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1. Miss Bess Merritt's Class - 1910 newspaper copy of Miss Bess Merritt's class at Rockford Street School, Mount Airy. The caption at the bottom of the picture reads, "MANY GRANITE CITIANS (sic), prominent in the business and professional life of Mount Airy and this area, are shown in a 1910 picture of students at Rockford Street School, Bob Watson's latest photo reproduction for the TIMES. The class was taught by Miss Bess Merritt, one of this section's best known and respected educators." First row: Margaret Taylor, Miss Merritt, Allie Marshall, (unknown), Carrie Jones, Alma Caudle, Vera Thompson, Alice Jones. Second row: Vera Davis, Thelma Saunders, Margaret Gentry, Alice Hale, Kate Mitchell, Lessie Smith, Ethel Cox, Guilda Parks, Lois Haymore, Carrie O'Neal. Third row: Haywood Merritt, Herman Davis, (unknown), Jesse Hogan, Clyde Hooker William McCargo, Thomas Ashby, Penn Marshall, Herbert Jefferies, Fred Folger, Collier Sparger. (Source, John W. Prather)

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