Huge 1939 Castle Heights Military Academy, Lebanon, Tennessee, Senior Scrapebook

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A huge 1939 Castle Heights Military Academy, Lebanon, Tennessee, Senior Cadets scrapebook.  The Academy opened in 1902 and closed in 1986.  The
graduating
cadets name is Fred R. Mallory, Company B.  There is a huge amount of medals, badges, uniform military chevrons, Academy decals, commencement invitations, rosters, many photos of marching, football, fighting with sabers, etc. etc.  One very interesting item ids the front page has a young women’s red lipstick kiss that states
“HERE’S A KISS FOR YOU DARLING”.
There is also a photo of a beautiful young women in the scrapebook which I assume is the same young women associated to the red lipstick.  A partial list of items is listed below
13 MEDALS, BADGES (SOME ENAMELED) AND PINS,
6 MILITARY CLOTH RANK CHEVRONS,
64 ACTUAL PHOTOS OF TROOPS MARCHING, FOOTBALL, FIGHTING WITH SABERS, ETC., (ALL ATTACHED TO SCRAPEBOOK),
May 27, 1939 THE CAVILIER COMMENCEMENT NEWSPAPER,
2 UNUSED ACADEMY DECALS,
MILITARY TRAINING CERTIFICATES AND DOCUMENTS, (SOME ATTACHED TO SCRAPEBOOK),
1939 - APRIL FOOLS FULL SIZE NEWSPAPER,
MANY OF DOCUMENTS AND NEWSPAPER PHOTOS AND ARTICLES ABOUT THE ACADEMY AND THE CADETS, ETC.
The scrapebook is 9 ½ x 11 ½ x 2 ½ inches thick and weights over 3 ½ pounds.  One page of the scrapebook is detached and could probably be reattached.  One shooting badge has one link broken.  Many items but not all are attached to the scrapebook pages (I assume by glue) and overall most items are in nice condition with some having folds, creases or small tears.
Please see the other vintage items I have listed on eBay.
Thanks for looking.
Castle Heights Military Academy
Castle Heights Military Academy
was a private
military academy
in
Lebanon, Tennessee
, United States. It opened in 1902, became a military school in 1918, and closed in 1986.
The Academy was founded in 1902 as Castle Heights School by David Mitchell, President of
Cumberland University
, also in Lebanon, and Isaac W. P. Buchanan, a mathematics professor there, together with A. W. Hooker and
Laban Rice
,
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
an English professor who served as the school's headmaster and was later also President of Cumberland University. It was initially coeducational; it became a military preparatory school for boys in 1918 as a result of World War I.
[3]
In 1928, Castle Heights Military Academy was struggling financially and was bought for 0,000 by
Bernarr Macfadden
; the Bernarr Macfadden Foundation operated it until 1974. An auditorium and gymnasium were built and named for Macfadden, and Mitchell's house, purchased from his heirs in 1936 and used to house the junior school, was called Macfadden Hall. Macfadden required the students to eat salads every day, not to use condiments or pillows, to participate in sports, and to drink so much milk that the school acquired a dairy. Students' height and weight appeared on their monthly report cards.
[5]
In 1954 the school had grown to almost 500 students, had a 150-acre campus including a hospital, and operated a summer camp.
[3]
In 1963
Sanford Naval Academy
was founded in
Sanford, Florida
, as a sister institution.
[6]
Despite a return to coeducation in 1970,
[3]
the school ceased operations in 1986 in the face of declining enrollment and debt.
[1]
[7]
Its buildings have been restored and now serve as the Lebanon City Hall, Lebanon Museum and History Center and other small businesses. Previously undeveloped areas of campus have been subdivided and now feature businesses such as banks and nursing homes. Records and other school memorabilia are maintained by Cumberland University.
[1]
The
Mitchell House
served as the headquarters of the holding company for
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
from 1998 to 2013. It was purchased by
Sigma Pi
fraternity in 2013 and now serves as the fraternity's international headquarters.
[8]