Hiawassee High School

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Hiawassee High School, also known as Hiawassee Academy, was a Baptist affiliated high school [1] [2] in Hiawassee, Georgia. [3] It was co-ed and A.B. Greene was the principal from at least 1897 until 1909. [1] [4] It eventually became Hiawasee Junior College. [5]

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History

The school opened in the Towns County Courthouse in 1887, just a year after the establishment of Young Harris College. [5] [6] It was a day school and boarding school maintained by the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. [2]

Preacher George W. Truett was a founder (with his cousin and fellow preacher Fred McConnell), principal, [7] [8] and taught at the school [9] before being recruited to move to Texas after speaking at a conference.

In 1921 enrollment was reported to be 127. [10]

The school featured on a photo postcard. [11]

The school band is included in a story in The Greats of Cuttercane playing as part of the festivities celebrating the debut of The Lone Biker and a visit by its star to Hiawassee as part of The Story of Felton Eugene Walker. [12]

Alumni

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