The "Name That Tune" Trivia Contest It's time to play that game that you love to hate! Below are 10 new songs to make you scratch your head and tweak your ears. Remember that these are short song "clips" in MIDI format. This means that they are not the original recordings, but someone has turned them into computer music. You might have to listen hard to recognize the tunes (but that's part of the fun). If you click on the song, it should bring up your player or automatically play on your computer. What we are looking for is the name of the song, and an artist or group that recorded it (some were recorded by more than one.) Remember, all entries must have some personal note about one or more of the songs to be valid, and also please remember to put your Class Year. Good luck. _______________________ We got the following message after our mailing last week. "The following recipients did not receive your message:" Ann.Gates@ccc.uab.edu kcchocchip@yahoo.com nintai@clark.net rgswaim@home.com orlich2@home.com allardju@hotmail.com We ususally see if this happens for a couple of weeks before we remove them from our mail list. If you have a new e-mail address, then please go to the JOIN THE MAILING LIST button and submit it with a comment that this is a new address. Thanks. _________________________ Do You Know Anyone Like This? I'm the life of the party...even if it lasts until 8 p.m. I'm very good at opening childproof caps with a hammer. I'm usually interested in going home before I get to where I am going. I'm awake many hours before my body allows me to get up. I'm smiling all the time because I can't hear a thing you're saying. I'm very good at telling stories; over and over and over and over... I'm aware that other people's grandchildren are not as cute as mine. I'm cared for -- long term care, eye care, private care, dental care... I'm not grouchy; I just don't like traffic, waiting, crowds, politicians, etc. I'm sure everything I can't find is in a secure place. I'm wrinkled, saggy, lumpy, and that's just my left leg. I'm having trouble remembering simple words like ....... I'm realizing that aging is not for wimps. I'm sure they are making adults much younger these days, and when did they let kids become policemen? I'm wondering, if you're only as old as you feel, how could I be alive at 150? I'm a walking storeroom of facts ... I've just lost the key to the storeroom door. Yes, I'm a SENIOR CITIZEN and I think I am having the time of my life! Now if I could only remember who sent this to me, I would send it to many others! Have I already sent this to you? ________________________ The 710 Cap The other day I was in the local auto part store. A lady comes in and asks for a seven ten cap. We all look at each other and ask, "What's a seven ten cap?" She says, "You know, it's right on the engine. Mine got lost somehow and I need a new one." "What kind of a car is it?" they ask. Now I'm thinking maybe an old Datsun Seven Ten, but no, she says that it's a Buick. "Okay, Lady, how big is it?" She makes a circle with her hands about 3 1/2 inches in diameter. "What does it do?" we ask. She says, "I don't know, but it's always been there." One of us gives her a note pad and asks her if she can draw a picture of it. So she makes a circle about 3 1/2 inches in diameter and in the center she writes 710. The guys behind the counter are looking at it upside down as she writes it . . . and they just fall down behind the counter laughing so hard in hysterics. One guy says, "I think you want an oil cap." She says, "Seven Ten cap, oil cap, I don't care what you call it. I just need one, and I don't see what is so damn funny about it." Yes, she was a blonde. Draw your own 3.5" diameter circle and write 710 in the center. Turn it upside down and see for yourself! ________________________ New Members Name: L. Wade Black E-mail: lwblack@samford.edu Comments: Just found this. Looks like I have some reading to do! Thanks for putting this together. Wade _____________________ Name: Elbert R. Balch E-mail: ebalch@bellsouth.net Comments: I saw Gail Woodard at Mullins and she told me about the site. Good site. Didn't know about until today....! Thanks for all you do to keep '64,'65, '66 alive!! ________________________ |
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Est. March 31, 2000 22,133 Previous Hits April 1, 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 Collins Wynn Staff Photographers: Fred & Lynn Sanders Contributers: The Members of Lee High School Classes of 64-65-66 |
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The Lawnchair Man (True Story) Submitted by Barbara Wilkerson Donnelly Class of '64 Larry Walter's boyhood dream was to fly. But fates conspired to keep him from his dream. He joined the Air Force, but his poor eyesight disqualified him from the job of pilot. After he was discharged from the military, he sat in his backyard watching jets fly overhead. He hatched his weather balloon scheme while sitting outside in his "extremely comfortable" Sears lawnchair. He purchased 45 weather balloons from an Army-Navy surplus store, tied them to his tethered lawnchair dubbed the Inspiration I, and filled the 4' diameter balloons with helium. Then he strapped himself into his lawnchair with some sandwiches, Miller Lite, and a pellet gun. He figured he would pop a few of the many balloons when it was time to descend. Larry's plan was to sever the anchor and lazily float up to a height of about 30 feet above his back yard, where he would enjoy a few hours of flight before coming back down. But things didn't work out quite as Larry planned. When his friends cut the cord anchoring the lawnchair to his Jeep, he did not float lazily up to 30 feet. Instead, he streaked into the LA sky as if shot from a cannon, pulled by the lift of 42 helium balloons holding 33 cubic feet of helium each. He didn't level off at 100 feet, nor did he level off at 1000 feet. After climbing and climbing, he leveled off at 16,000 feet. At that height he felt he couldn't risk shooting any of the balloons, lest he unbalance the load and really find himself in trouble. So he stayed there, drifting cold and frightened with his beer and sandwiches, for more than 14 hours. He crossed the primary approach corridor of LAX, where Trans World Airlines and Delta Airlines pilots radioed in reports of the strange sight. Eventually he gathered the nerve to shoot a few balloons, and slowly descended. The hanging tethers tangled and caught in a power line, blacking out a Long Beach neighborhood for 20 minutes. Larry climbed to safety, where he was arrested by waiting members of the LAPD. ____________________________________________ Hi, guys! This was just tooooo funny not to pass along! What I'd like to know is . . . what in the world would possess anyone to even THINK of this? I know the girls have no earthly idea, either. Guys? Sounds like something Lehman would have done, doesn't it? Notice that the guy's initials are L.W. and that he apparently lives in the vicinity of LAX? Hmmmmm. Love ya Barbara Wilkerson Donnelly Class of 64 (Editor's Note: This guy gets a big vote for the most foolish April Fool! I remember seeing this on the news when it first happened. I would be willing to bet that this ranks high on his list of "moments that take our breath away"!!! Barbara, as far as why we guys would he do it - there are several reasons that come to this guy's mind...(1) It sounded like fun (2) No one had every done it before (3) It sounded like fun, (4) It was better than spending the day cutting the grass, (5) It sounded like fun; and probably if we really investigated the best reason was something like one of his high school buddies "Triple-Dog-Dared" him to do it. It's a guy thing! - Tommy) Saturday Morning Cartoons Trivia By Tommy Towery I wonder how all you Classmates would have done if the trivia contest had been on Shakespearain characters instead of cartoon characters? We had lots of interest in this week's contest, and for the first time, we have winners from all three classes, giving each class 33 points to add to their totals. Since we had so many, we'll not single them out but just include their remarks. Linda Walker from the Class of '66 along with Carol Barker Kinkle's help were the first with the correct answers, so her answers are listed below. Subject: Cartoon trivia Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 12:03:41 -0600 From: "Linda Walker" <lbwalker@usit.net> I don't know about you guys, but I think the cartoons we watched were more fun and entertaining than what I've seen on Cartoon Network these days, i.e., Cat Dog; Ed, Edd & Eddie; Cow and Chicken; Sheep in the City, etc. (As I write this, I am watching my hero, Scooby Doo.) With the help of Carol Barker Kinkle, also Class of '66, here goes my attempt for this week ----- 1. Casper, the Friendly Ghost 2. I really don't know who this guy is, but he looks like Clutch Cargo, but probably not because I think he only came on weekday mornings. If anyone remembers Clutch Cargo, am I right in thinking that only his bottom lip moved when he talked? (Clutch Cargo cartoon had a dog named Paddlefoot and so did I, for 18 years.) By the way, whatever happened to Beany & Cecil? 3. Crusader Rabbit 4. Deputy Dawg (loved his laugh) 5. Dudley Doright 6. Felix, the Cat 7. Gerald McBoing Boing, he used sound effects instead of words. 8. Heckle & Jeckle, the talking Magpies - weren't they part of the Mighty Mouse cartoon show? "Here I come to save the day..." 9. Huckleberry Hound 10. Magilla Gorilla Tommy, we didn't have a color TV either, not for many years, and it was a real treat to see these guys in color. Linda Beal Walker Class of '66 (Editor's Note: Yes, Paddlefoot was the dog on Clutch Cargo...anyone remember the boy's name. Crusader Rabbit had a side too, which few remember. My favorite memory of Clutch Cargo was an episode where he was in a car drving along and looking for a dam on the river. The car's breaks were out and he was out of control, when the boy looked out and spotted what they were looking for and cried out "There's the dam Clutch!" I thought it was so funny to be talking about malfunctioning breaks and him saying something about the "damn" clutch! It was my favorite TV quote until Startrek's Bones came up with the statement "Are you out of your Vulcan mind?" when he was talking to Spock!)) ________________________________________________________ Saturday mornings and the TV were really magic for most of us in the Fifties. That is for those lucky enough to have a TV ! I know it is hard for the current bunch of rug rats to believe that a time really existed when not everyone had several TVs. I think I was about 6 when we got our first...black&white..Philco TV. It was great ! The Winky Dink and You show was my favorite and yes, I had the kit with the plastic sheet and crayons. I have to admit though that the live action shows were my favorites. Anyway, here's a list of the cartoons. Mike Boggs Class of 64 ________________________________________________________ Thinking back about these cartoons makes me compare what we watched as children as opposed to the cartoons that my grandchildren watch. Their favorites are action heroes like X Men, Pokemon, Dragonball Z, etc. I started to say that our cartoons weren't as violent, but I guess that Wile E. Coyote, Elmer Fudd, and Daffy Duck's victims would disagree. And we were sadistic enough to laugh at there misfortunes! Oh well! I know that Sugar Bear was just a character for Post "Sugar Crisp", but he is a cartoon that I especially remember from the 60's. Charlie Marx (class of 67) was called Sugar Bear because he did a great impression of him. I found out from his brother Lawrence Marx (he didn't graduate --- he went straight to college from the 11th grade, I think) that Charlie was killed in an automobile accident when he was just 22 years old. Some of you, especially the class of 66, probably remember Lee's Sugar Bear. I have very fond memories of him. Cherri Polly Massey Class of 66 ________________________________________________________ Number seven almost did us in!!!! Jennifer and I enjoyed discussing the cartoons and dusting off old memory files from our youthful day's. Deputy Dog, and Dudley Do Right were two of my favorites. I guess because I always liked to draw. And because I eventually made a career out of art, the drawing styles were the thing I remembered as much about the cartoons as the actual characters. Remember back in the days where we had to buy our own school books ? Before the great benevolent day's of Ol' George Wallace (joke). We use to have to sell last years books and then buy books for your next school year. Our parents always stayed after us about taking care of our books so they could resell them. I never had any trouble selling my books. I would draw cartoon characters in the front and back leafs of all my books. There was a girl that lived down the street from me there in Lakewood who was a year behind me and she always bought my books. She loved the cartoon's I drew in the books. Can't recall her name now. But when I think back about selling her my books I'm amazed at how much she looked like Jennifer Bannecke today. (Insert music from Twilight Zone here !) Well we enjoyed the contest and hopefully did well. The Bannecke's (Craig and Jennifer White) ________________________________________________________ I think of the bunch, I enjoyed the antics of Heckle & Jeckle the most. They were the first I was able to identify. My wife, Vicki, is the real trivia buff and made significant contribution to this effort. We were both lost when it came to #2 and #7. Go class of '64. I started out at Lee Jr. High in the fall of '59 transferring from Charleston, South Carolina and was a part of your grand community through the spring of '63. My father was transferred to New Orleans in the summer of '63; I was never really close to many in my high school in Metairie. I met Vicki in August of '63; we attended separate non-coeducational public high schools but attended the same church. The transfer, though heart wrenching at the time, was for a reason, but I love you just the same. I am so glad Bernie Hartman (class of '66 I believe) got me reintroduced to you at the '95 reunion. Vicki and I both enjoyed the 2000 reunion and look forward to 2005. Regards to all of you, Richard "Ricky" Simmons Class of '64 ________________________________________________________ Okay Tommy ... this started out easy, but number seven looks like a "ringer." As far as I would know, I have never seen that character in anything. Most of these were easy because my kids used to watch the old cartoons on the USA Network, well before the Cartoon Network was created. Other than Heckle and Jeckle, I don't remember these as the most popular cartoons. I remember Mighty Mouse, Gumby, and Tom Terrific as being broadcast often, but not as being very entertaining. Personally, I always liked Rocky and Bullwinkle or the Warner Brothers cartoons ... especially Yosemite Sam and Foghorn Leghorn ("I say there boy, you're built too low to the ground. They're going right over your head."). These Warner Brothers cartoons were so good that for a while, in the mid 60's, they had a prime time 30-minute week day time slot. I still laugh when I see some of these. Best ... Mike Griffith ('66) ________________________________________________________ From Our Mailbag Subject: This Week's Issue? Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 22:17:36 EST From: Barbdonn13@aol.com Hey, Tommy! Just went to the website, but it was last week's issue. Barbara (Editor's Note: Some browers look to see if they have already visited the page and if so, they will pull it up out of the comptuer's memory rather than downloading it from the web. Sometimes it pulls up an old one instead of loading a new page. To correct this, just hit the "reload" or "refresh" or a smiliar button on your browser menu.) ________________________________________________________ Subject: A faithful "Weekly Reader" Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 10:48:55 EST From: NJKINCAID@aol.com While you might not be hearing from me on a regular basis, I have been a faithful "Weekly Reader" for over a year. With my mother's illness, a weird work schedule (which I happen to love), and a precious, understanding husband to find time for, I've only had time to "read", not "write". But hopefully things are beginning to settle down some and I promise to do better. Do ya'all remember Robert Gorum? I ran into him recently and when I asked him why he never attended any reunions, he reminded me that he had left Lee his senior year and graduated elsewhere. It's a shame that he doesn't feel like he's a part of us after all the years he spent at Lee. I told him about our web-site and hopefully we'll hear from him. I plan on being at the next "Breakfast Club" get-together - I'll let you know who showed up. Love to All, Judy "Fedrowisch" Kincaid Class of "66 (Editor's Note: We have many "Weekly Readers" and we understand that not all feel a desire to write to be a part of the group. We still welcome you , and know that some day something will come up that makes you speak up. In today's computer world, this type of person is called a "lurker".) lurker n. One of the `silent majority' in a electronic forum; one who posts occasionally or not at all but is known to read the group's postings regularly. This term is not pejorative and indeed is casually used reflexively: "Oh, I'm just lurking." Often used in `the lurkers', the hypothetical audience for the group's flamage-emitting regulars. When a lurker speaks up for the first time, this is called `delurking'. ________________________________________________________ Subject: Yarborough Hotel Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 22:56:40 -0600 From: "Robert Alverson" <BobAlverson@peoplepc.com> The Twickenham Hotel and the Yarborough Hotel were two separate hotels. The Yarborough was located on Holmes Avenue across the street from the old Post Office. It is now used for office space for the city. Bob Alverson '65 (Editor's Note: You're almost right Bob...I have found that it was actually on the corner of Holmes and Washington, down the block from the old Post Office. That would put it across the street from Belk-Hudson's.) ________________________________________________________ |
Trivia Contest Points Won by Class Year 1964 - 283 1965 - 183 1966 - 133 Each week 100 Points is awarded to the class represented by the classmate with the most correct answer (determined by the staff). If there is only one winner that class gets all the points. If members of two classes colloborate or two or more classmates tie on the number of correct answers then they split the points. 1 Class = 100 points 2 Classes = 50 points each All 3 Classes = 33 points each Appeals will be reviewed. Began 1/1/02 _______________________________ |
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The "Name That Tune" Trivia Contest It's time to play that game that you love to hate! Below are 10 new songs to make you scratch your head and tweak your ears. Remember that these are short song "clips" in MIDI format. This means that they are not the original recordings, but someone has turned them into computer music. You might have to listen hard to recognize the tunes (but that's part of the fun). If you click on the song, it should bring up your player or automatically play on your computer. What we are looking for is the name of the song, and an artist or group that recorded it (some were recorded by more than one.) Remember, all entries must have some personal note about one or more of the songs to be valid, and also please remember to put your Class Year. Good luck. _______________________ We got the following message after our mailing last week. "The following recipients did not receive your message:" Ann.Gates@ccc.uab.edu kcchocchip@yahoo.com nintai@clark.net rgswaim@home.com orlich2@home.com allardju@hotmail.com We ususally see if this happens for a couple of weeks before we remove them from our mail list. If you have a new e-mail address, then please go to the JOIN THE MAILING LIST button and submit it with a comment that this is a new address. Thanks. _________________________ Do You Know Anyone Like This? I'm the life of the party...even if it lasts until 8 p.m. I'm very good at opening childproof caps with a hammer. I'm usually interested in going home before I get to where I am going. I'm awake many hours before my body allows me to get up. I'm smiling all the time because I can't hear a thing you're saying. I'm very good at telling stories; over and over and over and over... I'm aware that other people's grandchildren are not as cute as mine. I'm cared for -- long term care, eye care, private care, dental care... I'm not grouchy; I just don't like traffic, waiting, crowds, politicians, etc. I'm sure everything I can't find is in a secure place. I'm wrinkled, saggy, lumpy, and that's just my left leg. I'm having trouble remembering simple words like ....... I'm realizing that aging is not for wimps. I'm sure they are making adults much younger these days, and when did they let kids become policemen? I'm wondering, if you're only as old as you feel, how could I be alive at 150? I'm a walking storeroom of facts ... I've just lost the key to the storeroom door. Yes, I'm a SENIOR CITIZEN and I think I am having the time of my life! Now if I could only remember who sent this to me, I would send it to many others! Have I already sent this to you? ________________________ The 710 Cap The other day I was in the local auto part store. A lady comes in and asks for a seven ten cap. We all look at each other and ask, "What's a seven ten cap?" She says, "You know, it's right on the engine. Mine got lost somehow and I need a new one." "What kind of a car is it?" they ask. Now I'm thinking maybe an old Datsun Seven Ten, but no, she says that it's a Buick. "Okay, Lady, how big is it?" She makes a circle with her hands about 3 1/2 inches in diameter. "What does it do?" we ask. She says, "I don't know, but it's always been there." One of us gives her a note pad and asks her if she can draw a picture of it. So she makes a circle about 3 1/2 inches in diameter and in the center she writes 710. The guys behind the counter are looking at it upside down as she writes it . . . and they just fall down behind the counter laughing so hard in hysterics. One guy says, "I think you want an oil cap." She says, "Seven Ten cap, oil cap, I don't care what you call it. I just need one, and I don't see what is so damn funny about it." Yes, she was a blonde. Draw your own 3.5" diameter circle and write 710 in the center. Turn it upside down and see for yourself! ________________________ New Members Name: L. Wade Black E-mail: lwblack@samford.edu Comments: Just found this. Looks like I have some reading to do! Thanks for putting this together. Wade _____________________ Name: Elbert R. Balch E-mail: ebalch@bellsouth.net Comments: I saw Gail Woodard at Mullins and she told me about the site. Good site. Didn't know about until today....! Thanks for all you do to keep '64,'65, '66 alive!! ________________________ |
This is no April Fool Joke. Jim McBride's (Class of 1965) "Angels In Waiting" has been nominated for Song of The Year by the Academy of Country Music... Way to Go Jim! Show to be televised on May 22nd. |
