Click for larger image! Dianne Hughey McClure Lee High School Class of 1964 University of Alabama in Huntsville Class of 2002 by Tommy Towery Class of '64 I opened my mail on Tuesday to find a graduation announcement. It was from one of our classmates, and one of my dearest long-time friends, who last sent out very similar graduation announcements in May of 1964 when she graduated with me and her fellow Class of '64 classmates from Lee. Looking back at the 1964 yearbook, you find Dianne's picture, and below it - where we put what we wanted to do in our lives - Dianne had them put "Nursing". How many of us reaached those goals we set for ourselves back then? While many of us went straight to college, Dianne was like many others of you who got married, got a job, and started raising a family. Now, 38 years later, she will once again dress up in the cap and gown and walk across the stage to accept a degree - this time it will be a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. What an inspiring accomplishment that is! I think back how easy it was for me to go straight into college from Lee, still never knowing what it was like not to be a student. I had very few bills, very few responsibilites, not much of a family or social life, and was still in the student and study- for-tests mode. I worked hard for my four years and earned my degree. I felt proud when I earned it, but it was not one of those "Breath-Taking Moments" we live for. I didn't even bother to go to the graduation ceremonies when I earned my Masters or my second Bachelor's degree. They were important to have and I had to work for them, but not like what Dianne has done. I have never taken 38 years to accomplish anything in my life, except to live and breathe. Tommy and Dianne at 1990 Reunion I think that we can all take a lesson from Dianne - that we are never too old to accomplish what we put our minds to. What a role model she can be for all of us and everyone else. Now if we could just get her to use a computer and join our mailing list. Maybe that will come later, but for now - Way to go Dianne! Kelli McClure Taylor is Dianne's daughter who does use a computer and I am sure that she will be happy to pass along any congratulations or thoughts you wish to share with her. You can e-mail Kelli at: <tafortress@yahoo.com> __________________ |
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======================== Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ======================== This Week's Moment... |
Last Week's Trivia Contest Winner 1964 1965 1966 _______________________________ |
The (1964) Price Is Right Trivia - Sno-Wite's Menu We gave you an easy contest last week, so this week's Trivia Contest is going to be a real challenge. One of the places mentioned last week was the Sno-Wite Resturant on the North side of the square. I, like many of you, ate there often during those days, because it was cheap. I was very shocked to find out in my later life (like last week) that this place is really named Sno-Wite, and not Snow-White, which I have thought it was all these years. But, thanks to Jim Bannister who found a May 2, 1964 edition of The Huntsville Times and scanned the menu from the Sno-Wite and sent in, we have a new form of trivia. Below, you will find a column of prices, and below it 10 items featured on the 1964 menu. All you have to do is match the menu items, with the correct prices. .(To make it easy to judge, please use the format Item 1 - xx cents, Item 2 -xx cents, etc.) You will notice that there are more items than there are prices. That's because some of the items have the same price. Please try to validate your entry with a personal memory of the Sno-Wite or any other hamburger place downtown, if possible. Or, maybe you'd just like to comment on the prices of food back then as compared to now. Oh, and thanks to Spencer Thompson for the annimated GIF I added to the photo above. Possible Prices (Some prices apply to more than one item - all prices are used) 12 Cents 35 Cents 39 Cents 85 Cents 95 Cents 99 Cents $1.25 $1.99 Menu Item (1) 1/2 Broasted Chicken French Fried Potatoes Cole Slaw Hot Buttered Rolls (2) Bucket of Chicken Will Serve 6 people (3) Veal Cutlet French Fried Potatoes Cole Slaw Hot Buttered Rolls (4) Chuck Wagon Steak French Fried Potatoes Cole Slaw Hot Buttered Rolls (5) Hamburger Steak French Fried Potatoes Salad Hot Buttered Rolls (6) Bar-B-Q Plate Cole Slaw French Fries Hot Buttered Rolls (7) Child's Bar-B-Q plate (8) Pure Beef Hamburger Don't be misled by all bread... ideal sandwich for people on a diet (9) Golden Brown Waffle With Butter and Homemade Syrup (10) Two eggs with grits Butter, Toast and Jelly We have decided to not keep a running total of Class scores. It gets too confusing and we don't want to break the spirits of any class that might be getting behind. Instead, each week the previous week's contest's winning class(es) will be announced. We think that will be just as much fun, without all the higher math. ________________________________________________________ The Huntsville Trivia by Tommy Towery Class of '64 Paula Spencer Kephart, Class of '65 was the first to respond with the answers to last week's Downtown Trivia. Bob Alverson, Class of '65 and the Bob Cochran and Associates, Class of '64 also had all the answers correct. Since we are no longer assigning points, we will just give our congratulations to all three classes. Paula Spencer Kephart paulakay7@comcast.net Class of '65 1. Belk's 2. Kroger 3. Kresses 4. Woolworth's 5. Grant's 6. McClellan's 7. Sno Wite 8. Krystal 9. Wimpy's 10. Sterchi's I was born in Huntsville so I should remember all of these stores. My Dad had a barber shop on Cotton Row and then had one at the Twickenham Hotel. I made many trips to Clinton Ave. to take him to work and pick him up so that I could have the other ca r to drive. I am sure I got the 5&10's out of order, but , hey, I got them, I think. I remember my parents giving me a dollar to go to the Lyric to see a double feature and I still had money to buy a Krystal with fries and a Coke. I really thought I was wealthy. Oh, for the worth of that dollar again! I had my first date with Dwight Kephart and I was the absolute most shy human in the world. School was a fun place to be, but it was painful sometimes because I was so bashful. Some of you probably would laugh at that, but it is true. I remember hiding Mrs. Nelson's shoes in the library-she always wore her slippers- and forgot to tell her and left school. About four o'clock Mr. Hamilton called me and asked me if I knew about it. I told him where they were and asked if it was ok to come to school the next day. He laughed and said ok. I was so scared and relieved I almost fainted. That was the last of my practical jokes with teachers. Later, when I taught eighth grade, I thought of my silly joke many times and was paid back many fold. Also, back to the 5&10's, I got my first spanking because I wanted a purse and had a little tantrum. As I remember, it was my last one anywhere. My mother could be very convincing. Thanks for the fun site. I enjoy it very much. ________________________________________________________ Don Blaise dblaise@ciber.com Class of '64, First & Best. I will attempt to Identify some of the buildings because I can remember my mother dragging us downtown to do all of our shopping: # 3, 4, 5 & 6 - Dodson's, Kresses, Grants, McClellan's (Editor's Note: Don, you might have sneaked one in on us there. I do remember a Dobson's or Dodson's Five and Dime now that you mention it. I think my dad's mother worked there for a while when I was growing up. Of course you mother drug you downtown to shop - where else was there to go back then? Anyone else remember a Dobson's or Dodson's? Write and let us know.) ________________________________________________________ Bob Alverson Class of '65 1. Belk Hudson - My mother worked there for a few years. (Editor's Note: Bob also had all the answers right, except he also spelled it "White". Good job Bob!) ________________________________________________________ Bob Cochran and Associates Class of '64 Hi Tommy! A group of us from the class of '64 tried to put our heads together to come up with some answers for the latest trivia quiz. That hurt too much, so we paid a lady at the Library to help us. She spent the $5 we paid her at Krispy Kreme and never did send anything. So, based upon our collective memories (what a small container THAT would be) here goes! 3. Woolworth's (If this is wrong, then Moses is the culprit ;-) 4. S.S. Kress (ditto, although I'll share the blame if we're wrong on this one) Bob writes: My mother was (and still is) a sucker for coupons, freebies, etc. When our family first moved to Huntsville, we lived on Harrison Avenue a block and a half east of California Street. Once a week or so my parents would do their grocery shopping at the Hill's or Big Brothers on Whitesburg Drive, just south of Fifth Avenue (it wasn't Governors' Drive yet). Both of those grocery stores, though, were too far from our house to walk. So when Mom needed a couple of items to tide her over, I'd walk or ride my bike to the Adams Street Market, at the south end of what is now the "Twickenham District." But when my Mom discovered the Kroger store downtown, my trips to the "mom n'pop" grocery were over! Mom was fascinated with the Top Value Stamps that the Kroger stores gave away with purchases. For a couple of years or so, when the weather was nice, I would make the occasional run on my bike to the downtown Kroger store to pick up the odds n'ends that she needed. Not surprisingly, she usually checked to make sure she received the number of Top Value Stamps that she should have. Then she got her drivers' license, and I didn't have to make the trips. One of my "regular" stops downtown was the old Grand News Stand, across the alley from the Twickenham Hotel. They had all kinds of publications there, including a great selection of comic books. They also had a large selection of model airplanes and cars in the little "nook" in the back of the store, and on Saturdays a guy would sometimes set up a little booth there and sell old coins. If I had any money left (which was rare), I'd stop at Tom Dark's City Drugs and get an ice cream cone for the ride home - 2 scoops for a nickel, three for a dime! ________________________________________________________ Linda Beal Walker Class of '66 We moved to Huntsville in 1955, I was 8 years old. I don't remember a lot about downtown Huntsville at that time. I remember a Hill's Grocery that became Bruno's, I think. I believe there was a F. W. Woolworth, Kress, and Grant's five and dime stores. The only hamburger place I remember was Sno-White's on the square, but that may have been later. In 1955, I was the new kid and didn't have anyone to go downtown with, my father worked all day, and mother did not drive. So I'm a big washout on this trivia. I really enjoyed reading the time travel back to Lee email. We had it made and didn't even know it. See ya next week. ________________________________________________________ Tommy Towery Class of '64 I got all the answers right too, since I made them up. I thought I might add my own two cents to this topic. I lived on East Clinton, right down the street from Kroger's, and it was where we did most of our shopping. I said most, because there was another little store in a lady's house between my house and East Clinton School. Her name was Mrs. Grimes, and she had turned one of her bedrooms into a small grocery store. She sold so little stuff, that she didn't qualify to buy from suppliers, so she would go to Kroger's and buy cans of stuff and take it back to her own store. She'd use a grease pencil and scratch out the Kroger price and add two to five cents to the price and sell it that way. I also remember the Top Value stamps at Kroger's. I always wanted enough to get a Coleman lantern for camping. My funniest Kroger story is that my mother would send me there and tell me to buy the firmest head of lettuce I could find. I was about 10 then, and I would feel the lettuce and then I would feel the cabbage, and the cabbage always felt firmer, so I usually bought cabbage. I bet I did that five times before she finally quit sending me to buy lettuce. I also saw my first shoplifter there. I was walking down the aisle one day and a black man was squatting down and sneaking cartons of cigarettes out of the back of the display and hiding them in his jacket. I don't know who was more afraid, him for me seeing him, or me for him seeing me see him. I didn't know what he was going to do to me so I ran out of the store and ran all the way home. I remember the first time that they put the automatic door in that Kroger's - you know, the kind that when you step on the mat the door swung open. I had never seen one before, and when I went to push the door open like I had always done and it opened automatically, I fell flat on my face. I didn't know what had happened. ________________________________________________________ Kathy Harris Jones Class of '66 As usual, this trivia has brought back memories.....some of them more recently than childhood. I worked at the courthouse for several years when I returned to Huntsville after college and frequented some of these places that were still thriving then. 1. Belk Hudson's (I did a lot of shopping there on my lunch hour) 2. Kroger's (of could it have been Hill's?) 8. SnoWhite (daily lunch spot till it closed.....made the best pimento cheese sandwich I've ever had) Did I pass??? ________________________________________________________ From Our Mailbox Subject: Friends and Classmates Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 14:07:45 -0400 From: Julius.Smoak@sba.gov To: ttowery@memphis.edu I refuse to use the term "old" to describe us. Each issue brings a warm feeling of comradeship. I really enjoy reading what everyone has to share. It is the bright spot of the week. Everything else has to wait until I read each week's issue. Tommy, you and the rest of the staff deserve all the accolades you receive and more. No one from any of the other schools that I attended does anything like this. It is easy to imagine that I am back at Lee. We had a lot of school spirit then and have it now. I doubt that later classes had it. Today's class certainly does not seem to know much about school spirit. It is easy to remember some of the assemblies in the auditorium, the pep rallies in the gym, homeroom and classes, lunch in the cafeteria, spitting dust at football practice, the football games, the basketball games, and the track meets. The school may have changed the emblem but it will remain unchanged in my memory and in my heart. "GO GENERALS!!!!" J. B. Smoak ________________________________________________________ Subject: Re: Another Picture Trivia at LHS 64-65-66 Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 22:53:23 -0400 From: MEVaughn@aol.com Tommy, thanks for all the continuing great work on the website! I know it means a lot to all of us. I still have this e-mail address, but my primary e-mail is now m.e.vaughn@comcast.net. Please change my address on the list when you have time. Thanks again, Mike Vaughn ________________________________________________________ Subject: What Do You Think Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 14:31:13 -0600 From: "Blaise, Donald" <DBlaise@ciber.com> Since a lot of us out-of-towners come home for the holidays, especially Christmas, what do you think about having a breakfast together at Mullins ( or some place like it) sometime close to the 25th? Don Blaise Class of '64 ________________________________________________________ Subject: I'm Fixed! Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 08:56:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Jennifer Bannecke <jbannecke@yahoo.com> Tommy, You are not going to believe this! (Maybe you will) I found out my Norton Anti-Virus 2001 was not working this week, reinstalled it and now I can play the music trivia again! I went back to the old issues that I couldn't play the music on and they played the first time I clicked on them. Will wonders never cease? Thanks for all your support and hard work. Jennifer ________________________________________________________ |
======================== Friends are like stars...you can't always see them, but you know they're always there. ======================== |
Click for larger image! Dianne Hughey McClure Lee High School Class of 1964 University of Alabama in Huntsville Class of 2002 by Tommy Towery Class of '64 I opened my mail on Tuesday to find a graduation announcement. It was from one of our classmates, and one of my dearest long-time friends, who last sent out very similar graduation announcements in May of 1964 when she graduated with me and her fellow Class of '64 classmates from Lee. Looking back at the 1964 yearbook, you find Dianne's picture, and below it - where we put what we wanted to do in our lives - Dianne had them put "Nursing". How many of us reaached those goals we set for ourselves back then? While many of us went straight to college, Dianne was like many others of you who got married, got a job, and started raising a family. Now, 38 years later, she will once again dress up in the cap and gown and walk across the stage to accept a degree - this time it will be a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. What an inspiring accomplishment that is! I think back how easy it was for me to go straight into college from Lee, still never knowing what it was like not to be a student. I had very few bills, very few responsibilites, not much of a family or social life, and was still in the student and study- for-tests mode. I worked hard for my four years and earned my degree. I felt proud when I earned it, but it was not one of those "Breath-Taking Moments" we live for. I didn't even bother to go to the graduation ceremonies when I earned my Masters or my second Bachelor's degree. They were important to have and I had to work for them, but not like what Dianne has done. I have never taken 38 years to accomplish anything in my life, except to live and breathe. Tommy and Dianne at 1990 Reunion I think that we can all take a lesson from Dianne - that we are never too old to accomplish what we put our minds to. What a role model she can be for all of us and everyone else. Now if we could just get her to use a computer and join our mailing list. Maybe that will come later, but for now - Way to go Dianne! Kelli McClure Taylor is Dianne's daughter who does use a computer and I am sure that she will be happy to pass along any congratulations or thoughts you wish to share with her. You can e-mail Kelli at: <tafortress@yahoo.com> __________________ |
Last week's mystery classmate is Arnold "Erpy" Poole. I am sure many of you remember classes with him, although I don't think he graduated with us. ______________________ Question of the Week by Tommy Towery Class of '64 I think that it goes without saying that Rebel Rouser was the School Song for Lee High School when we were attending. It's a pretty common feeling that the Class of '64 identifies with Louie, Louie as our unofficial class song. I have heard from many that Wooley, Bully is believed to be the unofficial class song for the Class of '65. What about the Class of '66? I have never heard anyone from '66 talk about that. We would love to hear from anyone with the answer to that question, or if any of the other classes have different ideas about their own unofficial class song. _______________________ LHS Business News Submitted By TERRY 'Moses' PRESTON Class of 1964 Due to current economic conditions many companies are contemplating mergers and acquisitions. Here are a few to keep an eye on: 1. KNOTT'S BERRY FARM and THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN. (The new company will be called Knott NOW) 2. FAIRCHILD ELECTRONICS and HONEYWELL COMPUTERS. (The new company will be called Fairwell Honeychild) 3. POLYGRAM RECORDS, WARNER BROTHERS and KEEBLER CRACKERS. (The new company will be called Poly-Warner-Cracker) 4. W.R.GRACE CO., FULLER BRUSH CO., MARY KAY COSMETICS, and HALE BUSINESS SYSTEMS. (The new company will be called Hale, Mary, Fuller, Grace) 5. 3M and GOODYEAR. (The new company will be called MMM Good) 6. JOHN DEERE and ABITIBI-PRICE. (The new company will be called Deere Abi) 7. HONEYWELL, IMASCO and HOME OIL. (The new company will be called Honey, I'm Home) 8. DENISON MINES, ALLIANCE and METAL MINING. (The new company will be called Mine All Mine) 9. GREY POUPON and DOCKERS PANTS. (The new company will be called Poupon Pants) 10. ZIPPO MANUFACTURING, AUDI, DOFASCO and DAKOTA MINING. (The new company will be called Zip Audi Do-Da). In other news the Planned Parent Association has persuaded XEROX and WURLITZER to call off their planned merger for producing reproductive organs. ______________________ EVER WONDER Submitte by Pat Stolz Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin? Why don't you ever see the headline "Psychic Wins Lottery"? Why is "abbreviated" such a long word? Why is it that to stop Windows 98, you have to click on "Start"? Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons? Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour? Why isn't there mouse flavored cat food? When dog food is new and improved tasting, who tests it? __________________ ABC'S of FRIENDSHIP! A Friend.... (A)ccepts you as you are (B)elieves in "you" (C)alls you just to say "HI" (D)oesn't give up ! ! on you (E)nvisions the whole of you (even the unfinished parts) (F)orgives your mistakes (G)ives unconditionally (H)elps you (I)nvites you over (J)ust "be" with you (K)eeps you close at heart (L)oves you for who you are (M)akes a difference in your life (N)ever Judges (O)ffer support (P)icks you up (Q)uiets your fears (R)aises your spirits (S)ays nice things about you (T)ells you the truth when you need to hear it (U)nderstands you (V)alues you (W)alks beside you (X)-plains things you don't understand (Y)ells when you won't listen and (Z)aps you back to reality ____________________ |
