Cheers to Dora High School

by Asa Faith Randolph Class of 61 Because I have been reading all the interesting pieces that have been written for our website, I have been made aware of something…

Charles Beersdorf Gives First-hand account of Six-Day War 1967

The Six-Day War of Jews and Arabs From Ground Zero in Cairo, Egypt by Chief Yeoman Charles Theodore Beersdorf, USN, Retired The weather was hot and dry that first day…

High School Not Nirvana For All

I loved high school. There with all my friends in the ebb and flow of small town life, I was somewhat insulated from the world outside and the worst thing…

Sandra Stricklen Interview

Julie Rhodes Sumner took up the challenge to locate Sandra Stricklen, a former teacher who retired from Dora High School after twenty three years (she taught for a total of…

My Daddy Taught Me to Cuss

by Rick Watson(This story ran in the Birmingham Post Herald on April 14th of 2002) My daddy, rest his soul, taught me how to cuss. Not that he sat down…

Lacy Barnett, a Remarkable Story

It certainly was not reassuring to go into combat with men carrying rifles that have a tag affixed that read “combat unserviceable”; or with men wearing tennis shoes into a…

Memories of Virginia Teaford Murray

Home Folks Ruth BakerPublished September 12, 2002 8:43 PM CDTVirginia Teaford Murray celebrates her 90th birthday today. She has worn many “hats” in these fourscore years and ten. She was…

Remembering Mrs. Andrews

Dora students were blessed with many excellent teachers, but there is one, Josephine Andrews, that I like to refer to as “Mrs. Dora High School.”First of all, I remember her…

The Life and times of Mary Robinson McGinnis

I graduated in 1951. I remember all too well what I wanted to do upon graduation I wanted to get married because I was dating my high school sweetheart and…

Interview with Dorothy Ellison

I talked to several people before I interviewed Mrs. Dorothy Ellison. Everyone I spoke with classified her as a great teacher… one that made a difference in their lives. Some…