELL ductor, and record productr, he lent his l'olJdas touch to some 3,} to.f() bit 1'l'alI'ds. Although she was bom in Lr.ingston, Alabama, Leatha His first recording session was for the PLauers' "My i.o'A1! Bell attended the publie schools of Btnningham. After Pnyer" - a 3-m.illi0ll seller on Memuy ReI:ords. Other mil graduating from industrial High SdlooI i DOW A. H. Parker hon tellers ~ The 'Ibken!!' ~ Lion Sietps Tonigbt," High School) she attended Alabama Stllte Teacbelll CoJhoge James Brown's "1t'5 A Man's World," Peggy Marth's "I Will m MODtgIlmery, Alabema, Her music careEr included: FoIIO'oO' Him," and Roy Hamilton's "You Can Have Her." org:aniM. at Macedonia Baptist Church· 17th Street., for The list of top artisl.!l with whom Sammy reeorded is too over forty )1!ars; music diredor for the A, G. Gaston Boys' long to meotiOll here, howe\'er, a few were: Sam Cooke, Paul Club for twenty-one )"WIlI; and piani;;t for 5e\'eB1 local Anb, Connie Francis, AI Hirt. Nina SitrwJrle, Ed ~ band! IIIduding the Fest Whatley Orehestra In the 1950s. Am.h.a Franklin, Joe Harnell and 1M Coorsills. Leatha was the lilllt pianist for the Binrungham Sammy had a bad.: for understanding popular tastes.. Heritage Band and organist for the Smith and GastnIl He was wry active in the lield of radio and teleo.'isioo c0m FuneBI Home for over a deI:ade. Through her Jo.,'e of music mercials where he wntributed musically to such products and her compassion, Leatha Imle Bell affected the Ih'es of as Fmc:a, Chesterfuold, Jello, D,'l!achrome, 3-M (M.innesota countless yvung people. MIIllIIg), Nll!TapDitl. Beer, and many othen, Sammy Loore was born of the mu:sieal lowe family of Birmingham, Alabama Although influenced It an early age by ppe!, ;an, and eountry music, his musical studies Upon grJduating [rom extended to cond\le1ing and CI)IJllXIiSing in W e\as&ical Industrial High School (now fOrml!, gil'ing him a solid roundatiOll in all music. Parker High School), James He was lwarded a music IiCbolarship to Tennessee State Lowe rontinued his education University, in Nashville, Tennessee, where he became music b)' obtaining a B.S. dt-gl'!'e from diteo:tor of !he 'I'ennessee State Orthestrl. Up;!II lea\-mg Stllte Teacherli CuIlege at !ennesset' State Umversity, Sammy joined lhe gl"l'3.t tdootgmDeTy, Alabama, and an Erskine Harlins' Oreheltni in New York City as 1I1l1lllgff, M.A. ~ from New Yon: music director and lint trumpeter. Among the great hits Ulli~emty. He did further dunng his stay with Hawkins' group, were "'I'uxedo study at Peabody College and Junrtion," -Afler Hoon." "Don't Cry Baby; and "Nona.* Purdue University, James' pro Under his aroll banner, Sammy Lowe recorded the fessional and occupational .100l1li '"The Gos~1 Stnogs" for 20Lb Century FaJ: and record included bema: I teadter at JefTer900 County "HJtsrille USA* for RC..o\ VICtor Records. &booI!; Parker High School, Alabama State Unn'emtv Artivities as arranger and/or prod~r included two Top and c.r.·er High School. .' 30 ruts, "Forget Ir and "J.oo,'e Power," for The Sandpebbles James was a saxophonist. His musical eIper1eOtel; on Calla Records and Laura GreEnc,/ohnny McKinnis'Top included playing "'ith Barna State Revelel'l, Barna State 50 R&B hil, "Pledging My J.oo.1!," on Silver Fox Records. He ColIegiaIUi (Erskine Hawkins), Fess 'i'i"hatl~y'l Orchestra, Iiao productd aIhum5 for Laura Greme (star. the I!KItion Ike Williams' Orthestra, Birmingham Heritage Band picture 'Putney Swope") and the New World Soul Choir. {which he (waded and directed), and the JmpenaJ. Yfmgs of Sammy was married to IId.teslI Bt-tly Haynes with 'A'hom Rhythm at Tuskegee Army A.ir F"1l'id. be produced one child, Sam Jr. He li~ed In Teaneck, New James was I member of sevenl organiutions: Jersey. He liked "foor.baU, wine, 'A'Ilman, and song - but not Binningham Arts Commission; Board o( Oireetors, necessarily in that order." He was a "'linn, tne~tic, excit- 96 Voluntel!r InfOnnllUoo. Center; Board olDirenon, thiveltrs mD'I"«I to a 7·1/2 am facility in the R.lebuc:k community to Aid; Advisory Review Committef', Alat-rna Council of Arts ...,.."rmlate the inmasing membership. The I!II!!IIbership and Humanities; Advi!Dry Committee, Social StudieI State bas /lOW grown to IIIOI"t than 2500 because ~ the (JOI'"erful Tnlbook Committee; Deaam and Ortheslra Diredol', presence of the Holy Spirit and an emphasis OIl the salva Sixt«nth SLreet Baptist ChurdJ.; Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, tion of 1051 S(JJ\s. Thi, ""as in keeping with the viEioo God Phi GalllDlfl Delta Fraternity; National EduOition, AJablma has given Pastor Lowe and that ill to build orld mainIoill 1111 Edueation Association; Alabama Retired Teachers army at mints IMt will ill illflict Jl'IItrt and MoUJ msual· Association; Local 256·733, American Federation of tin OI"! 1M fllfmy 0{ our Lord and Sot'iorJtsUJ Christ. Musicians; Birmingham City Slages; founder of the l'aslllr Lowe uses the early Chri.rtian church as a model Alabama Jw: Hall of Fame. fOT the development of the Guiding Light Church. His min iIItry, therefore, focuses OIl the BOlid leaching ~ God's Word, If music be the food of love, play on! prayer, feDo.,.sbip and eommunioo of the ~inta II!! stattd iII Ac.1Is 2:42. 1b fulfil the \'ililon God ha5 given b.i.m, several - ShaJreSpeart ministries have been established to help build and maintain the saints. ~ indudt Freedom in Cbnsl, a mini.ru-y James received &e'\"eral )Hl'Stigi0U31111'&Tds: Silo."ff Bowl deo-ot.ed to the deliveranct and maintenance or pernlIl! with FHllvaJ of Arts; Slate Arts Award of Enellenre lire dominating sins; the MEDIC (an aCTOllym for (G Or. Frank E. Adams. Sr., (saxophone), J. L. Lowe, Sr., and J ohn Springer (bass) can be seen in this photo with Erskine Hawkins (trumpet). Congratulations to A. H. Parker High School and Alumni on your Centennial Celebration 1231-24th North Binningham. AL 35234 Rev. Samuel L Matt, Pastor QIentennilil Greetings and wannest regards to all who gathered for this Centennial Celebration. The 1943 Classes ofA. H. Parker High School are proud to have been a product of this great institution. Thanks for che memories of dear old Parker High. Thanks for your ha110wed wa11s - if they could only speak of the classes where we'd meet, and acquaintances we'd greer. Wichin your walls we learned to share because of love and care - to thee we'JJ always be true. Thanks for the memories of all the ups and downs. Our prayer is we hope char you will always be around. CxmJJIldCO£. • • • • • •• ...••• • ••.•••••••• .• •••. M:lI"c~lIa Glo,·tr Oyck Sccref;UY ...... • • • . .. ..•.. • •...... •.••. Mary AIKt Hobson &lIley Flnanclill Sccrefan~ ...... Gerti~ Rudolph Walker, Lizzie Bass AlIen Tteasurer ...... St.ephen Camy We/fdT" OIili1""p(>fSOll ...... il:m:Irh" Rutland MOton • c~. :!! l}arltrr :!'{is9 ~dlool C!1t.l1hmnilll C!:e.lwration ~ 99 Special Felicitations to Classmates and Friends on our school's lOOth Birthday Celebration May God "s Blessings Be Showered Upon You from A. H. Parker'45ers Birmingham Chapter Edith B. Gray ...... President Edward Cragg ...... Vice President Rena Henderson ., ...... Secretary Frankie Prince Ware ...... Assistant Secretary Nathaniel Cook ...... , ...... Treasurer Leola Cowan Smith ...... President Emeritus Frank Adams Arthur Haynes Mildred Young Sims Lillie Bonner Lucille Coleman Haywood Bettie Price SkifUler Clarice Solomon Burch Dorothy Moreland Jefferson Dorothy HarriS Smalls Deloris Caldwell Burgess Mary Johnson Johnson Frances Durant Stonger Jesse Champion Mattie Bean Marshall Jeanetta Hardy Stutson Archeleen Scrutchings Oay Mary Webb Matthews Annie Aoyd Sutton Arena Prince Eccleston Blanche Coleman MtCa\l Ruth Carter Warren Geraldine Hundley Felton Maxine Pippen McNair Evelyn Grant Whll1aker Dorothy Wilson Finch Minnie Dunklin MItchell Lillie 5rruth Ilarrington Virgil Pearson 100 @iil 1968 ALUMS CLASS or A.U. PAJU(ER HIGH AS THEV WERE, c ' ~._u...,,,, ..,. __ __ .....'- __ _ .. L _ __ OIIoooI L T_D.__T I IIw"'P ..... , _Jr __1._ • __ ..... _,_ CIoooII_ ~_ ~ ___ --.-, _-. s..c.o. _T~ ....,.C " _c.. ~.-=-~ c-. _~ f"'D. ~ "'_l~ ~~ W_LCoooooI DooJIoCooO _~ ....C"O_IlC-- ..-_,e-- ~A.~ "f~~'- '--~Ir. a..-c.;, ,._Dooto _0.. ___ ....., ~ ~ "-w ___ c.-o __L. ... T ___ E __c. _ -..L_ c..o ...... -.,..,• •. ~E.,.....__ o __ l __a... 1o PIIoIip ____ WI r,. ()oo, J...... CkIoo II. ~ _.- _I.000I0.''- _ '-- COooInE.MO , ___ ~_"'T ... _""_~_ '-_ _ w-. ~ I!. _ 0-0. ___ ~ L __ E.-,. c...... , IioooJ. __ E __ 11. ___ ~ow... ", _I.e-. CkIoo~ _0.. _w __0._ ...,0. __.,... ~L_ a..-.,- _L",.,. CkIooI. ...,. Doo __r..- _D __,._ -._ .-". ... __ 1< _ L a_,. ____ 11._ "'.. _ QIIIooAa-.. --,...... ,...... -...... _____ '-__ 0.,..,. __ t-_ OotJL __...... _ c. Jioooooo ~-,. .-..,0._ lofoooW G. _ '-"_IMry"'" _,,_ c.tW __l._ (:-. ... "...... _ .... __.. _ ...,. 1.. '" _ w.,orE...... _ ..__ ..__ ..__ L ..__ 0.100,,"_...... _LW • .... 1.. ___ • ._ .... ~ __.. _ ...., c. _ -.c...... ,_ ...... E.~ ...... L ...-____ OofIooD __"'-_ EIIFo - _ ronu~au&a. 'l~ M£II011r'" AU.".'II• ~ cu.s:sK< 7U" _ 101 Officers ...... Sandra F. Humes Weems Loretta Trimble Martin Debar Cooner Booker •• -- ...... Ivy Jo thomas SOOm • usi ....~ Manag£'r .. Para J. Goldman 1025. .A. ~- llarher ~iSq ~dloo l (!Ientt'nnial (!!.eJebralion I II Ices "A Dream That Came True" '([4e 1fieflClCll - - - ISSS - 2000 . . . Coming Soon A publication for the benefit of the children of 2000 and beyond ~ designed to be a bea con of inspiration weUlnlO the next centmy. We need not tell anyone who has ever walked the halls of Parker High School that it was maglcal - but we must teU the children. and they must tell theirs. and so on, and so on. mIll' 1i.rS II -o Eddie L. Floyd Class of'65 Floyd I remember my senIor year of sehool because it was indeed a year to remember. I had attended Ullman IIlgh School for two years. My parenti moved \() the north side ofrown and that forced my brother aud I to transfer to A. II. Parker High School. It was also because of the zone in which we li\oed. I went out fo r the Parker football team and made it my fltSl. year. We played ._--' Ullman HIgh for our Homecoming game. The game was changed to a daytime game because of the two sehools' past hi .. tory of after.game fights. We played a 2:00 p.m. game al Legion Field that day and won 49·0. I was thrilled to brag about the score \() myoId school· mate!! at Ullman. After the game was over. Major and Capt. Brown reward· i:' ed U8 with chIcken dinners. l will re~m;~~'''';:.'~:i:::~ [ - •-,- -fi" "~ " "-c ' • ---, -~------~~ Left to right, on floor: Robert Tnbb, Earnest Qdum, Larry McCammon, Chus. McClammy. Standing: Coach W. H. Brown, De)[tcr Russell, Leslie Thomas, Allen Murphy, Wendell Hudson, Eugene Murphy, Ellrncst Burt, Bernard Fancher, Jerome Hill, Alvin McGrew, Willie Warren. f\. Ji:!. Jarkcr ?iigq ~dlool Congratulations A. II. Parker High School Centennial Celebration & "'~ I?/§~ 0aoi8,.fo Class of 1961 October 16. 1942 - NO"ember 28, 1999 We Will Always Love Him . .. Forever The Family Otis King Orange Lee (Mmher) Deccmber211.1920- May II. 1999 The late George Davis, Sr. (Father) Sisters: Mary Elizabeth (1959), Easter ( 1963), May the work I've dOlle speak for me. Edna (1964, Patricia (1968) Brothers: Eddie (1966) and Douglas (1970) .YIhuays in Ollr hwrt~. Sister·in·law: Janie ( 1958) J\1n. €lhel rw. %r1f/' wife, Daughters: Felicia and Anita Niece: Buffie Elizabeth Oli, 3. 9 Broad Street Missionary Baptist Church '21 t.Io!ris A_lie. Bnnngham. Ai.. 35204 251-1372 Rev, Solomon Crenshaw. Pastor ICiass 01'5') Greetings /0 alllndustriaJ (md A. H. Parker High School groduatesfrom our church family, which boasts of having many grodiUJles fram this instiJution. » e wish all of you God's richest blessings. Happy Birthday To Our School We are so proud of our heritage COIlE WORSHIP WITH us: Bible Study Sunday .•.•. 8:00 am. - 9:15 a.m. 6:00 pm. - 7:3:) p.rn. WILLIE E. MCCALL SUIlday School...... 9:30 a.m. -10:55 a.rn. WOIShip Se!vice ...... 11:00 am. - 1:00 p.m. Q.9;t 1 COllgratltlntiollS 011 8l~ Allotiler Milestolle 'rom REFUGE TEMPLE OF FAITH Detroil, MlChlQ8n, and Atlanta, Georgia 313-861 -9680 Q9{. 1o,,? ad lIOU jt1'all~ NIGHT SCHOOL Class of March, 1956 )jOlt can cajled-a IJU:}(ClC/e . Love, Elder Frederick Cain Mary Carpenter-lbomas-Howze COllgratltlntiolls A. H. Parker High School Congratulations all tllis, Yoltr 100tll Birthday ID A. H. Pancer HIgh School on your Centennial Celebration "om Pastor & Mrs. David W. Craig and the New SainI James Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church Family Missionary BapHsl Church 143 Seminole Circle, Fairfield, AL 35064 600 4th Avenue No.. Birmingham. AL 35204 L Byron Woodruff. Pastor 205-251.{)574 Mr. Pilgrim is a People Building Min/soy, 'lO [j..J 'jJ, 'Th. 1JI"'1I BUlldmg People (Of the Kingdom of God 112 ([rnttUllial ([rbbr1ttion Walker wile Todd Helen Grace Todd Johnson Va ledictori an & Secretary of her class Claudia Todd Rabb Hazel Todd Townsend Mary Lucille Todd DUlin Margaret Todd Tatum Nathaniel Joseph Todd Agnes Josephine Todd Hill CJass of January '46 'Qrqe ~L Warnes cffiKissionarl;! ~a ptist QIqurcq 'listahlisi!tl) flian~ 1890 ....~.JJ- 1300 Twenty-Fourth Street North, Birmingham, Alabama 35234 (205) 251-5342 Rev. Gerald F. Jones, Pastor Congratulations on the Centennial Celebration of A. H. Parker High School Over 100 Years of Producing Great Minds WEEKLY SERVICES Sunday Eatl)' Mormng Sen'ice ... , 8: IS a.m. Mid·03y Wonhip Sc""icc . 11:00 ~.m. 100da Men 's and Women's Fellowships .. HIO p.m. ~~H HISTORY DEPARTM£!f1I- 'j B;RMJt;GHAY PUBUC UBAARY Wednesday fu)er Meeting ...... 6:00 p.rn. 21(111 PAJI!(. PLACE Bible Study... . 7:00 p.rn. .~"'" Independent Termite & Pest Control, Inc. Commercial & Resilkntial Service LICENSED, BONDED AND INSURED S ince 1984 t«JA-t-ff1.. ... i~4e~ w d~ e~~~ c7 1966 '''''' du~ ~1..ce.u.,.~tildU,~ c;dd'Ul-tic/~' ERVIN K. HUMES Class of'66 The Employees of Birmingham Sundrn 'Jyson. Larry Wright, David White, Ernest Russell, waltet Body 114 (gtntenninl QIell'hrntiolt \" Loving Me""orJ- Jones & Dugger Families 01 MySlatsr Juanita Jones Ownes Forestine Jones Qlh'er Issac Jones, Jr. O ass of 1946 .."'- Prrwftt.hlmm. In Honor of -"~/JrUd Linda Jones Dugger N*r.& . Robert Dugger, III ....1hJ_J Sharea L. Dugger 8" J/rII II .. lIII ;It II ... fI ... • lint 1ft' ca Penick & Wallace, LLC Peruck ~, SUIte 200 319 Seventeenth Slreel, North Bumingham, Alabama 35203 Henry L. Penick & Alison Wallace ATTQRNEYSAT UW f'taooe: t2O:!i) 252-2538 P.O. 8m %1 faA' f2(lS)2SI-mJl BmnlDgham. AL )5201.(1956 P I G-\SLS F[RR\ CO\lPA W U\tC USN Stl<\ IC[ fOR (\(1.\ OcC\'>IU'i 15018 - Seventh Avenue No. Birmingham. AL 35203 Ernestine Poole Costalonga 0..;;;;: (205) 322-8787 MajorCtd catdI ~ c'A. · J:l. 1£1arkn ?ligq ~djllOl (!J:rni.enniaJ OIelebration __ 115 - m s§-C ~l Siq,i. 'B.piW o....,da ,., "I" "'>llH ....0 '1A~IOrT'L _TH c ....OIJI' 1lJ-=i '" 'Mrs. Sanuu! P. p,tuzsnu, ". along with Tru SanUs MisrionanJ 'Baptist CfwrrJi ~amifg pray thal God will shower down His blessings of success on the CUTTen! and fonner students of Parker High School during yOOT Centennial Celebration 1615 4th Cour1 West BillTlirqtam, AL 3520B {205) 786-4376 'from J{eritage to :Jlope: LitJing Our Legac9 'Togetfier ....., l1St&itl c?:J... :!L ~nThtr ~iSq J!'c ~nol «wltunial {Celebration SCHOOL SONG There's no other High &hool We love as Parker High; We'll sing and shout her praises Until the day we die. We will cheer for White and Purple, The colors that we love; They will lead us in the conflict and our triumphs prove. We'll cheer for thee, Dear Parker In each victory. I Thy love and truth shall guide us in each adversity. Bless her name and shout her praises, And make the rafters ring. Hail to thee, our Dear Ole Parker: Hail to thee we sing. -written and composed by Dorothy Rodgers, a student in the '50s A. H. PARKER High School For lll~ p~opJt: TOU h~vc tQuched lIod tbt: arurtl you "live It//ldc... Thtlnb, -- - __- I . ------4070.'1, U"""f .... BOOKER T. WASHL"GTON INSURANCE COMPANY &me ofour many seruices inclu~: TIME WAlTS FOR NO ON£••• • F,nl " 5.am4 • SlII/nIIcOi ~I Morf4~t l.Dm.1 Do you know "'~)"OUI hfe Insur~ mnds? • OwrJr"ft • Rday • ("flIIiOIn.u.a..S • 5pm..I Gtct."I We can aMiu ~ in Iu,i", etn: ofall your lif~ • /,,'trt5r &.~ Acctnl1ll5for ~ nmI.s Aftcnll. 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