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
It must be spring fever time. We didn't get a lot of mail this week, but have come to realize that even though we don't get mail, Lee's Traveller is still enjoyed by many of you each week. A number of you Classmates have written in the past to tell us that we are like the Sunday paper, and that you often get your morning cup of coffee and sit down at your computer and read the paper.
We're looking for some new additions to our staff writers group, so let us know if your are interested.
T. Tommy
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From Our
Mailbox
Last Week's
Lee-Bay Mystery Item
This Week's
Lee-Bay Item
Okay all you cowboys and cowgirls, here's a challenge for you this week. Above is an item I found on e-Bay that you might remember from our pre-Lee days.I want to know what the common name was for these things, and tell me how you know about them.
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Wow - That's Neat-Oh!
Becky Fricke Garrison
Class of '66
Tommy, I just want to say "Thank You" for the wonderful memories you brought alive in the article you wrote about "Life Magazine". Five of my former classmates presented the magazine to me for my birthday last week. I will treasure it forever. I remember that day very well. We were attending cheerleading camp at UNA (formally Florence State College) in June 1965. Our squad came in 1st place so Life Magazine followed us around for two days with cameras in our faces.
They were actually doing an article on the owner of ACA (American Cheerleading Association). His name was Bill Horan and he was an ex- paratrooper . I guess thats why they didn't list Lee High School or any of our names in the article. The following month I had the opportunity to teach for two weeks at their base camp in Lakeland, Florida. The first picture left to right is 1) Brenda Edwards 67' 2) Barbara Rousseau 66' 3) Linda Gant 66' 4) Becky Fricke 66'. The second picture left to right is 1) Judy Sherrill 66' 2) Sandy Smith 66' 3) Diana Plier 67'. We were looking up as the camp director was doing a toe touch jump off the mini trampoline.
Thanks again for all you did to make this possible.
(Editor's Note: The Life Magazine was the September 17,1965 issue, in case any of you want to find one.)
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Jim Bannister, Class of '66
This week's Lee-Bay item is the precendent of Cliff's Notes, a Classic Comic Book. I vividly remember using the Classic Comic Book of Mark Twain's
Huckleberry Finn to pull me through 11 grade English.
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Sharon Joiner Berryhill, Butler Class of '69
(However was married to a Lee Class of 67)
The comic book is a "Classics Illustrated".
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Bobby Cochran, Class of '64
Yet another great issue! The magazine is a "Classics Illustrated." They were (are) "comic book" versions of the "Great Works" of literature.
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Subject: Carolyn McCutcheon Hanks
Wes Lineberry
Visitor
Tommy,
I just learned from your Lee High website about Carolyn's passing.
My name is Wes Lineberry and I have known Carolyn's Husband, Dean since we were teenagers in Galax, VA. Dean and I became buddies at Virginia Tech and also were co-op students working at Redstone and Marshall Space Flight Center. Dean had so many pictures of Carolyn on his desk in Blacksburg, "nobody more beautiful!" that I instantly recognized her at Montgomery Ward where she and her sister were watching a twist contest. Dean was back in school at that time while I
was at Marshall. I was wearing my VPI jacket and had to walk by her three times before she noticed it. " Oh, do you go to Virginia Tech? Do you know Dean Hanks?" My reply, "Yes and I know you're Carolyn McCutcheon!"
A few months later,the summer of "63, Dean and I were roommates at a trailer park south of Huntsville. It seems that every Friday Dean would somehow get "sick" and go see "Nurse" Carolyn who recommended therapy at the beach on Guntersville Lake. Always seemed to work!
Dean and Carolyn were married before Dean graduated from Tech and I was so impressed that Dean who seemed to always stay on academic probation (as did I and most of his buddies) suddenly became a genius and would get upset if he made a lowly B. Carolyn must have been an excellent tutor!
After graduation, Dean and I found our professional paths crossing several times in Huntsville and Houston where I met my wife. We four stayed good friends for several years until my wife and I moved on, finally settling in Orlando. We stayed in contact via Email until Dean's brother had a serious life-threatning illness and (from my perspective) convinced Dean and Carolyn that life is so uncertain that you should grab all the (gusto?) time and make the most of it. Dean and Carolyn sold their home in Houston, bought a motorhome and embarked on a tour of the US, living like nomads. Unfortunately, Carolyn learned of her illness only a year after they took up their new lifestyle. They tried their best to continue this lifestyle taking trips to Las Vegas and Hawaii among other places. I last heard from them last August and then nothing. My worst fears were confirmed when I checked the Lee High website today.
I only want to add to your touching column that Carolyn became even more beautiful, inside and outside, after leaving Huntsville (Her heart never did)!
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Subject: Re: The In
Eddie Sykes
Class of '66
I found the article on "Garage" bands very interesting. One of my favorite pastime activities was going to band rehearsals that were usually held in garages. I really liked the "In" and think I might have attended some of their pratice sessions. I was a friend of Fred Sanders and seems like a couple others in the band although I did not recognize their names. I have seen Eddie's name numerous times on the web site so I don't know if I remember him from now or then. I do recall going to a teen night club
where they were playing. They were quite good.
I moved to Memphis after graduation in '66 during the garage band boom. There were hundreds of bands in Memphis and nearly every week-end there was a "Battle of the Bands". Memphis had a wealth of great bands, but none to my memory any better than the "IN". Shortly after I moved to Memphis their song "In the Midnight Hour" begin to get a lot of play time. I actually heard it play the first time on a radio request show during their "Play or Bust" program. The song got a great response and was playing
several times a day for two or three weeks before it stopped suddenly to my displeasure. The song became a number one hit by another group latter that year. I never heard of the "In" again after that and they departed from my conscious memory until this weeks article jarred the old memory bank open.
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Let's See How Observant
You Really Are
Submitted by Bobby Cochran
Class of '64
There are 20 questions about things we see every day. How many can you get right? These little simple questions are harder than you think--it just shows you how little we pay attention to the common place things of life. Put your thinking caps on.
1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom?
2. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch?
3. What two numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters by them?
4. When you walk does your left arm swing w/your right or left leg?
5. How many matches are in a standard pack?
6. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white?
7. Which way does water go down the drain, counter- clockwise or clockwise?
8. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run?
9. Which side of a women's blouse are the buttons on?
10. Whose face is on a dime?
11. How many sides does a stop sign have?
12. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side?
13. How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel?
14. How many sides are there on a standard pencil?
16. On which playing card is the card maker's trademark?
17. On the back of a $1 bill, what is in the center?
18. There are 12 buttons on a touch-tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits?
19. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip?
20. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise?
Answers are below.
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1. Bottom
2. Right
3. 1, 0
4. Right
5. 20
6. Red
7. Counter (north of the equator)
8. Towards bottom right
9. Left
10. Roosevelt
11. 8
12. Left
13. 5
14. 6
15. Bashful
16. Ace of spades
17. ONE
18. *, #
19. 3
20. Counter
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Wanted
1965 Classmate
Staff Writer
If you would like to join the merry group of Classmates who contribute to this newspaper, we're looking for you. Lately we've noticed that we do not have equal representation from the Class of 1965 on our staff, and we need you. Pay is absolutely nothing, but that will double after the first year. You will not have to submit stories each week, but we do need some inputs at some time. Please e-mail Tommy if you think you might like to join us. If any of you that are from other classes would like to help out as well, we'd love to hear from you too.Don't let it ever be said that we excluded 1965 on purpose.
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Our Thoughts And Prayers Go Out To
Lynn Bozeman VanPelt
On the Death of Her Mother
Carolyn "Pete" Bozeman
July 26, 1929 - April 7, 2004
Carolyn "Pete" Bozeman died on Wednesday at her home. She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Tom Bozeman. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Tom and Denise Bozeman Jr. of Arlington, Texas; daughter, Lynn Bozeman Vanpelt of Huntsville; three grandchildren and four great-grandsons; two sisters, Julia Dill of Birmingham and Patricia King of Chattanooga, Tenn.; brother, Ronny McWhorter; and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at noon on Saturday at Valhalla Funeral Home Chapel. Entombment will follow in Valhalla Memory Gardens. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
