Barbara Wilkerson Donnelly, Joy Rubins Morris, Rainer Klauss, Bobby Cochran, Collins (CE) Wynn, Eddie Sykes, Don Wynn, Paula Spencer Kephart, Cherri Polly Massey
Contributors: The Members of Lee High School Classes of 64-65-66 and Others
Fundamental Truths About Golf ...
submitted by Bobby Cochran
Class of '64
Don't buy a putter until you've had a chance to throw it.
When your shot has to carry over a water hazard, you can either hit one more club or two more balls.
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If you're afraid a full shot might reach the green while the foursome ahead of you is still putting out, you have two options: you can immediately shank a lay-up, or you can wait until the green is clear and top a ball halfway there.
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The less skilled the player, the more likely he is to share his ideas about the golf swing
The inevitable result of any golf lesson is the instant elimination of the one critical unconscious motion that allowed you to compensate for all of your many other errors.
When you look up, causing an awful shot, you will always look down again at exactly the moment when you ought to start watching the ball if you ever want to see it again.
There are two things you can learn by stopping your backswing at the top and checking the position of your hands: how many hands you have, and which one is wearing the glove.
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Hazards attract, fairways repel.
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You can put a draw on the ball, you can put a fade on the ball, but no golfer can put a straight on the ball.
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A ball you can see in the rough from 50 yards away is not yours.
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If there is a ball in the fringe and a ball in the bunker, your ball is in the bunker. If both balls are in the bunker, yours is in the footprint.
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Thanks for all the group participation with last week's contests.
I was walking across a grocery store parking lot today and saw a sticker on the back of a van that said "Are you a Turtle?" Immediately I responded with an answer that was brainwashed into my head during my years at Lee. It made me smile. It was the first time I thought about that question in years, but I am positive I made the correct response. Therefore I ask all of you to e-mail me what is the correct response to the question "Are you a Turtle?" Barbara, here's your chance to show us you're one of the guys.
Please include your name and class year with your e-mail to me.
T. Tommy
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Last Week's
Mystery Photos
From Our
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Last Week's
Drink Quiz
Jeff Fussell, Class of '66 - As someone who didn't develop a taste for plain milk and water until later in life, the answers came to me without resorting to Google:
1. Drinking through one of these things made a glass of milk taste like strawberries or chocolate. They were called Flavor Straws (I remember a pretty rude remark involving this item)
2. It may not have tasted that great when added to a glass of water, but if it was good enough for the astronauts then we wanted it too. It was Tang. (I loved it until they "improved" it)
3. The fruity taste they gave water was nothing compared to the reaction they had when these things were dropped into a full glass. They were Fizzies. (A lot of fun to eat right out of the envelope -- kind of a precursor to Pop Rocks
4. Hershey's Syrup was in a small tin can back then and we opened it with a church key, but now it comes in a plastic bottle, and sure made mike taste good. (If you put enough in, there was a real treat waiting at the bottom of the glass.)
5. When we wanted to make a “quik” glass of chocolate milk we used a powder called Nestles Quik (N-E-S-T-LES - Nestles makes the very best "Chawwwklet" -- so said Farfel) .
6. At a nickel a pack, Kool-Aid was a staple of many family beverages.
7. Though we didn't add anything to this drink, it tasted to me like it was flavored water. Sold in bottles along side Cokes and Pepsis, this drink was chocolate. It was called a Yoo-Hoo or Chocolate Soldier.(It was hard to tell them apart)
8. This chocolate powder’s secret ingredient was “malt” which made a glass of milk taste like a chocolate malt. It was called Ovaltine. (Do you remember "unflavored" Ovaltine? Yuck - what was the point?).
I was just a little disappointed that Bosco was omitted from this list. That was my favorite.
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(Editor's Note: Most of us did not put Pixie Straws into water, we just sucked the dry power down our throats, often bringing in a coughing attack. Also, in the list below, only those answers that are different from the ones above or with comments attached are included.)
4 – Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup (I have a can in the Frig now)
5 – Nestles Quick (remember the rabbit)
I think everybody had a favorite “custom” drink. About fifty times a summer, Jim Marbourg, Randy Sherrill and I would go water skiing at my place on Guntersville Lake. On the way we’d mix Black Cherry Soda and Tahitian Treat over ice. I still remember the taste.
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Barb Biggs Knott, Class of '66 has a few different answers.
1. Twix flavor straws
3. Bromo-Seltzer
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Jim Bannister, Class of '66 - I have so many memories & stories about most of the products that I don't know where to start , so I will just give my answers...
3. Fizzies.... fun to feed them to your dog!!!
6. Kool Aid... Known in the Navy as Bug Juice
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This Week's
Mystery Photo
Speaking of parties and dance music, not all of the dances were done to slow songs. Here's another photo submitted by the Wynn boys. It came with the following attachment. Can you fill in the blanks?
Here's a photo taken at _____________ 's house on Virginia Boulevard in June of 19___.
I'm sure everyone recognizes the mad male dancer as _______________, already a party guy at 14 and high steppin' his way through high school. Does anyone recognize anyone else?
E-mail us your answers.
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Barry Manilow Sings
Our Songs
by Tommy Towery
Class of '64
Rod Stewart has been putting our a series of CDs recently called The Great American Songbook. The majority of those songs are early show songs from the Forties but some include some more recent ones. If you are a Rod Stewart fan you'll enjoy these. Tiffany has been buying them for Sue for Christmas the last few years. There are four in the series as of this writing.
Knowing that Sue liked them, for Valentine's Day I bought her a CD with a similiar theme, but done by Barry Manilow. I have since found out that I probably like it more than she does I think. I normally don't push things that are not done by one of our classmates, but I can't be quite about this album. I think any of you who remember the songs of our old parties will love to hear Barry's recordings of them.
8. Sincerely/Teach Me Tonight (Duet with Phyllis McGuire)
9. Are You Lonesome Tonight?
10. Young At Heart
11. All I Have To Do Is Dream
12. What A Diff’rence A Day Made
13. Beyond The Sea
I am sure that many of you will recognize the titles and could probably sing along with most of them. While Barry's versions of some of these songs make great listening, his version will never take the place of Johnny Mathis' version of the same song like It's Not For Me To Say (click title for sample). I loved Johnny's Heavenly album? Do any of you remember that one? It was a party favorite of my own, since all the songs were slow dancing, squeeze-your-partner-close songs. I can still remember today carrying that special album to parties and dancing to it in the dim light. I dare you to listen to these songs and not think about one time in your earlier life when you listened to them.
So, the bottom line is, if you are looking for some good music to listen to, go out and pick up a copy of this CD.
We'll take any comments you want to send us about any of the songs on the album.
If you could not hear the sample above or want to hear samples of all songs plus view a video click on the link below.
Woody Beck, Class of '65 - C'est moi under the limbo bar, with Clifford "Buddy" Miller standing behind. I recognize the guy in the background but for the life of me, I can't remember his name. Clueless about the girl.
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Walt Thomas, has these answers:
Front Row Guy----Woody Beck
Back Row Guy----James ( Goose) Shelton
Back Row Girl-----Venita Boyd
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Judee Howard Houston, Class of '64 - In the Mystery Photo for the week of February 27th - I think it is Woody Beck doing the limbo, Buddy Miller smoking the cigarette and the girl is Venita Boyd and I think the boy standing next to Venita is Milton Shelton.
C.E. - you and Don keep going through those old shoeboxes because you turn up some great pictures and bring back lots of memories!
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Mike Griffith, Class of '66 - I have no idea what kind of critter is supposed to be deplicted in Gary's picture, but I also have one in a box somewhere. Why I kept it I don't know, but I do seem to remember how I got it ... if I am not mistaken, it came as a "special gift" with the 1966 graduation invitations, name cards and envelopes.
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Barb Biggs Knott, Class of '66 - Boy did I do a double take when I saw the picture in last week’s Traveller! I had forgotten all about that cute little fellow. I held on to mine for more than 35 years before he was destroyed by dampness and mildew. Gosh, it’s been so long, but I thought it was a little mascot that we could purchase (or was given to us, I’m not sure which it was) during our senior year. Anyway, it brought back a lot of great memories! Thanks, Gary for reminding me about this cute little fellow.
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Subject:Thanks
Judee Howard Houston
Class of '64
Thanks to you and the staff for continuing to produce informative and memorable newsletters! I can hardly wait until Monday arrives to read it and be taken back to the "good old days"! What wonderful memories the newsletter brings back of such special times in our lives. It's a great way for those of us that have moved from Huntsville to stay connected to our "home". Thanks again for your hard work and bringing back lots of wonderful memories!
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Subject:Miss Broom Would Be Proud
Mike Acree
Class of '64
(Mike sent this in a while ago, but it just now re-surfaced)
At a party this week one of the guests was an attractive, charming woman about my age who was visiting from Paris. She knew some English, but was still largely shut out of the rapid chatter going on around her. Wondering, under the mist of a couple of Guinness, what sort of conversation I might be able to maintain in French, I went over and said: "J'étais à Paris, il y a trois années, pour une semaine." She said: "You have to speak very slowly; my English is not so good."
