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Appleton School Reader; 4th Reader, 1848. From the Ray City Community Library at Valdosta State University Archives and Speical Collections.

Vintage reading schoolbook from the 20th century, featuring passages and stories that were used to help teach young readers.

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Assorted Photos, 1934-ca.1960. From the Ray City Community Library at Valdosta State University Archives and Speical Collections.

Collection of Photographs featuring students and teachers at the Ray City school. Oldest photos seem to date to around the 1930's.

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Baccalaureate and Graduation Serivces 1937-1952. From the Ray City Community Library at Valdosta State University Archives and Speical Collections.

High School Graduation included a Baccalaureate Sermon and Graduation Service. The Baccalaureate programs were held on Sunday morning in the auditorium, and included a sermon, hymn, and reading of scripture from the Bible.

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Dramatics Club Programs 1936-1938. From the Ray City Community Library at Valdosta State University Archives and Speical Collections.

The program for 3 plays hosted by the Ray City school Dramatics Club durring the 1930's.

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Jessie Mae Smith Collection. From the Ray City Community Library at Valdosta State University Archives and Speical Collections.

Small colleciton of materials chronicling the expirence of Jessie Mae Smith, a student at Ray City School who graduated in 1937.

Scope and Contents Jimmie Johnson Cllection, ca. 1930s. From the Ray City Community Library at Valdosta State University Archives and Speical Collections.Jimmie Johnson attended Ray City School in the 1930s. This collection includes artifacts from over a decade in education. The Red Bird Notebook, and Beginner's Book of Writing and Spelling, were used durring elementary school. The Class Roll Notebook, Report Card, and Baccalaureate Program document his time in the upper gredes through...

Scope and Contents Lunch Room Dedication, 149. rom the Ray City Community Library at Valdosta State University Archives and Speical Collections.Before Ray City School had a lunchroom, children would eat outisde. Allegedly, this lead to the campus being visited by livestock in search of a snack. The school put up a cattle guard and a fence to keep the animals out. In their continued service at home, veterans returning from WWII built a new lunchroom for the Ray City School. Notable participants in...

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Merton-McCall Readers; At Work and Play, 1937. From the Ray City Community Library at Valdosta State University Archives and Speical Collections.

Vintage reading schoolbook from the 20th century, featuring passages and stories that were used to help teach young readers.

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Refresher Speller, 1947. From the Ray City Community Library at Valdosta State University Archives and Speical Collections.

Vintage writing schoolbook from the 20th century, featuring words spelled in both print and cursive that were used to help teach young writers.

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The Beaver Yearbook, 1949-1951. From the Ray City Community Library at Valdosta State University Archives and Speical Collections.

School Yearbook for the years 1949 up to 1951.

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The Beaver Yearbook, 1952. From the Ray City Community Library at Valdosta State University Archives and Speical Collections.

School Yearbook for the 1952 school year.

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The Beaver Yearbook, 1953. From the Ray City Community Library at Valdosta State University Archives and Speical Collections.

School Yearbook for the 1953 school year.

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The Beaver Yearbook, 1954. From the Ray City Community Library at Valdosta State University Archives and Speical Collections.

School Yearbook for the 1954 school year.