Barbara Wilkerson Donnelly , Joy Rubins Morris, Paula Spencer Kephart,
Rainer Klauss, Bobby Cochran, Collins (CE) Wynn, Eddie Sykes, Cherri Polly
Massey
Staff Photographers: Fred & Lynn Sanders
Contributers: The Members of Lee High School Classes of 64-65-66
Beware the Ides of March...and Happy Birthday to Bob (Don't Call Me Robert) Walker, Class of '64 and my best high school friend. Since 1991 I have called Bob on his birthday every year, and he has called me on mine. I wish that everyone had a friend they did that with.
The Ring story was in the Saturday, March 12th Huntsville Times.
Several of you have written and asked if we have a list of e-mails for everyone. Right now we do not have a complete list. Last year when we had to change mail sytems on the site, we lost a lot of them, and a lot have been removed because people change IP providers, or jobs, etc. I have many that I send the announcements to, that I have an e-mail name, but do not know who the person is that it belongs to. We will soon begin to collect names, addresses, etc. in anticipation of a reunion which should be held in 2005.
T. Tommy
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Last Week's Mystery Item
Lee Price Is Right
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Okay, Classmates...we grew up watching "The Price Is Right" on TV, so we all know the rules. We need the closest to the actual retail (F.O.B. Detroit) price that was printed on the above ad for the 1964 1/2 New Ford Mustang. We've blocked out the printed price, and that is the one we are looking for. Send in your guess, and we'll announce the entry that comes closest to the price without going over. Who hosted the TV show back when we were at Lee? Also, does anyone have any Mustang stories to share?
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The Fall From The Church
We have had several responses to Collins' question about whether or not it was an Urban Legend about a man falling to his death from the steeple of the First United Methodist Church in downtown Huntsville.
What we have heard from our readers is listed below. We find it very interesting is that this event has a connection to our own Fami-Lee. Read on.
Walt Thomas, Class of '64 (sorta)
I remember passing the church regularly with CE, Mike Smith and others when we would spend time at the YMCA, usually after we had exhausted our meager fnancial resources. I remember the story much as CE has described, except I remember (and I could swear it was there ) a footprint, or a smudge; But it was on the white wall of the church, dropping beneath the west shelf of the church roof. The mark was bloody red, but was from paint used on the church roof.
So there is probably some truth to the story. A worker probably did fall. But whether the print was there, I don't really trust my memory from 45 years ago.
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Linda Beal Walker, Class of '66
Several years after moving to Huntsville, I heard about the man that fell from the steeple of the Methodist Church. Are you now telling me that there is a possibility that it wasn't true? I'm crushed. That was one of our favorite stories to tell relatives when they came to visit.
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Ray Walker, Class of '64
The painter did fall from the steeple of the Methodist Church across from the Central YMCA. I was at the YMCA when he fell to his death on the steps at the west side of the church. I never heard the story about a blood stain that was left on the steeple.
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Jimmy Durham
I am responding to the urban legend that C.E. wrote about. It isn't a legend. That was my uncle that fell off the church while he was painting the steeple. His name was Gordon Steele. .
He fell on the west side of the church . As he was falling he hit the power lines that ran from the church to the education building next to it. He then tried to hang onto the education building, he left his finger prints on it. After that he fell head first onto the walkway between the church and the education building.
The date of the fall was December 21, 1957.I hope this is the information that C.E was looking for. I never heard anything about this being an urban legend. Of course I was living on a farm when this accident happened.
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Linda Beal Walker, Class of '66
Flashbulbs. I remember the round, silver, reflector they fit in and I remember thet you had to be careful when you removed the used bulb, if it didn't pop out correctly. You could get burned fingers from the hot bulb.
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Paula Kephart , Class of '65
These look like camera bulbs to take pictures inside. The blue one has been used, I believe.
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Eddie Sykes, Class of '66
Those were flash bulbs for a Polaroid Land Camera. The blue bulbs were for color prints and the clear one was for black and white. I recieved a Polaroid Land Camera camera for a graduation gift in 1966. You pulled the film out the side but had to let it finish developing. Color film took about a minute and a half and black and white took about 30 or 45 seconds to develop. However, the black and white film also required some solution to be rubbed on inorder to keep it from fading. The camera was expensive over $100 and the film was kinda of high also.
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Don Blaise, Class of '64
The weeks mystery items are photographic flash bulbs. The blue one was for taking color flash pictures and the clear one was designed for B&W flash
pictures. My parents had an old Brownie Star Flash camera that we used use them with.
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Tommy Towery, Class of '64
I showed this to my 27-year-old daughter and she did not know what it was. When I told her flashbulbs, she remembered the flash cubes, but not bulbs.
There were two things I was looking for with the memories: (1) That you had to watch it when you took them out, because they would burn your finger, and (2) It was wise to stick them in your mouth and lick them before you put them in the flashbulb holder, so that you got a better contact. You wasted a lot of film if the flash did not fire when you pressed the shutter button. At least one of you remembered the plastic coating getting so hot that it burned you.
The blue one was coated blue to offset the use of outdoor colored film inside.
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From Our
Mailbox
Subject:Hello
Barbara Wilkerson Donnelly
Class of '64
Hey, you guys!
We finally got settled in the big city of Charlotte, NC. Well, settled is not exactly correct. We are here, basically. I am STILL unpacking boxes. Just got the computer going last week, but it keeps acting up, so Time-Warner is scheduled for yet a fourth visit to our home. Things are very hectic here, but I just wanted to check in and let you know that I will get going again soon. I will definitely dig out the old party story emails after reading CE's "make-out places" story! C.E., my favorite place to go and "hold hands" with Ed was Green Mountain. By the way, Ed and I will celebrate our 35th wedding anniversary on Monday, March 15. I think it's going to work out, even though our priest told us during pre-wedding counseling that "mixed marriages" often didn't. He was referring to Southern-Northern marriages!!! Of course, that boy's been in the South since he was 16, so I think he's more Rebel than Yankee now.
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Subject:Enjoyed
Don Cole
Class of 55
Stillwater High School
I am not from Huntsville or even Alabama, but stumbled on your web site looking up Zesto Ice Cream. Remembered the one back home in Stillwater, OK. Anyway, you do a great job on your site and wanted to congratulate you. I wish our high school had one so I could keep track of grads.
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Subject: Dickie Cobb
Randy Riblet
Fall Class of '65
Tommy, do you remember Dickie Cobb? He was a rough and tumble kind of guy but still managed to get exceptional grades at Lee. Carl Wehrmann
and I have always wondered what happened to him. Do you or any alumni
know the circumstances of his death?
(Editor's Note: I do not but perhaps some of you other classmates might inform us.)
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Subject:Newest Family Member
Bob Alverson
Class of '65
The newest member of the Alverson family born today, March 2, 2004, at 2:48 PM. Zane Bradley Vicuna, 8 pounds - 20 inches long. Happy, healthy boy and we are very proud.
