Weekend October 3-4-5, 2003 Change In Saturday Activities Made Niles Prestage, Class of '65, and a group of dedicated Classmates met last Wednesday night to make plans for the activities. The dance will be held at his place with a $10 cover charge per person. Linda McAdams Johnson, Class of '65, put in a busy week working with the current principal of Lee High School to request and be granted permission to hold the Saturday morning breakfast in the cafeteria of Lee High School on Saturday, October 4. She is working on getting the meal catered and we will have more definate information of this part of Homecoming 2003 in a later issue. This event will be open to all graduates of Lee High School and she hopes to have a great turnout. It should be publicized locally in Huntsville starting in September so watch for details. With that change, here is still the planned agenda. Friday night, October 3, 5:00pm - Tailgate party at Milton Frank Stadium. We're thinking hot dogs, chips, and drinks (more details later) Friday night, October 3, 7:00pm - Lee High School's homecoming football game. Lee HIgh takes on J.O. Johnson at Milton Frank Stadium. Buy your ticket at the gate. Friday afternoon, October 3, at the Lee High School Pep Rally we hope to present the check for the library. Please send your check to Joy Rubins Morris at the address below. Friday night after the game - get-together at Zesto's at Five Points. There is a bar and grill located there now, and we have reserved a party room. Saturday morning, October 4, - Breakfast at Lee High School cafeteria. Catered - prices and times to follow. Saturday day sometime, October 4 - Golf match Team/Best Ball/Scramble (details later). We are also looking into a get together at one of the local bowling alleys if weather is bad or for those who don't care to join in the golf tournament. Saturday evening, October 4, 6:30pm until when- ever - The First Lee Alumni Homecoming Dance will be held at Niles' place with a full program of food, music, fun and games. Music will be 50's and 60's and we will have fun. This is a limited seating event and tickets will go on sale next week, with special package deals. Sunday morning October 5, 9:30am - Perhaps another get together for breakfast at Shoney's or somewhere (details later). This event is not just going to a football game. We are speading out the activites to give everyone an opportunity to enjoy something. There will be plenty of time for visitation and photo ops and memories. Details will be given as they become more defined. Please e-mail us if you are willing to work on a Homecoming Committee for the readers of Lee's Traveller. Give A Book To Lee in 2003 A few have aready sent in their checks but there is still plenty of time to join them. Remember readers, we are trying to collect money to present a check to the Lee library sometime during the homecoming event. (See story by clicking here) Please make out your check to Lee High School, in the memo section at the bottom write Lee Library Donation, and mail it to: Joy Morris Athens State University 300 North Beaty Street Athens, Alabama 35611 We'll total all the checks and make one presentation and thanks for your support in giving something back. _______________________________________ |
Est. March 31, 2000 43,707 Previous Hits August 25, 2003 Editor:Tommy Towery http://www.leealumni.com Class of 1964 Page Hits This Issue e-mail ttowery@memphis.edu Barbara Wilkerson Donnelly , Joy Rubins Morris, Paula Spencer Kephart, Rainer Klauss, Bobby Cochran, Collins (CE) Wynn, Eddie Sykes Staff Photographers: Fred & Lynn Sanders Contributers: The Members of Lee High School Classes of 64-65-66 |
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Est. March 31, 2000 43,707 Previous Hits August 25, 2003 Editor:Tommy Towery http://www.leealumni.com Class of 1964 Page Hits This Issue e-mail ttowery@memphis.edu Barbara Wilkerson Donnelly , Joy Rubins Morris, Paula Spencer Kephart, Rainer Klauss, Bobby Cochran, Collins (CE) Wynn, Eddie Sykes Staff Photographers: Fred & Lynn Sanders Contributers: The Members of Lee High School Classes of 64-65-66 |
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I was told that I must think I was in hell last week, to which I replied, "No, but I can see it from here!" I worked until late Monday night on a video production computer lab and came in Tuesday morning to find that the entire University of Memphis had been hit by the Welchia worm and that every computer in all seven buildings, including the 13 computer labs that I am responsible for had to be inspected and a patch applied and the worm removed before they would reconnect the buildings to the campus network. All administrative offices, faculty offices, and labs were non-functional until I did that. Each fix took almost 30 minutes to accomplish, and I had over 400 computers to work on. I had three part time assistants working with me and by making massive changes to the labs to do them all at once, and thanks to a lot of Macintosh computers that were not infected, we finished Friday night around 7pm. That meant that I spent the whole week that I should have been working on setting up the labs for the start of class on Monday working on the worm fix. I spent all of Saturday and will spend all of Sunday doing that, and there are still some computers that have to be installed - 14 to be exact, because I count them each time I walk to my office. So, the only time to even start on the Traveller was late Saturday night at 10pm. Usually, I have the next week's issue started on the previous Monday and finished by Friday. Enough of my trials and tribulations...but the plans for the Homecoming are going great and we'll have a more firm schedule by next week. The We Are Fami-Lee Homecoming 2003 commemorative Mugs and T-Shirts have already been delivered and are stacked in my garage awaiting the fun weekend. Shirts will be $10 and coffee mugs $5. T. Tommy _____________________________________ |
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Weekend October 3-4-5, 2003 Change In Saturday Activities Made Niles Prestage, Class of '65, and a group of dedicated Classmates met last Wednesday night to make plans for the activities. The dance will be held at his place with a $10 cover charge per person. Linda McAdams Johnson, Class of '65, put in a busy week working with the current principal of Lee High School to request and be granted permission to hold the Saturday morning breakfast in the cafeteria of Lee High School on Saturday, October 4. She is working on getting the meal catered and we will have more definate information of this part of Homecoming 2003 in a later issue. This event will be open to all graduates of Lee High School and she hopes to have a great turnout. It should be publicized locally in Huntsville starting in September so watch for details. With that change, here is still the planned agenda. Friday night, October 3, 5:00pm - Tailgate party at Milton Frank Stadium. We're thinking hot dogs, chips, and drinks (more details later) Friday night, October 3, 7:00pm - Lee High School's homecoming football game. Lee HIgh takes on J.O. Johnson at Milton Frank Stadium. Buy your ticket at the gate. Friday afternoon, October 3, at the Lee High School Pep Rally we hope to present the check for the library. Please send your check to Joy Rubins Morris at the address below. Friday night after the game - get-together at Zesto's at Five Points. There is a bar and grill located there now, and we have reserved a party room. Saturday morning, October 4, - Breakfast at Lee High School cafeteria. Catered - prices and times to follow. Saturday day sometime, October 4 - Golf match Team/Best Ball/Scramble (details later). We are also looking into a get together at one of the local bowling alleys if weather is bad or for those who don't care to join in the golf tournament. Saturday evening, October 4, 6:30pm until when- ever - The First Lee Alumni Homecoming Dance will be held at Niles' place with a full program of food, music, fun and games. Music will be 50's and 60's and we will have fun. This is a limited seating event and tickets will go on sale next week, with special package deals. Sunday morning October 5, 9:30am - Perhaps another get together for breakfast at Shoney's or somewhere (details later). This event is not just going to a football game. We are speading out the activites to give everyone an opportunity to enjoy something. There will be plenty of time for visitation and photo ops and memories. Details will be given as they become more defined. Please e-mail us if you are willing to work on a Homecoming Committee for the readers of Lee's Traveller. Give A Book To Lee in 2003 A few have aready sent in their checks but there is still plenty of time to join them. Remember readers, we are trying to collect money to present a check to the Lee library sometime during the homecoming event. (See story by clicking here) Please make out your check to Lee High School, in the memo section at the bottom write Lee Library Donation, and mail it to: Joy Morris Athens State University 300 North Beaty Street Athens, Alabama 35611 We'll total all the checks and make one presentation and thanks for your support in giving something back. _______________________________________ |
Last Week's Mystery Building Don Wynn, Class of 67 This is the Elks Theater Building. It was located one block off the square directly behind the building where Tallulah Bankhead was born. It had two big stone faces above the door that symbolized humor and tragedy. I believe those stone works are at the Botanical Gardens now. _____________________________________ Terry Davis, Class of '64 Hey y'all. That's the old Elks building better known as the bug house. _________________________________ Mike Griffith, Class of '66 This week's building is the "Elks Theater" and in the early/mid-60's it was the Courthouse Annex. This is a building near and dear to my heart because it was where, at the age of 15, I took my written driver's test to obtain my "learner's permit" to drive a car. One year from that day, on a very hot July day, I went back to that building for the driving test for my driver's license. The actual driving test started and ended in front of the building. The tester made me drive around the square and up and down Madison and Franklin Streets until we found an open parking spot between two other cars; there he made me parallel park (I rarely have to use this skill now, but it came in very handy when we lived in Germany). Near the end of the test, he had me stop in the middle of Eustis Street and back up; he dinged me for backing up too fast, but as that was my only ding, I got my license... one of the better days of youth, and to paraphrase Charlton Heston, "they will have to pry it from my cold dead hands ..." ___________________________________ Larry Seaver, Class of '65 I don't know the name of the building, but was located on Eustis st. next to the Talulah Bankhead building. The building was a theater and later it was where I took my drivers license test. _______________________________ |
From Our Mailbox Subject: Lee Classmate Sandy Presley (Stephenson) Class of '67 I would like my name added to the 1967 class list if you actually do one for that year. Please contact me for any information you might have for that year or any reunions. Keep up the good work and thank you. _________________________________________ Jim Bannister Class of '66 The Traveller just keeps getting better and better. I really appreciate your efforts and the staff. Good to see Eddie Sykes there, Ihave some good Sykes stories that I will share sometime. Apparently this site is not only having an impact on the calsses of 64-65-66 but across a broad spectrum of other people. Thanks again for all your work. ______________________________________________ Re: Darwin Downs...How about Lakewood? Escoe German Beatty Class of '65 Remembering our old neighborhood in Darwin Downs brings to mind another one that was "loaded" with some great people...Sarajane Steigerwald, Judy Scarborough, Alice and Harold Tuck, Judy and Randy Sherill, Barbara Boutneck, David Allen, Nancy and Analee Milburn, Linda Weldon, Paula Metzner, Tommy Faulkner, Greg Dixon...Help! Some of you that lived there my mind is going.... __________________________________________________ Subject: Conversation with Dr. Smith Carol Jean Williams Carroll Class of '65 I talked with Lee's principle this morning. He seemed to be very happy that our classes wanted to donate to the library. I told him a little about our plans for the weekend and he was very receptive to the idea of our presenting it at the pep rally on Friday afternoon, which starts at 2:30. So you can put it on the web site and see what kind of response we get. ________________________________________ Subject: A Cuban Adventure - October 8, 2001 - John Smoller Dan Hayden Visitor Howdy! My name's Dan Hayden -- Google search for an old friend of mine, John Smoller, turned up a web page at your Leealumni website, and I'm wondering if you might be able to provide more information. In the Web archive portion of your site, October 8, 2001, there is a story about "A Cuban Adventure" that mentions a gentleman by the name John Smoller and a planned trip to Austria. I spent a lot of time in Austria with John Smoller, and I wonder if you might be able to put me in touch with the author of the "A Cuban Adventure" article, who might know how I might contact John. If the author is in touch with John Smoller, John could say whether or not he wants to be contacted by me. I knew him 30 years ago in Bad Aibling. I'd appreciate your help, but if it doesn't work out that way, it'll be OK. Thanks! Have a great day! Dan Hayden Mukilteo WA Dan_Hayden@chiron.com other email: HaydenDan@aol.com ___________________________________________ Subject: Help with homecoming Nancy (Jean) Eckhardt Class of '67 I live in Madison, AL now and would be happy to help in any way with the homecoming events. I will be getting on a plane for Costa Rica on Sunday morning, October 5, for a mission trip so that day is out but I would be glad to help out on anything up to that point. Thank you so much for hanging in there with this website. You probably will never know how many lives you have affected by providing this constant opportunity to reconnect for our Fami-Lee!! ___________________________________________ Subject: Lee's Traveller Winona Brown Turner Class of '65 My Sunday has been shot down for two week's in a row now. I start having withdrawal symptom's and my whole week is out of order if I can't read my paper on Sunday's. _____________________________________ |
Late September Back in '63 by Eddie Sykes Class of '66 In one of my previous articles I talked about playing football with no face mask at Lee (while on the B-team). I had an interesting conversation with a friend the other day on this subject. He grew up in Birmingham and worked in Huntsville during the Sixties. He was one of the most knowledgeable Bama football fans that I have ever met. He knew everything about Bear Bryant (my all-time hero) and Alabama football. He told me that the "Bear" coined the terms "Hard Nose Football" back in his early days at Texas A and M and Kentucky. I could not confirm this, but it makes sense. That term referred to the coaching technique of lining up nose to nose and "hitting your opponents hard and in the nose". The nose-guard is the defensive player who lines up nose to nose on the center. One of the goals of a nose-guard is to smack the center hard to the nose/head to distract him from thinking about his primary duty of making a good snap (center) to the quarterback. In the early days (before face-masks protected the nose ) the poor center's nose was usually blooded in every game. During my Lee days (after face-masks) coaches called this technique as "ring their bell". Hitting the helmet hard (next best thing to the nose) would result in a loud bang and echo inside your helmet that left your ears ringing. Each had the same distracting effect! Also, in the old days most teams ran the single-wing offense in which the center had to hike the ball between his legs back to a running back. The center In that type of offensive (or shotgun) formation or during punts and extra points is at a terrible disadvantage. He is unable to see the blow that is coming and does not even have a chance duck. Believe me when I say, no center relished the thought of snapping for punts. This is the worst of the worst. The team is already having to give the ball back to the other team. The center is expected to snap a perfect spiral into the hands of the waiting kicker, knowing that his "bell is about to get rung", and that he is also expected to block the nose- guard. One bad snap is often the difference between winning or losing a close game. So follow this train of thought (mind game) to its conclusion. The center knows that he could be responsible for losing the game with a bad snap. The very best that can happen (with a perfect snap) is that while his eyes are between his legs he will get hit hard, "ringing his bell" and the other team gets the ball either way. In the business world this is called a "no-win" or "lose-lose" situation. One bad snap can instantly erase a career of perfect ones from the mind of the coaches and fans. Because of this pressure and importance, teams practice punts hundreds of times each week. Being the 3rd string center does have some advantages. First of all, the final outcome of the game (win/lose) is usually determined before you are placed in the game. The only reason you are usually put in is to keep up your morale or to give you a little bit of game experience. Even on that rare occasion when I got to go in the game, the coach would still put the 1st team back in when we had to punt. So my game role on the 1963/ 64 football team was more of a cheerleader than player. My biggest fear was falling down running out on the field. My mental preparation was no more than anticipating that I might get to play a few plays if we were way ahead or behind. I looked up to all of our big senior linemen like Butch Rolfe, David Mullins, Wayne Deason, Jerry Sultz and Alvin McCart. Their half-time stories that year of how big and tough these 3A football teams were, compared to our previous years with 2A and 1A schools, made me shiver. On the rare occasion that my little 150 lb body was sent into the game our opponents were usually tired or had their 3rd string in also. Then the unthinkable happened. Butch Rolfe, the first string center, hurt his arm or shoulder. He could still play but Larry Wiggins (junior), second string center, had to snap for punts. Now, I began to worry a little that something might happen to Larry. It's kinda funny about worrying. If you worry long enough it is almost certain that the thing you worry about will happen. Too bad it's not like that for wishing and hoping. It happen during the 3nd or 4th game! Larry's right hand got stomped or he broke his arm or something. I was not even aware that anything had happen to him and was just watching the game from the bench. I had just cussed to myself because we had not made the 1st down and was going to have to kick the ball. Coach Godsey yelled, "Sykes!" My mind spun with confusion as it tried to process the meaning of his unexpected command. My attention came full circle as the coach grabbed me by the face mask and jerked my head face to face and nose to nose to his and he said, "You better make a good snap!". My stomach fell and I thought I was going to throw up, but their was no time. The coach said "Son -- don't even think about blocking -- just make a good snap!" I prayed all the way out on the field. You know, it was one of those "I'll promise if" prayers. Well, I was going to need it because they lined up three 200 lbs players on me. They swore at me that I was about to die and I knew they might be right. But, the only thing I was worrying about was making a bad snap. I let the ball go and I never looked up. The ball looked like it was heading in the right direction, then I saw sky, then I saw my feet, then I was on my back somewhere in the backfield. My first snap had been perfect and so was my backward roll into the backfield. Everyone was laughing when I returned to the bench. My first real play also was the highlight of the game film. The coaches kept playing it forward and backwards to everyone's delight. He concluded that film clip, that he must have ran back and forth six times, with his comment. I can still hear it clearly today. He said, "Great snap Sykes, but I wasn't sure whither you or the ball was going to get to the punter first !" I didn't really care, but I vowed to myself that day that I would never be rolled or knocked on my butt like that again. That was a defining moment for me as a football player. The rest of the year both Butch and Larry always had something wrong with their hands, arms, or shoulders (they really knew how to fake it) that prevented them from being able to snap punts. I ended up snapping the ball for punts the rest of that year without making a bad center. I earned a letter "L" for playing in 16 or more quarters that year and I was not rolled or knocked on my butt again. But, from then on I was prepared mentally to go into the game - - from the bench. ________________________________________ |
This Week's Mystery Photo Can anyone tell us the who, where, and why of the above photo that was sent to us this week? ___________________________________________________ |
This Is Not About George "Lehman" Williams I Promise submitted by Bobby Cochran Class of '64 A man goes to a party and has too much to drink. His friends plead with him to let them take him home. He says no -- he only lives a mile away. About five blocks from party, the police pull him over for weaving and ask him to get out of the car and walk the line. Just as he starts, the police radio blares out a notice of a robbery taking place in a house just a block away. The police tell the party animal to stay put, they will be right back and they hop a fence and run down the street to the robbery. The guy waits and waits and finally decides to drive home. When he gets there, he tells his wife he is going to bed, and to tell anyone who might come looking for him that he has the flu and has been in bed all day. A few hours later the police knock on the door. They ask if Mr. Joe is there and his wife says yes. They ask to see him and she replies that he is in bed with the flu and has been so all day. The police have his driver's license. They ask to see his car and she asks why. They insist on seeing his car, so she takes them to the garage. She opens the door. There sitting in the garage is the police car, with all its lights still flashing. True story, told by the driver at his first AA meeting. ___________________________________ |
Mars submitted by Carolyn McCutcheon Hanks Class of '64 The Red Planet is about to be spectacular! This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in an encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287. Due to the way Jupiter's gravity tugs on Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can only be certain that Mars has not come this close to Earth in the Last 5,000 years, but it may be as long as 60,000 years before it happens again. The encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles of Earth and will be (next to the moon) the brightest object in the night sky. It will attain a magnitude of -2.9 and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide. At a modest 75-power magnification Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. Mars will be easy to spot. At the beginning of August it will rise in the east at 10 p.m. and reach its azimuth at about 3 a.m. By the end of August when the two planets are closest, Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its highest point in the sky at 12:30a.m. That's pretty convenient to see something that no human being has seen in recorded history. So, mark your calendar at the beginning of August to see Mars grow progressively brighter and brighter throughout the month. NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN |
