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
MEMPHIS, TN - Things have finally settled down at home and getting back to normal. I am always interested in what you folks have to say and anyone is invited to send in a story about your days at Lee or what is going on in your life at the present.
Please include your class year with your e-mails.
T. Tommy
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Future Teachers of America?
(FTA)
by Tommy Towery
Class of '64
We spent the last few weeks in discussions about the JETS, so it is time to move on to some other fun stuff. This week we move from the JETS to the FTA. The photo above is of the officers of that group in 1964.
According to the description in the 1964 Silver Sabre, " The purpose of the Future Teachers of America is to interest students in the teaching profession. The qualifications to become a member of this club is the desire to become a teacher and a B average."
Many of us belonged to clubs in high school that seemed to feed our interest at the time, but may not have become a part of our future. I think we are getting to an age where we should reflect on those things and see what impact they really had upon us.
So, just starting with the officers show above, which should be the ones most interested in the goal of the club, which of them actually became teachers? I don't know myself, but I am sure that some of you have some insight on the untimate desitnies of these five Generals who were the officers. How about their names and if they did not become teachers, what profession lured them away from their honorable goals?
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Subject:Old Yearbooks
Lance George
Do you know of anyone selling old Lee yearbooks? 1975 and 1978 are my priorities now .
(Editor's Note: Can anyone help him out?)
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Subject:Reuninos
Glenn and Rose Marie James
Class of '65
I have been asking a few people I have seen here in Huntsville if they are intrested in working on the 2010 Reunion, so far I have had a good response. Jerry Brewer thinks we should start having them every two years! I also think we should have a mini-reunion again this summer. We need to start getting the excitment about the reunion going soon.
I did not see myself in the picture of the "JETS", but I was a member and I did become an engineer (rocket scientist, but you know the story). I do see Skip Cook and he is also an engineer, if I remember correctly. And "JETS" is the acronym for "Junior Engineering Technical Society"'
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Who Says Today's Kids
Aren't smart ?
submitted by Aaron Potts
I wish we had thought of this ...
At a high school in Montana, a group of students played a prank on the school. They let three goats loose in the school.
Before they let them go, they painted the numbers 1,2,4 on the sides of the goats.
Local school administrators spent most of the day looking for Goat 3.
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Natural Highs
submitted by Bobby Cochran
Class of '64
1. Falling in love.
2. Laughing so hard your face hurts.
3. A hot shower.
4. No lines at the supermarket.
5. A special glance.
6. Getting mail.
7. Taking a drive on a pretty road..
8. Hearing your favorite song on the radio.
9. Lying in bed listening to the rain outside.
10. Hot towels fresh out of the dryer.
11. Chocolate milkshake (vanilla or strawberry).
12. A bubble bath.
13. Giggling.
14. A good conversation.
15 The beach
16. Finding a 20 dollar bill in your coat from last winter.
17. Laughing at yourself.
18. Looking into their eyes and knowing they Love you
19 Midnight phone calls that last for hours.
20. Running through sprinklers.
21. Laughing for absolutely no reason at all.
22. Having someone tell you that you're beautiful.
23. Laughing at an inside joke with FRIENDS
25. Accidentally overhearing someone say something nice about you.
26. Waking up and realizing you still have a few hours left to sleep.
27. Your first kiss (either the very first or with a new partner).
28. Making new friends or spending time with old ones.
29. Playing with a new puppy or kitten.
30. Having someone play with your hair.
31. Sweet dreams.
32. Hot chocolate.
33. Road trips with friends.
34. Swinging on swings.
35.. Making eye contact with a cute stranger.
36. Making chocolate chip cookies.
37. Having your friends send you homemade cookies.
38 Holding hands with someone you care about.
39 Running into an old friend and realizing that some things (good or bad) never change.
40. Watching the _expression on someone's face as they open a much desired present from you.
41. Watching the sunrise.
42. Getting out of bed every morning and being grateful for another beautiful day.
43. Knowing that somebody misses you.
44. Getting a hug from someone you care about deeply.
45. Knowing you've done the right thing, no matter what other people think.
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This Week's
Mystery Photo
Seen often on television, who is this character and what is he carrying? Class year with emails please.
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Secret to 50 Year Marriage
submitted by Linda Beal Walker
Class of '66
At Saint Mary's Catholic Church they have a weekly husband's marriage seminar.
At the session last week, the Priest asked Luigi, who was approaching his 50th wedding anniversary, to take a few minutes and share some insight into how he had managed to stay married to the same woman all these years.
Luigi replied to the assembled husbands, 'Well, I've a-tried to treat-a her nice, spend the money on her, but best of all is that I took-a her to Italy for the 20th anniversary!'
The Priest responded, 'Luigi, you are an amazing inspiration to all the husbands here! Please tell us what you are planning for your wife for your 50th anniversary.'
Luigi proudly replied, 'I'm a-gonna go and get her.
