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TCHS Night of Champions Elmer Coker stood shoulder-to-shoulder with TCHS greats during his first year of coaching in 1963. Shown (l to r) are Gilbert Barr, Coker, Larence Holt and C.T. Burgess. The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) will host a “Night of Champions” on Tuesday, May 11, to celebrate Taylor County athletes and sports teams from the 1970’s, featuring former Taylor County High School (TCHS) Head Football Coach Elmer Coker. In 2020, Coker became the first Taylor County coach to be inducted into the Florida Athletic Coaches Association (FACA) “Hall of Fame” in recognition of his years of coaching in Florida, dedication to the FACA and outstanding coaching accomplishments. ....
SUMMARY The Great Depression of the 1930s was the most serious economic crisis in American history. A combination of economic maladies including overproduction, inequitable distribution of wealth, excessive borrowing and speculation, inappropriate tax and tariff policies, and a shaky banking structure produced an economic collapse that was announced by the stock market crash of October 1929. Over the next four years, millions of Americans (amounting to 25 percent of the work force) lost their jobs; millions more worked only part-time. Factories closed their doors, homes and farms were foreclosed, and the banking system verged on collapse. Itinerants, soup kitchens, and shantytowns became common features of the urban landscape. In Virginia the economic impact of the Great Depression was less severe than in other parts of the country. While the state suffered industrial reverses, above-normal unemployment, and much hardship, its citizens did not experience, in the same degree, ....