This photo from the 1950s shows Mountain View School in the West Marion community. For years, this was the only high school in McDowell County for African-American students.
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This photo shows the 1964 Falconettes at Mountain View School. They were (front row, from left) Arethia Matthews, Nancy Bryson and Dorothy Brown and (second row, from left) Alene Jenkins, Norma Greenlee and Gwedaline Borders and (back row, from left) Evelyn McKesson, Linda Lytle, Arnette Rutherford and Coach James A. McNeely.
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This photo shows the 1964 Falcons at Mountain View School. They were (kneeling, from left) Wallace Logan, Delbert Rutherford, Clarence Smith, Charles Hemphill, Benjamin Conley and Ernest Rutherford and (standing, from left) Troy Williams, Thomas Goode, Vinson Murphy, Kelce Lytle, Jerome Lucky, Billy Martin, Ronnie Beam and Coach W.L. McDaniel.
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V.E. Carson served as the principal of Mountain View from 1956 until its closing in the mid-1960s when Marion High was integrated.
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This Friday and Saturday, old friends and former classmates will gather together again to reminisce and renew old ties. A reunion of both Hudgins and Mountain View students and faculty will take place Friday evening with a reception/meet & greet at Spillway Bridge & Co. taproom and a banquet at the Senior Center in Marion Saturday evening.
This Friday and Saturday, the former students and faculty from both Hudgins and Mountain View schools will gather together again to reminisce and renew old ties.
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This photo from the 1950s shows Mountain View School in the West Marion community. For years, this was the only high school in McDowell County for African-American students.
This photo shows the 1964 Falconettes at Mountain View School. They were (front row, from left) Arethia Matthews, Nancy Bryson and Dorothy Brown and (second row, from left) Alene Jenkins, Norma Greenlee and Gwedaline Borders and (back row, from left) Evelyn McKesson, Linda Lytle, Arnette Rutherford and Coach James A. McNeely.
This photo shows the 1964 Falcons at Mountain View School. They were (kneeling, from left) Wallace Logan, Delbert Rutherford, Clarence Smith, Charles Hemphill, Benjamin Conley and Ernest Rutherford and (standing, from left) Troy Williams, Thomas Goode, Vinson Murphy, Kelce Lytle, Jerome Lucky, Billy Martin, Ronnie Beam and Coach W.L. McDaniel.
This Friday and Saturday, old friends and former classmates will gather together again to reminisce and renew old ties. A reunion of both Hudgins and Mountain View students and faculty will take place Friday evening with a reception/meet & greet at Spillway Bridge & Co. taproom and a banquet at the Senior Center in Marion Saturday evening.