Adivsory Board: Barbara Wilkerson Donnelly, George Lehman Williams, Patsy Hughes Oldroyd
Contributors: The Members of Lee High School Classes of 64-65-66 and Others
As we celebrate this Memorial Day, let's not forget to remember those who gave their lives for our freedom. Also keep Jim McBride, Class of '66, in your thoughts and prayers for the loss of his dad.
Please include your class year with your e-mails.
T. Tommy
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Last Week's
Mystery Photo
This Week's
Mystery Photo
In honor of Memorial Day, we present this week's Mystery Photo. What was the common name for this SSS Form 110? Anyone want to share any personal stories about the subject?
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Another 8mm Movie To Share
LHS Class of '66 Activities
I was searching through some DVD disks the other day and came upon one that I had written "Class of '66" on. At first I thought it was the Silver Sabre that I had coverted to a DVD but when I put it in the player, the video you can watch above started playing. I converted it to a flash video so that I could post it on Youtube to share with the rest of you.
The odd thing is that I am not sure where I got it or when. I know I got some video tapes from the Seeley girls a few years ago, but this does not look like one of them, so who sent it to me?
Since I was long gone from Lee by the time the Class of '66 graduated, I don't recognize a lot of the people, but I can say one thing about you '66ers - You dressed funny!
All my mind kept saying to me was "Plaid!" as I watched the action. So folks, watch the movie and then write me and tell me who I am seeing and what and were and why. It's time for some of you to help me out with this site.
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Dobie had two real nemeses in life. The first was intelligent but unattractive Zelda Gilroy, who was constantly trying to get herself married to Dobie. The second, through most of the series, was millionaire Chatsworth Osborne, Jr. (played by Steven Franken) a spoiled young man who flaunted his social status, not to mention his money, to snare the attractive girls who eluded Dobie.
In 1962 Steven Franken complained bitterly to TV Guide that being typecast as Chatsworth Osborne, Jr. had ruined his career: "I don't mean to sound ungrateful, but there are times when I hate Chatsworth as violently as Dobie or Maynard do. He may foul them up on the show with his money and his superiority, but I can't help feeling he fouls me up worse with casting directors and producers."
What galled Franken most was that he'd been typecast in a role that he'd played only 35 times! The show's producers limited his appearances to about one out of every four episodes because they felt Chatsworth was such a strong character that if he were on every week it would become "his" series. During the show's run, Franken spent more time in line at the Hollywood unemployment office than he did on the set!
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Another Fami-LEE Loss
Class of '65's
Jim McBride's Dad
Passes Away
James Alvin McBride
July 25, 1925 - May 18, 2007
(from The Huntsville Times)
James Alvin McBride, 81, of Huntsville died Friday at a local hospital. He is survived by his wife of 23 years, Carolyn McBride; son, Jim McBride of Brentwood, Tenn.; daughter, Teresa Portzer and husband, Layne; stepdaughter, Judy Parker and husband, Jeff; two stepsons, Steve and Dwight Mullins; brother, Tommy McBride, all of Huntsville; eight grandchildren, Brent and Wes McBride of Nashville, Daniel and Joseph Prince, Holly and Zach Parker, Mandy Russell, all of Huntsville, and Major Mullins of Hoover; and six greatgrandchildren. Arrangements are being handled by Spry Funeral Home of Huntsville, where the family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. today. Funeral services will be at the funeral home chapel at 1 p.m. Sunday with Bro. Tommy Rosenblum and Bro. Bill Cantrell officiating. Interment will be at Plainview Cemetery in Hazel Green.
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Memorial Day
( More than just a day off work )
submitted by Bobby Cochran
Class of '64
M is for the memory we have of those who put their lives on the line to give us the freedom and privilege of living in this blessed nation...
E is for the enduring gratitude we have for the sacrifices these men and women make for those who stayed at home...
M is for the merit we recognize in those who serve our nation when such service comes at such a high price...
O is for the obedience we honor when those in uniform follow orders that may, and many times do, cost them their lives...
R is for the reverence we give to the thoughts we have on this day, or any day, when we remember those who give so much...
I is for the integrity we salute when those in uniform stand up for all of us even when some of us do not stand up for them...
Ais for the allegiance we have to the nation that these brave warriors fight and die for...
L is for the love that goes with those who are in harms way, and who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for you and me...
