Aggie Band members include Leland Finley, Sponsor Bennett Goodloe, Earl Lynn Bartlett, JoAnn Bumpass, Vada Cook, Zada Cook and Jack Tarter. Jim Leggitt Collection
The 1953 Wellington High School (WHS) Student Council officers include Sponsor Taylor Lowrie, Reporter Beatrice Hutchins, Vice President Jimmy Leggitt, WHS Principal Bennett Goodloe, President Doolen Starkey, Secretary Genevieve Bartlett, Sponsor Melvin Burks and Treasurer LaJaun Wilson.
The many sides of Bennett Goodloe
I learned so much from Bennett Goodloe. When he would drive along in his station wagon, as he hauled a load of boys, he would sometimes tap out a tune on the steering wheel with his rings. Many men, even the married ones in those days, did not wear a ring. Bennett had fairly large rings on each hand.I remember, one time, as we rode between towns he said, “Boys, remember, sometimes your...