Lee High School - Huntsville Alabama Alumni

2010 Reunion Info

August 20th - 21st

Huntsville Marriott

5 Tranquility Base

Huntsville, Alabama 35805

Phone: 1-256-830-2222

Next committee meeting on

July 19th at 5:15

By now everyone (that we have some type of contact info on) should have received the reminder letter that was sent out at the last reunion committee meeting. And yes, we are now aware that the dates were omitted, but everyone that received this letter should have received the initial letter sent out in April. If not, sorry for the confusion!

This last letter was just a reminder of the upcoming event along with some ideas of local things to do around the reunion dates of August 20 & 21 - especially for those that may be coming in from out-of-town and are not familiar with all the things Huntsville has to offer.

So if you have not sent in your reservation, please do so as soon as possible. The last group planning session is scheduled for July 19th. We need to have a good head count of those planning to attend so that the individual committees can finalize their details.

Please remember that even if you are not planning to come to the reunion, we would like to have your current contact info for the handbook. And if you don't want to have your current whereabouts printed in the handbook, let us know that too and we will honor your request to be removed from your class roster.

As the reunion date gets closer and reunion plans progress, we will be posting those details on the website. So be sure to check in every week!!

There are only a limited number of rooms left at the Marriott for August 20 & 21. As stated in an earlier update, hotel rooms & prices are at a premium this summer due to the Star Wars Exhibit that will be at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. The rooms at the Marriott are $109.00 per night ($123.20 including tax). When making reservations, be sure to mention that you are attending the Lee High School 64'65'66 reunion and request a poolside room if at all possible - unless you would rather not have a poolside room. The Marriott will do their best to honor requests.

Remember, we want to hear from you even if you are not able to attend so that we will have your current contact information for the handbook that will be given out at the reunion. If you are unable to attend the reunion and would like a handbook, arrangements can be made to send you a copy.

The reunion class contacts are:

Class of ’64 – Linda Taylor

lktaylor731@aol.com

Class of ’65 – Sarajane Steigerwald Tarter

1965lhs2010@gmail.com

Class of ’66 – Judy Fedrowisch Kincaid and Kathy Harris Jones

jfk19662010@hotmail.com

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.

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Epic Club and Other Places

by Tommy Towery

Class of '64

The Epic Club got started after I left Huntsville. Some people told me it was at Five Points. If that is true, where on the map above was it? Also do any of you know anything about dances at places called the Hullabulu or Camelot? I'm working on the last chapter of my latest book and that chapter is about dances and bands we went to. I would like to include the popular places after 1964 if anyone can help me.

Also, if you remember a Root Beer shop on the Parkway south of Governor's Drive, between there and the Huntsville Times building, send me the name please.

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Little Known Huntsville History

By Matthew Pierce

(Submitted by Marty Phillips)

Editor's Note: Marty sent me this a little while ago. I don't know if she thought it might help me with my book or not, but it surely clears up a lot of questions I had.

Huntsville was founded a long time ago by someone who is now dead. In the beginning, the city was called Twickenham. This was before Bridge Street, so it was not a good time to be a resident. Later on the town was renamed Huntsville, because, come on, Twickenham? The name “Huntsville” was taken from an Indian word that roughly translates to, “We’re getting out of here, there’s a tornado coming.”

Huntsville was an important part of the Civil War. Confederate forces willingly surrendered the town to the Yankees, who did not know about the tornadoes. The rebels thought this was very funny. Several Yankees were sucked up and landed on Monte Sano, where they remain to this day. They are called Presbyterians.

The first mayor of Huntsville was Wernher Von Braun, who was a scientist who invented the vacuum cleaner. Von Braun came to Huntsville and started inventing rockets, presumably to blow up the tornadoes. He never did figure out how to do this, so he gave up and invented Space Camp. He was very good at inventing things.

Starting in the 1960s, Huntsville was subjected to another invasion. Only this time it wasn’t Yankees who were invading, but engineers. These engineers were mostly short men, and all of them drove very fast cars. No one really understood what they did for a living, but they all had lots of money. The engineers are still here today, because engineers never really die—they just keep inventing ways to stay alive.

In the 1980s Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco formed a minor league baseball team called the Huntsville Stars. The Stars played at Joe Davis stadium, where they excelled at making it all the way to the Southern League Championship and then losing. Back then McGwire and Canseco were not using steroids, probably because they were too busy eating the ice cream at the concession stand that comes in the little plastic helmets, which is excellent.

The most famous person in Huntsville is Dan Satterfield, who is a television meteorologist and loud person. He is the arch nemesis of the tornado. Whenever it begins to rain in, say, western Kansas, Satterfield immediately interrupts television programming to broadcast warnings for the next seven hours straight. Many tornadoes have gone away sad because Dan Satterfield ruined their sneak attacks.

Today Huntsville has a bright future, and not just because it has more restaurants than people. It is a modern city on the cusp of research and technology. It is a crossroads, where the spirit of the Old South meets the expression of the arts. It is a bustling, thriving community where diversity and tradition mingle. Basically, it is a city that prides itself on not being Birmingham.

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Do You Wanna Dance?

Second Round

The following 16 slow dance songs were selected at random by the computer from the songs selected by you during the first round. We will have two parts of the Second Round - this week and next week. Give me the numbers of the EIGHT (8) songs below that are your favorites. I only need the numbers and not the titles. Your order of ranking does not matter at this time, just pick the songs.

1. Earth Angel

2. Sealed With A Kiss

3. Theme from A Summer Place

4. Donna

5. Can't Help Falling in Love With You

6. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

7. When I Fall In Love

8. Tears on My Pillow

9. In the Still of the Night

10. Mr. Lonely

11. Sixteen Candles

12. The End of the World

13. I'm Sorry

14. You Belong to Me

15. Stand by Me

16. The Ole Lamplighter

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