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Downtown Trivia - Try Number Two We'll keep the instructions simple this week. Looking at the photo above, lines point to the general location of 10 downtown businesses. Numbers 7,8,9 were cafe/diners, but their primary items were hamburgers. All you have to do is to identify the businesses that were there when the photo was taken in 1955. That was only 47 years ago so it shouldn't be hard. Please remember to validate your entry with a comment on at least one of the buildings, and include your class year. Now isn't that easy? ________________________________________________________ The Time Machine Trip Back to Lee by Tommy Towery Class of '64 I first thought about getting real serious on the Time Machine ride and doing something like going back and telling Collins what was going to happen on September 11th, so that he would do what he could to help prevent it. Or, I could have gone back and left myself a little note in the Journal to remind me that when I got old enough to have some money to copyright the name "Microsoft" and to go to Arkansas and find a guy named Sam who was going to start a department store and put all the money I had into the company. But, this is supposed to be fun so I'll do something not quite as earthshaking. I have to get this written before the rest of you respond and give me some non-original ideas. After much consideration I have decided that I will set the date in my Time Machine to the day before I asked the girl I asked to go to the senior prom with me. I have a good reason for that. Over the years, I think this was my biggest disappointment. It was not because she wasn't cute, or that I wasn't proud to be with her, or even that I didn't have a good time at the prom with her. She was cute and fun to be with and we had fun. It would have been a great date, had it not been the Senior Prom. My problem is that since that date, I have thought many times that you should never go to such an important event in your high school life with a person that you have never dated before or was just casual friends with. Especially if you are as shy as I was back in 1964. I know many of you never considered me as shy, and in a group, I never was. But when I got alone on a first date, I was petrified. I never could read the signs of what I was supposed to do, or when. So I usually sat there with the girl and made nervous talk, and ended up taking her home and fumbling around on the front porch trying to decide if I should try to kiss her goodnight or not. That sounds corny in today's society. Thank goodness I dated a few girls in college that knew what to do but that's another story!!! So, I would travel back in time to the day before I asked the girl I asked, and I would think long and hard about who I really wanted to invite to the Senior Prom. I had some choices, but in my latter years, I think I got pressured into asking the person I did. I think there were several other girls that might have accepted the invitation (at least we fellows always wanted to think that). I know there was one who would have said yes, and I probably should have asked her, just for old time sakes. But I just feel that the importance of that night requires that you attend it with someone special, not just someone who wants the bragging rights to say they went to the Senior Prom, or to go because their best friend is also going. So, with the Time Machine, I would go back and ask a different person to the prom, so that the next day, I could not ask who I really asked, because I would already have a date. I would also tell anyone that would listen to me to take more pictures. Take pictures of each other, of cars, businesses, houses, and parks. Take pictures at activites and parties especially. Take pictures in school, in the hallways, in the lunchrooms and classrooms. Take pictures at sporting events and plays and concerts. I would try to make people understand how important these would be when we get older. But while I was there, I would have to get just a little serious. I think that knowing what I do today, I would look at the website and go to the In Memory pages. I would memorize all the names from all the classes of the Generals that are no longer with us. I would take the early morning walking time and the break and lunchtime we had and I would find each and every one of them. I'd spend just a few minutes to say hi to them and get to know them as much as I could in the precious few minutes I would have. I'd probably end up in Mr. Hamilton's office, because I'd want to hug each one of them and tell them they are special people. Oh, and there's one more thing I would have to do...I would have to find Mike Griffith and introduce myself to him. Then I'd tell him to buy the car, marry the girl, and keep his head down. He wouldn't know what I was taking about back then, but he would look back at that date and know now what that statement was all about. ________________________________________________________ Lynn Bozeman VanPelt Class of '66 School was definitely a social event for me each day, study and classes were secondary. My Mom took me to school each morning in her black 1964 mustang (one of the first in Huntsville). My crowd had a reserved heating vent as head quarters for before school meeting. Someone would always be hanging out at the heater while the rest would promenade in a circle in the halls surrounding the auditorium. Classes were spent anxiously awaiting the class change and I would search for whoever I had my eye on at the time (when between boyfriends). I kept a journal with details of interaction with the flame of the moment, "X spoke to me 3 times today", "X smiled at me today". Lunch was the highpoint of the day, my group always brought their lunches and there was much trading and sharing. My Mom picked me up every day and I was always so envious of the kids who had their own cars or rode with outher kids that got to go to Mullins or Hardees after school. ________________________________________________________ Cherri Polly Massey Class of '66 If I could go back and do it all over again, I would find some way to break out of my shyness and be much more involved in school activities. I was kind of afraid of my own shadow back then. Reading all of the memories that so many of you have (even going back to grade school) makes me envious. I would love to have known you guys and hung out with you. ________________________________________________________ Judy Fedrowisch Kincaid Class of '66 During the six years I spent at Lee, they each hold very different, but wonderful, memories That's one of the main reasons our classes ('64/'65/'66) have such a special relationship. Most of us spent the majority of our youth together. And watched each other grow emotionally as well as physically. And "after all these years", we still have a special relationship. When I tell other people about how we share our reunions, our regular get togethers, and our fantastic Website they either find it strange, don't believe it or are envious. I'm just so PROUD to be a part of this great group! My time machine would find the "regulars" at OUR bus stop at the corner of Peck & Polk (in the Darwins Downs subdivision) - Butch Adcock, Susie & Mike Miller, Pam Parsley, Janice Lusk, Miles Ramsey......From the time that the bus dropped us off in front of the school until the homeroom bell rang, we would walk the halls - around and around and around. Then change directions and walk around some more. (That's probably how I could eat like a horse back then and still keep my figure!!) Sometimes a group of us would dress alike. I especially remember an outfit that consisted of a white pleated skirt, red sweater, red knee socks, and black & white saddle shoes - not the clunky kind, but a "softer" version that came out around 1964. Were we HOT or what???? Looking back, I can say that I probably wouldn't want to change anything. My past made me what I am today and I can honestly say that I like myself. And thank all of you that played a part of my growing up to be ME. On a lighter note: Seven classmates and two spouses showed up at the last Breakfast Club get-together. Joe Barran (Class of '64); Elbert Balch and Judy Scarbrough (Class of '65); Lynn Bozeman, Bob Crump, Jennifer Brown, and me (Class of '66). We talked about moving the get-together to Mullins - still the last Saturday of the month at 9:00a.m. This month's date will fall on Memorial Day week-end. Maybe we'll have some out-of-towners show up. ________________________________________________________ Jim Bannister Class of '66 Once again The Time Machine has transported me back to the past....It would have to arrive at Good Old Lee High School in a pouring rain....Never fear, I have brought my trusty red & white golf umbrella....Umbrellas were so uncool the first time around....Just had to run and get wet....There is plenty of time before the first bell to review all of my homework that I meticulously prepared last night....I have also drafted some questions on the parts of the assignments that I don't completely understand.....Surely Mr. Blackburn will fully explain how to solve quadratic equations in terms that I can comprehend.... Looking forward to lunch ..... We will reconvene the best lunch group ever: Myself, Randy Goodpasture, Harold Shepard, Pam Goatley, Linda Brown, and Diane Ralston.....Lots of fun, laughing, and general goodtimes...The last class before football practice is English .... I hope we will have to write a theme or two.....Who knows, someday 35 years later I may have to do lots of creative writing for something called leealumni.com. (Editor's Note: I got an umbrella, the black pop-up kind, for a high school graduation present to carry to college with me. I think that was the first umbrella I ever owned, and it seemed okay to carry it on the college campus...but Jim is right...never to high school... what a fruit!!) ________________________________________________________ Susie Wohlschlaeger Schlette Class of '66 Had a terrible time getting a server this morning, hope this isn't too late. I've been racking my brain trying to remember whether or not I went to the Coliseum to see Eric Burdon now that Mike Griffith brought it up. Can't believe I would have missed that, but unfortunately I can't remember being there. The Animals was one of my favorite groups. Did anyone see Eric Burdon on Letterman's show about a month ago? He has a tour apparently and actually looked pretty good, considering. Had on one of C.E.'s shirts, too. Well, I try not to second guess the decisions I've made in life very often because it doesn't change anything and some of them I'd rather not remember. I'm a firm believer in the idea of a "plan" that is set up for each of us at birth and, although we choose certain paths to follow, it all turns out according to that plan. Having said that, I will try and think of a few things I would do on a "perfect day" at Lee. I would get off the bus, walk into the building and go directly to my locker with only a couple of waves instead of long conversations. At my locker I would get out my books, review the days homework, study one more time for a morning test and go to homeroom in plenty of time before the bell. No walking the halls, no trip to the girls room to check my mascara, no getting caught giving my boyfriend a goodbye kiss by Mr. Hamilton (God, that was SO embarassing!!!) In class I would pay attention, not talk, sneak gum or draw pictures and some guy's name in my notebook a thousand times. I would raise my hand with the right answers and after class, engage the teacher in meaningful comments on the subject matter to squeeze out additional learning. After a busy morning of eager academics, it would be on to a balanced lunch. I would sit with someone other than my usual crowd, mabye John Purdy. So many people went the whole day without someone taking a few minutes to treat them special and listen to what they had to say. It makes me feel terrible that I wasn't more sensitive to other's feelings. After reviewing for the afternoon's tests, I would be on to class well before the bell rang. After school there would be no trip to a ball field to watch the guys, no trip to Mullin's or Hardee's - just home on the bus to have a conversation with my Mother and start my homework. I would have to prepare for my appointment the following day with Miss Webster who was trying to help me pick the right college out of all the offers that had come in. So, I guess in a perfect world you can tell I think I would have done everything differently than the way it really happened. The reality, of course, is that I wouldn't trade my great memories and lasting friendships from Lee for a doctorate, even in something hard to spell. ________________________________________________________ From Our Mailbox Subject: Class of Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 06:44:39 -0500 From: "marshall turner" <rwturner1@msn.com> Sorry, I forgot to put our classes in on our answers to the trivia answers. Robert better known as Sonny would have been in class of 1964. I was in class of 1965. I printed the questions out last Sunday morning and put them in my to-do file, which is a stack of papers from the dark ages to the present. Last night I decide to clean my desk and found it, sorry I was so late in getting it in. In the photo of the Lyric Theater on web page. The motorcycle in the picture could belong to Sonny's brother Fred. He was the projectionist during that time period and rode his bike to work. We had several skating rings during our youth. One was the Tick-Tock Skating ring on O'Shaughnessy Ave. Then there was the Rocky City Skating ring on the parkway where the El Palacio is now. Sonny and I have been married since 1965 and have never left the neighborhood. Sonny has been with the Post Office all that time and will be retiring the first of the year. I'm on disability because of Rheumatoid Arthritis. We have three children and two grandchildren. Subject: Re: Trivia Answers, The Time Machine, LHS 64-65-66 Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 07:53:06 -0500 From: "Lynn VanPelt" <bamayaya@knology.net> To: Hey Tommy, we had a little better turn out for our Lee High Breakfast Club yesterday, attending were: Joe Barron, Elbert Balch, Judy Fedrowisch Kincaid and hubby Nelson, Judy Scarborough Milner, Bob Crump (briefly before taking off for the beach) and Jennifer Brown DeMarcus with husband Cotton. Some of us were there for 2 hours and enjoyed the visiting. Our next breakfast meeting will be May 25 at MULLINS at 9. Any one reading this is encouraged to meet us. ________________________________________________________ Subject: This week's issue Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 12:43:39 EDT From: Barbdonn13@aol.com Hey, Tommy! Really enjoyed the issue this week! Have you noticed that I speak in !!!!? I'll try to stop! About the Maypole celebration at East Clinton: I was there while you were there, and I do remember the Maypole. I left after the 3rd grade, and remember participating in the 3rd grade. (Are you sure you did it in the 5th?) Mrs. Chapman, my teacher, took it VERY seriously, and wanted our class to be the best. Anyway, the only "temporary sexual liaison" (if you want to really STRETTTTCH this) for me during this event was when one of the boys got turned around in the wrong direction. Poor Mrs. Chapman was about to blow a gasket, so I just "grabbed" him and turned him around. He was of the opposite sex, there was physical contact, and our encounter was very temporary, so there you go. I have to admit, though, that that cute little boy DOES look like you. Couldn't have been if it was 1949. I was in the Maypole dance in May, 1955. About the trivia: I, like Mike, remember a bowling alley at the YMCA downtown. Now it's driving me crazy. Please let me know if anyone verifies that there actually was one. As for Jennifer's "skate to the right" comment: I knew exactly what she meant (that you stepped onto the floor and turned to the right), and even though I'm blonde (by choice), too, I don't think this is a blonde thing. It may be a girl thing, though. I've noticed that girls are more inclined to say "to the left" rather than counter-clockwise or west. Anyone else notice that? (At least we WILL ask for directions if we need them. Come to think of it, maybe that's why we need them all the time, huh?) It was great to hear from Rainer and Gudrun! I remember the Lyric races on Saturday morning, too, and I actually won one time! I'll never forget my prize -- a really cute little cowgirl purse (and since I was a confirmed tomboy, this was to die for!) that you had to assemble. I literally wore that purse out. Does anyone remember when Brenda Lee came to town to sing? I remember it as being at the Lyric (this week), but it may have been the Grand. I would have been about 13 years old at the time. I was glad to see a note from Jan Lucky. Jan only attended Lee for one year, but she's interested in keeping up with us old coots. Hi to Jan! Hope to hear more from you and all the other Generals out there. (Jan has the neatest e-mail address -- she lives on a ranch and her address is (what else?): meanwhilebar@aol.com. Is that too cute, or what? Once again, Tommy, I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your diligence and dedication to keeping us all in touch. I'm sure everyone else will agree that our site is the best of all the rest. Love to all the Generals, Barbara Wilkerson Donnelly Class of '64 (Editor's Note: Barbara, it might have been the 3rd grade and not the 5th. I think I was taking poetic license and just grabbing a grade. From the looks of the photo, it surely must have been then. As for Brenda Lee...I do remember her coming to town. In my memory though, I thought she was at the Grand. I remember being at a Cartoon Carnival on a Saturday morning and they were having a door prize drawing and they were looking for a volunteer to draw the number and selected a girl that was in the audience, only she was up in the balcony, which was closed. It was Brenda Lee, and she came down and drew the number and they said something about her putting on a show that night. My mind says "Grand" but then most of the activites like the drawings and Cartoon Carnivals took place at the Lyric, so I could be wrong.) ________________________________________________________ Subject: May Day Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 08:04:51 -0500 From: "Taylor, Carolyn T. (RDEC)"<carolyn.taylor@rdec.redstone.army.mil> I went to East Clinton also. My fifth grade teacher was Mrs. Walker. I remember participating in the May Pole ritual. I don't remember the reason or meaning of decorating the May Pole. The photo looks like I remember but even I wasn't there in 1949. I also remember in the fifth grade we played the flute and in the fourth grade we played the toninett (I don't know how to spell it). I went to East Clinton all six years then went to Lee all six years. I don't remember which class I was in but the second and third grade was together and the teacher was Mrs. Matthison. One of my years at East Clinton, all the girls brought baby bottles filled with juice or seven-up. Can you believe we did such dumb things? I'm sure you boys didn't do any crazy things like that. Carolyn Taylor Class of '64 ________________________________________________________ Subject: Parking Lot Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 10:11:25 -0400 From: Julius.Smoak@sba.gov It did not involve me (aw shucks), but I remember the principal giving us a lecture over the PA system one morning about the heavy petting occurring in the cars before school. It is better that the participants remain unnamed and unknown. I bet that a lot of us would have liked to have done some petting if we had not been concerned about getting caught. Chip Smoak ________________________________________________________ Subject: YMCA Bowling Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 21:19:52 -0500 From: Ginger <gcmoore@mindspring.com> Was just reading this week's edition and I know there was a bowling alley at the West Huntsville YMCA. I think there were two lanes. There were boys who stayed in the back and sat the pins back up. It's where my mother met Exie (Dianne's Hughey's sister) and I met Dianne. It was to the left and I think up a couple of steps. Ginger Cagle Moore Class of '66 ________________________________________________________ Elbert Balch Tuesday, 4/30/02, 5:34 PM This site is great! Hats off to Tommy and everyone who has had a hand in making it so much fun!! It was fantastic talking with Judy Scarborough, Joe Barron and everyone I saw at Gibson's last Saturday morning. We should make Mullin's "standing room only" at the end of May!!! From: Madison, AL E-mail: ebalch@bellsouth.net Year of Graduation: 1965 ________________________________________________________ Subject: Lee Alumni. Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 14:52:40 -0500 From: Arnie Anderson <aanderson@oakdale.org> Tommy, this site was sent to me by Spencer Thompson, from Lee - I think 64 Class. Would love to here about some of the peolple that attended Lee before it became a High School. I went there the first year in 58-59 from Lincoln I think that class went on to Huntsville High and Butler. But I would love to be in contact with some of those first year people. Anyway you might be interested in helping with this page to find some of them. If you do answer me please use arnic1@yahoo.com Arni Anderson Edmond, Oklahoma |
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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 _______________________________ |
Downtown Trivia - Try Number Two We'll keep the instructions simple this week. Looking at the photo above, lines point to the general location of 10 downtown businesses. Numbers 7,8,9 were cafe/diners, but their primary items were hamburgers. All you have to do is to identify the businesses that were there when the photo was taken in 1955. That was only 47 years ago so it shouldn't be hard. Please remember to validate your entry with a comment on at least one of the buildings, and include your class year. Now isn't that easy? ________________________________________________________ The Time Machine Trip Back to Lee by Tommy Towery Class of '64 I first thought about getting real serious on the Time Machine ride and doing something like going back and telling Collins what was going to happen on September 11th, so that he would do what he could to help prevent it. Or, I could have gone back and left myself a little note in the Journal to remind me that when I got old enough to have some money to copyright the name "Microsoft" and to go to Arkansas and find a guy named Sam who was going to start a department store and put all the money I had into the company. But, this is supposed to be fun so I'll do something not quite as earthshaking. I have to get this written before the rest of you respond and give me some non-original ideas. After much consideration I have decided that I will set the date in my Time Machine to the day before I asked the girl I asked to go to the senior prom with me. I have a good reason for that. Over the years, I think this was my biggest disappointment. It was not because she wasn't cute, or that I wasn't proud to be with her, or even that I didn't have a good time at the prom with her. She was cute and fun to be with and we had fun. It would have been a great date, had it not been the Senior Prom. My problem is that since that date, I have thought many times that you should never go to such an important event in your high school life with a person that you have never dated before or was just casual friends with. Especially if you are as shy as I was back in 1964. I know many of you never considered me as shy, and in a group, I never was. But when I got alone on a first date, I was petrified. I never could read the signs of what I was supposed to do, or when. So I usually sat there with the girl and made nervous talk, and ended up taking her home and fumbling around on the front porch trying to decide if I should try to kiss her goodnight or not. That sounds corny in today's society. Thank goodness I dated a few girls in college that knew what to do but that's another story!!! So, I would travel back in time to the day before I asked the girl I asked, and I would think long and hard about who I really wanted to invite to the Senior Prom. I had some choices, but in my latter years, I think I got pressured into asking the person I did. I think there were several other girls that might have accepted the invitation (at least we fellows always wanted to think that). I know there was one who would have said yes, and I probably should have asked her, just for old time sakes. But I just feel that the importance of that night requires that you attend it with someone special, not just someone who wants the bragging rights to say they went to the Senior Prom, or to go because their best friend is also going. So, with the Time Machine, I would go back and ask a different person to the prom, so that the next day, I could not ask who I really asked, because I would already have a date. I would also tell anyone that would listen to me to take more pictures. Take pictures of each other, of cars, businesses, houses, and parks. Take pictures at activites and parties especially. Take pictures in school, in the hallways, in the lunchrooms and classrooms. Take pictures at sporting events and plays and concerts. I would try to make people understand how important these would be when we get older. But while I was there, I would have to get just a little serious. I think that knowing what I do today, I would look at the website and go to the In Memory pages. I would memorize all the names from all the classes of the Generals that are no longer with us. I would take the early morning walking time and the break and lunchtime we had and I would find each and every one of them. I'd spend just a few minutes to say hi to them and get to know them as much as I could in the precious few minutes I would have. I'd probably end up in Mr. Hamilton's office, because I'd want to hug each one of them and tell them they are special people. Oh, and there's one more thing I would have to do...I would have to find Mike Griffith and introduce myself to him. Then I'd tell him to buy the car, marry the girl, and keep his head down. He wouldn't know what I was taking about back then, but he would look back at that date and know now what that statement was all about. ________________________________________________________ Lynn Bozeman VanPelt Class of '66 School was definitely a social event for me each day, study and classes were secondary. My Mom took me to school each morning in her black 1964 mustang (one of the first in Huntsville). My crowd had a reserved heating vent as head quarters for before school meeting. Someone would always be hanging out at the heater while the rest would promenade in a circle in the halls surrounding the auditorium. Classes were spent anxiously awaiting the class change and I would search for whoever I had my eye on at the time (when between boyfriends). I kept a journal with details of interaction with the flame of the moment, "X spoke to me 3 times today", "X smiled at me today". Lunch was the highpoint of the day, my group always brought their lunches and there was much trading and sharing. My Mom picked me up every day and I was always so envious of the kids who had their own cars or rode with outher kids that got to go to Mullins or Hardees after school. ________________________________________________________ Cherri Polly Massey Class of '66 If I could go back and do it all over again, I would find some way to break out of my shyness and be much more involved in school activities. I was kind of afraid of my own shadow back then. Reading all of the memories that so many of you have (even going back to grade school) makes me envious. I would love to have known you guys and hung out with you. ________________________________________________________ Judy Fedrowisch Kincaid Class of '66 During the six years I spent at Lee, they each hold very different, but wonderful, memories That's one of the main reasons our classes ('64/'65/'66) have such a special relationship. Most of us spent the majority of our youth together. And watched each other grow emotionally as well as physically. And "after all these years", we still have a special relationship. When I tell other people about how we share our reunions, our regular get togethers, and our fantastic Website they either find it strange, don't believe it or are envious. I'm just so PROUD to be a part of this great group! My time machine would find the "regulars" at OUR bus stop at the corner of Peck & Polk (in the Darwins Downs subdivision) - Butch Adcock, Susie & Mike Miller, Pam Parsley, Janice Lusk, Miles Ramsey......From the time that the bus dropped us off in front of the school until the homeroom bell rang, we would walk the halls - around and around and around. Then change directions and walk around some more. (That's probably how I could eat like a horse back then and still keep my figure!!) Sometimes a group of us would dress alike. I especially remember an outfit that consisted of a white pleated skirt, red sweater, red knee socks, and black & white saddle shoes - not the clunky kind, but a "softer" version that came out around 1964. Were we HOT or what???? Looking back, I can say that I probably wouldn't want to change anything. My past made me what I am today and I can honestly say that I like myself. And thank all of you that played a part of my growing up to be ME. On a lighter note: Seven classmates and two spouses showed up at the last Breakfast Club get-together. Joe Barran (Class of '64); Elbert Balch and Judy Scarbrough (Class of '65); Lynn Bozeman, Bob Crump, Jennifer Brown, and me (Class of '66). We talked about moving the get-together to Mullins - still the last Saturday of the month at 9:00a.m. This month's date will fall on Memorial Day week-end. Maybe we'll have some out-of-towners show up. ________________________________________________________ Jim Bannister Class of '66 Once again The Time Machine has transported me back to the past....It would have to arrive at Good Old Lee High School in a pouring rain....Never fear, I have brought my trusty red & white golf umbrella....Umbrellas were so uncool the first time around....Just had to run and get wet....There is plenty of time before the first bell to review all of my homework that I meticulously prepared last night....I have also drafted some questions on the parts of the assignments that I don't completely understand.....Surely Mr. Blackburn will fully explain how to solve quadratic equations in terms that I can comprehend.... Looking forward to lunch ..... We will reconvene the best lunch group ever: Myself, Randy Goodpasture, Harold Shepard, Pam Goatley, Linda Brown, and Diane Ralston.....Lots of fun, laughing, and general goodtimes...The last class before football practice is English .... I hope we will have to write a theme or two.....Who knows, someday 35 years later I may have to do lots of creative writing for something called leealumni.com. (Editor's Note: I got an umbrella, the black pop-up kind, for a high school graduation present to carry to college with me. I think that was the first umbrella I ever owned, and it seemed okay to carry it on the college campus...but Jim is right...never to high school... what a fruit!!) ________________________________________________________ Susie Wohlschlaeger Schlette Class of '66 Had a terrible time getting a server this morning, hope this isn't too late. I've been racking my brain trying to remember whether or not I went to the Coliseum to see Eric Burdon now that Mike Griffith brought it up. Can't believe I would have missed that, but unfortunately I can't remember being there. The Animals was one of my favorite groups. Did anyone see Eric Burdon on Letterman's show about a month ago? He has a tour apparently and actually looked pretty good, considering. Had on one of C.E.'s shirts, too. Well, I try not to second guess the decisions I've made in life very often because it doesn't change anything and some of them I'd rather not remember. I'm a firm believer in the idea of a "plan" that is set up for each of us at birth and, although we choose certain paths to follow, it all turns out according to that plan. Having said that, I will try and think of a few things I would do on a "perfect day" at Lee. I would get off the bus, walk into the building and go directly to my locker with only a couple of waves instead of long conversations. At my locker I would get out my books, review the days homework, study one more time for a morning test and go to homeroom in plenty of time before the bell. No walking the halls, no trip to the girls room to check my mascara, no getting caught giving my boyfriend a goodbye kiss by Mr. Hamilton (God, that was SO embarassing!!!) In class I would pay attention, not talk, sneak gum or draw pictures and some guy's name in my notebook a thousand times. I would raise my hand with the right answers and after class, engage the teacher in meaningful comments on the subject matter to squeeze out additional learning. After a busy morning of eager academics, it would be on to a balanced lunch. I would sit with someone other than my usual crowd, mabye John Purdy. So many people went the whole day without someone taking a few minutes to treat them special and listen to what they had to say. It makes me feel terrible that I wasn't more sensitive to other's feelings. After reviewing for the afternoon's tests, I would be on to class well before the bell rang. After school there would be no trip to a ball field to watch the guys, no trip to Mullin's or Hardee's - just home on the bus to have a conversation with my Mother and start my homework. I would have to prepare for my appointment the following day with Miss Webster who was trying to help me pick the right college out of all the offers that had come in. So, I guess in a perfect world you can tell I think I would have done everything differently than the way it really happened. The reality, of course, is that I wouldn't trade my great memories and lasting friendships from Lee for a doctorate, even in something hard to spell. ________________________________________________________ From Our Mailbox Subject: Class of Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 06:44:39 -0500 From: "marshall turner" <rwturner1@msn.com> Sorry, I forgot to put our classes in on our answers to the trivia answers. Robert better known as Sonny would have been in class of 1964. I was in class of 1965. I printed the questions out last Sunday morning and put them in my to-do file, which is a stack of papers from the dark ages to the present. Last night I decide to clean my desk and found it, sorry I was so late in getting it in. In the photo of the Lyric Theater on web page. The motorcycle in the picture could belong to Sonny's brother Fred. He was the projectionist during that time period and rode his bike to work. We had several skating rings during our youth. One was the Tick-Tock Skating ring on O'Shaughnessy Ave. Then there was the Rocky City Skating ring on the parkway where the El Palacio is now. Sonny and I have been married since 1965 and have never left the neighborhood. Sonny has been with the Post Office all that time and will be retiring the first of the year. I'm on disability because of Rheumatoid Arthritis. We have three children and two grandchildren. Subject: Re: Trivia Answers, The Time Machine, LHS 64-65-66 Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 07:53:06 -0500 From: "Lynn VanPelt" <bamayaya@knology.net> To: Hey Tommy, we had a little better turn out for our Lee High Breakfast Club yesterday, attending were: Joe Barron, Elbert Balch, Judy Fedrowisch Kincaid and hubby Nelson, Judy Scarborough Milner, Bob Crump (briefly before taking off for the beach) and Jennifer Brown DeMarcus with husband Cotton. Some of us were there for 2 hours and enjoyed the visiting. Our next breakfast meeting will be May 25 at MULLINS at 9. Any one reading this is encouraged to meet us. ________________________________________________________ Subject: This week's issue Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 12:43:39 EDT From: Barbdonn13@aol.com Hey, Tommy! Really enjoyed the issue this week! Have you noticed that I speak in !!!!? I'll try to stop! About the Maypole celebration at East Clinton: I was there while you were there, and I do remember the Maypole. I left after the 3rd grade, and remember participating in the 3rd grade. (Are you sure you did it in the 5th?) Mrs. Chapman, my teacher, took it VERY seriously, and wanted our class to be the best. Anyway, the only "temporary sexual liaison" (if you want to really STRETTTTCH this) for me during this event was when one of the boys got turned around in the wrong direction. Poor Mrs. Chapman was about to blow a gasket, so I just "grabbed" him and turned him around. He was of the opposite sex, there was physical contact, and our encounter was very temporary, so there you go. I have to admit, though, that that cute little boy DOES look like you. Couldn't have been if it was 1949. I was in the Maypole dance in May, 1955. About the trivia: I, like Mike, remember a bowling alley at the YMCA downtown. Now it's driving me crazy. Please let me know if anyone verifies that there actually was one. As for Jennifer's "skate to the right" comment: I knew exactly what she meant (that you stepped onto the floor and turned to the right), and even though I'm blonde (by choice), too, I don't think this is a blonde thing. It may be a girl thing, though. I've noticed that girls are more inclined to say "to the left" rather than counter-clockwise or west. Anyone else notice that? (At least we WILL ask for directions if we need them. Come to think of it, maybe that's why we need them all the time, huh?) It was great to hear from Rainer and Gudrun! I remember the Lyric races on Saturday morning, too, and I actually won one time! I'll never forget my prize -- a really cute little cowgirl purse (and since I was a confirmed tomboy, this was to die for!) that you had to assemble. I literally wore that purse out. Does anyone remember when Brenda Lee came to town to sing? I remember it as being at the Lyric (this week), but it may have been the Grand. I would have been about 13 years old at the time. I was glad to see a note from Jan Lucky. Jan only attended Lee for one year, but she's interested in keeping up with us old coots. Hi to Jan! Hope to hear more from you and all the other Generals out there. (Jan has the neatest e-mail address -- she lives on a ranch and her address is (what else?): meanwhilebar@aol.com. Is that too cute, or what? Once again, Tommy, I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your diligence and dedication to keeping us all in touch. I'm sure everyone else will agree that our site is the best of all the rest. Love to all the Generals, Barbara Wilkerson Donnelly Class of '64 (Editor's Note: Barbara, it might have been the 3rd grade and not the 5th. I think I was taking poetic license and just grabbing a grade. From the looks of the photo, it surely must have been then. As for Brenda Lee...I do remember her coming to town. In my memory though, I thought she was at the Grand. I remember being at a Cartoon Carnival on a Saturday morning and they were having a door prize drawing and they were looking for a volunteer to draw the number and selected a girl that was in the audience, only she was up in the balcony, which was closed. It was Brenda Lee, and she came down and drew the number and they said something about her putting on a show that night. My mind says "Grand" but then most of the activites like the drawings and Cartoon Carnivals took place at the Lyric, so I could be wrong.) ________________________________________________________ Subject: May Day Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 08:04:51 -0500 From: "Taylor, Carolyn T. (RDEC)"<carolyn.taylor@rdec.redstone.army.mil> I went to East Clinton also. My fifth grade teacher was Mrs. Walker. I remember participating in the May Pole ritual. I don't remember the reason or meaning of decorating the May Pole. The photo looks like I remember but even I wasn't there in 1949. I also remember in the fifth grade we played the flute and in the fourth grade we played the toninett (I don't know how to spell it). I went to East Clinton all six years then went to Lee all six years. I don't remember which class I was in but the second and third grade was together and the teacher was Mrs. Matthison. One of my years at East Clinton, all the girls brought baby bottles filled with juice or seven-up. Can you believe we did such dumb things? I'm sure you boys didn't do any crazy things like that. Carolyn Taylor Class of '64 ________________________________________________________ Subject: Parking Lot Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 10:11:25 -0400 From: Julius.Smoak@sba.gov It did not involve me (aw shucks), but I remember the principal giving us a lecture over the PA system one morning about the heavy petting occurring in the cars before school. It is better that the participants remain unnamed and unknown. I bet that a lot of us would have liked to have done some petting if we had not been concerned about getting caught. Chip Smoak ________________________________________________________ Subject: YMCA Bowling Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 21:19:52 -0500 From: Ginger <gcmoore@mindspring.com> Was just reading this week's edition and I know there was a bowling alley at the West Huntsville YMCA. I think there were two lanes. There were boys who stayed in the back and sat the pins back up. It's where my mother met Exie (Dianne's Hughey's sister) and I met Dianne. It was to the left and I think up a couple of steps. Ginger Cagle Moore Class of '66 ________________________________________________________ Elbert Balch Tuesday, 4/30/02, 5:34 PM This site is great! Hats off to Tommy and everyone who has had a hand in making it so much fun!! It was fantastic talking with Judy Scarborough, Joe Barron and everyone I saw at Gibson's last Saturday morning. We should make Mullin's "standing room only" at the end of May!!! From: Madison, AL E-mail: ebalch@bellsouth.net Year of Graduation: 1965 ________________________________________________________ Subject: Lee Alumni. Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 14:52:40 -0500 From: Arnie Anderson <aanderson@oakdale.org> Tommy, this site was sent to me by Spencer Thompson, from Lee - I think 64 Class. Would love to here about some of the peolple that attended Lee before it became a High School. I went there the first year in 58-59 from Lincoln I think that class went on to Huntsville High and Butler. But I would love to be in contact with some of those first year people. Anyway you might be interested in helping with this page to find some of them. If you do answer me please use arnic1@yahoo.com Arni Anderson Edmond, Oklahoma |
Can you name this week's mystery Classmate? Make your guess then put your mouse on the photo to see an earlier photo. Check out the past photos by clicking on the "Now and Then" button. |
E-Mail Jokes Sometimes, we wonder why friends keep forwarding jokes to us without writing a word, maybe this could explain: When you are very busy, but still want to keep in touch, guess what you do? You forward jokes. When you have nothing to say, but still want to keep contact, you forward jokes. When you have something to say, but don't know what, and don't know how, you forward jokes. And to let you know that you are still remembered, you are still important, you are still loved, you are still cared for, guess what you get? A forwarded joke. So my friend, next time if you get a joke, don't think that you've been sent just another forwarded joke, but that you've been thought of today and your friend on the other end of your computer wanted to send you a smile... ___________________ Moaners... 1. A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two-tired. 2. What's the definition of a will? (It's a dead giveaway.) 3. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. 4. A backwards poet writes inverse. 5. In democracy it's your vote that counts. In feudalism it's your count that votes. 6. She had a boyfriend with a wooden leg, but broke it off. 7. A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion. 8. If you don't pay your exorcist you get repossessed. If you then pay them you get dispossessed. 9. With her marriage she got a new name and a dress. 10. Show me a piano falling down a mine shaft and I'll show you A-flat minor. 11. When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds. 12. The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered. 13. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart. 14. You feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge it. 15. Local Area Network in Australia: the LAN down under. 16. He often broke into song because he couldn't find the key. 17. Every calendar's days are numbered. 18. A lot of money is tainted. It taint yours and it taint mine. 19. A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat. 20. He had a photographic memory that was never developed. 21. A plateau is a high form of flattery. 22. The short fortuneteller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large. 23. Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end. 24. Once you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall. 25. Those who jump off a Paris bridge are in Seine. 26. When an actress saw her first strands of gray hair she thought she'd dye. 27. Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis. 28. Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses. 29. Acupuncture is a jab well done. 30. Marathon runners with bad footwear suffer the agony of defeat. ____________________ "OLD" IS WHEN..... Submitted by Pat Stolz 1. Your sweetie says, "Let's go upstairs and make love," and you answer, "pick one, I can't do both!" 2. Your friends compliment you on your new alligator shoes and you're barefoot. 3. A sexy babe catches your fancy and your pacemaker opens the garage door. 4. Going bra-less pulls all the wrinkles out of your face. 5. You don't care where your spouse goes, just as long as you don't have to go along. 6. You are cautioned to slow down by the doctor instead of by the police. 7. "Getting a little action" means you don't need to take any fiber today. 8. "Getting lucky" means you find your car in the parking lot. 9. An "all-nighter" means not getting up to pee. ___________________ During a heated spat over finances the husband said, "Well, if you'd learn to cook and were willing to clean this place, we could fire the maid." The wife, fuming, shot back, "Oh yeah??? Well, if you'd learn how to make love a little better, we could fire the chauffeur and the gardener." _______________________ Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience. ________________________ Young Son: Is it true, Dad, I heard that in some parts of Africa a man doesn't know his wife until he marries her? Dad: That happens in every country, son. __________________________ When a woman steals your husband, there is no better revenge than to let her keep him. ____________________ |
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We thought we'd sell ads on the website, and didn't have a market, so here are some from the Jan. 29, 1964 edition of The Huntsville Times. |
The house I lived in on McCullough Avenue when I started to Lee in the 9th Grade. Click on photo for larger image. _____________________ Subject: New Address Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 From: "Blaise, Donald" <DBlaise@ciber.com> My wife Judy (Judy Wilburn, Sparkman, class of 67') and I have been transferred to Denver, Colorado and live just south of there in Castle Rock. Do you know of any alumni living here or close by? I can be reached at this address if you know of anyone. New address below. Don & Judy Blaise 4424 Lazy K Drive Castle Rock, CO 80104 (303) 814-9974 Home ____________________ From: Joan McCutcheon Baber Saturday, 5/4/02, 2:25 PM Sherry Adcock told me about this and I find it a great place to be. Hope all is well with everyone and I certainly will pass this along. Great site, I have enjoyed it. After grduation, I got my masters in Clinical Psychology and worked for years with the Seriously Mentally ill and Substance dependant. I have also worked with the sexually and domestic abused individual. Difficult work at times but enjoyed. I am now on a sabatical in order to take a break. Please email me and catch me up on your life. Joan From: Huntsville E-mail: JBKarmer@aol.com Year of Graduation: 1964 |
