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60th Class Reunion Held
Class of 1964
Seated, left to right, Jerry White, Kennith Beshearse, Jannie Thweatt Christenberry, Judy Thweatt Warren, Pamaline Vanatta, Elizabeth Young Smith, Gary Young, Kaye Billings Fedak, John David Green, Dr. Don Cripps, Jimmy Poss, Phillip Washer Standing, left to right, Wayne Shehane, Eugene Haley, Mike Foster, Drew Fedak, Wayne Hill, Charlene Loring Foutch, Kay Turner Redmon, Sherry Taylor Fox, Brenda Womack Whittinghill, Walter Burton, Phyllis Braswell Frost, Sandra Russell Harville, Houston Turney, Larry Johnson, Billy Parsley, Betty Jane Cook Barrett, Donnie Tramel, Tucker Hendrix, Darvin Snyder, Larry Taylor, Billy Hendrixson, Jim Patterson, Norman Young, Kenneth Magness

On October 5, 2024, the DCHS - Class  of  1964 gathered to celebrate the 60th year since  the  first   graduation at  the current  DeKalb  County  High School.  There was a great turnout  at the reunion of classmates and guests.  Attendees enjoyed this  wonderful opportunity to catch up with friends, share memories and honor the lives of the ones who have passed away.  Classmates and guests traveled from Virginia, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and many areas  of Tennessee. We truly missed the graduates who could not attend.

 

1963-1964  was a unique  year  of consolidation of the high schools in the county and  the beginning of integration. On  September  2, 1963, the high schools in Liberty and Smithville were consolidated into a new DeKalb County High  School.  The Class of 1964 included 124 graduates; 53   have   passed away.

 

In   1964,   the   new   school   was   an   example   of   modern   design   and conveniences, including   air   conditioning,   television,   modern   laboratory   facilities   for   science   and language,   new   home   economics   equipment,   an   additional   workshop,   individual lockers,   and   an   intercommunication   system,   which   provided   music   before   school and   in   the   cafeteria   and   provided   more   effective   communication   throughout   the building. 

 

Over the past 60 years, many changes have been made to the DCHS building and the  educational system has advance to continue to offer an excellent education to the students of today.