Carolyn Burgess Featheringill, Class of '65 - One of the holdover mystery classmates is Judy Light Fudge, Class of '65 who's appropriately--and fashionably--dressed for the 97-degree temperatures we experienced during the reunion. With her; of course, her husband Ronnie Fudge who also attended Lee at one time. Thanks for the solution to the "School Days" puzzle and congratulations to Judy Bills on her good memory!
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Sarajane Tarter, Class of '65 - I've been out of town or I would have identified the mystery couple sooner. They are Judy Light Fudge and her husband Ron. I would have remembered those beautiful blue eyes from our school days but I also got to see them when Judy and Ron registered at the hotel during the reunion weekend.
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Don Wynn, Class of '67 - Without doubt, this photo is 'the center of the known universe' which is; of course, Five Points. Why would you ever need to shop anywhere else with Zesto's, Walgreens and the Star Market in one small area?
Editor's Note: Looks like Don "Wins" the contest with his brothers. Neither one of them responded to this mystery.
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Woody Beck, Class of '65 - The photo is of Five Points. I can almost taste the dip, a.k.a. corn, dogs.
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Subject:
Last Week's Store Question
Bobby Cochran
Class of '64
Hi Tommy! I've been in the process of switching internet service providers, so I may be a bit late on some of the questions. This refers to the issue of October 10th.
The store that you were inquiring about, I believe, was the FIRESTONE TIRE STORE, owned and operated by Buck Larkin. In 1956, the Larkins lived on Hermitage Street, on the north side, just west of the dirt road known as "Colorado Street."
Buck's son, Elvis, was a couple of years older than me and my other neighbors, David Holmes, Bill Weiler, Freddy Atkins, and others. Bill and I lived on Harrison Avenue.
Some of you may remember a fellow by the name of Raymon Wilenski - he lived on the corner of Hermitage Street and Colorado. I heard some years ago that he had become a Medical Doctor and moved to New York. Two doors up from Raymon lived Wade Russell, who operated the Star Market at 5 Points for many years.
We were a varied group, in ages as well as demeanors. But somehow we managed to get along with each other MOST of the time. Elvis could be very intimidating because of his size, but he was truly a "gentle" man. Elvis eventually became a professional golfer, and a good one. The last time I saw him was about 15 years ago, he was the head Pro at the fancy golf/swimming place in Decatur - can't remember the name.
So Larkin's Firestone Store would be the place, and Elvis Larkin, Jr., would be the closehanger person.
Editor's Note: Bobby, you know I never tell the whole of the story so that I can get people to respond. While you are absolutely correct about it being the Firestone Tire Store, there is more to the story than that.
Actually, the store was officiallly named Larkin-Davis Firestone, I believe. And while you are also correct about Elvis Larkin (the only person I ever knew or heard of who named Elvis besides that other Elvis) I was actually trying to solicite a few comments about the "Davis" child of the joint ownership.
The person to whom I was referring was Bob Davis. I went to church and school with Bob before I moved into the Lee district. I went to East Clinton and to Huntsville Junior High with him and he went on to go to Huntsville High School.
Bob's dad took advantage of his son's connections and he was the one who would hire us to go door-to-door and stuff the circulars on people's porches. It was always a lot of walking, a little heavy carrying when we first started the routes, but untaxable and unclaimed income.
Bob was one of my early friends and I saw him last about eight years ago when he came to Memphis. He had read my book and wanted to visit. We went down to Beale Street and had a wonderful time with our old memories.)
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Elvis Larkin in 2004.
Check out story on him retiring at
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Subject:Reunion Photos
Beverly Still
Class of '66
Does anyone know the status of the reunion pictures? I ordered the picture a couple of days after the reunion, mailed my check, and have called repeatedly to ask the status of the mailout but never receive a call back, only an answer machine. What is the situation on the pictures?
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Subject:Reunion Handbooks
Kathy Harris Jones
Class of '66
For those who have a handbook, I have found an error that you might want to correct.
Belinda Christian (Colbert), class of '66, email address :
1colbert@bellsouth.net.
In the handbook, it appears as the lowercase letter "L" rather than the number 1.
If you would like a Reunion Handbook, please send $5.00 to Lee High Handbooks, P O Box 527, Huntsville AL 35804.
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