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Good Old Days 

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Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer look-alikes can be spotted amidst all these freshly scrubbed faces and coveralls around the year 1938 as the Contrary School Class, taught by Bert Addison, gathered for a class picture. The school was located near Marvin. Front row, from left, Ralph Deskins, Irene Ratliff, Franklin Deskins, Jim Keen, Henry Keen, Daris Deskins, Francis Altizer, Marie Ratliff, Gaylene Deskins and Cecil Altizer; second row, Andrew Deskins, Exie Deskins, Ruth Deskins, Arthur Deskins, Carlos Deskins, Carlos Honaker, Ralph Altizer, Bill Ratliff and Lemuel Deskins; third row, Gussie Lee Addison, Virginia Deskins, Elizabeth Keen, Edith Ratliff, Andrew Mullins and Ike Ratliff; and fourth row, Oma Honaker, June Deskins, Walter Burton (Bert) Addison - teacher, Annie Mae Addison and Naphel Harman. Photo submitted by Russel D. (Rusty) Johnson, of North Myrtle Beach, S.C.













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