Meet the State Champion Monroe City High School football team of 1911. They had no losses that year. The players, left to right are: “Sis: W.T. Hopkins, who was the Principal and Coach, “Skeet” L.L. Dawkins, Newton Turnley, Melville S. Dixon, Alton Prophit, Fillmore Johnson, Julius Kugler, John R. “Jake” Humble, Godfrey Lemle, Leonidas G. Ross, Horace V. Fluker, Hamilton Goodgame, Nelson D. Abell, Sr., and William Johnston. To see the actual photo, come by the Ouachita Parish Public Library’s Special Collection Department and ask for photo # 309.
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 