It’s Back-To-School time again in Mitchell County, but the academic year for these pupils was about 1944. They attended Grades 1-3 at Bandana School, which closed in 1946. The teacher is Lola Belle Dellinger Gouge. Children in the first row have been identified as Jerelene Howell, Betty Howell, Hilda Howell, Muriel Buchanan, Jean Howell, Jo Howell, Janella Howell, and Burl Ray Buchanan. In the second row are James Howell, Paul Ray Grindstaff, Gladys Hoilman, Carolyn Ann Howell, Hazel Buchanan, Jolene Hughes, Elberta Burleson, and Harold Norman. Joe Livingston, Lewis Silver, Brown Howell, Glen Hoilman, (unknown) Edwards, Billy Howell, and Donald Buchanan are in the back row.