Est. March 31, 2000 13,737 Previous Hits August 13, 2001 Editor:Tommy Towery http://www.leealumni.com Class of 1964 Page Hits This Issue e-mail ttowery@memphis.edu |
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Special Sale! We need to raise some revenue to support the registration of the website domain name and possibly pay for server hosting in the future. So, we're having a sale on some of our souvenirs. If you order now you can get the 2000 Reunion Photos and the 1964 Silver Sabre Yearbook all on one CD for only $10. These have sold in the past for $10 each. Just click on the Souvenir Shop Button and follow the instructions. |
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Special Sale! We need to raise some revenue to support the registration of the website domain name and possibly pay for server hosting in the future. So, we're having a sale on some of our souvenirs. If you order now you can get the 2000 Reunion Photos and the 1964 Silver Sabre Yearbook all on one CD for only $10. These have sold in the past for $10 each. Just click on the Souvenir Shop Button and follow the instructions. |
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The First Annual Last-Minute-Notice "Let's Meet at Mullins For Dinner" Mini-Reunion Event Occurs Well, with a short (less than a week) notice we pulled off an impromptu get together at Mullin's this last weekend. No one still living in Huntsville has bothered to inform me that Mullin's now has a party room. Imagine that back in 1964 - Mullins with a party room. I had thought about calling Mullins for a reservation but that seemed like a silly thing to do to me. I have been told a story about a visitor from up north who called Mullins and asked if they served Latte there, only to be told, "Well, I think he was here a while ago, but he's gone home now!" Somehow though, 13 of us seemed to find and recognize each other and ate our meals in shifts as we talked over the old times. Several had only learned of us from the website and had never bothered to attend a reunion (but I bet they do next time!). For those who are completely out of touch, be assured that Mullins still serves the greasy hamburgers and chili dogs it always has. (But I have to admit that my burgers were not as greasy as I remember them being!) For the really out of it crowd, you should be told that Mullins has moved closer to Five Points that where it was located back when we went to high school. It has added many rooms and to all of our sorrows, deleted the carhops that we knew so well. I remember that Bob Walker made many a trip to my car when he worked there with his cousin Larry Dale Bryant. I do remember that we all had to turn on our lights for service and not honk our horns, since it was in a residential neighborhood. Poor Bob had to show up very late for many of the Friday and Saturday night dances since he car hopped until closing time. Usually he would just meet us at Jerry's or Shoney's when he got off and we'd cruise the Parkway strip until time to go home. After we all ate, Carol Jean invited the crew over to her house to sit around and talk which we did until 12:30am. You name it and we talked about it. A lot of discussion was centered on why many of our classmates don't bother to come to the reunions, and of course there is no one compelling reason. I should slam Sarajane here for electing to go to a "Vipers" game rather than join her old friends. Judy had to go somewhere after Mullins, so she couldn't join us at Carol Jean's and Dub's. One of the funny things about the get together is that in my announcement, I stated that no response was necessary. I have over 15 folks write back and state how much they wanted to come but that other things were already scheduled. That's a better response than if I had put a RSVP requirement. Next time we do this, and we will do it again, we'll give better notice and let people work it into their schedule. I'm thinking these Mini-Reunions could take place in any city or area where we have clusters of Lee graduates, like Atlanta or even the St.Louis area. If you want to organize one in your area, let us know and we'll help publicize it. To round off the Mullins adventure, Sue and I went back for lunch on Sunday before returning to Memphis. We had chicken and dressing, three vegetables, cranberry sauce, and two rolls or corn bread muffins for $4.25 each. Now that's still a bargain wherever you buy it. I did find this story about Mullins in the Huntsville Times archives: Any grassroots campaign begins at this dining-out tradition By Mike Kaylor The Huntsville Times June 2, 1994 Anyone in local politics needs a sign in front of Mullins Drive-In. On a street named for a president and likely traveled many times by that president in the early 1800s, grassroots is the word of the day. And this Andrew Jackson Way restaurant has been a fixture in this spot since 1964 and just down the road a piece for three decades prior to that. The front window of Mullins is plastered with political placards where normally lost-dog and babysitter notices might hang. The reason is that inside is not only a piece of Huntsville but a bit of Americana itself. The restaurant's name includes drive-in, but no curb hops have been dashing out the doors for years. Several years ago, a dining room was added to the east side of Mullins, and now the walls have plenty of room for new and old memorabilia. Cartoons and caricatures of noted local sports figures hang over two walls. Long-time customers will probably tell you about the artist, the late Vaughn Stewart. Prints over the dining room walls show historic Huntsville, both the old and the new. Along with the cotton mills of the early 1900s hangs the library of the 1990s. Three cases display antique cans, bottles, toys and other items likely used or sold in the diner over the last 60 years. Servers move around like bees, zipping past with tea pitchers and plates, making sure everything is fine. Even Ida May Hargrave, known to everyone there as simply Fee Fee, keeps up a steady pace at age 74. She's worked there ever since the restaurant opened in this location -- 31 years -- yet she'll tell you she doesn't have longevity on everyone. Ann Burdette, who works breakfast, has been here 38 years. Most of the customers are regulars. A mother, grandmother and two little girls come in. "We sat over here yesterday," complains one of the children, and they move on to the dining room. Another man enters and sits at the lunch counter. "Haven't seen you in several days," he tells a fellow down the row. A tall gentleman enters, and the lunch counter server turns to him. "You're all cleaned up tonight, aren't you?" she says. So, what kind of food can you expect in an establishment like this? Bland? Well, yes. But the bottles of Tabasco and Red Rooster Louisiana Hot Sauce on each table give you an option. And you can expect to get a balanced meal of meat and vegetables at any almost any hour, save breakfast. The daily plate lunch special for $3.95 lasts through 9 p.m., and it includes a choice of meat and three vegetables. Add a piece of homemade pie at $1.45 -- chocolate, coconut, lemon, pecan or apple -- or puddings at 75 cents and cobbler at 95 cents, and you've had a filling down-home dinner for $6.37, including tax. And in just 35 minutes. Tip the waitresses well. They're working hard to take care of you. Of course, don't keep telling them everything is OK if you plan to have dessert later, or they may be a while returning. Here's a taste test from a recent meal: Meat -- a pretty boring slice of pork, heavily breaded and fried crisp. Covered with a thick, brown gravy. Pretty average at best. Vegetables -- hominy is corny, as it should be, and lacking a bit in salt; black-eyed peas, seasoned, but again only slightly (but don't add the Louisiana sauce); stewed apples, an outstanding, slightly cinnamon flavor; overall, above average. Dessert -- chocolate pie just rich enough with a thick crust and fluffy topping of meringue. Very good. Tea -- unsweetened tea is unsweetened tea, not too strong, but it's tea. Average. This is the kind of report that will surely bring response from the regulars. They'll praise the country ham breakfast, one of the most expensive morning items at $5.95, or the large catfish plate in evenings at the same price. Some people swear by the hot dog chili, a thin and greasy blend. And you can bet they deny any complaints here for weeks to come. Twenty Questions Collins (CE) Wynn Try these questions from memory only. It is bad form to go look or to check a map. The answers provided are correct to the best of my fading memory - if not, please feel free to publicly chastise me. Questions 1. Where was the original Mullin's Drive-In located? 2. What was the cost of a Hamburger Steak at Mullin's in 1959? 3. What was Mike Smith's favorite Hamburger? 4. Where was the original Rison School located? 5. What classmate lived in the original Rison School after it had been converted to apartments? 6. Where did Hub Myhand live before Highway 72 (Andrew Jackson)? 7. If you were to buy a soft drink at the Optimist Park stadium what would you get if you ordered a "suicide"? 8. Whose mom worked at the "Zesto" in 1960? 9. Where was the football team dressing room located that housed the 1960 team Terry Preston so richly recalls. 10. What and where was 'Henry's'? 11. What prominent political figure visited a Lee High football practice in 1963? 12. What are the names of the Head Coach and the Assistant Coach at Lee High in 1963-1964? 13. Who were the members of the loose knit social confederation known as the 'Goose Gang'? 14. What facility was located on the west side of 5th Avenue one block south of Mullin's Drive-In? 15. Who was 'Mrs. Monroe'? 16. During semi-pro and pro baseball games, if you were to shag a foul ball at Optimist Park and turn it in, what was your reward? 17. What was the morning ritual at Lee High School in 1963-1964? 18. Who advertised (to the consternation of management) 'Slightly Used But Not Abused Mechanical Drawing Equipment For Sale' in the Lee Traveler? 19. Who was the first principal of Lee Junior High and what was his hobby? 20. Was there really such a thing as 'Masten Lake'? Bonus question Who was the most beautiful girl in the world in 1959? Answers are at the bottom of the page in the Left Column From Our Mailbag Subject: Five-Points Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 20:52:55 -0500 From: "Linda Walker" <lbwalker@usit.net> Tommy, I have to tell you one of my memories of Five Points, Star Market, to be exact, although this happened after high school. Three or four years after graduation, someone, I don't remeber who now, told me that Steve Campbell had died. I remembered him from my graduation class and felt very bad about this. Then one day, several, several years later, I stopped after work to buy a few groceries, and as I rolled my cart up to the meat counter located at the back of the store, there stood none other than Steve Campbell. He turned around and when he saw me, he said hi and asked how I was, and I couldn't get the words to come out. To say he scared the devil out of me would be putting it mildly. I was in mild shock, I suppose, but when I got in my car and started driving home, I started laughing because I'm sure I turned a whiter shade of pale when I saw him and he must have thought I was a complete fool standing there with my mouth open. I couldn't even get the words out to tell him why I was so surprised. I only saw him a few times after that and I don't know what happened to him since that time. As far as Zesto and the "dip dogs", well, my 88 year old mother still remembers them and occasionally says that she sure would like to go to Huntsville and have a dip dog from Zesto or a chili dog from Mullins. When I visit Huntsville, those have been two of my stopping places, sort of like the Milo Burger in Birmingham. And, Tommy, thanks for saying we can have bragging rights to Jim McBride. I have taken you at your word. Keep up the good work. As I have told you, I was shy in high school and one of those "stick-to-the-wall" people and didn't know if anyone would remember me, but I have heard from a few people because of the website, and it has been fun catching up. Linda Beal Walker, Class of '66 Subject: Do I ever think of Jane Parks Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 10:02:27 +0200 From: Ed Paulette <openmind@passagen.se> Re Escoe Beatty's question if we remember Jane Parks.... I have to admit that I had forgotten her name, temporarily, but I don't know how many times I've told people that the single most useful skill I learned at Lee was touch typing in the ninth grade. I've slowly worked my way up to 45-60 words a minutes, if I press myself, but I'm glad for the autocorrection facility in Word. As I remember, our old Royals and LC Smith-Caronas didn't have that feature! (The stuff I typed at home to hand at that time often looked like it had received a load of buckshot!) I still like to impress people who come in to interrupt me by continuing to type the last few words I had sent to my fingers while I begin talking to them! The other potential candidate would probably have been shop, if I hadn't been planning to take it in '62 and the Cuban missiles got in the way. Still can't bore a straight hole in a piece of wood! (Boring people is no problem.) I loved the comment in the film "Peggy Sue Got Married" when Kathleen Turner threw down her math book and said, "I happen to know that I will never, ever have any use for this!" Regards, Ed(die) Paulette Villavägen 25 752 36 Uppsala (Editor's Note: I have to agree with Eddie. If I look back at high school, the most valuable "SKILL" I learned was how to type. I have a lot of secretaries watch me while I work on their computers and they are amazed at how fast I can type when I am trying out new programs. I don't think I have ever tried to figure out the most valuable bit of knowledge that I learned, but I do remember one thing from Mrs. Parks' 9th grade English class and that is "A preposition is a word that shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other work in a sentence." Does anyone else remember having to learn that?) Katie Frederick Thursday, 8/2/01, 10:21 AM From: Blue Bell PA E-mail: kfrederick@dacpc.com Year of Graduation: 1966 I went to Lee High during my Senior Year. I was married at the time, and I may have been registered under my maiden name "Markland." Also, my nickname was "Kitten." The red corvette photo in our yearbook...that was my car. Another memory is a blow- out graduation party at my house. It's been a long time and I recognize some of the names; I'm wondering if there is a way to buy a 1966 yearbook. I've seen many messages about the great job you are doing on the website. I add my support. It's been great "walking through" it. Also, I did some singing with a classmate by the name of Bev. I would enjoy hearing from her if she's out there. Subject: FW: LHS 64-65-66 Website Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 18:20:30 -0700 From: "Acree, Michael" <AcreeM@OCIM.ucsf.edu> Hi, Tommy: It's good to be in touch. Ed Paulette recently put me onto classmates.com; he is the only one I have kept in touch with from our class (though I did see Lawrence Marx once when we were both in Cambridge in 1972). As it happens, I changed jobs right after signing up; my new e-dress is acreem@ocim.ucsf.edu. Mike Subject: Thanks!! Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 16:28:58 -0500 From: "Susanne J. Schlette" <Susanne.Schlette@WBP.ORG> Thanks for the great article and pictures from Fred and Lynn Sanders about Zesto. It brought back so many memories of those great DipDogs! I moved to Huntsville in 1960 and went to 7th grade at Huntsville Jr. High with Pat Goodson. We became friends and when Pat had to work at Zesto, I would hang out there and talk to her when she wasn't busy. That was a great time of life and I've enjoyed thinking of these things again reading your article. Also, thanks for the article about Jim McBride. He is such a great guy and a St. Louis Cardinals fan, by the way, so I will be looking for the Tammy Cochran CD. I really enjoyed C.E Wynn's Spring Break photos - what a trip that was!!! This is just so much fun to see there are other people who remember these things as fondly as I do. Thanks for all your work, Tommy. Susie Wohlschlaeger Schlette 1966 Subject: ZESTOS Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 15:48:44 -0500 From: "Edwards, Patricia" <Patricia.P.Edwards@msfc.nasa.gov> Just finished the email sent by Fred - I live around the corner (so to speak) on Clinton St. so will also try to keep you posted on what is happening. It is taking so long because they applyed to put a 2nd story on the new place and the city was not sure they wanted to let them. I will try to find out the status on that. Were you aware that the 5 Points Area was awarded Historic status about 2 years ago? We have beautiful signs for our front yards that relate the original owner and the date the house was built. The Historic Foundation has more plans for the area - hope we see soon. Will keep you informed. By the way Rite Way tried to buy Star but Wade would not sell it to them. It was bought by one of the young pharmicist from Propst - Darden. A few simple changes have been made - just to improve service but the overall feeling is the same. Still the best steaks in town!! PS: The Middle initial on my name is for Pfeiffer..... Patricia P. Edwards Subject: Scanned yearbooks Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 11:07:51 -0500 From: "Swaim, Glen" <gswaim@ci.huntsville.al.us> Tommy, I saw that someone wanted to loan you their 65 & 66 yearbooks. Are you going to scan them like you did the 64? The CD came a week or so ago and it is great. I have wished I had bought the yearbooks but I didn't. And the reunion photos are great too. Really appreciate the work you have done on the CD and the web site. Glen Swaim (Editor's Note: Yes, I will be scanning the 1965 and 1966 LHS Yearbooks and having CD copies for sale in the Souvenir Shop in the future. It takes a while to get them scanned and this is the beginning of a new school year at the university so I will have my hands full for a week or so. I hope to continue to add to the Souvenir Shop. I also plan to donate copies of each CD to the Lee High School library when they are finished.) |
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Est. March 31, 2000 13,737 Previous Hits August 13, 2001 Editor:Tommy Towery http://www.leealumni.com Class of 1964 Page Hits This Issue e-mail ttowery@memphis.edu |
Standing L-R Tommy Towery, Rose Marie and Glenn James, Carol Jean (Williams) and Dub Carroll, Lynn (Bozeman) VanPelt, Joe and Darlene Barren. Seated L-R Linda (Lavene) and Robert Click, Arnold "Earpy" Poole. Not shown, Judy Scarborough and Sue Towery |
Twenty Questions Answers (Editor's Note: These are C.E.'s questions and answers - I don't think he is right in all of them myself, but I want people to participate so I did not change them. If you want to disagree, then write the editor and I will post your letters.) 1. Corner of 5th Avenue and Mckinley (I think) a little over two blocks to the north of it's current location. 2. $1.19 including drink and taxes. 3. Burger with mayonnaise and pickles. 4. About one half block north of the Rison School many of us attended at the corner of Lee High Drive and a side street. 5. Walt Thomas. 6. On Oakwood Avenue directly across from the main sidewalk entrance of Rison School. 7. Half 'orange' and half 'grape'. 8. CE Wynn. 9. In what was to become the Band Room directly across from the school office. 10. A burger joint on Oakwood Avenue at the southwest corner of the Rison School Property at the south end of Lee High Drive. 11. Governor George Wallace. 12. Bill Godsey and Bobby West. 13. Milton Shelton, Mike Smith, CE Wynn, Walt Thomas, Mike Chisum 14. The 'Red Ace' Service Station. 15. The original English teacher at Lee Junior High School. Wonderful lady who had some idiosyncracies that were fun to observe. 16. A free soft drink 17. Strolling the auditorium. 18. Harold Tuck. 19. Cecil Fain and Tennis. 20. Yes, but it was drained dry in the mid 60s - probably has a sub-division over it. Bonus Answer I don't know her name but she wore short shorts, had blonde hair, was about 18 and worked at Mullin's. |
Mullins today - photo by Fred Sanders |
