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1954 JHS Graduate Recounts Life in Jena…
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By Deborah Mayo Contributing Writer on
October 15, 2025
1954 JHS Graduate Recounts Life in Jena…

1954 Jena High School graduate Allen Simmons has been on a quest to find and contact any of his classmates from his graduating class. Simmons, a retired minister of music, public school teacher and former newspaper owner and editor, lived in Jena with his parents and siblings from 1948 until he graduated JHS and attended college at Louisiana College now Louisiana Christian University. Simmons and his wife Betty are both retired and currently live in Junction City, AR, where they established their lives and home many decades ago.

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