 The
latest thing in basketball suits for girls in 1915 was incomplete
without a large hair ribbon if the photo below is taken at its face
value. The Tom Bean High School basketball team of 1915 was next to the
best in the county. According to their captain, Mrs. C.S. Teague, the
team defeated practically every team they played that year. They were
nosed out of the county championship by
a class A team. The picture was made at Whitewright following a victory over that team which probably accounts for their shining faces. W.B. Cooke, now of Gunter, was the coach; and Imogene Bruce, now Mrs. Carl Mullins of Post, was the mascot. And now for the identity of these young ladies who are scattered to the four winds.  Standing: left and right, are Gyneth Brackett, now Mrs. Simpson of Sherman; and Daisy Welch, now Mrs. Robert Caraway of Sherman. Seated front row, left to right, are Virginia Scott, now of Sherman; Lucille Welch, now Mrs. C.S. Teague, a teacher in the Tom Bean school; and Bernie Francis, now Mrs. E.H. Gant of Tom Bean. Seated, back row, left to right, are Marie Hendricks, now of West Texas; Rebecca Dobson, now Mrs. Randell Bridges of Beeville; Kathleen Jackson, now Mrs. Lake Merrell of El Paso; Vivian Scott, now Mrs. John Bean of Sherman; and Aline Pennell, now Mrs. Clifford Phoebus of Tom Bean. Tom Bean History Elaine Nall Bay ©2015 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |