Dunbar High School Scrapbook

Too Many Trophies

Dunbar Has Pleasant Problem

By David Widener News Sports Editor

Dunbar has a problem, but it's a pleasant one.

The Tigers have so many trophies they don't know what to do. If good fortune continues to fall upon the Tigers, some more trophy cases will have to be built.

During the 1966-67 school year, which will come to an end this week, Dunbar won 29 trophies, 21 of them in track. Five were won in tennis, two in football, and one in basketball.

Dunbar would have added two other trophies to its collection but no awards were given for the relay events at the state track meet. The Tigers won both the 440 and mile relay.

Success is all the Tigers have known since Elmer Grant Redd came to the school as head coach in 1953. Under his direction, Dunbar won two state championships during the 196667 school year - football and track.

Redd's lifetime coaching record for 7 football seasons is 134-37-1. Dunbar was also state AAA football and track champion in 1964.

The 1966 Tiger grid team rolled over everything in sight in marching to the state title. During the regular season, Dunbar shellacked Baytown 33-6, Longview 47-8, Palestine 41-0 Jacksonville 40-6, Kilgore 60-0, Henderson 43-0, Carthage 33-0, Pittsburg 36-14, Nacogdoches 273 and Jefferson 14-0.

In bi-district play, the Tigers clawed Huntsville 19-9. Dunbar then whipped Wichita Falls 147 for a perfect 12-0 season and the state championship.

Next on the agenda was basketball, which had been Dunbar's weakest sport in the past. But coach James Hall guided the Tigers to the District 3-AAA championship with a 14-2 record and into the state tournament.

The Tiger cagers lost to Fort Worth Kirkpatrick, the eventual state champ in opening action at the state meet but finished the year with a 19-8 record.

Track came onto the scene and the Tigers went to work on gathering some silver and gold. Dunbar won the Texas Sourthern University Relays and the District 3-AAA meet at Nacogdoches in addition to the state meet.

The most trophies won by Dunbar were at the TSU Relays and District Meet, claiming four at each. In addition the the TSU meet trophy, the Tigers won the half-mile medley and mile relays and Curtis Mills was high point man. Dunbar won the junior high championship as well as the senior title plus the 440 and mile relays at district.

Dunbar's win at the district meet held at SFA in Nacogdoches, marked the eighth straight year the Tigers have been league track champions. Dunbar has won the 3-AAA football crown five of the last seven years, only losing three league games in those seven seasons while winning 46.

The Tigers had two thinclads who ranked amove the best in the state in their events - Travis Hill and Curtis Mills. Hill had a 23-9 3/4 broad jump to his credit and Mills had a 440-yard dash time of 48.2.

Dunbar also had two speedy relay units but Redd feels they would have reached even greater heights had they had the opportunity to run on an allweather, grass-tex track.

The 440 unit of Mills, Robert Marks, WIllie Olford and Willie Walker Jr. had a best time of 42.0 while the mile team of Hill, Olford, Mills and Walker was clocked in 3:18:8.

Both times came on the SFA track at the district meet. "That was the best cinder track we ran on all year," says Redd.

In tennis Dunbar won boys and girls singles and doubles at the district meet. Gary Sumlin then won boys singles at the state met.

What's the outlook for next year? Redd lost 11 seniors from his state championship football team and four from his state track champion, but the Tigers will always win.

ONE YEAR COLLECTION - Dunbar coach Elmer Redd looks over the trophies Tiger athletic teams won during the 1966-67 school year. Pictures are 25 of the 29 trophies claimed by the Tigers, who won state championships in football track and tennis. Twenty-one of the trophies shown were won by the Dunbar track team.

Sons of Joe and Louise Jackson Have mad Them PROUD!

Gene Jackson Jackie Jackson

Gene Jackson U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Gene Jackson who died in a training exercise while flying his F-15, was an accomplished leader named to the Outstanding Young Men by the American Jaycees.

Gene was a great example to others growing up and attending Lufkin schools. He graduated from Dunbar High School in 1962. Said former Dunbar principal M.E. Lyons, "Gene was on my judging team in F.F.A. and he was an outstanding student. I'd tell him what to do and he'd do it."

When he died, Gene was doing exactly what he loved - flying a jet airplane. Since the age of nine Gene wanted to fly. And despite kidding from his schoolmates, Gene realized that ambition. He flew more than 600 missions over Vietnam and had logged almost 1,000 hours of combat time.

In all, Gene was awarded 28 air medals, three Meritorious Service medals, the Vietnam Gallantry Medal with Palm, the National Service Medal and four Distinguished Flying Crosses.

Jackie Jackson Former U.S. Air Force air traffic controller Jackie Jackson is making plans to return to Lufkin soon.

Jackie, an honor graduate of Dunbar and the University of Houston (B.A.) will be coming back to Lufkin employed as a with the U.S. Postal Service. He formerly was a Commercial Accounts Representative for the postal service in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

He began his career with the post office as a letter carrier and then was selected as an instructor of the newly developed Carrier Academy before being appointed as Commercial Accounts Representative in Louisiana.

Jackson and his wife, Beverly, have two children, Marcus and Jasmie.

Carl Jackson Carl Jackson graduated from Poly High School in Riverside, California. After returning to Lufkin he became employed at Lufkin Industries. He and his wife, Hazel, live in Lufkin.

Terri Shepherd "Adopted" son Terri graduated from Dunbar High School. Employed by the City of Lufkin Terri and his wife Laura live in Lufkin. Laura is employed at Sears. They have two children: Lauren Lee and Terry Lee.

HISTORY OF TODAY

This month has been Black History month in Lufkin as well as the nation. Within our schools there has been emphasis on the role and contributions made by prominent blacks in our society. Earlier this month many Lufkin and area businesspeople sponsored a page of questions in this newspaper about such influential and well-known black figures as Martin Luther King, Jr., Jesse Jackson and Barbara Jordan. We all can be rightfully proud of their achievements.

Today we would like to recognize and highlight for you the names and achievements of many of our own area's prominent black leaders.

They are men and women who have been making our community a better place [...] difference in the lives of many people - white and brown.

We salute them and submit to you th[...] and as such are worthy of our praise, ad[...]

C-Mark Charity Club, Lillie Davis, Be[...] Committee, Joe Douglas; Citizens Cham[...]

BRENDA BEAMON Parents: Harold & Murline Lane High School: Dunbar, 1969 College: Prairie View A&M Career: Certified Phlebotomist at Jeff Davidson Hospital, now at Woodland Heights Medical Center Church: Mt. Calvary Baptist Husband:Vincent Children:Shlonda & Zippohral Hobbies:Reading, Walking, Jazz

DON BOYD High School: Wheatley-Houston, 1955 College: Texas Southern, S.F.A. (Degrees): Bach. of Music Career: Music, band, choir & history teacher - Woodville, Aiken and Lufkin I.S.D., now Reg. IV coordinator for Motivation Education & Training, Inc. Organization:City Commissioner, Ang. Co. Citizens Chamber, Boy Scouts, N.A.A.C.P., D.E.T.C.O.G., Honors: Who's Who, 1982-3; Personality of the South Awards

LACEY CHIMNEY, SR. Wife: Dorothy, teacher Lufkin Schools High School: Dunbar, 1958 College: Jarvis Christian College, Detroit School of Law (Degrees): Bachelor of Science, Juris Prudence Career: First and only purchasing agent - Lufkin Public Schools

WILLIE CLARK High School: Dunbar, 1943 College: U.C.L.A., Riverside (Degree): Criminology Career: First Black policeman on San Bernadino, Calif., Plice Force (retired) Detective on San Bernadino Police Force (retired)

TYRONNE DAVIS High School: Lufkin, 1984 College: Tex. A&M, Prairie View (Degrees): B.S. Career: Architectural engineer for Lu[...] High, Maintenance engineer[...] Temple-Inland, Maintenance [...] Mechanical engineer at Tex. [...] Honors: Recipient of Grand Mason's Masonic Scohlarship and De[...] Sigma Theta Academic Scho[...] ship; Presidents Award, 198[...] Natl. Honor Society, Who's W[...] 1982-3-4, Pres., Brazoria C[...]

LT. COL. GENE JACKSON, USAF Parents: Joe & Louise Jackson High School: Dunbar (Honor Grad), 1962 College: N. Tex., Central Michigan, Univ. N.M., Air Force Academy (Degrees): B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Career: USAF pilot: F4C; T-38, T-39; F-15 Combat: 1,000 hrs., 600 missions Combat crew training, Fighter weapons sch. instructor Honors: 34 Air medals, incl. Disting. Flying Cross & Meritorious Award, Vietnam Gallantry Medal; Outstanding Young Man in America

IRENE VIVIAN JOHNSON High School: Crockett, 1930 College: Mary Allen Junior College, Prairie View A&M (Degrees): B.S., M.A. Career: School teacher-Crockett I.S.D.; 34 years as Angelina Co. Agricultural Extension AgenCounty Home Demonstration. Supervisor-Ang. Co. Comm. for Aging. Church positions for St. Luke Miss. and First Miss Bapt. Interests: People, gardening, fishing

SGT. MAJ. JOHNNIE JONES (RET.) High School: Dunbar Career: Joined Army, -1948. Combat in Korea, Vietnam; 1st Black First Seargent Antiaircraft Repl. Training Center; Nike Hercules Battery First Sgt.; Engineer Batt. Vietnam; Comm.Sgt. Maj.- Air Def. Center (first Black soldier in office in 125 year history); First City Bank Loan Op. Mgr.- Asst. V.P.-Mgr Honors: Legion-Merit, Bronze Star

BETTELL LEWIS Parents: Rev. Bettie Kennedy of Lufkin & Oscar Kennedy of California and Mr. and Mrs. S.T. Lewis High School: Lufkin High Career: Signed with the Kemcy Model Agency of New York and is a flight attendant with American Airlines. She is pictured in her uniform.

PATRICIA DONLEY McKENZIE Parents: Berta Lilly(Dec.) & Noriss Donley High School: Dunbar College: Prairie View A&M, Univ. of Pitts., Tex. A&M & U.T.-Austin, Arlington (Degrees): B.S., P.A.-M.P.H. , & Ed.D Career: Instr. of Health & Nurse- Wichita Falls, Peace Corps; Instr.of Public Health Nursing- Univ. of Pitts.; Director of Nursing & now Dean of Instruction & Admiss.- Angelina College

CAPT. WILLIE C. ROGERS(RET) Parents: Willie and Vada (Hatten) Rogers High School: Dunbar, 1958 College: Houston-Tillotson, Jarvis Christian College, U.S.C., Air War College, & other USAF Colleges (Degrees): B.S.-Music Education, Masters (U.S.C.) Career: Band Director-Dunbar; USAF: Air Def. Weapons Contr., Comput. progr. & System Analyst, Crew member of AWACS. Director of Mgrm.Infor.Systems - Ang.Coll.

PERCY SIMOND, JR. Parents: Percy and Amanda Simond High School: Dunbar College: Texas College, (Further studies in Los Angeles) (Degree): B.S.-Business Career: First Black City Commissioner of Ward 1-Lufkin, Texas. Wife: Princess Simond-Adult Probation

RUTH S. WASHINGTON-SIMS Husband: Jordan T. Washington (deceased) College: Two Bachelors and a Masters Career: Classroom teacher for 42 yrs, came to Lufkin in 1946- First Vocational Home Economics teacher. Director-Lufkin Day Care Center. Now serving as District President of General Bowen Dist. Association of Senior Women. Church: Missionary - Bapt. Conv.of Tex. Honors:Described as a Special flower in God's Special Bouquet

PRINCIE REYNOLDS SMITH High School: Dunbar, 1943 College: Redland University-Redland, California Career: Associate Professor of NursingSan Bernadino, California (Degrees): Several from Redland University

BOBBY REYNOLDS WHITEHEAD High School: Dunbar, 1950 College: Degrees in Nursing, Psychology & Public Administration Career: Presently Director in office of Equal Opp., Health Care Financing Admin.-Dept.- Health & Human Serv.. Certified Sr .Exec. Serv.-1983. 18 years of Fed Gov't Ser. Directs staff of 4,000 employees in 10 regions in Washington D.C. and Baltimore, Maine. Church: Husband: Children: Hobbies:

Splash Day Queen Lessie Coutee P. A. Simmon, Ester Lyons, Miss Coutee, Lawrence Kirksey.

Two Crowned At Negro Splash Day Ceremonies

The annual Negro Splash Day ceremonies were held Saturday afternoon at Jones Lake.

The event is sponsorred by the Negro Chamber of Commerce.

Miss Senior and Miss East Texas were chosen from a field of 13 contestants.

Winning the title of Miss Senior was Miss Glady Erwin while Miss Lessie Coutee won the Miss East Texas title.

Misses Dorothy McQueen and Betty Lewis placed second and third in the Miss Senior contest.

Runner-up in the Miss East Texas contest was Miss Ester Lyons.

Other contestants in the contest were Misses Lucille Smith, Minnie Carrington, Virateen Johnson, Sandra Berry, Pearlie Polk, Annie Lou Hopkins, Elmora Clay and Ina Mae Kirksey.

MRS. ERCELLE HALL ...homecoming queen

Dunbar Sets Homecoming

Dunbar High School's homecoming will be highlighted with activities both tonight and Saturday night, officials have announced.

Tonight's activities will include a student council social and bonfire at 7 p. m. in the school gymnasium. A parade is scheduled for 4 p. m. Saturday.

Miss Opal Mae Matton, queen of the Tigers, will reign as Miss Dunbar with attendants Mary Donley, Ruth Evelyn Lewis, Virginia Howard, and Willie Marie Davis.

At 7 p. m. in Panther Stadium, pre-game ceremonies will honor mothers of the football team. All mothers are asked to use the reserve section prepared for them.

Each member of the Tiger football team will present his mother with a corsage. Mmes. Redd, Taylor and Lyons will also be presented flowers.

Half-time activities will include the crowning of Miss Dunbar and the presentation of Miss Homecoming. Mrs. Ercelle Penson Hall was selected by the Dunbar alumni to reign as queen.

Her attendants will be presented. Kickoff for the football game will be at 7:30 p. m.