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These Black Star Photos were provided by The Hackler Family - Stella, Clyde and Sarah

Stella Hackler Turner was born in Knox County, Kentucky: her parents were Issac Shoupe, and Ava Jane Robinson.  Stella had four sisters, Cynthia, Elisa, Marie, and Ora.  Stella had six brothers, Willie, Ernest, Chester, Lilly, Edwin, and Everson.  Stella's father, Issac worked at the Black Star Coal Mine, and he and his family lived in the Black Star Coal Camp.  Stella attended Black Star School.   Stella played on the girl's high school basketball team,  where she excelled at the game.  Her Husband was Harold Dewitt Hackler, who was killed in a coal mining accident at Black Star in 1934 at the age of 24.  Stella and Harold had three children, Clyde, Kenneth, and Juanita.  Stella taught school at Black Star for many years until 1960 when the Black Star Coal Mine ceased operations.  After leaving her teaching position at Black Star, Stella taught school in Fairfield, Ohio, where she later retired from teaching. 

Stella's daughter-in-law, Sarah Hackler gathered these Black Star photos for our website for everyone to enjoy.  Sarah also gave us the above information for this article about Stella.  Sarah is married to Stella's son, Clyde.  Sarah said that she picked Clyde out when she was in the 8th Grade, and Clyde was in the 9th Grade at Lynn Camp.  Sarah said that her parents were very strict about her dating, and she only went on one date in high school, and that was when Clyde took her to Black Star High School to see the play Cinderella's Slipper in 1955.

 

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Senior Trip
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Black Star 25th Reunion
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Black Star 5th Grade Class - 1946 - 1947
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Black Star Alumni Brochures
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1953 Black Star Basketball Coronation
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1954 - Black Star Basketball Coronation
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Black Star Coal Company store account
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Black Star High School Class of 1957
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Senior Prom - Class of 1957
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Cinderella Play
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Freshman Handbook & Misc. Articles

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This from an article named: "It Happened 38 years ago!"

Thirty-eight years ago, on the Saturday night after Thanksgiving, Prof. John M. Wilson brought his Black Star girls basketball team (Photo 2) to Jamestown to play the Jamestown High School girls quintet (Photo 1). On a recent trip back to this Harlan County community, Mr. Wilson, new Russell County Judge, found five members of this 1929 team and had his picture taken with them. He also located a picture of the team taken in 1929: and Mrs. K. S. Lester (the former Nellie Coffey) also had a picture of the 1929 JHS team that she was kind enough to let us have. So here we are - (Photo 4) and what a difference 38 years can make! (Black Star won 14 to 8, according to a clipping from the Russell County News of December 5, 1929).

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This from an article named: "It Happened 38 years ago!"

Thirty-eight years ago, on the Saturday night after Thanksgiving, Prof. John M. Wilson brought his Black Star girls basketball team (Photo 2) to Jamestown to play the Jamestown High School girls quintet (Photo 1). On a recent trip back to this Harlan County community, Mr. Wilson, new Russell County Judge, found five members of this 1929 team and had his picture taken with them. He also located a picture of the team taken in 1929: and Mrs. K. S. Lester (the former Nellie Coffey) also had a picture of the 1929 JHS team that she was kind enough to let us have. So here we are - (Photo 4) and what a difference 38 years can make! (Black Star won 14 to 8, according to a clipping from the Russell County News of December 5, 1929).

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This from an article named: "It Happened 38 years ago!"

Thirty-eight years ago, on the Saturday night after Thanksgiving, Prof. John M. Wilson brought his Black Star girls basketball team (Photo 2) to Jamestown to play the Jamestown High School girls quintet (Photo 1). On a recent trip back to this Harlan County community, Mr. Wilson, new Russell County Judge, found five members of this 1929 team and had his picture taken with them. He also located a picture of the team taken in 1929: and Mrs. K. S. Lester (the former Nellie Coffey) also had a picture of the 1929 JHS team that she was kind enough to let us have. So here we are - (Photo 4) and what a difference 38 years can make! (Black Star won 14 to 8, according to a clipping from the Russell County News of December 5, 1929).

it happened 38 years ago photo 4.jpg
This from an article named: "It Happened 38 years ago!"

Thirty-eight years ago, on the Saturday night after Thanksgiving, Prof. John M. Wilson brought his Black Star girls basketball team (Photo 2) to Jamestown to play the Jamestown High School girls quintet (Photo 1). On a recent trip back to this Harlan County community, Mr. Wilson, new Russell County Judge, found five members of this 1929 team and had his picture taken with them. He also located a picture of the team taken in 1929: and Mrs. K. S. Lester (the former Nellie Coffey) also had a picture of the 1929 JHS team that she was kind enough to let us have. So here we are - (Photo 4) and what a difference 38 years can make! (Black Star won 14 to 8, according to a clipping from the Russell County News of December 5, 1929).

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