Est. March 31, 2000 19,912 Previous Hits February 4, 2002 Editor:Tommy Towery http://www.leealumni.com Class of 1964 Page Hits This Issue e-mail ttowery@memphis.edu Staff Writers : Barbara Wilkerson Donnelly , Joy Rubins Morris ,Terry "Moses" Preston Staff Photographers: Fred & Lynn Sanders Contributers: The Members of Lee High School Classes of 64-65-66 |
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Est. March 31, 2000 19,912 Previous Hits February 4, 2002 Editor:Tommy Towery http://www.leealumni.com Class of 1964 Page Hits This Issue e-mail ttowery@memphis.edu Staff Writers : Barbara Wilkerson Donnelly , Joy Rubins Morris ,Terry "Moses" Preston Staff Photographers: Fred & Lynn Sanders Contributers: The Members of Lee High School Classes of 64-65-66 |
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The Top 40 Things You Will Never Hear A Southern Boy Say 40. Oh I just couldn't, she's only sixteen. 39. I'll take Shakespeare for 1000, Alex. 38. Duct tape won't fix that. 37. Honey, I think we should sell the pickup and buy a family sedan. 36. Come to think of it, I'll have a Heineken. 35. We don't keep firearms in this house. 34. Has anybody seen the sideburns trimmer? 33. You can't feed that to the dog. 32. I thought Graceland was tacky. 31. No kids in the back of the pickup, it's just not safe. 30. Wrestling's fake. 29. Honey, did you mail that donation to Greenpeace? 28. We're vegetarians. 27. Do you think my gut is too big? 26. I'll have grapefruit and grapes instead of biscuits and gravy. 25. Honey, we don't need another dog. 24. Who gives a damn which side won the Civil War? 23. Give me the small bag of pork rinds. 22. Too many deer heads detract from the decor. 21. Spittin is such a nasty habit. 20. I just couldn't find a thing at Wal-Mart today. 19. Trim the fat off that steak. 18. Cappuccino tastes better than espresso. 17. The tires on that truck are too big. 16. I'll have the arugula and radicchio salad. 15. I've got it all on the C: drive. 14. Unsweetened tea tastes better. 13. Would you like your fish poached or broiled? 12. My fiancée, Bobbie Jo, is registered at Tiffany's. 11. I've got two cases of Zima for the Super Bowl. 10. Little Debbie snack cakes have too many fat grams. 9. Checkmate. 8. She's too young to be wearing a bikini. 7. Does the salad bar have bean sprouts? 6. Hey, here's an episode of "Hee Haw" that we haven't seen. 5. I don't have a favorite college team. 4. Be sure to bring my salad dressing on the side. 3. You All. 2. Those shorts ought to be a little longer, Darling. And, Number ONE is........................... 1. Nope, no more for me. I'm drivin tonight. |
Tammy Cochran's Charity Auction Guitar. Click on photo to see this item on e-bay |
We All Have "Angels In Waiting" In Our Own Lives By Tommy Towery One of the things that I enjoy the most about being the editor of this website, is that I am often privileged to receive confidential e-mails making me aware of upcoming events and other insights into the lives of my fellow classmates. Many times these "heads up" messages are sent to prepare me for some big news that will be made available for print at a later date, such as Jennifer and Craig's wedding last year. One of the things that I hate the most about this same position is that I am sometimes made aware of the bad news along with the good, but am sworn to secrecy about this information as well. While we try to keep the site full of happy memories, sometimes we have to be serious. Last week we mentioned once again "Angels In Waiting", the song that our classmate Jim McBride co-wrote that has been such a heart-touching hit to so many people in this country. In Tammy and Jim's song, the "Angels In Waiting" are Tammy's two younger brothers, afflicted with cystic fibrosis, who must live each day of their lives as if it were their last. They never knew when the end would come, but knew it is inevitable. The words told their story: THEY WERE ANGELS IN WAITING WAITING FOR WINGS TO FLY FROM THIS WORLD AWAY FROM THEIR PAIN TREASURING TIME TILL TIME CAME TO LEAVE LEAVING BEHIND SWEET MEMORIES ANGELS IN WAITING ANGELS IN WAITING FOR WINGS When Jim first informed me about the song I sought it out on the web and found the lyrics. As I first heard and read those words, I felt a sadness come over me. I listened to it over and over. It was eerie. I do not personally know anyone with cystic fibrosis, but that did not keep me from being able to identify with the touching words of the song. When I got past Tammy's personal opening verse, their words seemed to apply to some very important people close to me in my own life. Although my angels are not dying of a childhood disease, they are just as much my own angels in waiting - waiting for their wings in their own personal ways. I thought about my aging mother, whose health seems to get worse with each passing day, and know that she is one of my angels. Each time that my brother has had another problem with his heart, I worry about him as well. Last week two people close to me have had to go in for some medical procedures and are now awaiting the results. I know that I am not alone in the way I feel. Each of us has our own angels in waiting in our lives. They may be aging grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, brothers or sisters. They may be co-workers or close friends. They may be people we see every day, someone we just met, or someone we have known all our lives. They don't have to be young kids with incurable diseases. Whether we want to accept it or not, at this age in our lives, there are probably more around us today than we were aware of when we were younger. Unfortunately, I am also aware that we have at least one angel in waiting, in among our own classmates. I have been asked not to reveal names, but I have been informed of a few that are close to us that have medical problems, some of which are major. I am just as sure that there are others among us that have kept their secrets to themselves, but are still angels in waiting just the same. So why am I telling you about this, if I have to be so vague? Because I think each one of us should be aware that at any given day and any given moment, anyone that is close to us could also be an angle in waiting without our knowing. One classmate asked me to call for a prayer chain for one particular classmate. Since I cannot reveal a name, I think perhaps instead we should each pray every day for all of the angels in waiting that are among us. Maybe we need to learn to appreciate what time we have with them. Think about it. How would you treat each person each day, if you looked at him or her as an angel in waiting, instead of taking his or her life as granted? Perhaps it is time to do that. It is only right that we take a moment to think of and remember our own "Angels In Waiting". We wish that there was someway to let them and their families know how much they mean to us, and how much we love them, and how privileged we have been to have had them in our lives. Perhaps each of you reading this can somehow, in your own way, remember your own angels, even if it is just a moment of silence or a silent prayer for a seriously ill classmate. From Our Mailbag... Subject: Congratulations! Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 12:24:38 EST From: Barbdonn13@aol.com Hey, Tommy! Congratulations to you and Sue on your 1st anniversary! I remember when you were married, and it doesn't seem as though a year has passed, does it? Congratulations, also, to Jim McBride. Love the song, Jim! Some of Joy's topics really looked good, don't you think? Must be hard for you to come up with things for us to write about, huh? I was surprised that Joy thought of so many. I don't do as well. Is there some kind of contest we might come up with to get more people to write in? How about a "challenge" to everyone on the mailing list -- just a couple of sentences to say where they are, where they've been, what they're doing, who they married, how many children, grandchildren, favorite teachers from LHS, best friends, boyfriends/girlfriends, particularly good memories, embarrassing moments (or did we do that already?). Any or all of that info. May not help, but if it could get them to write once, I predict they would not be as reluctant to write a second or third time. Just a thought! I really enjoyed the article re: theaters in Huntsville. I had almost forgotten the Martin, and the fact that it used to be called the Tony! Most of my "memorable" moments were from the Lyric, the Grand, and Woody's (where Ed and I had our first date). You just cannot beat Woody's for a great mind trip, can you? Didn't there used to be a drive-in called the "231?" I remember going to the Whitesburg and Parkway, also. Perhaps the 231 became the Parkway? I remember going to the drive-in with my parents when I was young, and picking up food to take with us. We used to love the hamburgers and stew from Phillip's Cafe! They were absolutely wonderful. Does anyone else remember Phillip's? It was located just off Triana Blvd. (I think) or maybe it was Seminole Drive. While I'm remembering great food -- does anyone remember getting hot tamales from Huntsville Park? We used to take a huge pot and get about 10 dozen hot tamales with the juice in which they had been cooked. I usually needed 2 small Cokes (the best!) to finish about a dozen hot tamales. We usually didn't even pretend to eat any other food with them -- why bother with perfection? There was nothing like one of these for a hot tamale rush!! The man who used to make them died, and his daughter quit selling them. I was told that she had been offered lots of money for the recipe, but had declined! Too bad! Now, if we could figure out a way to reopen Woody's and serve Phillip's hamburgers and stew along with Huntsville Park hot tamales . . . Gotta go get a snack. More later. Barbara Wilkerson Donnelly Class of '64 (Editor's Note: Barbara, although I do not remember those hot tamales, I do remember the ones my grandmother made when she was a cook at The Rebel Inn. There was only one place in town I think where she could get the hot tamle papers, and that was Brown's Hardware store.) Subject: Re: Your Class Website For This Week Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 09:13:55 -0600 From: "JOY MORRIS" <MORRIJA@ATHENS.EDU> I remember walking to the Center Theater (I think on Tuesdays) to watch whatever was showing at the matinee. Parents didn't have to worry about ratings back then so whatever was showing was fine. On Tuesdays, the movie only cost ten cents so with fifty cents, you could get in the theater and then buy popcorn or candy and maybe a small coke. I remember seeing Giant with Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor. I also loved the scary movies--monsters from under the water or creatures from space. I am sure us being at the movies gave my mom some "quiet time" for herself and it certainly put us in a better mood. We were always on our best behavior around that time every week so that we would be rewarded with our Tuesday afternoon movie. We didn't mind the walk (we lived behind old Butler High School), and we got to see many of our friends there. Summers were so much fun--movies, skating, cookouts, and swimming. What more could a kid want? Joy Rubins Morris (Editor's Note: Joy, I also remember the Center very fondly. As stated above, my grandmother was a cook at The Rebel Inn, across the corner. Many an afternoon, when I lived on Clinton Street, I would ride the bus over there and eat dinner at The Rebel Inn then go to a movie at the Center, since it was so cheap. My grandmother got off at 10pm so I would stay and watch movies until almost that time, even if I sat through them two or three times. I also remember trying to convince them I was old enough to see a movie when I was 12 (needed to be 14) called "Launiena, Jungle Goddess". I told my grandmother it was a jungle movie, which it was, but I didn't menition that she ran around the whole movie topless....that was soooooooooo neat, for a boy my age!!! ) Subject: Movie Trivia Question Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 09:10:36 -0500 From: Julius.Smoak@sba.gov Which of the downtown theaters had a desert scene painted in luminescent paint? I enjoyed going to that one just for the paint job. Chip Smoak Subject: hits Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 06:18:27 -0600 From: "Pat Stolz" <pstolz@knology.net> I was number 88 on the counter this week. congratulations on such a great job, to all your staff. Pat Torzillo Stolz (Editor's Note: Thanks Pat, you collected the 20,000th page hit for our web site. I'll be e-mailing you about your prize!) Subject: Tammy Cochran item, and... Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 00:21:52 EST From: Spmclm69@cs.com Hi Tommy! CONGRATULATIONS on your anniversary!!! Hope you and your wife had the opportunity to eat at Hudson's while you were at Hilton Head. I often search for "Cochran" items on ebay, and came across the unusual auction at 1508027978, a most special guitar related to her hit song, "Angels in Waiting," co-written by Jim McBride. Just another wonderful side benefit to his great talents. Thanks to your efforts, a group of us alums have a regular "e-mail joke letter" making the rounds to each other about every day. The members are Butch Adcock, Skip Cook, Brian Pfeiffer, Craig Brannecke, and Moses Preston - and Susy Wohlschlaeger Schlette (when the content isn't X-rated.... : ) Remember I'm hoping to treat you and your wife to dinner at Leonard's BBQ come June. I should know the dates in a few days. Bob Cochran Class of 1964 (Editor's Note: Perhaps we could have a Memphis Area Mini-Reunion dinner during your visit Bob. There are a few classmates within a couple of hours dirve that might be interested.) |
