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What do you think that Mr. Fain would say about this picture? Perhaps he would say, "Just look - when I came to Rison we had only one trophy and now we have so many. These and other accomplishments reflect the skill and determination of my students. The students at Rison represented the children that I never had, and I'm very proud of each and every one of them." Here is a short video where Mr. Fain discusses school spirit at Rison. The kids at Rison were very competitive and were motivated to play hard at whatever sport that interested them. While they were self-motivated, much of the motivation also came from a number of people: Cecil Fain, Hub Myhand, O.E. Richardson, Luke Tucker, "Booger" Knight, Slow Owens, Bill Rice, Beanie Falkenberry, Aubrey Turner, and volunteer Carl Walker to name a few. If you remember others, we'll be glad to add them to the list. Below you will find pictures of some of the sports teams and cheerleader squads and some sports-related artifacts from Rison's history. The photographs are arranged chronologically. If you know any of the missing names, please contact the Rison-Dallas Association using the email link at the bottom of this page.
In addition to many awards for sports activities, Rison School also excelled in various fields of interscholastic competition such as public speaking, drama, essay contests, spelling contests, debating contests, and oratorical contests.
 Left to Right: ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ?? Do you know the missing names?  Left to Right: Lawrence Bowers, Otis Cullom, (?)Potter, ??, ??, ??
 Left to right: Carl S. Fudge, coach; right forward: Melvin Potts; guard: Minor McGaha; center: Brandon O’Neal; guard: Albert Edwards; guard, captain and left forward: Bryant Edwards
 Left to right: (?)Primm, Houston Goodson, Melvin Potts, ???, Jodie Pettie, Beuton Fisher, (?)Newt McGinnis, Cowboy Fitch, Hub Myhand - Coach  Front row, left to right: Thelma Goodson, Christine Bowden, Mollie Tippet, Laura Waddings, Lucille Staggs Middle row, left to right: Lorene Mayes Primm, Jeanette Hawkins, Gaynell Primm, Lillian Staggs, Mary Bell Fisher Back row, left to right: Hub Myhand, Coach
 Front row, left to right: Roy Wallace, Theron Fisher, C. Pinion Back row, left to right: J. Lackey, L. Corum, O.E. Richardson (Coach), C.F. Smith, Pete Moore, W. Chisam
 1. Martha Bates Baucom, 2. Katie Primm Maddox, 3. Christine Bowden Atnip, 4. Ursula Swindell Certain Fitch, 5. Lorine Mays Primm, 6. Laura Waddings Rickett, 7. Thelma Goodson Boyd, 8. Lillian Staggs Sample, 9. Mary Belle Fisher Bowers, 10. Ruth Englebert Richardson, 11. Ethel Moorman, 12. Molly Pellette Tippett, 13. Lorine Smith Fisher, 14. Annie Corder Newton, 15. Hub Myhand-Coach.
 Front row, left to right: Melvin Potts, Houston Goodson, Walter Fiske, Jodie Pettie Back row, left to right: Ed Herring, Jennings Chisam, Coach Hub Myhand, Newt McGinnis, Cowboy Fitch
 Three in front, left to right: Jodie Gray, Jimmy Webb, Doyle Ealy(?) Four in back row, left to right: Theron Fisher, ???, Purvis Webb, Hub Myhand (coach) Do you know the missing names?
 Front, seated: (?)Wingo, Audey Burkett, Coach O.E. Richardson First row, left to right: Comon Daniel, Commodore (Pont) Pinion, Roy Wallace, Theron Fisher Second row, left to right: Woodrow (Pud) Chisam, Charley Frank Smith Back Row, left to right: ??, J.J. Berryhill and James (Duke) Lackey Do you know the missing names?
 Front row, seated, left to right: Lawrence Bowers, Dick Pintress, Norman Allen, Shiley Cantrell, Earl Bowers Middle row, kneeling, left to right: Cowboy Fitch, Beauton Fisher, Harvey Allen, Elgie Webb, Forrest Benson, Happy Koonce Back row, standing, left to right: Coach Joe Ab, Melvin Potts, Jodie Pettie, Clarence Pinion, Dutch O'Neal, Jim Blanton, Tubby Conder
(Click on the photo for a larger image - 750 kB file size - See if you can spot any familiar faces!) We noticed that there were only males in this picture and wondered why. We learned from our friend, Joy Fanning Daniel, that for some reason not many women attended ball games.  Front row, left to right: ??, ??, Norman Allen, Perry Chisam, ??, ??, Theron Fisher, Walter Fiske, ??, ?? Back row, left to right: Happy Koonce, ??, Alfred (Cowboy) Fitch, ??, Red Blount, Hub Myhand, ??, Jim Tom Gentry(?) In the stands directly behind Hub Myhand is Earl (Pappy) Schrimsher (white shirt, dark tie). Note what appears to be a bag of peanuts in Earl's right hand and a basket at his feet; he sold peanuts and soft drinks at ball games. Behind Earl with a hat on slightly turned looking at the field is Sherman Swindell Do you know the missing names on both the team and in the stands?
 Homer Lackey is in stands with overalls and cap just over Jennings Chisam's shoulder. Do you recognize others in the stands? Front row, left to right: O.H. "Happy" Koonce, Houston "Cooter" Payne, Gene Williams, Theron "Fatty" Fisher, Jim Tom Gentry, Perry Chisam, Elgie Webb Back row, left to right: Charlie England, Jennings Chisam, Haskell "Red" Blount, Alfred "Cowboy" Fitch, Ed Herrin, Dick Prentice, ?Stewart, Hub Myhand Do you know the missing names?  Front row, left to right, kneeling: ??, ?? Second row, left to right, kneeling: Cowboy Fitch, ??, Woodrow Chisam, Norman Allen, ??, ??, Perry Chisam, Commodore Pinion Third row, left to right, standing: ??, Mr. Denham, Hub Myhand, Roy Green, ??, Red Blount, ??, ??, ??, Jim Tom Gentry, Theron Fisher, ??, Happy Koonce
 Front row, left to right: J.J. Berryhill, , Otis Waddings, James Stoltz, ??, Louis Styles, Perry Chisam, Arthur Steger Back row, left to right: Lois Corum, Bob Englebert, Roy Wallace, James (Duke) Lackey, ??, Pont Pinion, Bert Jaco, Comon Daniel(?), Curtis Schrimsher Do you know the missing names?
 VARSITY Back row, left to right: Hub Myhand, coach, Doyle Ealy, Beuton Fisher, Cowboy Fitch, Red Blount, E. Herin, E.B. Stone, Walter Fiske, Woodrow Chisam JAY-VEE Front row, left to right: (?)Lackey, Jodie Gray, J.B. Burkett, J. Ramsey, R. Wallace, Jimmy Webb, Perry Chisam, ?? Do you know the missing names?  Left to right: R. Schrimsher, Berryhill, Wood, Wadding, Pinion, C. Shrimsher, Chisam, Lackey, Jaco, Lee, Wallace, Widner, Primm, Coach Richardson.
Here is a picture of the Rison Girls Senior High School Basketball Team of 1932  Coach Cecil V. Fain Asst Coach Mrs. Cecil V. Fain
Bottom Row, left to right: This school team was famed throughout the counties for having won 18 straight games and scoring 589 points against 285 for its opponents. 
 Front row, seated: ?? Center row, left to right: ??, ??, ??, ??, Waymon Dunham Back row, left to right: ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ?? This picture is provided assuming that one or more of these people may have been from Dallas Village. Do you know the missing names?  Left to right: Andy Boyd, coach, Rosie Fisher, Bertha Schrimsher, Kathleen Bowden, Lucille Staggs, Thelma Goodson, Alma Englebert, Lillian Staggs, Willa Mae Cope  Do you know these people? Back row, left to right: Daye, Philllips, Lewis, Myhand, Bell, Newton, Jones, Bryant, Chisam, Lamb, coach(?), Waymon Dunham, coach Front row, left to right: Williams, Grant, McRight, Grant, Grant, Galliano, Gentle, Lott Bat boy in front: Eugene (Gene) Dunham
 Front row, left to right: Lucy Short, Janice Murphy, Mildred Hunt, Vivian Baucom, ?? Back row, left to right: Louise Falkenberry, Mildred Trapp, Aileen McGinnis, Alma Trapp, Mildred Cooper
(The bright light blanked out the year on the football held by Buddy Cobb.)  First row, left to right: William Edgemon, Grady Cope, Carl Worley, Buddy Cobb, ??, ??, ?? Second Row, left to right: Clarence Wallace, Earl Walker, Frank Falkenberry, Gordon Starr, Buford Carroll, Coach Richardson Third row, left to right: ??, Harley Hope, ??, ?? John Elery Gunn, Jr. Fourth row: ?? Do you know the missing names?
 Front row, left to right: ??, Evelyn Shelton, Kathleen Majors, Louise Gault, Frances Rousseau, Helen Jones, ??, ?? Back row, left to right: Cecil Fain, coach, Jewel Payne, Dorothy Cope, Dorothy Reese, ??, Eura (?), ?? Do you know the missing names?  Left to right: Lourene Patton, Mattie Pearl Primm, Dorothy Falkenberry, Ruby McGinness, Cleo Byrom, Aileen McGinness, Mildred Reese, Bessie Hunt, Marguerite Lockmiller, Geneva Lee, Nannie Denton, C.V. Fain
 Left to right: Roger Certain, Q. T. Cates, Bill Rice, O.E. Richardson (coach), and Bob (Bull) Knowles  Left to right: Lucille (Mullins) Williams, Frances (Burgess) Dickens, Alma (Trapp) Edgemon, Edith (Luna) Thomas, Vivian (Baucom) Laird Ah one, ah two, ah three Rickety, Rackety, Russ We're not allow to cuss But nevertheless - you must confess There's nothing the matter with us! RISON, RISON, RISON!
 Photo by Hubert Williams of Art Studio Front row, left to right: Clarence Wallace, Co-Captain Ed Smith, Fred Gray, Carl Worley, Wallace Collins, Bob Knowles, Bill Rice Second row, left to right: Jim Davis, Henry Shirey, Captain William Edgemon, Roland Cantrell, Raymond Swaim, Raymond Falkenberry, Milton Gentry, Buddy Cantrell Third row, left to right: (?)Jaco, Carl Melton, Carlos Patterson, (?)Driver, Q.T. Cates, Erskine Cantrell, Bill Payne, Howarth King Back row, left to right: Orville Gaines, Coach O.E. Richardson, Manager Melvin Walker
(CLICK HERE to read their story.)  (Photo Courtesy of The Huntsville Times) Left to right: Buddy Cantrell, Milton Gentry, Raymond Falkenberry, Carl Melton and Bill Rice Not pictured is William Edgemon
 Front, seated: Billy Bowden Middle row, kneeling, left to right: 1 James Smith, 77 Houston Tate, 44 Roger Certain, 99 Bull Knowles, 88 Bill Rice, 55 Chig Lee, 66 Q.T. Cates, 11 Bob Alverson, 9, Posey Luna, 6 Carl Melton, 8, Carlos Patterson Back row, standing, left to right: John Burgess (Coach), Ivey?, 3 Donald Hymer, 5 Roland Case, 22 Luke Tucker, 7 William Monroe Adcock, Jr., 11 Rousseau?, 8 James Patton, 83 Fann?, 12 J.D. Pettie, Screwchie Etheridge, Ed Franklin, Red Payne, Bro. Davis, Pastor Fifth St. Baptist Church (Assistant coach), Cecil Fain (Coach)
 Front, seated: J.D. Pettie Second row seated, left to right: Jim Davis, Calvin Benson, Donald Hymer, Roland Case, Doc Smith, Carlos Patterson, Carl Melton Third row, kneeling, left to right: Melvin Mitchell, Posey Luna, Goodrich "Red" Hanvey, Glenn Hymer, (?)Marks, Chapman Rousseau, Pug Ramsey, Wallace Potter Fourth row, standing, left to right: Ramond Falkenberry. Herman Chisholm, James Patton, Howard Acuff, Bill Payne, Bill Rice, Bob Knowles, Howarth King, Q.T. Cates, Robert Alverson, Howard Lee Fifth row, left to right: Preacher Davis (Assistant Coach), Coach Richardson
 Left to right: Alice Schrimsher, Alline Frazier, Frances Rousseau, Leron Allen, Louise Gault This picture was made on the Rison School grounds. Please note the homes on North Dallas Avenue starting at back, left, and the old red schoolhouse at far right, back. Ah one, ah two, ah three! When you're up, you're up When you're down, you're down. When you're up against Rison You're upside down!
 1st Row, L to R: Roger Certain, Emerson Fann, Bob Knowles, Bill Rice, Houston Tate 2nd Row, L to R: C. V. Fain (coach), Q.T. Cates, Dalton Gaines, Carlos Patterson, Ed Franklin. (It appears that the picture was taken at the YMCA)  Left to Right: (William) Ed Franklin, Howard (Chig) Lee
 Front, seated, left to right: Goddy Osborne, J. N Wilbourn, ?? Kneeling, left to right: ??, ??, Murray King, Gene Falkenberry, ??, Goodrich Hanvey, ??, Melvin Neal, Herlan Clark, Donald Martin, ?? Standing, left to right: Cecil Fain (Coach), ??, James Patton, Erskine Payne, J. D. Pettie, Glenn Hymer, Herman McKenzie, Herman Schrimsher, L.C. Keel, Gaylord Hunt, Ernest Crowell, "Preacher" Luna, ??, Dalton Gaines, Carl Wingo, Roland Case, Conrad Certain
 Coach Walker was an unpaid volunteer who coached this team because of a shortage of manpower during World War II. According to his wife, Roshelle Barnes Walker, the team had a very successful season! Do you remember Coach Walker and did you play on this team? Do you have a picture of the team?
Please let us know if you know the missing names.  Child in front: ? Front row, right to left: Red Hanvey, Melvin Neal, Posey Luna, Leroy Johnson, Billy Bowden, Bobby Christian, Ernest Crowell, Murray King Back row, right to left: Herman Schrimsher, Bill Lee, Buster Acuff, Bobby Edmison, Roland Case, Jimmy Falkenberry, L.C. Keel, Billy Schrimsher, ?, Jerry Potter, Bud Adcock, Herman McKenzie, Melvin Potts, Eugene Worley, Gene Falkenberry  Left to right: Loretta Chisholm & Leron Allen
 (click for larger version) Do you remember this game? Do you remember the score?
 Seated, left to right: Posey Luna, Larry Popejoy, Larry Gray, Ray Strickland Second row, kneeling, left to right: Jerry Potter, Bud Allen, Bobby Christian, Thomas Blount, Goddy Osborne, Sonny King, ??, Marvin Brewer, Jimmy Vann, Red Hanvey Third row, left to right: Luke Tucker, coach, Ernest Crowell, Lowell Hunt, Billy Seaton, Virgil Medlen, Harry Christian, Ed Obrorne, Bill Lee, Buster Acuff, ??, Bill Rice (coach), Billy Bowden Fourth row, left to right: Sonny Edgemon, Bobby Edmison, Jimmy Falkenberry, Charles Chisam, Eugene Worley, Bill Schrimsher, Slow Owens
 Editor's note: Did you remember that cheerleaders were members of the football team?
 Kneeling, left to right: Dickey Wilbourn, Joe Medlen, Mickey Falkerberry, Larry Gray, Bobby Christian Standing, left to right: Bill Rice, Coach, Billy Jones, Ray Dowell, Billy Ray Koonce, Dave Hedrick, Fay Dowell, Woosie Mitchell  Kneeling, left to right: ??, Dickey Wilbourn, ??, Woosie Mitchell, Hess Fanning, Almon Majors, ??, Charles Gault, ??, Mickey Falkenberry, ??, Audie Majors Standing, left to right: ??, Jack Luna, ??, Billy Cullom, Billy Seaton, Ray Dowell, Fay Dowell, Sonny King, Russell Henshaw, Dave Hedrick  Front row, left to right: Mary Ann Fiske, Loretta Gray, Peggy McElroy Back row, left to right: Fred Adcock, Leo Drake, Willis Walker, Hess Fanning, Dickey Wilbourn, Joe Medlen, Mickey Falkenberry, Dickey Owens, Leroy McBride, Buddy Walker, Larry Gray, ?Owens, Bobby Green, Billy Ivey, Junior Luna Ah one, ah two, ah three R - I - S - O - N That's the way to spell it. Here's the way to yell it: RISON, RISON, RISON!
 Left to right: Sonny King, Fannie Mae Johnson, Harry Christian, Leona Case, Tater Crowell, Annie Sue Dunham, Jimmy Falkenberry, Betty Seaton, Bill Schrimsher, Norma Headrick, Marvin Brewer  Sitting, left to right: Billy Jones, C.E. Morrison Kneeling, left to right: 27-Marvin Brewer, 44-Goddy Osborne, 40-Woosey Mitchell, 36-Bobby Christian, 28-Sonny King, 37-David Worley ? 43-? Johnson, 23-Ernest Crowell, 31-Sonny Edgemon, 35-Ray (or Fay) Dowell, 21-Fay (or Ray) Dowell Standing, left to right: Gene Falkenberry (Asst. Coach), 22-Virgil Medlen, Bill Rice (Asst. Coach), 34-Eugene Worley, 42-? Koonce 38-Bill Lee, 32-Jimmy Falkenberry, 39-Bill Schrimsher, 20-Billy Bowden, 24-Buster Acuff, 29-Thomas Blount, 30-Edwin Osborne, Lowell Hunt, Booger Knight (Coach) |
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