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		<title>Origin of Champion</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered how, when and why our beloved Yearbook, The Champion was named? When the third edition of Central’s annual was published in 1914, the cover was embossed with “The Champion 1914”.  Previously, neither the first 1911 edition  “Sleepless Eye”, nor the second in 1913 “The Central” carried any hint of what would [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=centralhistory.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28663841&amp;post=1039&amp;subd=centralhistory&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Official Notification of Approval for Central Historical Marker</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Historical Marker on Dodds Avenue]]></category>

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		<title>Tennessee Historical Marker for Chattanooga Central High School on Dodds Avenue</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 17, 2012, the Tennessee Historical Commission, unanimously approved our application to erect a State of Tennessee Historical Marker at 500 Dodds Avenue recognizing the historical significance of Chattanooga Central High School. Coordination for a public ceremony in July, 2012 to dedicate this memorial to our beloved school is underway. As previously reported, the Monuments and Markers Committee of the Tennessee Historical Commission [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=centralhistory.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28663841&amp;post=1028&amp;subd=centralhistory&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Homecoming Queens</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Central Digests of October 1, 8, and 15, 1949 detailed the selection process of the first homecoming queen to be crowned at halftime of the Central-Rossville game at Chamberlain Field on October 22, 1949.  The Senior English classes nominated 8 contestants, then the student body selected 5 finalists, with the person getting the most [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=centralhistory.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28663841&amp;post=1020&amp;subd=centralhistory&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Central is the Recipient of the 22nd National Bellamy Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please click on the link to read about this high honor: Bellamy Edition of the Central Digest Filed under: Bellamy Award<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=centralhistory.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28663841&amp;post=1011&amp;subd=centralhistory&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mr. and Miss. Central</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes referred to as the highest honor conferred on any Central student, Mr. and Miss Central are selected by the student body to best represent them, Central, and it superior qualities.  Mr. and Miss Central must possess superior qualities of scholarship, leadership, character, and service. Scholarship:  Must be in the upper one-third of the senior class. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=centralhistory.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28663841&amp;post=953&amp;subd=centralhistory&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Frawley Field and the Legendary Purple Pounders</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Research by Ed Hoback: Description: Article taken from The Chattanoogan.com Frawley Field and the Legendary Central High Purple Pounders by Harmon Jolley posted May 21, 2008 article_128352 Frawley Field and the Legendary Central High Purple Pounders by Harmon Jolley posted May 21, 2008 The new Frawley Field was one of several photographs in &#8220;Report of Hamilton [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=centralhistory.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28663841&amp;post=558&amp;subd=centralhistory&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Central&#8217;s May Queens and Kings</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Research by Charlie Sedman: May Day celebrations have been a part of America’s heritage since the first European settlers landed.   There are many accounts of schools holding May Festivals; in the NC Museum of Art in Raleigh there is a large painting of a May Festival held in 1816 at a Raleigh Girl’s School. May [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=centralhistory.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28663841&amp;post=546&amp;subd=centralhistory&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Class of 1909</title>
		<link>http://centralhistory.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/class-of-1909-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Early History]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m posting this information to amend erroneous and/or missing information in the &#8220;purple books&#8221; sponsored by the Alumni Association in 1994 and 2007. Maybe your parents or grandparents show up on these lists?  Were there any 3rd generation Pounders?   One of the more notable grads of 1909 was three-sport star Hawley Cushman, who returned a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=centralhistory.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28663841&amp;post=540&amp;subd=centralhistory&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Class of 1910</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Early History]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Research by Charlie Sedman: The following 40 students graduated from Central per the Times May 25, 1910: Leonard Acheson Burton Benjamin Annis Irene Jackson Barnes Karl Leonard Becker Mae Emma Becking Hollis Hines Brixey Cyrus Russell Brown William Posey Bryant Augusta Casey Ellen Creswell Converse Penelope Cornell Agnes Cuneo Grace Elizabeth Dodds Ruth Hughes Dodds [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=centralhistory.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28663841&amp;post=536&amp;subd=centralhistory&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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