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Advanced Orders Now Being Accepted For The 1965 Silver Sabre on CD-ROM Your wait is over. Thanks to Cherri Polly Massey's generous loan of her own precious 1965 yearbook, I have completed the scan of it and am in the process of putting the final touches on it to create the long awaited 1965 Silver Sabre CD. For those of my class, the Class of 1964, here is a golden opportunity for you to own a yearbook and see how the juniors turned into seniors and followed in our footsteps down the hallowed halls of Lee High School. For the Classes of 1965 and 1966 here is your chance to replace the lost or never purchased yearbook of your highschool days. I am taking orders for the yearbooks in the Souvenir Shop and will be shipping in a couple of weeks. The price is $10 which includes shipping. The CD will include JPG photos, a Microsoft Word 2000 version of the yearbook, and an Adobe Acrobat PDF file of the same. Please click on the link below to go to the Souvenir Shop to order your's now. Answers 1. An old run-down wooden building across the street and half a block south of Mullin's. 2. Ideal physical qualities of a good football player and Coach Bobby West. 3. I don't recall the name but it was located 1 block south of Oakwood Avenue on the west side of Meridian Street. 4. The Drive-In Movie was on Meridian Street a mile or so north of Oakwood Avenue and was called Woody's. 5. Don't recall his name but I think he taught 11th grade English. 6. The Rebel Drive-In. (Editor's Note - Actually it was called Rebel Inn, not Rebel Drive-In since they did not have curb service. I know - the grandmother I lived with worked there as a cook until her retirement). 7. Floyd Hardin. 8. On the side of Monte Sano Mountain on one of the pull outs; a little park area on the west side of US 431(?) before you get to the drive in movies north of Masten Lake Road; the rear of Optimist Park; a neighborhood construction area west of Meridian Street south of the Highway 72 overpass; and a construction area at the end of Oakwood Avenue (Ardmore Highway). 9. "It Must Be Raindrops". (Editor's Note - Don't count this one wrong if you are keeping score.C.E. is wrong on this one himself in that the name of the song was "Raindrops" and it was done by The Cascades, not Bobby Vee.) 10. The old Montgomery Wards (I think). (Editor's Note: Sorry Collins, this was definately Bradley's which was a cafeteria during the day.) 11. Montgomery Wards in Parkway City. (Editor's Note: If I remember right, she threw her "knee" out and not her back. That was one of the hazard's of the dance for that period and it was happening all across the nation.) 12. Hopefully a "no brainer" - it was the Lee High Football Generals, of course. I think it was on a Thursday night. 13. I can't recall but they lived on Oakwood Avenue near Ardmore Highway and their father was a rocket scientist. 14. His first name was "Woody" but I can't recall his last. 15. I think less than 3. 16. For being beaten by the Lee High Football Generals twice in one season, once with a 40-0 score. 17. Just around the corner from the southeast corner of the Madison County Courthouse. I think the building was called the "Elks Building". 18. Jerry's I think but not positive. |
Est. March 31, 2000 14.616 Previous Hits August 27, 2001 Editor:Tommy Towery http://www.leealumni.com Class of 1964 Page Hits This Issue e-mail ttowery@memphis.edu |
Announcing the upcoming marriage of Jennifer White Baughman (Class of 66) and Craig Allen Bannecke (Class of 65). At Rosemary Hall North Augusta, South Carolina September 29, 2001 Tommy, Craig and I wanted to send you this note so we could thank everyone who had a part in planning the Lee High School year 2000 Class Reunion last August and thank them for the part they played in bringing us together. While in High School, Craig and I never really knew each other but knew of one another and had many mutual friends. Craig had been attending the reunions over the past 34 years but I had never been back. I had moved 18 times over 21 years and the reunion committee was never able to keep up with me. I found out about the reunion while surfing the Internet and decided to contact Lynn Bozeman. After a lengthy e-mail discussion Lynn was able to convince me that I should attend. Craig and I are thankful that she did. At the reunion Lynn and her matchmaker cohorts discovered that both Craig and I lived in Augusta, Georgia without the other knowing it. Being the Romantics that Matchmakers are this oversight was soon to be remedied. They set out to make a match and a match was made. Craig and I danced several times Saturday night and mutually agreed that we would like to get together once we both got back to Augusta.of course just for the sake of discussing old times. We had our first date August 30 and by October 30 we knew that this was more than a high school infatuation. Tommy, I know we are 53 and 54 years old but it is never too late to find the right one! Craig wined me and dined me and each month on the exact day of our meeting he would bring me a red rose to mark our "special reunion" anniversary. We began to see our relationship grow from one of old high school classmates from the same hometown to one of mutual love and respect. On July 7 we decided that we wanted this reunion to last forever and became engaged. We will be married September 29 in North Augusta, SC (just across the bridge from Augusta, GA). Craig has worked at Fort Gordon for the past 15 years serving as the Installation Visual Information Manager and Chief of the Training Support Center. I have been working for the past 7 years as an Executive Assistant to an Augusta developer (who gave us our honeymoon as a wedding gift). Craig has two boys 18 and 23 and I have two boys 26 and 30. Craig will also be getting four and a half wonderful grandkids in this packaged deal. My son, Casey, who is and ordained Baptist Minister, will be coming from Charlotte, NC to marry us and my son Jason, will be coming from Ft. Lauderdale to sing at the wedding. Craig's boys, Zack and Clay, will serve as their Dad's best man. Our thanks go out to everyone who was involved in bringing us together. We will send a wedding photo after the honeymoon (7 days and nights in Panama City Beach, FL). You know how it is, first things first. Thanks again to all who have played a part in this and as we have said on many occasions "Old Friends are still the Best Friends" Jennifer P.S. Tell Niles Prestige we have a new category for him at the next reunion ! ________________________________________________________________________ LABOR DAY WEEKEND by Bob Alverson Clsass of 1965 Labor Day is approaching. To many this is a time to make one last trip out of town before kids get heavily into school. For others it is a time to make one final trek to the beach. For twenty-four of the last twenty-six years to me it has meant the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon, an opportunity to help raise money in the fight to find cures for the forth neuromuscular diseases that fall under the umbrella of the Muscular Dystrophy Association. In 1976 the Operations Manager of WHNT told me we were going to carry the telethon. Grady Reeves was to be the host and I was to produce the local portions of the show. It was just another assignment. After getting to know the kids and adults that have these diseases it is now a project close to my heart. I have had the opportunity to meet some remarkable people with outlooks on live that make many of would envy. Some of these kids don't live to finish school others go on to see dreams met. This year a young man from Athens, Bradley Walker, age 23, will be appearing on the National Telethon from Los Angeles. I first met Bradley when he was six years old and he could sing up a storm then. Twelve years ago he appeared on the National show singing with the Oak Ridge Boys, this year he will have his own group backing him up. This young man has never walked a day in his life but that has never stopped him from accomplishing his goals. This year on Labor Day go ahead with your plans but first take a moment and make a pledge to the telethon. Make a pledge in honor or your class. Members of my class, '65, make a pledge in memory of Bob Molinda one of our fellow classmates who dedicated part of his life to helping different charities and until his death last year was always a participant in the MDA Telethon. We at WHNT will begin our twenty-forth telethon on Sunday, September 2 at 8:00 PM and conclude Monday at 6:00 PM. If you are in our viewing area we would love to hear from you. ________________________________________________________________________ Do You Remember...? Some More Questions Collins (CE) Wynn These questions and answers are all from memory - I'm having to really resist a strong temptation to look at a map. I have purposefully not referred to our yearbooks or other reference material so some of my answers may be only partially correct, if that. If you remember things differently please let everyone know - part of the fun of this seeing how much can be recalled and how the same events are remembered differently by different people. Of course, all of these questions are from a guy's point of view and gloss over all of the socially redeeming activities of our class. Oh yeah, and another thing, I'm learning a good bit from all this. For instance, I had no idea that there was a "Mullin's" before the one at 5th Street and Stevens Avenue. Likewise, I did not know that Coach Myhand's wife worked in the mill. I haven't been back to Huntsville for more than a day in 30 years so I don't routinely see landmarks that can trigger recollections. Therefore, I am having great fun seeing how much I can remember - whether my memories are accurate or not is another matter. And, Tommy is right when he says that some of these things blur the lines between High School Memories and Neighborhood Memories. Do You Remember ? 1. ...where the neighborhood pick up point for the newspaper delivery boys in the Rison area was located? 2. ...to what does "agile, hostile, and mobile" refer? Who originated the phrase at Lee High? 3. ...the name of the local hamburger drive-in in Lincoln and where it was located? 4. ...where the nearest Drive-In Theater to Lee High School was and it was named? 5. ...which teacher drove a blue 1960 Ford Galaxy? 6. ...the name of the place for Butler High School that was the equivalent of Mullin's for Lee High School? 7. ...who operated a barbershop across the street from Mullin's during the time we were in High School? 8. ...two really good parking places. 9. ...the name of the (or one of the) Bobby Vee song(s) that was done by a performer during an auditorium stage show during (I think) the 1963-1964 school year. 10. ...the name of the store on the north side of the downtown square that hosted Saturday Night dances in it's basement for a while? 11. ...where the Twist Contest was held where Carol Jean Williams threw her back out? 12. ...which High School Football Team played the first ever game in the brand new (at the time) Milton Frank stadium? 13. ...whose mother was, it was rumored, a German Paratrooper? 14. ...who was the guy who drove the little Nash sports car? 15. ...how many members of the 1964/1965/1966 class at Lee High School actually liked someone who attended either Huntsville High or Butler High? 16. ...what Buckhorn High School (or perhaps it was East Limestone) is famous for? 17. ...where the Driver's License Office was located? 18. ...which came first - Jerry's or Shoney's? Answers are at the bottom left column of this page. A Show of Hands How many of you went parking during the winter, fell asleep, and allowed the car windows to freeze over on the inside (the classic "Wake Up Little Susie")? How many left the basketball games shortly after they started and went out to the cars in the parking lot for some involved conversations? Not me, of course, I was just wondering about you. How many held hands during "Blue Hawaii"? ________________________________________________________________________ From Our Mailbag Subject: Re: LHS 64-65-66 Website Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 13:23:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Ellyn Marshall-Nelson <elly_nelson@yahoo.com> Hi, Tommy, got your e-mail regarding signing up on the website. I really want to do that, but have a problem, at least from the computer I'm working on. Problem is, I get booted out as soon as I get into the site. Illegal operations and nasty stuff that kicks me out. I'll try from another source, but if I'm not successful, can you sign me up? elly_nelson@yahoo.com Thanks so much for all you do. Can't help but wonder if J. R. Brooks is logged on with his e-mail. We go back to the sixth grade in Merideanville, when his dad was priciple! Bye for now. Elly (Ellyn Meekins Ades Marshall-Nelson) (Editor's Note: The site uses a lot of javascript (technical term) and some browsers can't support it. Annette McCraney is having the same problem with her WebTV. Java is so much of the fun of web design that I hate to leave it out.) Subject: Mullins - the real story Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 21:03:05 -0500 From: "Mike & Donna Chisam" <dchisam@mediaone.net> Good to see the WEB site & hear from old friends. Which Mullins? Mullins was first located on west side of 5th Street (now Andrew Jackson Way) between Humes & Stevens avenue next to the 5th Street Barbara Shop & Beauty Parlor as detailed in Mickey Campbell's note of August 15, 2001. I remember it when it was located there. Mom & Dad told me it was a nickel for hamburgers & cold drinks!! "Widow" Mullins who sold it to Robert. He moved it to the location at 5th Street & Stevens. Hamburgers were a dime and a double cola was a nickel. I can even remember before it was expanded. I once worked there as a "curb" boy. It later move to its current location. I was in there a couple years ago with my sons. They noticed several photos on the wall (Lee Jr. High football when I was in the 8th grade & another one in the 9th grade). Of course, they told me that I must be getting old when your sports picture show up on the restaurant wall. Have a good day!! Mike Chisam Eagan, MN (Editor's Note: I can't believe that no one, not even Terry Preston, commented on the photo of the Lee baseball team that I included in the Mullin's Issue. Terry's ears stand out like a car driving down the street with both doors open.) Click here for the PHOTO. Subject: MULLINS CAFE LOCATION Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 15:01:49 -0500 From: "Thomas J. Hunt" <tjhpuma@HiWAAY.net> Tommy, I just had to settle the answer to the question about where the original Mullins Cafe was. It was on the southeast corner of then 5th street (streets in Huntsville run north and south and avenues run east and west) and Stevens Avenue. I think you have one of the best web sites I have visited. You certainly are talented and creative. I commend you on a job well done. Thomas Jan Hunt From: Now San Diego, CA E-mail: Rotny52@Hotmail.com Rod Vandiver Thursday, 8/23/01, 11:17 PM I won't bore you with a bunch of information about me, but if you want to email me I would love to talk to my classmates. From: Charleston Tennessee E-mail: aepotts@olin.corp Aaron Potts Tuesday, 8/21/01, 1:55 PM When Rison and Lincoln schools were combined, I was one of the first to attend Lee High School. I would have been one of the first graduates if construction had gone as planned. However, it didn't and I was forced to go to Huntsville High. I later transfered to Buckhorn and graduated. Attended University of Alabama,later transfered to University of Tennessee and graduated with a B.S. degree in electrical engineering. Subject: Mullins Restaurant on A&E Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 13:34:52 -0500 From: Gail W Rogers <gailandronnierogers@juno.com> Larry Mullins told me last night that he and the restaurant would be on A&E on Wednesday 5 September 2001. The time they told him was 8pm but they stressed to check TV guide for local time. Thought some of us might want to watch it. He is planning on a 75th anniversary shin ding for the restaurant. One of the things he is toying with is to put 1 old car from every decade out in his parking lot with a car tray on it. He might be open to ideas of other things to do for the anniversary if any of us have any. If anyone has an idea and does not live in HSV so they can pass it on to Larry first hand I will be glad to forward ideas/suggestions to him. Gail Woodard Rogers Subject: Traveller Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 22:50:06 -0400 From: irecruit@mindspring.com The Traveller was named after Robert E Lee's horse. Remember talking with Ms. Parks about the selection of the name, but don't know who chose it. Let me guess, was it you?? For the trivia section, these are questions that the kids from the 'other' side of town might recognize. There was a group of us that all went to elementary school in the 'county' school system, because we lived on the north side of Oakwood Avenue, from the Parkway west to 'Ardmore Highway' (Jordan Lane). That was back when the Huntsville City limits only went to the Huntsville County Club. There was no Sparkman Drive. Does anyone remember 'Mr. Murphy'? Ernie, Greg, Craig, Judy, Annalee (and I know I am leaving out many others, for lack of a fully functioning memory). And ladies which of you remember in the 6th grade finale, putting on a skit to the tune of (I hope I get the name right) 'A Pink Polka Dot Bikini and Panama Hat'. Seeing Ernie's picture brought it all back. And to Jim McBride, you were the nicest and QUIETEST to have sit behind me (alphabetically in home room) for 6 years running. Not saying that Ernie McAlister was a major cut-up or anything. Nice to see you guys again!! Linda McAdams Johnson 1965 (Editor's Note: I think you've got two songs mixed up, Linda. There was a song that went "Tan shoes with pink shoelaces, a poka dotted vest and a big Panama with a purple hat band." or it could have been "itsy bitsy tennie weenie yellow poka dot bikini".) Subject: Traveller Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:00:25 -0400 From: "Valerie Ranney" <kteach1@earthlink.net> I sent you a message in the guest book, but thought I'd send an e-mail,. to. The name of Traveller was from General Lee's horse. (Editor's Note: Linda and Valerie are both right, along with Eddie Paulette (who's letter got misfiled somehow). Traveller is of course the name of Robert E. Lee's horse. Eddie thinks he had him stuffed when he died, but I think he's got him mixed up with Trigger. Anyway, I did not suggest the name. That was done by none other than Mr. Woody Beck. I didn't know who Traveller was myself when he came up with the name. A side note though...I spell traveler "traveller" most of the time I write it these days.) Subject: Connie Mullins Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 09:41:14 -0500 From: "Rick Edmonds" <safety@hsvutil.org> In response to Jim McBride's question: "Where is Connie Mullins?" He goes by J.C. Mullins now and is working at Huntsville Utilities, as a Crew Leader in the Water Operations Department. I don't know if he has an e-mail address or not, but I'll pass on the info on the website to him. Subject: Copy Machine Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 10:59:42 -0500 From: "Gene & Linda S.Smith" <glssmith@mindspring.com> I am enjoying your site. It is fun remembering Huntsville the way it used to be. I was there this past week end, visiting my mother. You had made me so hungry for Mullins, I had my husband go by and get me a chili dog and a slaw burger. They are still GREAT. I remember that INFERNAL stencil machine!! I worked in Mr. Hill's office my junior and senior year. Made out all those absentee list. Man I hated that machine. Sometimes it would get a wrinkle in it. That was always fun. Just getting the ink off my hands was always a challenge. Keep up the good work on the site. Linda Simmons Smith Class of 1964 Subject: Silver Sabre Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 11:37:43 -0500 From: "Gene & Linda S.Smith" <glssmith@mindspring.com> Hi again, Tommy, My daughter, Shelia Markham, graduated from Lee in 1983. She took my Silver Sabre to school her senior year. Some of her teachers, had also been my teachers. She really had fun, showing all the kids how their teachers looked in 1964. I was surprised to find so many of them still there. Shelia went to Chapman School. Her 4th grade teacher was Mrs. Ward. She was also my 4th grade teacher, as well as my sister's 4th grade teacher. Sis was 9 years older than me. They really loved their jobs, didn't they? They were also very good at it. Linda Simmons Smith |
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Announcing the upcoming marriage of Jennifer White Baughman (Class of 66) and Craig Allen Bannecke (Class of 65). At Rosemary Hall North Augusta, South Carolina September 29, 2001 Tommy, Craig and I wanted to send you this note so we could thank everyone who had a part in planning the Lee High School year 2000 Class Reunion last August and thank them for the part they played in bringing us together. While in High School, Craig and I never really knew each other but knew of one another and had many mutual friends. Craig had been attending the reunions over the past 34 years but I had never been back. I had moved 18 times over 21 years and the reunion committee was never able to keep up with me. I found out about the reunion while surfing the Internet and decided to contact Lynn Bozeman. After a lengthy e-mail discussion Lynn was able to convince me that I should attend. Craig and I are thankful that she did. At the reunion Lynn and her matchmaker cohorts discovered that both Craig and I lived in Augusta, Georgia without the other knowing it. Being the Romantics that Matchmakers are this oversight was soon to be remedied. They set out to make a match and a match was made. Craig and I danced several times Saturday night and mutually agreed that we would like to get together once we both got back to Augusta.of course just for the sake of discussing old times. We had our first date August 30 and by October 30 we knew that this was more than a high school infatuation. Tommy, I know we are 53 and 54 years old but it is never too late to find the right one! Craig wined me and dined me and each month on the exact day of our meeting he would bring me a red rose to mark our "special reunion" anniversary. We began to see our relationship grow from one of old high school classmates from the same hometown to one of mutual love and respect. On July 7 we decided that we wanted this reunion to last forever and became engaged. We will be married September 29 in North Augusta, SC (just across the bridge from Augusta, GA). Craig has worked at Fort Gordon for the past 15 years serving as the Installation Visual Information Manager and Chief of the Training Support Center. I have been working for the past 7 years as an Executive Assistant to an Augusta developer (who gave us our honeymoon as a wedding gift). Craig has two boys 18 and 23 and I have two boys 26 and 30. Craig will also be getting four and a half wonderful grandkids in this packaged deal. My son, Casey, who is and ordained Baptist Minister, will be coming from Charlotte, NC to marry us and my son Jason, will be coming from Ft. Lauderdale to sing at the wedding. Craig's boys, Zack and Clay, will serve as their Dad's best man. Our thanks go out to everyone who was involved in bringing us together. We will send a wedding photo after the honeymoon (7 days and nights in Panama City Beach, FL). You know how it is, first things first. Thanks again to all who have played a part in this and as we have said on many occasions "Old Friends are still the Best Friends" Jennifer P.S. Tell Niles Prestige we have a new category for him at the next reunion ! ________________________________________________________________________ LABOR DAY WEEKEND by Bob Alverson Clsass of 1965 Labor Day is approaching. To many this is a time to make one last trip out of town before kids get heavily into school. For others it is a time to make one final trek to the beach. For twenty-four of the last twenty-six years to me it has meant the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon, an opportunity to help raise money in the fight to find cures for the forth neuromuscular diseases that fall under the umbrella of the Muscular Dystrophy Association. In 1976 the Operations Manager of WHNT told me we were going to carry the telethon. Grady Reeves was to be the host and I was to produce the local portions of the show. It was just another assignment. After getting to know the kids and adults that have these diseases it is now a project close to my heart. I have had the opportunity to meet some remarkable people with outlooks on live that make many of would envy. Some of these kids don't live to finish school others go on to see dreams met. This year a young man from Athens, Bradley Walker, age 23, will be appearing on the National Telethon from Los Angeles. I first met Bradley when he was six years old and he could sing up a storm then. Twelve years ago he appeared on the National show singing with the Oak Ridge Boys, this year he will have his own group backing him up. This young man has never walked a day in his life but that has never stopped him from accomplishing his goals. This year on Labor Day go ahead with your plans but first take a moment and make a pledge to the telethon. Make a pledge in honor or your class. Members of my class, '65, make a pledge in memory of Bob Molinda one of our fellow classmates who dedicated part of his life to helping different charities and until his death last year was always a participant in the MDA Telethon. We at WHNT will begin our twenty-forth telethon on Sunday, September 2 at 8:00 PM and conclude Monday at 6:00 PM. If you are in our viewing area we would love to hear from you. ________________________________________________________________________ Do You Remember...? Some More Questions Collins (CE) Wynn These questions and answers are all from memory - I'm having to really resist a strong temptation to look at a map. I have purposefully not referred to our yearbooks or other reference material so some of my answers may be only partially correct, if that. If you remember things differently please let everyone know - part of the fun of this seeing how much can be recalled and how the same events are remembered differently by different people. Of course, all of these questions are from a guy's point of view and gloss over all of the socially redeeming activities of our class. Oh yeah, and another thing, I'm learning a good bit from all this. For instance, I had no idea that there was a "Mullin's" before the one at 5th Street and Stevens Avenue. Likewise, I did not know that Coach Myhand's wife worked in the mill. I haven't been back to Huntsville for more than a day in 30 years so I don't routinely see landmarks that can trigger recollections. Therefore, I am having great fun seeing how much I can remember - whether my memories are accurate or not is another matter. And, Tommy is right when he says that some of these things blur the lines between High School Memories and Neighborhood Memories. Do You Remember ? 1. ...where the neighborhood pick up point for the newspaper delivery boys in the Rison area was located? 2. ...to what does "agile, hostile, and mobile" refer? Who originated the phrase at Lee High? 3. ...the name of the local hamburger drive-in in Lincoln and where it was located? 4. ...where the nearest Drive-In Theater to Lee High School was and it was named? 5. ...which teacher drove a blue 1960 Ford Galaxy? 6. ...the name of the place for Butler High School that was the equivalent of Mullin's for Lee High School? 7. ...who operated a barbershop across the street from Mullin's during the time we were in High School? 8. ...two really good parking places. 9. ...the name of the (or one of the) Bobby Vee song(s) that was done by a performer during an auditorium stage show during (I think) the 1963-1964 school year. 10. ...the name of the store on the north side of the downtown square that hosted Saturday Night dances in it's basement for a while? 11. ...where the Twist Contest was held where Carol Jean Williams threw her back out? 12. ...which High School Football Team played the first ever game in the brand new (at the time) Milton Frank stadium? 13. ...whose mother was, it was rumored, a German Paratrooper? 14. ...who was the guy who drove the little Nash sports car? 15. ...how many members of the 1964/1965/1966 class at Lee High School actually liked someone who attended either Huntsville High or Butler High? 16. ...what Buckhorn High School (or perhaps it was East Limestone) is famous for? 17. ...where the Driver's License Office was located? 18. ...which came first - Jerry's or Shoney's? Answers are at the bottom left column of this page. A Show of Hands How many of you went parking during the winter, fell asleep, and allowed the car windows to freeze over on the inside (the classic "Wake Up Little Susie")? How many left the basketball games shortly after they started and went out to the cars in the parking lot for some involved conversations? Not me, of course, I was just wondering about you. How many held hands during "Blue Hawaii"? ________________________________________________________________________ From Our Mailbag Subject: Re: LHS 64-65-66 Website Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 13:23:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Ellyn Marshall-Nelson <elly_nelson@yahoo.com> Hi, Tommy, got your e-mail regarding signing up on the website. I really want to do that, but have a problem, at least from the computer I'm working on. Problem is, I get booted out as soon as I get into the site. Illegal operations and nasty stuff that kicks me out. I'll try from another source, but if I'm not successful, can you sign me up? elly_nelson@yahoo.com Thanks so much for all you do. Can't help but wonder if J. R. Brooks is logged on with his e-mail. We go back to the sixth grade in Merideanville, when his dad was priciple! Bye for now. Elly (Ellyn Meekins Ades Marshall-Nelson) (Editor's Note: The site uses a lot of javascript (technical term) and some browsers can't support it. Annette McCraney is having the same problem with her WebTV. Java is so much of the fun of web design that I hate to leave it out.) Subject: Mullins - the real story Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 21:03:05 -0500 From: "Mike & Donna Chisam" <dchisam@mediaone.net> Good to see the WEB site & hear from old friends. Which Mullins? Mullins was first located on west side of 5th Street (now Andrew Jackson Way) between Humes & Stevens avenue next to the 5th Street Barbara Shop & Beauty Parlor as detailed in Mickey Campbell's note of August 15, 2001. I remember it when it was located there. Mom & Dad told me it was a nickel for hamburgers & cold drinks!! "Widow" Mullins who sold it to Robert. He moved it to the location at 5th Street & Stevens. Hamburgers were a dime and a double cola was a nickel. I can even remember before it was expanded. I once worked there as a "curb" boy. It later move to its current location. I was in there a couple years ago with my sons. They noticed several photos on the wall (Lee Jr. High football when I was in the 8th grade & another one in the 9th grade). Of course, they told me that I must be getting old when your sports picture show up on the restaurant wall. Have a good day!! Mike Chisam Eagan, MN (Editor's Note: I can't believe that no one, not even Terry Preston, commented on the photo of the Lee baseball team that I included in the Mullin's Issue. Terry's ears stand out like a car driving down the street with both doors open.) Click here for the PHOTO. Subject: MULLINS CAFE LOCATION Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 15:01:49 -0500 From: "Thomas J. Hunt" <tjhpuma@HiWAAY.net> Tommy, I just had to settle the answer to the question about where the original Mullins Cafe was. It was on the southeast corner of then 5th street (streets in Huntsville run north and south and avenues run east and west) and Stevens Avenue. I think you have one of the best web sites I have visited. You certainly are talented and creative. I commend you on a job well done. Thomas Jan Hunt From: Now San Diego, CA E-mail: Rotny52@Hotmail.com Rod Vandiver Thursday, 8/23/01, 11:17 PM I won't bore you with a bunch of information about me, but if you want to email me I would love to talk to my classmates. From: Charleston Tennessee E-mail: aepotts@olin.corp Aaron Potts Tuesday, 8/21/01, 1:55 PM When Rison and Lincoln schools were combined, I was one of the first to attend Lee High School. I would have been one of the first graduates if construction had gone as planned. However, it didn't and I was forced to go to Huntsville High. I later transfered to Buckhorn and graduated. Attended University of Alabama,later transfered to University of Tennessee and graduated with a B.S. degree in electrical engineering. Subject: Mullins Restaurant on A&E Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 13:34:52 -0500 From: Gail W Rogers <gailandronnierogers@juno.com> Larry Mullins told me last night that he and the restaurant would be on A&E on Wednesday 5 September 2001. The time they told him was 8pm but they stressed to check TV guide for local time. Thought some of us might want to watch it. He is planning on a 75th anniversary shin ding for the restaurant. One of the things he is toying with is to put 1 old car from every decade out in his parking lot with a car tray on it. He might be open to ideas of other things to do for the anniversary if any of us have any. If anyone has an idea and does not live in HSV so they can pass it on to Larry first hand I will be glad to forward ideas/suggestions to him. Gail Woodard Rogers Subject: Traveller Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 22:50:06 -0400 From: irecruit@mindspring.com The Traveller was named after Robert E Lee's horse. Remember talking with Ms. Parks about the selection of the name, but don't know who chose it. Let me guess, was it you?? For the trivia section, these are questions that the kids from the 'other' side of town might recognize. There was a group of us that all went to elementary school in the 'county' school system, because we lived on the north side of Oakwood Avenue, from the Parkway west to 'Ardmore Highway' (Jordan Lane). That was back when the Huntsville City limits only went to the Huntsville County Club. There was no Sparkman Drive. Does anyone remember 'Mr. Murphy'? Ernie, Greg, Craig, Judy, Annalee (and I know I am leaving out many others, for lack of a fully functioning memory). And ladies which of you remember in the 6th grade finale, putting on a skit to the tune of (I hope I get the name right) 'A Pink Polka Dot Bikini and Panama Hat'. Seeing Ernie's picture brought it all back. And to Jim McBride, you were the nicest and QUIETEST to have sit behind me (alphabetically in home room) for 6 years running. Not saying that Ernie McAlister was a major cut-up or anything. Nice to see you guys again!! Linda McAdams Johnson 1965 (Editor's Note: I think you've got two songs mixed up, Linda. There was a song that went "Tan shoes with pink shoelaces, a poka dotted vest and a big Panama with a purple hat band." or it could have been "itsy bitsy tennie weenie yellow poka dot bikini".) Subject: Traveller Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:00:25 -0400 From: "Valerie Ranney" <kteach1@earthlink.net> I sent you a message in the guest book, but thought I'd send an e-mail,. to. The name of Traveller was from General Lee's horse. (Editor's Note: Linda and Valerie are both right, along with Eddie Paulette (who's letter got misfiled somehow). Traveller is of course the name of Robert E. Lee's horse. Eddie thinks he had him stuffed when he died, but I think he's got him mixed up with Trigger. Anyway, I did not suggest the name. That was done by none other than Mr. Woody Beck. I didn't know who Traveller was myself when he came up with the name. A side note though...I spell traveler "traveller" most of the time I write it these days.) Subject: Connie Mullins Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 09:41:14 -0500 From: "Rick Edmonds" <safety@hsvutil.org> In response to Jim McBride's question: "Where is Connie Mullins?" He goes by J.C. Mullins now and is working at Huntsville Utilities, as a Crew Leader in the Water Operations Department. I don't know if he has an e-mail address or not, but I'll pass on the info on the website to him. Subject: Copy Machine Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 10:59:42 -0500 From: "Gene & Linda S.Smith" <glssmith@mindspring.com> I am enjoying your site. It is fun remembering Huntsville the way it used to be. I was there this past week end, visiting my mother. You had made me so hungry for Mullins, I had my husband go by and get me a chili dog and a slaw burger. They are still GREAT. I remember that INFERNAL stencil machine!! I worked in Mr. Hill's office my junior and senior year. Made out all those absentee list. Man I hated that machine. Sometimes it would get a wrinkle in it. That was always fun. Just getting the ink off my hands was always a challenge. Keep up the good work on the site. Linda Simmons Smith Class of 1964 Subject: Silver Sabre Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 11:37:43 -0500 From: "Gene & Linda S.Smith" <glssmith@mindspring.com> Hi again, Tommy, My daughter, Shelia Markham, graduated from Lee in 1983. She took my Silver Sabre to school her senior year. Some of her teachers, had also been my teachers. She really had fun, showing all the kids how their teachers looked in 1964. I was surprised to find so many of them still there. Shelia went to Chapman School. Her 4th grade teacher was Mrs. Ward. She was also my 4th grade teacher, as well as my sister's 4th grade teacher. Sis was 9 years older than me. They really loved their jobs, didn't they? They were also very good at it. Linda Simmons Smith |
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Est. March 31, 2000 14.616 Previous Hits August 27, 2001 Editor:Tommy Towery http://www.leealumni.com Class of 1964 Page Hits This Issue e-mail ttowery@memphis.edu |
Advanced Orders Now Being Accepted For The 1965 Silver Sabre on CD-ROM Your wait is over. Thanks to Cherri Polly Massey's generous loan of her own precious 1965 yearbook, I have completed the scan of it and am in the process of putting the final touches on it to create the long awaited 1965 Silver Sabre CD. For those of my class, the Class of 1964, here is a golden opportunity for you to own a yearbook and see how the juniors turned into seniors and followed in our footsteps down the hallowed halls of Lee High School. For the Classes of 1965 and 1966 here is your chance to replace the lost or never purchased yearbook of your highschool days. I am taking orders for the yearbooks in the Souvenir Shop and will be shipping in a couple of weeks. The price is $10 which includes shipping. The CD will include JPG photos, a Microsoft Word 2000 version of the yearbook, and an Adobe Acrobat PDF file of the same. Please click on the link below to go to the Souvenir Shop to order your's now. Answers 1. An old run-down wooden building across the street and half a block south of Mullin's. 2. Ideal physical qualities of a good football player and Coach Bobby West. 3. I don't recall the name but it was located 1 block south of Oakwood Avenue on the west side of Meridian Street. 4. The Drive-In Movie was on Meridian Street a mile or so north of Oakwood Avenue and was called Woody's. 5. Don't recall his name but I think he taught 11th grade English. 6. The Rebel Drive-In. (Editor's Note - Actually it was called Rebel Inn, not Rebel Drive-In since they did not have curb service. I know - the grandmother I lived with worked there as a cook until her retirement). 7. Floyd Hardin. 8. On the side of Monte Sano Mountain on one of the pull outs; a little park area on the west side of US 431(?) before you get to the drive in movies north of Masten Lake Road; the rear of Optimist Park; a neighborhood construction area west of Meridian Street south of the Highway 72 overpass; and a construction area at the end of Oakwood Avenue (Ardmore Highway). 9. "It Must Be Raindrops". (Editor's Note - Don't count this one wrong if you are keeping score.C.E. is wrong on this one himself in that the name of the song was "Raindrops" and it was done by The Cascades, not Bobby Vee.) 10. The old Montgomery Wards (I think). (Editor's Note: Sorry Collins, this was definately Bradley's which was a cafeteria during the day.) 11. Montgomery Wards in Parkway City. (Editor's Note: If I remember right, she threw her "knee" out and not her back. That was one of the hazard's of the dance for that period and it was happening all across the nation.) 12. Hopefully a "no brainer" - it was the Lee High Football Generals, of course. I think it was on a Thursday night. 13. I can't recall but they lived on Oakwood Avenue near Ardmore Highway and their father was a rocket scientist. 14. His first name was "Woody" but I can't recall his last. 15. I think less than 3. 16. For being beaten by the Lee High Football Generals twice in one season, once with a 40-0 score. 17. Just around the corner from the southeast corner of the Madison County Courthouse. I think the building was called the "Elks Building". 18. Jerry's I think but not positive. |
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Lee's Traveller April 10, 1963 |
Jennifer White Baughman and Craig Bannecke at the 2000 Reunion, with thier high school photos. Lee High School. Rosemary Hall, site of the wedding. |
