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Memphis, TN - Even though we don't have dramatic news updating the reunion plans each week, that doesn't mean nothing is being done. The reunion committee is having regular meetings and working hard to make the upcoming reunion a success.Please include your class year with your e-mails.Thanks to all of you that have responded to the reunion letter that was sent out a few weeks ago. If you are reading this and have not received a letter detailing the reunion plans please send an e-mail to your class contact so that we can update your info and get the letter out to you so that you can make plans to attend. Please send an email to your contact and include: Class year, first name; last name at time of graduation; married name (if applicable); spouse’s name (if applicable); street address; city; state; zip code; home ( H ) or cell ( C ) phone number (which ever you prefer); e-mail address; and occupation.Even if you do not plan to attend or are not sure if you’ll be able to attend the upcoming reunion, please send in your information. And please encourage other classmates that you may be in contact with to do the same. And check the Traveller each week for planning updates.
Thanks for all the emails with your top 10 choices in last week's Slow Song Contest. Here are the songs that made the cut. It was interesting to see that all of the 20 songs last week got at least one vote.This week we contine with 20 new songs, still going in alphabetical order. We need you to pick your top 10 out of the 20. We could use some more participants.Please just send me the number of the song. You don't have to put them in your own order, and please don't change the number order they are in. I use the number to tally up the votes.So…ready? If you’re one of the girls, sit on the sideline anxiously waiting. If you are one of the guys, get your nerve up and walk across the floor. The lights are dim, the time is right. Which are your top 10 favorites of these 20 songs that make you want to hit the dance floor and hold your partner’s body tightly against yours? Click on the music then close your eyes - it helps to set the mood.
My right hand ran over the shirts in the closet while getting ready for work this morning. My hand stopped on a certain pink shirt and a smile started to creep over my face. I greeted that shirt with a “Hey old friend, I remember wearing you on Saturday night at the LHS Reunion in August. Son, we had a great time that night, didn’t we?” As I grabbed a cup of coffee for the short drive to work my mind kept going back to that August weekend and the vivid memories of old friends, shared experiences, a great band, and a few adult beverages. One question kept rolling around in my head “Why hadn’t you attended a reunion celebration before?” At the five year interval, I had an easy excuse for not attending. I was in the army, stationed at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia. For the 10 year reunion, I had just moved to Tallahassee, bought a house, and money was a little tight with that new mortgage payment. For a 15 year reunion (did we have one?), divorce and its corresponding financial impact caused a tremendous hit. At 20 years, it was a new marriage and a baby. Yes, I was a first time father at age 37…..the entire class should remember that I was a very slow starter. Looking back I could have attended most of the reunion. I think inertia set in at this point and it was a matter of “Why should I go to a reunion now?” In hind sight and considering the experience from this summer, that was an absolutely dumb question….my friends will also remember that I was not at the top academically either.If I am physically capable of travel, I will never miss another Lee High School Reunion again. As I look at the photo of John Drummond and me that was posted in Lee's Traveller for the reunion edition, I don’t think that anybody there that weekend could have possibly had a better time than I did. The following are just a few of those memories that will be with me for a long time.Huntsville’s sweltering summer heat didn’t even begin to dull the smiles that were in abundance that evening as old friends recognized each other. You couldn’t take two steps without bumping into an old friend that you hadn’t seen for so many years. The time melted away that night as I tried to talk to everyone I knew or recognized. Due to the efforts with the weekly newsletter, I had reconnected with several old friends and communicated regularly via e-mail. Although e-mail has been a great was to stay in touch with classmates, friends, it was a thrill to see and talk with them in person. There wasn’t any pretentiousness, just honest joy at the opportunity to say “How have you been? Catch me up on your life”. While getting caught up with Bobby Cochran and his wife Sandy, someone behind me yelled “Skip Cook, where have you been?” It was Phil Stewart, a close friend that I last saw in about 1970. We reflected on a trip to Panama City during the summer of ’68, drinking beer at Woody’s Drive-In, and old girl friends that shall remain anonymous. A few extra hours of sleep on Saturday morning, helped erase that extra one or two Coronas from Friday night. Saturday evening’s affair was extremely well planned and appeared to go off without a hitch. My thanks to all who made that happen. Niles Prestige was perhaps the best master of ceremonies in the world that evening. He moved the program along with grace and the ease that must come from doing television commercials for his business. Niles let me know that I had been selected as one of the six mystery classmates. My claim to fame? Being turned down for a date by Tricia Nixon….yes, the president’s daughter. Actually I was turned down twice by Tricia Nixon for a date but that’s a story for another day. Dwight Jones took the prize for giving up cigarettes after smoking for most of his life. Good job Dwight. The program came to a close and the band started to play. I’m sure that most minds went back to dances at Bradley’s as we saw Jerry Brewer in his true home….sitting behind a set of drums. I may not have felt 18 again, but I did feel a lot younger as I danced with classmates that I never had the courage to dance with in high school. Everyone appeared to be enjoying the band at least as much as I did. Tommy Towery has the moves of James Brown in his prime; Terry Lee and John Drummond can still do the “gator”; but John Fulda stole the show in my opinion…..on the dance floor, on crutches, recovering from a knee operation. An operation necessitated by a knee injury while participating in a rodeo (steer wrestling I think). You go big guy!!! The band stopped playing and with the exception of a few conversations, the night ended. The next morning, breakfast in the main dining room reminded me of the Lee cafeteria in 1964. Greg Dixon and I reminisced about growing up in Lakewood, riding the bus to school, old girl friends, and life in general. Sally Dawley and her date joined us for breakfast and the conversations expanded from there. It was all over too soon and followed by a quiet ride back to Tallahassee, Florida. As I look back on the reunion, I am thankful for those that traveled much greater distances than I did to attend….Lehman Williams from California, Bob Cochran from Missouri, and Susie Wohlschlager to name just a few.Thanks for the efforts. It was great to see you again. While looking through the directory for the classes of ’64, ’65, and ’66, I couldn’t help but notice the classmates who live in, or near, Huntsville that chose not to attend. Don’t miss the next reunion….I certainly won’t make that mistake again. Who knows, maybe the pink shirt will be around to make the reunion as well.
Lost ClassmateHello I am Homer Tittle and just found this site through the help of marlene Voelkl who contacted me looking for my sister Barbara Jo Tittle Hastings. Anyway I did graduate from Lee High, but my name is not on the list of missing contacts, probably because I had to go to summer school and did not get to walk the stage. I understand that year books for my class may be available. I would be interested in info about getting one and also I understand that there is a reunion coming up soon and I would be interested in knowing more about the reunion. My email is hetittle@bellsouth.net 
