Can you name this week's mystery Classmate? Make your guess then put your mouse on the photo to reveal the answers. Check out the past photos by clicking on the "Now and Then" button. ________________________________ Blonde's Come Back Submitted by Barbara Wilkerson Donnelly Class of '64 For all the men who like to send blonde jokes, it's payback time. 1. How many honest, intelligent, caring men in the world does it take to do the dishes? Both of them 2. Why did the man cross the road? He heard the chicken was a slut. 3. Why don't women blink during foreplay? They don't have time. 4. Why does it take 1 million sperm to fertilize one egg? They don't stop and ask for directions. 5. How does a man show that he is planning for the future? He buys two cases of beer. 6. What is the difference between men and government bonds? The bonds mature. 7. Why are blonde jokes so short? So men can remember them. 8. How many men does it take to change a roll of toilet paper? We don't know; it has never happened. 9. Why is it difficult to find men who are sensitive, caring and good looking? They all already have boyfriends. 10. What do you call a woman who knows where her husband is every night? A widow. 11. When do you care for a man's company? When he owns it. 12. Why are married women heavier than single women? Single women come home, see what's in the fridge and go to bed. Married women come home, see what's in bed and go to the fridge. 13. How do you get a man to do sit-ups? Put the remote control between his toes. _______________________ |
Huntsville Entertainment Trivia Makes Classmates Think As predicted, this has been one of the hardest Trivia Contests to date. Although all the questions were answered correctely, no one person had a perfect score. Up until the last minute, the highest scores were eight out of ten, but then some of those might be questionable. Anyway, I do think we have all had fun with this contest. Just before press time, we had a late entry group effort by Robert & Winona Brown Turner, who failed to list a class year(s), so the points will have to wait. It was determined that the runner-up winners were Mike Boggs-Class of '64, Bob Alverson-Class of '65, and Mike Griffith-Class of '66. Mike Griffith might actually be a co-winner if the downtown YMCA actually had a bowling alley (but then it was Commando not Commander Cody!). The bowling alley that we were referring to was actually in the basement of the Times Building, but if Mike will say that he actually remembers a bowling alley there, and his answer was not just a guess, then he can share in the victory. Rainer Klauss earns recognition for the great story to go along with his entry. As far as the number of seats on the front row of the Lyric, I know it was two, because in my early days of theater going, Buddy Crabtree and I used to rush to get them when the doors opened. I now wonder why, because they had a terrible view of the screen but then I think it was because you didn't have anyone setting next to or in front of you. We preferred the ones on the left as you walked toward the front of the theater. Enjoy the comments below. Remember all the answers sent in are not included, only the ones that have some comment that might be of interest, or in some cases, only the right answers. ________________________________________________________ Robert & Winona Brown Turner Here's a try at the trivia 1. Lyric Theater (we think) 2. Tony Theater (For Sure) 3. Kid's TV announcer for Circle 6 ranch WBRC TV (Watch this all the time) 4. Golden Flake (Strictly A Guess) 5. Basement of the Times Building (or very close to it) 6. 2 (possible 3) 7. Counter-Clockwise (mostly north & south) 8. Silhouette's of people skating ( this is where we lose it, we really have no ideal) 9. Church Key ( anyone who misses this one never drank) 10. Captain Midnight (another guess possible could be Commander Corey) 2118 Maysville Rd. Huntsville, AL 35811 Home Phone 256-536-7213 E-Mail rwturner1@msn.com (Editor's Note: All except for # 10 are correct, even though they admit that many were just guesses or they give alternate answers. We take the first answer as the entry. Even on # 10, they were close in their second guess, but the character was actually Commando Cody, but they were close.) ________________________________________________________ Kathy Harris Jones Class of '66 Tommy, HOW do you come up with these questions??? What about considering compiling the answers submitted by the various members of each class on this one in order to declare a winner? 5. There was a bowling alley in the basement of the Times Building but I think that was really before "our time". The one I remember best was Parkway Lanes on the Parkway south of Governor's Drive. I spent hours there in the "nursery" while my parents bowled in leagues. And then I bowled in junior leagues there when I could finally lift a ball. 6. maybe 5??? My first "double dates" were spent at the Lyric with Hub Harrington, Linda Collinsworth and Johnny Roberts when we were in grade school. Hub or Johnny's parents would drop us off and pick us up. We NEVER, however, sat on the front rows.... 10. Commander Cody, Sky Marshall of the Universe (Editor's Note: We'll consider compiling the answers Kathy, but right now it's hard enough to grade some of the answers anyway. Remember...it's not who wins or looses, but who has the best comments that really make this fun.) ________________________________________________________ Linda Beal Walker Class of '66 Geez, Tommy, why don't you ask some hard questions???????? 2. Was it the Grand? Or do I have the wrong city? 3. Benny Carl was the host of a kiddie show, I think. He wore a wild coat. I do remember once when he walked into the office where I worked, I was disappointed because he just looked like everyone else. 5. Was there a bowling alley downtown? 7. At Carter's Skateland, you skated counter-clockwise, unless you were like me and skated and fell, skated and fell, and so on. 9. I was a good girl (in high school) and have no first hand experience in this, but I think I heard a beer can opener referred to as a church key, but I don't know why it was called that. 10. I recognize the face but don't remember the name. I didn't have many answers, but I do remember that my friend, Carol, and I would walk to town to save the bus fare so we could have extra money to buy candy and popcorn at the theater. I find it hard to believe that I can't remember anymore than this because I have always been a movie goer. ________________________________________________________ Janice Lucky Thompson Class of '66 Hello, I only know one answer. Gee, should I be praising myself for this answer. Churchkey is slang for a beer opener. Wasn't there a song too. Anyway, I really enjoy your site. I only went to Lee the last few months of my Senior year '66. ________________________________________________________ Cherri Polly Massey Class of '66 These are the only ones that I know: 7. Counterclockwise 9. Church key --- my mother gets very offended when we use this term. My grandkids think it is an amazing tool. They even open screw off bottle caps with it just to get to use it. And they didn't understand at first why I had to do holes on opposite sides on the evaporated milk can. 10. Commando Cody ________________________________________________________ Bob Alverson Class of '65 Good questions! Here are my answers. 3. Bennie Carl hosted children's TV shows in Birmingham, Decatur and Huntsville. He came to WMSL-TV )channel 23) from Birmingham and moved with that station to Huntsville where it became WYUR-TV (channel 48). After he left TV he and his wife Pat had a small Agency here. I believe they only had one account, Fabric World. For about three years I produced all his commercials. Now he owns a radio station and one or two low power TV stations in Florence. 5. The basement of the times building. This is the first bowling alley I remember, at least the first I ever bowled at. Later the area was converted to a family pool hall (with membership). It was one of the nicest I have seen. ________________________________________________________ Mike Boggs Class of '64 This weeks trivia contest should have been right down my alley ,as I spent most of my Saturdays back then at one or other of the theaters down town. I was a card carrying movie freak from about age six. But then I started trying to answer the questions and it wasn't that easy....it's just been so long. So here's my best guesses on this: 1-Lyric..my favorite theater 3- host of a live kids show "circle six ranch"...the one I remember best was when he asked the little girl why she was giggling and she said "Jamie farted". 9-The ever popular "church key" 10-Man oh man, Commando Cody the original Rocketman! He was also on Saturday TV for a short time..I think I saw 8 or 9 shows and then they dropped it. The serial at the theater was called something like " Radar men from Mars or the Moon". (Editor's Note: I remember the "Jamie Farted" story, but haven't thought of it in a while. The series was "Radar Men from the Moon". By the way, he only has three control knobs on his flying suit - does anyone know how the three knobs are labeled?) ________________________________________________________ Rainer Klauss Class of '64 Here are my answers for the trivia contest (some guesses) and the personal story to validate it. 2. The Tony then it was the Martin, after that it was the Cyd, and finally it was the Charisse (just kidding about the last two). 3. Benny Carl was the host of an afternoon kiddies tv show out of Birmingham (WBRC?). I don't remember what the show was called, but I can hum the theme music. My Happiest Day at the Lyric Theater When I was about nine or ten, I was invited to a spend-the-night birthday party on a Friday night. The next morning the mom or dad of the birthday boy dropped us off at the Lyric Theater, giving each of us money for admission and goodies. I had never been there in the morning, so I was surprised to see that my ticket had a number on it. My friend explained that we were going to see a race and that prizes were given to the winners. The theater was soon packed and we all sat there in complete enjoyment, enthralled by the cheesy serials and tickled by the wacky cartoons for an hour or so. Finally it came time for the last event, the comedy race. An usher or manager stepped to the front of the theater to announce the event and show the prizes. "Let's go, let's go!" we hollered, barely under control. It was a wild affair, that short movie-- sort of a Keystone Kops demolition derby/ steeplechase with crazed animals. We were in hilarious ecstasy, screaming our heads off, pounding and kicking the seats, cheering our number to victory. I'd never been so excited in my life. I won! I won! I won! My prize was a ping-pong set: two paddles, two balls, and a net. It was better than Christmas. It was the first time I ever won anything. (I was just about as excited many years later when Gudrun (Wagner, class of '65) and I won a set of steak knives at our 20th year reunion for having the youngest child (Lucas)--a prize that Skip and Paula Cook would have claimed if they had been there.) (Editor's Note: Rainer talks about something that I have been trying to find some information about on the internet for a long time. I always called them "The Comedy Races" and have only found one mention of it on the WWW, and that was notes from a kid in Brooklyn. The sequence I remember was being given a separate little square ticket as I walked in the theather that had a number printed on it. I remember winning a clay mold set one Saturday morning. I do remember that each race's ending must have been filmed several times, since the same race could have different winners the next time you saw it.) ________________________________________________________ Jennifer White Bannecke Class of '66 Here goes nothing! ( I just want to help the Class of "66 by participating) I didn't get the opportunity to go to the movie that much so I don't have a lot to add. I do remember that they had fun contest on stage before the movies began on Saturday mornings. My sister, Joyce and I each got a dime to spend. We could either get a popcorn or a drink but NEVER both. I would always try to get her to buy one popcorn and one drink and share but she wouldn't think of it. I think I would usually get the popcorn and them get drinks of water from the water fountain in the lobby. These are mostly guesses: 7.Counter clockwise - to the right - I skated many miles on that floor. 10.Bozo the Clown - Ha! (Editor's Note: I was somewhat puzzled at the "counter clockwise - to the right" answer at first (not wanting to make it a blond joke) since you normally think of going to the left in a circle if you skate counter clockwise. I finally decided that Jennifer meant that as you entered the floor, you turned to the right to get started and then skated counter clockwise - right Jennifer?) ________________________________________________________ Mike Griffith Class of '66 Tommy, before I humiliate myself for another week I wanted to add something to Judy's list of great bands at the old Coliseum; one of the best shows that I remember was "The Animals" before it was "Eric Burdon and The Animals" or "Eric Burdon and War." Not only were we allowed to dance on the floor in front of the stage, but we could stand right at the edge of the stage and watch them perform. Last Saturday, my youngest went to his senior prom and as he was telling us about the DJ. I thought of how much the teenagers of today are missing by dancing to DJ's instead of live bands. Here, around Atlanta, they can go to $50-$75 concerts, but no teen dance clubs, etc. exist. Businesses and police run them off from any place that they attempt to congregate; we had Shoney's and Jerry's, but they can't establish the same sort of hangouts. I'm sure that they will have their own special memories, but they will never know what they are missing. Here goes on the trivia: 1) The Lyric (Cactus, no less) 2) The Tony Theatre 3) Benny was host to a rather cheesy children's TV show 4) Golden Flake Potato Chips 5) Bowling in the basement of the YMCA 6) 1 seat on the left and 2 on the right (how should I know?) 7) Always skate counter-clockwise 8) Silhouettes of skaters 9) "Church Key" - Paul Neuman wore one around his neck in "Cool Hand Luke" ("What we have here is a failure to communicate."). Also, remember the first "pop tops" after the "Church Key" ... could always tell who had been out drinking beer over the weekend because of the "pop top thumb," with all of the cuts. 10) Commander Cody and The Lost Planet Airmen (I know this not the right answer, but I like the band, and the name). (Editor's Note: On the bowling at the YMCA, I can't say yes or no...I don't remember there being a bowling alley there, only the swimming pool in the basement. I remember the pool table there though - how many of us learned to play pool at that YMCA? A lot I would bet. Way to go Mike on #8. There was (in fact) silouettes of skaters painted on the walls of the rink - no details, just black silhouettes. And yes...pop tops were magic when they first came out ("I blew out my flip-flop -Stepped on a pop-top" - sing it Parrot Heads!!!) Back then they used to come all the way off the can so you could make chains to hang from your ceiling (I bet at least one of you has a photo of yourself with a pop-top chain in the background) or throw on the beach to lay hidden in the sand.) ________________________________________________________ From Our Mailbox Subject: Class of 66 Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 08:43:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Jennifer Bannecke <jbannecke@yahoo.com> Hey Class of 66, Just wanted you to know I haven't given up on helping and supporting the Class of 66. My computer won't play the songs anymore! It was great the first few contest but now it just sits there and looks at me when I try to get the songs to play. Maybe it will get over it in time and start working again. Love the trivia Tommy. Jennifer White Bannecke (Class of 66) ________________________________________________________ Subject: Greetings! Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 21:37:05 -0400 From: "Rainer Klauss" <rglklauss@mindspring.com> Hey, Tommy! I hope you're doing fine. Gudrun (Gudrun Wagner, Lee '65) and I discovered the site about three weeks ago and we have really enjoyed all that it offers. It's been a godsend for getting in touch with longlost friends. I've gotten in touch with Mike Acree, Brian Pfeiffer, Bobby Cochran, Bob Ramsey, and Skip Cook in the last two weeks. Lots of stories and info to swap! Gudrun and I got married in 1982 (after knowing each other since 1954) and we live in Snellville, GA, which is about thirty miles east of Atlanta. We have one son, Lucas, and he is a freshman at the University of Georgia. Gudrun works for Norfolk Southern Corporation in downtown Atlanta. I work at the Snellville Public Library as a reference librarian. We still get to Huntsville fairly often to visit our mothers and my older brother. Tommy, I thought I joined the mailing list when we first discovered the site (using the "Join the Mailing List" box). The message I left was even posted on a following issue, but we've never showed up on the mailing list. What do you want me to do? I'm including my entries in the lastest trivia contest on a separate email. Best wishes, Rainer Klauss 1895 Victorian Court Snellville, GA 30078 |
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Trivia Contest Points Won by Class Year 1964 - 383 1965 - 183 1966 - 233 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 _______________________________ |
Huntsville Entertainment Trivia Makes Classmates Think As predicted, this has been one of the hardest Trivia Contests to date. Although all the questions were answered correctely, no one person had a perfect score. Up until the last minute, the highest scores were eight out of ten, but then some of those might be questionable. Anyway, I do think we have all had fun with this contest. Just before press time, we had a late entry group effort by Robert & Winona Brown Turner, who failed to list a class year(s), so the points will have to wait. It was determined that the runner-up winners were Mike Boggs-Class of '64, Bob Alverson-Class of '65, and Mike Griffith-Class of '66. Mike Griffith might actually be a co-winner if the downtown YMCA actually had a bowling alley (but then it was Commando not Commander Cody!). The bowling alley that we were referring to was actually in the basement of the Times Building, but if Mike will say that he actually remembers a bowling alley there, and his answer was not just a guess, then he can share in the victory. Rainer Klauss earns recognition for the great story to go along with his entry. As far as the number of seats on the front row of the Lyric, I know it was two, because in my early days of theater going, Buddy Crabtree and I used to rush to get them when the doors opened. I now wonder why, because they had a terrible view of the screen but then I think it was because you didn't have anyone setting next to or in front of you. We preferred the ones on the left as you walked toward the front of the theater. Enjoy the comments below. Remember all the answers sent in are not included, only the ones that have some comment that might be of interest, or in some cases, only the right answers. ________________________________________________________ Robert & Winona Brown Turner Here's a try at the trivia 1. Lyric Theater (we think) 2. Tony Theater (For Sure) 3. Kid's TV announcer for Circle 6 ranch WBRC TV (Watch this all the time) 4. Golden Flake (Strictly A Guess) 5. Basement of the Times Building (or very close to it) 6. 2 (possible 3) 7. Counter-Clockwise (mostly north & south) 8. Silhouette's of people skating ( this is where we lose it, we really have no ideal) 9. Church Key ( anyone who misses this one never drank) 10. Captain Midnight (another guess possible could be Commander Corey) 2118 Maysville Rd. Huntsville, AL 35811 Home Phone 256-536-7213 E-Mail rwturner1@msn.com (Editor's Note: All except for # 10 are correct, even though they admit that many were just guesses or they give alternate answers. We take the first answer as the entry. Even on # 10, they were close in their second guess, but the character was actually Commando Cody, but they were close.) ________________________________________________________ Kathy Harris Jones Class of '66 Tommy, HOW do you come up with these questions??? What about considering compiling the answers submitted by the various members of each class on this one in order to declare a winner? 5. There was a bowling alley in the basement of the Times Building but I think that was really before "our time". The one I remember best was Parkway Lanes on the Parkway south of Governor's Drive. I spent hours there in the "nursery" while my parents bowled in leagues. And then I bowled in junior leagues there when I could finally lift a ball. 6. maybe 5??? My first "double dates" were spent at the Lyric with Hub Harrington, Linda Collinsworth and Johnny Roberts when we were in grade school. Hub or Johnny's parents would drop us off and pick us up. We NEVER, however, sat on the front rows.... 10. Commander Cody, Sky Marshall of the Universe (Editor's Note: We'll consider compiling the answers Kathy, but right now it's hard enough to grade some of the answers anyway. Remember...it's not who wins or looses, but who has the best comments that really make this fun.) ________________________________________________________ Linda Beal Walker Class of '66 Geez, Tommy, why don't you ask some hard questions???????? 2. Was it the Grand? Or do I have the wrong city? 3. Benny Carl was the host of a kiddie show, I think. He wore a wild coat. I do remember once when he walked into the office where I worked, I was disappointed because he just looked like everyone else. 5. Was there a bowling alley downtown? 7. At Carter's Skateland, you skated counter-clockwise, unless you were like me and skated and fell, skated and fell, and so on. 9. I was a good girl (in high school) and have no first hand experience in this, but I think I heard a beer can opener referred to as a church key, but I don't know why it was called that. 10. I recognize the face but don't remember the name. I didn't have many answers, but I do remember that my friend, Carol, and I would walk to town to save the bus fare so we could have extra money to buy candy and popcorn at the theater. I find it hard to believe that I can't remember anymore than this because I have always been a movie goer. ________________________________________________________ Janice Lucky Thompson Class of '66 Hello, I only know one answer. Gee, should I be praising myself for this answer. Churchkey is slang for a beer opener. Wasn't there a song too. Anyway, I really enjoy your site. I only went to Lee the last few months of my Senior year '66. ________________________________________________________ Cherri Polly Massey Class of '66 These are the only ones that I know: 7. Counterclockwise 9. Church key --- my mother gets very offended when we use this term. My grandkids think it is an amazing tool. They even open screw off bottle caps with it just to get to use it. And they didn't understand at first why I had to do holes on opposite sides on the evaporated milk can. 10. Commando Cody ________________________________________________________ Bob Alverson Class of '65 Good questions! Here are my answers. 3. Bennie Carl hosted children's TV shows in Birmingham, Decatur and Huntsville. He came to WMSL-TV )channel 23) from Birmingham and moved with that station to Huntsville where it became WYUR-TV (channel 48). After he left TV he and his wife Pat had a small Agency here. I believe they only had one account, Fabric World. For about three years I produced all his commercials. Now he owns a radio station and one or two low power TV stations in Florence. 5. The basement of the times building. This is the first bowling alley I remember, at least the first I ever bowled at. Later the area was converted to a family pool hall (with membership). It was one of the nicest I have seen. ________________________________________________________ Mike Boggs Class of '64 This weeks trivia contest should have been right down my alley ,as I spent most of my Saturdays back then at one or other of the theaters down town. I was a card carrying movie freak from about age six. But then I started trying to answer the questions and it wasn't that easy....it's just been so long. So here's my best guesses on this: 1-Lyric..my favorite theater 3- host of a live kids show "circle six ranch"...the one I remember best was when he asked the little girl why she was giggling and she said "Jamie farted". 9-The ever popular "church key" 10-Man oh man, Commando Cody the original Rocketman! He was also on Saturday TV for a short time..I think I saw 8 or 9 shows and then they dropped it. The serial at the theater was called something like " Radar men from Mars or the Moon". (Editor's Note: I remember the "Jamie Farted" story, but haven't thought of it in a while. The series was "Radar Men from the Moon". By the way, he only has three control knobs on his flying suit - does anyone know how the three knobs are labeled?) ________________________________________________________ Rainer Klauss Class of '64 Here are my answers for the trivia contest (some guesses) and the personal story to validate it. 2. The Tony then it was the Martin, after that it was the Cyd, and finally it was the Charisse (just kidding about the last two). 3. Benny Carl was the host of an afternoon kiddies tv show out of Birmingham (WBRC?). I don't remember what the show was called, but I can hum the theme music. My Happiest Day at the Lyric Theater When I was about nine or ten, I was invited to a spend-the-night birthday party on a Friday night. The next morning the mom or dad of the birthday boy dropped us off at the Lyric Theater, giving each of us money for admission and goodies. I had never been there in the morning, so I was surprised to see that my ticket had a number on it. My friend explained that we were going to see a race and that prizes were given to the winners. The theater was soon packed and we all sat there in complete enjoyment, enthralled by the cheesy serials and tickled by the wacky cartoons for an hour or so. Finally it came time for the last event, the comedy race. An usher or manager stepped to the front of the theater to announce the event and show the prizes. "Let's go, let's go!" we hollered, barely under control. It was a wild affair, that short movie-- sort of a Keystone Kops demolition derby/ steeplechase with crazed animals. We were in hilarious ecstasy, screaming our heads off, pounding and kicking the seats, cheering our number to victory. I'd never been so excited in my life. I won! I won! I won! My prize was a ping-pong set: two paddles, two balls, and a net. It was better than Christmas. It was the first time I ever won anything. (I was just about as excited many years later when Gudrun (Wagner, class of '65) and I won a set of steak knives at our 20th year reunion for having the youngest child (Lucas)--a prize that Skip and Paula Cook would have claimed if they had been there.) (Editor's Note: Rainer talks about something that I have been trying to find some information about on the internet for a long time. I always called them "The Comedy Races" and have only found one mention of it on the WWW, and that was notes from a kid in Brooklyn. The sequence I remember was being given a separate little square ticket as I walked in the theather that had a number printed on it. I remember winning a clay mold set one Saturday morning. I do remember that each race's ending must have been filmed several times, since the same race could have different winners the next time you saw it.) ________________________________________________________ Jennifer White Bannecke Class of '66 Here goes nothing! ( I just want to help the Class of "66 by participating) I didn't get the opportunity to go to the movie that much so I don't have a lot to add. I do remember that they had fun contest on stage before the movies began on Saturday mornings. My sister, Joyce and I each got a dime to spend. We could either get a popcorn or a drink but NEVER both. I would always try to get her to buy one popcorn and one drink and share but she wouldn't think of it. I think I would usually get the popcorn and them get drinks of water from the water fountain in the lobby. These are mostly guesses: 7.Counter clockwise - to the right - I skated many miles on that floor. 10.Bozo the Clown - Ha! (Editor's Note: I was somewhat puzzled at the "counter clockwise - to the right" answer at first (not wanting to make it a blond joke) since you normally think of going to the left in a circle if you skate counter clockwise. I finally decided that Jennifer meant that as you entered the floor, you turned to the right to get started and then skated counter clockwise - right Jennifer?) ________________________________________________________ Mike Griffith Class of '66 Tommy, before I humiliate myself for another week I wanted to add something to Judy's list of great bands at the old Coliseum; one of the best shows that I remember was "The Animals" before it was "Eric Burdon and The Animals" or "Eric Burdon and War." Not only were we allowed to dance on the floor in front of the stage, but we could stand right at the edge of the stage and watch them perform. Last Saturday, my youngest went to his senior prom and as he was telling us about the DJ. I thought of how much the teenagers of today are missing by dancing to DJ's instead of live bands. Here, around Atlanta, they can go to $50-$75 concerts, but no teen dance clubs, etc. exist. Businesses and police run them off from any place that they attempt to congregate; we had Shoney's and Jerry's, but they can't establish the same sort of hangouts. I'm sure that they will have their own special memories, but they will never know what they are missing. Here goes on the trivia: 1) The Lyric (Cactus, no less) 2) The Tony Theatre 3) Benny was host to a rather cheesy children's TV show 4) Golden Flake Potato Chips 5) Bowling in the basement of the YMCA 6) 1 seat on the left and 2 on the right (how should I know?) 7) Always skate counter-clockwise 8) Silhouettes of skaters 9) "Church Key" - Paul Neuman wore one around his neck in "Cool Hand Luke" ("What we have here is a failure to communicate."). Also, remember the first "pop tops" after the "Church Key" ... could always tell who had been out drinking beer over the weekend because of the "pop top thumb," with all of the cuts. 10) Commander Cody and The Lost Planet Airmen (I know this not the right answer, but I like the band, and the name). (Editor's Note: On the bowling at the YMCA, I can't say yes or no...I don't remember there being a bowling alley there, only the swimming pool in the basement. I remember the pool table there though - how many of us learned to play pool at that YMCA? A lot I would bet. Way to go Mike on #8. There was (in fact) silouettes of skaters painted on the walls of the rink - no details, just black silhouettes. And yes...pop tops were magic when they first came out ("I blew out my flip-flop -Stepped on a pop-top" - sing it Parrot Heads!!!) Back then they used to come all the way off the can so you could make chains to hang from your ceiling (I bet at least one of you has a photo of yourself with a pop-top chain in the background) or throw on the beach to lay hidden in the sand.) ________________________________________________________ From Our Mailbox Subject: Class of 66 Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 08:43:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Jennifer Bannecke <jbannecke@yahoo.com> Hey Class of 66, Just wanted you to know I haven't given up on helping and supporting the Class of 66. My computer won't play the songs anymore! It was great the first few contest but now it just sits there and looks at me when I try to get the songs to play. Maybe it will get over it in time and start working again. Love the trivia Tommy. Jennifer White Bannecke (Class of 66) ________________________________________________________ Subject: Greetings! Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 21:37:05 -0400 From: "Rainer Klauss" <rglklauss@mindspring.com> Hey, Tommy! I hope you're doing fine. Gudrun (Gudrun Wagner, Lee '65) and I discovered the site about three weeks ago and we have really enjoyed all that it offers. It's been a godsend for getting in touch with longlost friends. I've gotten in touch with Mike Acree, Brian Pfeiffer, Bobby Cochran, Bob Ramsey, and Skip Cook in the last two weeks. Lots of stories and info to swap! Gudrun and I got married in 1982 (after knowing each other since 1954) and we live in Snellville, GA, which is about thirty miles east of Atlanta. We have one son, Lucas, and he is a freshman at the University of Georgia. Gudrun works for Norfolk Southern Corporation in downtown Atlanta. I work at the Snellville Public Library as a reference librarian. We still get to Huntsville fairly often to visit our mothers and my older brother. Tommy, I thought I joined the mailing list when we first discovered the site (using the "Join the Mailing List" box). The message I left was even posted on a following issue, but we've never showed up on the mailing list. What do you want me to do? I'm including my entries in the lastest trivia contest on a separate email. Best wishes, Rainer Klauss 1895 Victorian Court Snellville, GA 30078 |
Does Anyone Remember May Day in Huntsville? by Tommy Towery Class of 1964 The photo above is a picture of the East Clinton Elementary School May Day Maypole celebration. I remember participating in this a couple of times when I was a student at East Clinton. If you click on the photo you'll see a larger image. (I got this image from a collection of Huntsville photos, and I swear the cute little boy on the left looks like me. Even though the photo says it was taken in 1949 - I don't think it was.) Being the curious newspaper man that I am, I got to wondering exactly what we were doing when we were celebrating May Day way back then. I searched the web and found out the following information which surprised me. The Pagan Origins of May Day Mayday was a rite of passage custom that marked an important seasonal transition in the year. Putting a maypole up involved taking a growing tree from the wood, and bringing it to the village to mark the oncoming season of the summer. Mayday used to be a period of great sexual licence. People would go off into the woods to collect their trees and green boughs, but once there, would enter into all sorts of temporary sexual liaisons which society did not normally accept. Why isn't it like that now? It was tamed and redirected. In the seventeenth century, Mayday came under severe attack by the puritans who banned it by an act of Parliament in 1644. Now I know we all have had some memory problems, but I am almost positive that my teacher, Mrs. Lusk, did not tell me that we were supposed to do that when we had our May Day celebration. (This sounded more like what we would do at the football games at Milton Frank Stadium!) All I thought we were supposed to do in the 5th Grade was to all gather together in a circle and wind the crepe paper around the pole. I wonder if the name "Clinton" has something to do with " temporary sexual liaisons" talked about above? But, since May Day will occur this week, I thought I'd share the above items with you and see if any of you East Clinton-ites (or other schools that celebrated this ancient pagan festival) have any memories of this that you want to share with the rest of us. Does anyone recognize anyone in the photo above? Come to think of it, I would especially like to hear of any "temporary sexual liaisons" that you had when you were in elementary school!!! ______________________ |
Time To Ride The Time Machine Again Okay, here's another participation event, but not quite as structured as the last time trip we took to the dance. We don't have a set of questions to ask (Mike!!!). We've climbed into the Time Machine again and this time we're going back to the Lee High School parking lot. We'll set the dial to go back to any day you want in school, either to live it again, or to go back and change something that you think should have been done differently. Close your eyes for a moment and take the ride. Knowing all that you do now and everyone that you know now, what would you do at Lee when the Time Machine stops and you get out. You're like Cinderella and the time is limited... you can only stay from 8am until the final bell, and you must stay at school (no playing hooky or afterschool trips). So travel back now and tell us what do you do and who do you do it with, etc. Since we are not having a trivia contest this week, we'll award the points to the Class Year that has the most participants, so be sure to help your classmates out and put your class year on your e-mail. We've put the macine into second gear, we're pushing it down the street, the speed is building up (we don't need 88MPH in this one), we pop the clutch and and with a great lurch and a sputter, the countdown has begun.... _____________________ |
Tommy T., You finally put an easy one in the trivia section. That is a picture of Bobby Cochran, Kwik Chek Bag Boy Emeritus, and Susie Wohlschlaeger). Skip Cook Class of '64 ____________________ |
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Can you name this week's mystery Classmate? Make your guess then put your mouse on the photo to reveal the answers. Check out the past photos by clicking on the "Now and Then" button. ________________________________ Blonde's Come Back Submitted by Barbara Wilkerson Donnelly Class of '64 For all the men who like to send blonde jokes, it's payback time. 1. How many honest, intelligent, caring men in the world does it take to do the dishes? Both of them 2. Why did the man cross the road? He heard the chicken was a slut. 3. Why don't women blink during foreplay? They don't have time. 4. Why does it take 1 million sperm to fertilize one egg? They don't stop and ask for directions. 5. How does a man show that he is planning for the future? He buys two cases of beer. 6. What is the difference between men and government bonds? The bonds mature. 7. Why are blonde jokes so short? So men can remember them. 8. How many men does it take to change a roll of toilet paper? We don't know; it has never happened. 9. Why is it difficult to find men who are sensitive, caring and good looking? They all already have boyfriends. 10. What do you call a woman who knows where her husband is every night? A widow. 11. When do you care for a man's company? When he owns it. 12. Why are married women heavier than single women? Single women come home, see what's in the fridge and go to bed. Married women come home, see what's in bed and go to the fridge. 13. How do you get a man to do sit-ups? Put the remote control between his toes. _______________________ |
