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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
Current Open Topics
Do you have any memories of a special something that you were given, but may not still have? Send in any graduation present memories you would like to share with your classmates.
Do you have a story about the first big thing you bought with money earned from your first real job, either during or after Lee?
What did you do or do you have planned for your 60th Birthday?
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2006 Birthday Reuion Get Together
Sunday October 8th
Judy "Fedrowisch" Kincaid
Class of '66
njkincaid@hotmail.com
Subject:
October Birthday Bash
Sherman Banks
My wife, Gail, and I plan to come. We'll bring a covered dish.
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Mike Chisam writes:
My wife, Donna, and I plan to attend the reunion.
I currently live and work in Herndon, VA and will be flying into Huntsville that weekend. Let me know what is needed in the way of food and I will plan on picking it up. This will be the first reunion I have attended. It seems like it never worked out (i.e. serving in Vietnam, conflict with a family reunion, etc.) for me to attend any previous reunions. After graduating, I went to Florence State (now TUNA) and married just before my Junior year. I graduated from college on Saturday and left for my first assignment in the Army the following day. After 7 years, I got out of the Army and after a brief stay in Houston, I returned to Huntsville in 1975 and worked for the Army as a civilian until August 1984 when I joined IBM. For the past 22 years, I have worked in the Aero Space industry (IBM, Loral & now Lockheed Martin). I didn’t get back to Huntsville very often and then usually for a visit with Mom and Dad. Since Dad died in November 2001 and my mom moved out of town, I rarely get back to Huntsville. I look forward to seeing the old gang.
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Linda Beal Walker, Class of '66 - This photo looks like an erector set. I never had one but my cousins did and they wouldn't let me play. I never thought that was fair. Was it strictly a toy for boys?
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Bruce W. Fowler - This is an Erector (R) Set. One of those educational toys that were popular back in the '50's and '60's before folks got too torqued about toxicity and liability. I recall getting one as a Santa Claus present one Christmas when I was preteen, about the same time I got my first slide rule. Junior Nerd Paradise!
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Rick Simmons, Class of ‘64 - An erector set. I really enjoyed the one I had.
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Eddie Burton, Class of '66 - I'm not 100% sure but isn't that an erector set? I was never very good with them, heck I still can't fix anything today but I got one for Christmas one year. I think about every boy did. Have another great 100,000 visitors.
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Jeff Fussell, Class of '66 - I don't recognize the particular version in the photo, but it is a genuine AC Gilbert Erector Set.
The Erector Set was every boy's primer to the basic principles of mechanical engineering and design. The set I had was called the "Musical Ferris Wheel". It had an AC motor (no batteries required) and transmission. When completed, the Ferris wheel stood nearly 2 feet tall and rotated slowly with the calliope music provided by a miniature record.
Building the Ferris wheel was OK, but the real fun came when we set the instruction book aside and went off on our own, sometimes attaching complex assemblies directly to the motor shaft, creating actual whirling blades of death. Oh, yeah!!
When I wanted my sons to share my experiences, I was sad to see that more recent offerings were nothing more than worthless trash. I guess this is how we become curmudgeons.
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Bobby Cochran, Class of '64 - I haven't seen one in quite a while, but I believe the latest Mystery Item is an "Erector Set." I never had one of my own, but my younger brother Joe did (during the mid-to late 1950's) and he got pretty creative with it. He had the "basic" set, but the manufacturer (Hasbro?) constantly sent offers for "upgrades," which added optional items which were rather expensive.
Dad didn't go for buying the upgrades, so after a while (probably a year or so) the "Erector Set" was relegated to the storage room.
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Judy Bills Tate, Class of '65 also identified it as an Erector Set.
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