The Eagles Have Landed

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..... and the "Girls With Grandmother Faces" found them !
(Playing ~ "On Eagles Wings")

first row ~ Henrietta, LaVerne, Mattie, Earlene
second row ~ Imogene, Marian, Wanda, Carolyn, Helen
third row ~ Anna Joyce, Jama, Barbara, Ann, Kitty, Yolanda

Most of us have a Ty Beanie Baby, "Baldy the Eagle," or the Coca-Cola plush eagle, "Reegle the Eagle,"
in honor of our alma mater's mascot, the eagle. We have each given our eagle a Carson-Newman name
reminiscent of the days when we were students. A nice full-color parchment "birth" certificate
followed each eagle to its home showing both the name of the GWGF owner and the C-N name given to the eagle.

The above picture ~ of a few of us ~ was taken at our 1999 Spring Fling at Helen's home in
Jefferson City, TN, location of Carson-Newman. Look closely, and you'll see that we're all
holding our little eagles which we brought with us that year for picture-taking opportunities.

We graduated, for the most part, during the 1950 to 1954 range.

Carson-Newman College Eagle
(aka "Baldy" ~ Ty Beanie Baby)

Owners ("Girls With Grandmother Faces") listed alphabetically by last name

Owner .......... "Name of Eagle" .......... (Nickname of Eagle)..........Explanation of Name

Mary Ann Shropshire Barnhart ..........."Miss Calliope" ............Calliopean Literary Society

Marian Mason Bibb ........."Ahkuh Pella Quire" .............(Pella) .............A Cappella Choir

Jean Horner Brenton ........................ "Larry" ....................... For her late husband

Imogene Baker Brewer ..............."Miss Hypatia " ................Hypatian Literary Society

Earlene Caylor Bryson ......................"Ms. Fran Shipp" ..........................Friendship

Lois Jean Blanchard Bullard ............. "Swannee 3" ............ Sarah Swann Hall, 3rd Floor

Emily Dance Burgin ................................................................. (not yet named)

Theta Overton Campbell ........."Precious" ....... From precious memories of Carson-Newman

Ann Weed Cushing ......................."Miss Tennie" ...................Miss Tennessee Jenkins

Yolanda Featherstone Dixon *......................."Miss Mossy" ....................Mossy Creek

Norma Chandler Gibbons ................"Portia" ..............Modern Portia for English majors

Onita Jones Gleaton *......................."Miss Ersa" .........................Ersa Nana Davis

Barbara Compton Goodgame ............."Henderson" ..........(Henny) ..........Henderson Hall

Helen Wilkie Hagan ............"Miss Carter" ............Miss Bernice Carter, Dean of Women

Carolyn Springer Harding ..................."Benediction" ....................................(Ben)
"The Lord Bless You and Keep You"

Barbara Caylor Jenkins ..............."Good ‘Ole Chap" (Chap) ...............Dr. Joe Chapman

Henrietta Jenkins ................................................................"Winged Victory"
Soaring to New Heights at Carson-Newman

Mary Frances Higdon Jones ...................."Carey" ...............Prof. Carey S. Crantford

LaVerne Vogt Kincheloe ......................."Callie" ................Calliopean Literary Society

Hilna Watters Long .........................................................................."Baldy"

Dale Witherington Mason ................... "Warren" ................... Dr. James T. Warren
Dale's uncle and Past President of Carson-Newman

Nellie Faye Baker Milne ........."Tenny C. Frens" .....(Miss Tenny) ........Tennessee friends

Mattie Carroll Mullins ....................."Sarah Swann" ......................Sarah Swann Hall

Anna Joyce Burgin Northern.................."Mr. Frosty" ..................S. B. "Frosty" Holt

Wanda Saylor Palmer ..................................................................."Carsonene"

Kitty Catlett Peck ............................."Harley" ......................Dr. D. Harley Fite,
President of Carson-Newman during our era

Jama Rubin Seahorn ................................."Amigos"................................Friends

Mary Dean Wilkes Spencer ................. "Lotsafun" ................ Recalling Dorm Room Fun

Nancy Sewell Voris ............"Burnette"............... (Burney) ............Burnette Dormitory

Doris Ruth Dickerson West ........"Sextet" .......(Sexy)......Girls’ Sextet in A Cappella Choir

Olive Belle Murrell Young ................ "Miss C-N" .............."Truth, Goodness and Beauty"

~ honorary members ~

Vickie Burkhart Butler ......................... "Melody" ......................... Alma Baskerville

Jackie Dykes Chafin ..................... "Alma" .................... Carson-Newman Alma Mater

Ernest V. ("Baldy") Cosson ................... "Sam B." .................. Sam B. ("Frosty") Holt

Carey S. Crantford .......................... "Janie Swann Huggins" ...................... (Janie)
Associate Professor of English and C-N graduate

Allison Erwin (Class of 1998) .................................................."Señor Harper Sloan"
Prof. Jerry Harper {Spanish} and Dr. Joe Bill Sloan {Political Science}

Ann and Charles H. Jones, our A Cappella Choir director ............................... "Kelly-O"
Frank Kelly, bus driver for the A Cappella Choir during our era

Suzanne Matheny ....................... "Pansy" ....................... Panathenees Honor Society

Kelver Mullins .............................."Appalachian" .........................The College Annual

Mike Pittman .................................................................................."KelMat"

Ramsey Pollard, Jr. ..........................."Mattie" .......................Mattie Carroll Mullins

* deceased member

~ and .... when we could find no more Ty Beanie Baby eagles ~

Carson-Newman College Eagle
(aka "Reegle the USA Eagle" ~ International Coca-Cola Bean Bag Plush)

Charlotte Hicks Brunson ........................"Volunteer Band" ............................(Vollie)
foreign mission volunteers

Jean DeCoursey ................"Iddie Eagle" ...............(Iddie) ...............Miss Mae Iddins

Shirley Ledford Duncan ...................."Fes-soar" ................."Fessor" Charles H. Jones,
our director, A Cappella Choir

Nancy Myers Thompson .........."Lutkin" .........Peter C. Lutkin, composer of The Benediction,
"The Lord Bless You and Keep You"

~ second eagles ~

Carolyn Springer Harding ......."Roommates" ..........(Roomie) ...........Barbara and Mary Ann

Mattie Carroll Mullins ...................."John Henry" ....................Prof. John Henry Cates

~ honorary members ~

Jackie Dykes Chafin ........................"Birdie Maples Butler"......................... (Birdie)
Bertie Maples Butler Hall

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