LHS54

Sorry to see no mention of the Westerner Band of that year. It was always a big part of the tradition of Lubbock High School. I am proud to say that I was a member of that great group and loved every moment of it. Hope to see some mention of the band along with some pictures.
Bobby Merrett

(If anybody has any pictures of Westerner Band please email to me at jajdb@suddenlink.net .
Joe Dale Bryan)
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          R. G. Box
          Lubbock, TX
          April 22, 2008
          chuggerspook@nts-online.net

Joe Dale,

A picture of Jim Copeland of Anton showing me how to
" High Center " his pickup. Jim runs some cattle on his place and of course knows it like the back of his hand. I suppose he knew exactly what he was doing and just wanted to show me how!! He had it in 4 wheel and had he not known exactly where we were it would have been "really stuck." He called a few of his good neighbors, and with 3 trucks in 4 wheel, they pulled us out!. I was glad to meet his friendly neighbors; most especially since they brought a BBQ unit and fixed us some hamburgers. We had been out there for quite sometime, you see. The burgers tasted kind of funny, but we could not see if anything was wrong because the sand was blowing so hard. Water was no problem because there was a ditch full 3 miles away. I walked over by myself, Jim said he had to guard the pickup, and got a hubcap full. I got a little upset because Jim and his dog drank the 1st hubcap, and I had to go back and get some for myself. It was a really good experience for me because I was able to see how a "REAL" old experienced rancher worked cattle. I really hope he invites me back come branding time!! If not branding time, maybe when he shoes his favorite horse. I could hold the shoes when he gets them out of the Forge?? N

othing but fun!! Have a good day.
Box

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Calling all Girl Scouts! The Lubbock Girl Scouts are planning a reunion for 2008 summer. I have been asked for names & addresses of former Girl Scouts. If you or your sister or your cousins were Girl Scouts in Lubbock, or you attended camp at Las Leonitas/ Buffalo Lake, please contact me. Mary "Skeet" Anderson will be honored, & is excited about attending & seeing everyone. Thanks to Gene, for your terrific website!
Joni Wimberley McIlvain ('55)
301-229-3339
dccamerabug@verizon.net

I am so glad I was found after all these years! I have never seen a better website than this one. Several years ago I tried to sign up on line for one LHS website, and never heard from anyone except a man in Australia wondering if I knew Buddy Holly! I have two children, three grandchildren, and three great grandchildren and a great-grandson on the way. What great memories you send us on this site. Thanks a million.

My mom passed away on September 2, 2006, after a lengthy fight with cancer. I ran across website and wanted to update you'll.
Thank you & God bless
Sherry West Portwood
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Don Barton
         Irving, TX
         barton.d@sbcglobal.net
         30 July 2007

       Mary Ann Munn Putman
          Spring, TX
        mary_ann_putman@yahoo.com
        29 July 2007

Joe Dale,
Great!! Thanks!!! (referring to 2nd grade Bean picture) It was 1943/44! World War II was raging, and we would have air raid drills at least once a week. One classmate would pull the black curtains, as the rest of us went out in the hall, sat on the floor, covered our head, and sang, "God Bless America," and then some of the great Armed Forces songs, as "American Marines," "Off We Go into the Wild Blue Yonder," etc.   We sang loudly and with gusto, but I worried that the enemy might hear us! We never knew if it were a real attack or just a drill! Luckily for us, and our country, it was always a drill!!!!
Mary Ann

Gene Gamble

5809 ELM, Raytown, MO 64133

gamblemmpp@peoplepc.com

26 July 2007

Hi:
George Harris gave me your web site. As some of you know, George, G. A. Law, and I joined the navy in October of 1954. I ended up in Seattle, WA where I married Myrna Smith, the prettiest girl in town. After discharge in 1958, I became an air traffic controller until Pres. Kennedy's layoff in 1962. Bounced around the next few years-- Denver, Lubbock, Phoenix, then Kansas City where I still reside. In the automobile business for 30 years, then ran a limousine business for 8 years, then went into music business; company produced one of the largest talent search shows twice a year, in Nashville. Have yet to sign a big star. One of my friend's, owner of Sims records, is building a new church with its own TV station in Nashville. Ready to air soon; then maybe you can see me on TV, all 270 lbs.of me. That's right, no longer skinny. More later.
Gene

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       JOE WICKER GRAY, MD
       FORT WORTH TEXAS
       EYE1992@aol.com
       17 July 2007

Hi Joe Dale & R. G.
Just spoke to Steve Allen in Muskogee, OK, who told me about the web-site! The news is that my younger daughter, Katie presented me with my first grandchild last month! Tatum Wicker (good name huh!) She, mother, and dad will be going to San Jose, CA next month where Katie will be chief of hand surgery at the regional Kaiser Hospital (she's an orthopedic surgeon). Other daughter, Kristin, is in Dallas & has a University of Texas MBA! I see Jim Welch & Shirley in Santa Fe from time to time. Best to all classmates & let me hear from you.
Joe Wicker Gray, MD
Eye1992@aol.com

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        Jim Hunter
         Garland, TX
       jameslhunter@verizon.net
       19 June 2007

Joe Dale, We went into the LHS site but we could not bring up the photo of K Carter. Please e-mail me one. I attended Roscoe Wilson, George M. Hunt and Dupree. I would like to have photos of any of those grades if available.
Thanks,
Jimmy (Jim) Hunter

Go to www.lhs54.org
Click on "Home" in left menu, 2nd from bottom (apparently we have two Home sites)
Click on "We need a little help here... K Carter 1945-1946 " (or click here, it's linked), K Carter and Roscoe Wilson pictures are there.
Incidentally, you can get your own pictures by clicking on the picture, then click copy (use right side of mouse, if necessary) and paste where you store your pictures (usually My Documents under pictures), then run on plain paper, or photo paper if your printer is capable.

(I mailed him K Carter and Roscoe Wilson. Any one have Dupree, Hunt, Bean, Sanders, Brown, Central Ward, Chris Harwell. Any others? Email them to me and I'll put them on website.)
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         Wayne Basinger
        Hawkins, TX
        LittleVbigW@wmconnect.com

My complements and appreciation to those responsible for maintaining this site. I have enjoyed looking through the pages. Please update my eMail address. Pray for the troops. It gets lonely out there especially at this time of year.
Roy Jobe

On turning "70"....remember dear classmates, that "70" is the new "50." Now don't you feel younger, already!

I am saddened at the loss and ailments of old and dear friends. We continue to pray for each of them and their families. As loyal Westerners we continue to live every day to the fullest. As each of us continue on the journey of life let us celebrate and look forward to each new day, continue to love one another, and hold dear all of our memories.
Jerry

Happy birthday, Sylvia! You are a youngster--I turned 71 this month! Have a great year.
Marilyn Gravett
2307 Katherine St.
Brenham, TX

I have truly enjoyed all of the news of former classmates I choose to use the term "former" rather than "old". Yes, we did all turn 70 this year, & it is really a shock to say "I am 70". I still feel much younger, inside at least. Time does march on & some of us may not be marching quite as fast as we used to; I am still thankful to be "marching". I am ashamed I have been out of touch for so long. I have finally found the website & will be reading it regularly. Thanks for all of your effort to keep us all in touch with one another & the news. As we say, "Once a Westerner, Always a Westerner".

Fondly,

Revis Jordan Gowan

We certainly appreciate all the hard work involved in this website. Thank you,
MD

Happy Birthday to all who turned 70 this year, and, I guess that includes most of us. Wow! where have the years gone? It would be nice to "circle the Ho" one more time. I wonder, what's now occupying the sacred space where the Hi-D-Ho used to be?

Notice to all my classmates: My husband and I have moved to Brenham in order to be closer to the grand kids in Houston. Our new email address is: MarilynGravett@aol.com

FELLOW WESTERNERS, I AM STARTING A FUND TO HELP THE VICTIMS OF HURRICANE KATRINA. I KNOW A LOT OF MONEY WILL BE COMING IN FROM ALL OVER BUT IT NEVER IS ENOUGH. THE CONTRIBUTION FROM "LUBBOCK HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1954" MIGHT BE SMALL BUT EVERY BIT HELPS. I WILL COLLECT CASH OR CHECKS MADE OUT TO "THE AMERICAN RED CROSS HURRICANE RELIEF" THRU THE END OF SEPTEMBER. WHAT EVER IS RECEIVED WILL BE TURNED IN UNDER OUR CLASS NAME. YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE A PLAQUE OR MEDAL BUT YOU WILL GET THE GOOD FEELING IN YOUR HEART THAT YOU HAVE HELPED. PLEASE SEND WHATEVER YOU CAN TO: JON BROWN 17325 CR 4067 KEMP, TX 75143 TELL ALL OUR CLASSMATES ABOUT THIS SO THE ONES WHO WANT TO CONTRIBUTE CAN. I WILL START IT WITH A $50 DONATION.
THANKS
JON

Well, I finally retired from the Air Force 3 March 2005. I worked for the US government for 41 years and 2 months including 1 year 9 months in the Army. My final job was Deputy Chief of the Air Force Environmental Restoration Branch (superfund cleanup). I will now be employed with the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, a non-profit organization based in Arlington, VA. They in turn will loan me back to the Air Force as a consultant - full time until such time as my spouse retires from the Air Force. She is a cost analyst and now has 27 years as a government employee. Note that my email has changed. And once re-employed with PI my military address will be the same. I always enjoy coming to Lubbock and seeing friends - note that I did not say old friends cause we ain't old....
Johnny Davis

I have just returned home from visiting my sister in Lubbock. It's been almost a year now since the "Great 50th Reunion"! Sure was fun, thanks again to all who went to so much effort to make it memorable. While in Lubbock I read in the paper that they are tearing down the Hi-D-Ho drive-in. What a food of memories that brought back, going out for a Coke and circling the Hi-D-Ho! Good times and great friends remembered! Hope all of you are well and we can all be together again.
Martha

Hey, Robert Ray understand you went to the inaugural ball in Washington DC. That's pretty heavy stuff. I know you probably took pictures. Why not put a few in the gallery so we all can see how you look all dressed up!

Greetings to all from sunny Arizona. It looks like spring may be just around the corner here in the high country, Carolyn and I had a good COLD winter and look forward to warmer weather. The ELK are beginning to move up higher on the mountain so we wont see the two hundred or so that spent the winter in our neighborhood. The Hummingbirds are returning so I will start feeding them in a week or so. We go through one hundred fifty or so pounds of sugar a summer feeding the little rascals but they are really fun to watch. I hope this finds all you Westerners hail and hardy.
Best Wishes,
Jerry

George Harris
Glad to see that you entered your comments. email & bring me up the last 50 years.
Danny

Hey class of 1988' here. Does anyone know how to get a hold of old yearbooks. Like 1987 and 1967. My Mom graduated in 67' and I would love to see that year. If anyone knows how to get any yearbooks for those years please email me.
Thanks. Great website!!

I just found this website today!! After all these years it was wonderful to see the pictures and "visit" with you. My husband Bob Covington and I have lived in Marysville, Michigan (just above Detroit at the foot of Lake Huron and on the St. Claire river) for 18 years, after spending most of our lives in Odessa and Beaumont, Texas. He is a chemical engineer and after he retired a few years ago, we decided to stay here - we love the people, our home, and the small town- although at this point - March - we are ready for the snow and 16 degree weather to morph into the lovely spring and summers we so enjoy! We have two grown children (and one grandchild) who remain in Texas. Both are Texas Tech grads. My interests for many years - dolls - I am a doll artist - if you would like to see my work - enter Jane Covington's Cloud Nine Dolls into your browser and see the fun I have had with them. I also have been active in garden club for 35 years and have been a Master Flower Show Judge for most of those years. Tomorrow I will enter an Artistic Design in our District Flower Show in the Silverdome for the tenth year in a row. I retired many years ago as a Medical Technologist - I really did use that BA in Chemistry that I worked so hard to get at Tech!! Seeing all the pics and reading about our Class of '54 has made me want to come and join the fun - perhaps next time - you all look wonderful.
Jane Breedlove Covington

Great home page. I have been retired for about 15 yrs. I now spend my time fishing and playing golf. The name firedancer comes from my wife. She is a potter and does a lot of pit firing... ergo "firedancing". Haven't been to a reunion since our 40th. Maybe next time
George

I hope some of you might be interested in what my quilting group is doing. We learned of a quilt shop near San Antonio, Kalico & Keepsakes Quilt Shop, that is collecting lap quilts for the wounded returning from Iraq. Our group is going to deliver our quilts in about 2 weeks. If anyone is interested in this endeavor please log onto the website of the quilt shop. The address is www.kalicoandkeepsakes.com All quilts should be labeled "To An American Hero". We enjoy our way of life because of these brave men and women. This is the least we can do to show our thanks.

I'm a 1975 model. I should have graduated in 1975, but I moved to New Mexico my Senior year. I really enjoyed my Sophomore and Junior years, and was looking forward to graduating May 1975, but didn't make it. I did graduate High School, just not there with all my friends. If anyone has any information on Greg Lingle, Harold Duff, Kathy Rey and Mark Casteel, I'd sure like to hear from them. Great website, by the way. Have a wonderful day.
Cyndi

Great web site, and fun to read the comments. We're trying to plan a 40th Anniversary for this summer, and you guys really set the bar.
Best regards,
David

Hello, everyone! As a member of the Current Westerner Basketball team and the great Lubbock High Drumline, I would just like to tell you forerunners that Drumline in particular prides itself on being steeped in the history of our great School! If anyone here was a member of a past LHPS era, an e-mail about your experiences would be greatly appreciated!

Sometimes when I'm feeling kind of low and sad I go to the bookcase and pull out my Lubbock High yearbooks. I thumb through them looking at at the pictures and reading about what a great guy I was. Before long my spirits begin to rise and I even begin to laugh especially at some of the things that were written by my friends. I t seems as basically I was "swell". Some of the inscriptions read: It was swell knowing you this year.....It was swell being in your history class.....It was swell knowing you these past few years.....To a swell guy.....Keep on being a swell guy.....Best of luck to a real swell guy....It's been swell having you for a friend.....Good luck to a swell classmate... And then there were some who didn't think of me as swell and went on to write. "John, your a good kid"...."John, your a good boy"..."Jon, you are a good boy even though you're not very lucky in love"...."Jon, I knew you in grade school and then I didn't know you and now I know you again"...."John, my old Latin pal"....."Jon, if it had not been for you I would not have made it through chemistry class"....."Jon, without you I would not made it through Latin class"....."Jon, thank you for understanding me"....That's the one nice thing about looking in your yearbook for an uplift. Not one person ever writes that you are a real Dodo. By the way among other things the word "swell " means "fantastic" Every body have a swell day!!!

Hello, do any of you know of a book about the history of Lubbock High School? It would be an interesting read to me. Thanks
KP

Really enjoyed reading the remarks from the class of '54. I graduated in '50 and enjoyed attending our 50th reunion in 2000!! Always have great memories of my high school days and would love to hear from fellow classmates. I retired 11 years ago and still alive and kicking - although have slowed quite a bit, ha. Have lived here in California since my discharge from the Army in '53. But I consider Lubbock my hometown even though living there for only nine years.

Keep all those stories coming, Jon. I am enjoying them. How about some of you others? Do you have some good memories to share? I'll try to think of a few myself. Happy New Year to all.

I must add my thanks and well done for the movers and shakers that brought the 50th reunion together. A special thanks for this web site. Hope every one has a wonderful year and that we can see each other in the near future.

HE'S BACK!! In reviewing my last entry I see I made a lot of spelling mistakes and my typing wasn't all that great either. Could have never beat Joe Dale out....and a lot of Clearasil wouldn't have helped either....and Janice, I'm sorry I misspelled your name but I've had to put up with that all my life!! Anyway I thought you might enjoy another story from LHS. It was my fleeting moment of fame and glory. Sometime in 1953, don't remember the exact date, Dorothy Lamour, the actress, came to Lubbock to put on a show. Some of you may have gone to it. It was put on in the evening in the LHS auditorium as that was the place most things like that were held at that time. Nancy Wilkerson came up to me and said she had tickets and would I like to go. Nancy, being the pretty girl she was, I said yes, yes, yes hot dig a dee dog, yes. What I didn't know was that the Lubbock Avalanche Journal had given her the tickets and probably told her to ask some big strong naive boy to come with her. That happened to be me. After the show was over, we all went back to the hallway behind the auditorium to have pictures made by AJ. They asked me to stand beside Ms Lamour for the picture. About the time the photographer snapped the picture Ms Lamour grabbed me around the neck and jumped up into my arms. She had on a lowcut strapless gown and when she jumped one of her boobs popped out a little. She made the photographer give her the negative and no more pictures were taken because the element of surprise on my part had been lost. It might have made it to the paper and even maybe into our school album but it wound up in the trash. So I guess you could say my moment of fame and glory was lost in the flash of a boob!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS and a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR to a wonderful class of people. The reunion was fantastic and renewing old friendships was delightful. I really appreciate the wonderful events and the hard work that Sylvia, R. G., Joe Dale. Karen Barnhill, Gene, Donny Carroll planned for our reunion. They out did themselves. Everyone apparently is retired and enjoying themselves to the hilt. (and can get on the internet more frequently than I as I continue to work 24/7 in our two construction companies) I have many neat memories of our class and the reunions we have had, and looking forward to be able to work with the group on the next one.

Seasons Greetings: God has blessed us this year with good health, enough food to keep us pleasantly plump, and enough wealth to keep us off food stamps. Carolyn and I will spend the holidays in Gilbert, AZ with our children and grandchildren. May God bless all of our classmates with peace and good health.
Gerald (Jerry) and Carolyn Lea McCasland

Now you see why I did not make good grades in typing! Hit the wrong key too much. Anyway I was sitting around thinking as I do most days now days and my mind drifted back to our days at Lubbock High and I began to think about the things I wish I had done and had not done then. Some of the are: (1) Had studied 5 or 10 minutes more a week so I could have beat Joe Dale out as smartest male.....(2) Had used a little more Clearasil so I could have been in the running for most handsome....(3) Had found out if it was her chin or was Winnie Lee turning her lips in on a few good nite kisses after a date.....(4) Had not borrowed a cigarette from Mr. Walrath and got my only demerit in all of 12 years of school for smoking it on the school grounds....(5) Had not been so chicken in Mr. Howell's speech class and received the only failing grade in all of school....(6) Had asked Janis for a date and when she said "NO WAY" she would have at least have said two words to me during high school. I once thought she was waving at me in the hallway but it was Jimmy Welch behind me she was waving at. Do you know how embarrassing it is to wave back at someone who is not waving at you!....(7) Had thanked Dixie, one of the prettiest and friendliest girls in school for her words to me when she turned me down for a date. I know she really didn't mean them but it made me feel good anyway....(8) Had tried a little harder and brought my A-B grades up to all A's except typing which I could have never made an A in.....(9) Had taken Spanish instead of Latin---although I really enjoyed Mrs. Johnson as a teacher....(10) Had found out who stole my gym shorts, etc. out of my gym locker and gave me the J Itch because Coach Cook made me suit out in the dirty clothes. I still would break that guys legs for doing that if I knew who it was. Took me 20 years to get rid of it. Dr. Bob, your dad used to cringe every time it would flare up and I would go to see him. But now as I sit out on my porch watching the golfers putt out on the 18th green I wish I had learned to play golf back in school with Joe Bob and Robert Ray!

Had coffee with Dick Frisbie the other day. Very enjoyable. We wish you all a very merry Christmas, happy holidays, and a healthy and happy new year.
Tom and Royalyn Brady

Thanks to all who take care of this website. It is great. May all my former classmates have a holy and blessed Christmas.

I want to take this opportunity to wish all my friends and classmates not only of 1954 but the ones in the 2 years preceding and the 2 years afterwards a joyous and happy end of the year. Hoping the new year brings us all good health and happiness. Praying for the safe return of our troops, our children and grandchildren, and end to a war that has no end in sight.

Hello, My name is Rita Lang Kleinfelder and I�ve written a book about 1954. With your class celebrating its 50th anniversary, I thought you might be interested to know about "Happy 50th 1954." The book looks back at the entire year, all the news, fashions, music, television, movies, sports, and more. Here are sample entries from three sections: WORDS: August 16. Time Inc. launches "Sports Illustrated." During the planning stages, insiders predicted dismal failure: there wasn�t enough sporting news to fill a weekly. Actually, in hindsight, it was silly to doubt the outcome. As "Business Week" noted in its August 7th issue, Time Inc. tackling the sports world was a bit like the USS Missouri training its guns on a duck. FASHION: More news. By some estimates, as many as 10,000 x-ray units are sitting in shoe stores. The machines rely on a fluoroscope � an x-ray tube with a fluorescent screen � to show a customer�s feet inside the shoes. Viewing ports let the wearer, the salesperson, and mom look in at the same time. The design of the Shoe Fitter, however, leaks radiation into the surrounding area. TELEVISION: January. �Dragnet� is one of the top-rated TV programs, and kids love the joke about Sgt. Joe Friday. Youngsters say, �Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday�.� When asked, �What happened to Friday?,� they shout, �He�s out on a case!� "Happy 50th" can be ordered online at www.Amazon.com, www.iUniverse.com, and other web sites. (Check the cover at one of the sites.) All my best to the Lubbock High School Class of 1954.
Regards,
Rita Lang Kleinfelder

Kevin, Buddy Holly graduated from Lubbock High on May 27, l955. This information came from "Buddy Holly, a Biography" by Ellis Amburn.

Hello, I am in the class of 2007 at LHS. I'm really interested in the history of the school, which is how I found the site. I have a question...what class did Buddy Holly graduate in? I think I read somewhere that he dropped out...is that true??

We are closing out our poultry inventory, and it's going fast: We have 17 fresh fryer hens, one new chicken-feather boa and two dozen eggs available, "cheep." Please contact us immediately if interested.

Too late Danny. Shell and Geree Cunningham got here and took all the chickens out of the hen house before we could lock it.

Look out in Lubbock, lock your hen house. Shell & wife Geree Cunningham are on their way.
Your friend,
Danny

Has anyone gotten their "50th" Reunion Class picture, that was taken at the reunion?

I just discovered this web site & had a great time reviewing pictures & names out of the past. Unfortunately, we were unable to attend 50th reunion due to death in family. As for my life - Married (isn't everybody?) two children & four wonderful grandchildren - living in Albany, Ga. the past 25 years - currently retired from multiple careers (broadcasting, nursing homes, drug business) - somehow, managed to achieve middleclass lifestyle (but nothing more than that). Wonder if anyone remembers me?

Jon, I think Mary's last name was Shafer. Does anyone know what she did after LHS? I know that Evelyn McCarty (who played oboe, violin, piano) is still in Corpus Christi where she taught at Del Mar Junior College. They were both great musicians and I enjoyed them. But you are right--we surely did put Buddy Holley down. When I was teaching school I told the kids that I had sung with Buddy Holley (I was in the choir program too). They all thought that was cool, but then I had to confess to them that it was only in school. Then my "coolness" suffered some.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. What a wonderful time I had. Saw so many old friends, but I missed seeing a lot of my classmates that were there. Those on the committee did a wonderful job, but would love to meet next time at LHS to view the old place. Maybe next time. It was rather sad for me to realize that so many of my old "gang" had departed this life. Those still around are "Jenny Wagghorn, Peggy Staples, Joanne Pinkston and Harriet Henry". I see Peggy every few years, but hadn't seen Joanne since we graduated. Was so wonderful getting together with them and others that I haven't seen in many years. Thanks again, and hope to see you at the next reunion.

Thanks for a great reunion and wonderful Web site. I appreciate all the work. I feel like I have joined a maturing support group.

Hey, come on gang don't let me hog the web site. Let's hear from you! I guess we didn't know talent when it was right before our eyes. When we used to have general assembly either a girl named Mary {don't remember her last name} would play the marimba for us or Buddy Holley would twang on his guitar. We kind of accepted Mary for her talent but when Buddy came on I don't think there were any outright boos but I do remember some mumbling and grumbling. Just think if we had known what was going to happen in a few years we could have gotten his autograph on everything we had and we would all be millionaires today. I have one friend that sold his 1954 annual that Buddy had autographed for $700. BUDDY, WHY DIDN'T YOU PLAY "PEGGY SUE" IN OUR ASSEMBLIES???

"PUZZLED" A TRUE STORY FROM THE HALLS OF LHS During class change in our senior year Benny McCollum approached me in the hall and said" quit picking on him or I'm going to whip your a_ _". The "him" was little John Benson. I wasn't afraid because I figured out of sheer desperation I could outrun him for at least a block and get to my car and get the tire tool to even the odds. Anyway I never ever would have picked on John. He sat beside me in Mr. Dollar's typing class and we often looked at each other and wondered what letter would print when we pressed a certain black key. Don't think we ever figured it out entirely. Then one day John was absent and didn't show up for many weeks. When he did return all his hair was gone and there was only a little fuzz coming back in. As it turned out he had developed leukemia and had been out because of chemotherapy. At that time I had nothing but admiration for the little guy. For him to know that he probably wasn't going to live very long and yet come back to school and try to graduate made him a big person in my eyes. He died at the end of school. Now Benny I know you do not remember this incident but I have thought about it many times since then and wondered why you thought I was picking on the little guy.

The reunion was fantastic, really enjoyed it. Thanks for all your hard work guys. Finding everyone except the missing 18, wow. I will make a donation for the web site.
God bless all,
Dorothy

I missed many there, even having the list! Most of us have changed in 50 years.....except Sylvia, Joe Dale, Sue Ann, Janice, Marion Aderton Stuart, Lonnie Peak, George Nelson, and a very few others!
Mary Ann Munn Putman

Thanks for making the roster correction. The web site is great and it will take me a long time to examine all of it. The reunion was a great success and I was amazed at the number of grads you located. Super job
Best Wishes,
Gerald "Jerry" McCasland

I greatly enjoyed the reunion and the website. I found an error in the listing for Jerry McCasland. I am the GERALD that is married to Carolyn Lea McCasland. I live in Nutrioso, AZ. Not Lockhart, Texas. Please make the correction when you get a chance. Thanks again for the reunion.
Regards,
Jerry(Gerald) McCasland

I can't believe I am just now finding this, Gene. I enjoyed visiting with you so much at the reunion & you have done an un-believable web-site. I have just gone thru all of the e-mails & enjoyed each one! After all these years, it is so great to see names that I have wondered what ever happened to these friends. More later !

Marilyn, Joe Dale did send a list of all those who had signed up to attend the reunion before the reunion started. Maybe you just didn't see it.

I also check this site daily. I was so glad to see so many friends at the reunion. But after looking at the pictures on this site, I find that I missed talking to so many of you. Next time it would be nice to have a list of all who are in attendance.

From the list of people at the reunion I see that I missed saying Hi to a lot of old friends. Guess I didn't get out and mingle enough. To those I missed I'm sad we did not get to visit as I suspect this will be the last opportunity for me to have done so. We are all getting to the age where we like to reminisce so maybe we should have a new section on the site for this rather than make lengthy stories in the guestbook. However since there is not one yet I am going to reminisce a little. When I moved to Lubbock in 1946 both 4th St. and 34th St. were dirt roads and were basically the edge of town. In grade school Ed Haney was known by his first name which was Doyle. All the boys were sweet on Betty Francis Taylor and we took turn carrying her books home for her. Gwenella Bennett lived right behind my grandmother. Then all the kids in Lubbock moved to Thompson Jr. High. Our class was there for the 7th grade and then we were split up into three Jr. Highs. I had a little crush on Sylvia Billings in the 9th grade and worked after school to get enough money to buy her some roses. The next day she told me that her father would not let her date, but she didn't give me my flowers back! Besides she likes the younger men anyway!! Just funning Sylvia and Jerry. Then we all wound up back together at dear old LHS. We had the distinction of being the last class to graduate from a single high school in Lubbock. {Oh, there was another one but it didn't count at the time} I have been away from Lubbock for almost 50 years now but the memories, mostly good, will stay with me forever. Thanks to all who considered me a friend.

I check this website every day to see who submits new comments. Come on class of '54. Let's keep it going.

The pictures taken at the reunion are great. Thank you for taking and posting them.

I too want to add my thanks to the reunion committee and say that I had a great time. I saw some really close friends that I have known since early childhood and was pleasantly surprised they had not changed significantly. Would recognize them on the street. Lots of good memories and I look forward to the next one. Anyone coming to town is welcome to call and if we are available we will sight see to the max.
Johnny Davis

We really enjoyed our 50th reunion. It was not easy to put names and faces together, but this site will help us to remember. Thank all of you for your diligence and labor of love in causing us to look back and be grateful for all we have. Thanks for your kindness.

Thanks to everyone who worked so hard on the reunion. It was a wonderful event. I just wish I could have talked to each person there - it went too fast! The website has been a delight and I'll be sure and send a check to help keep it going.

Hopefully, looking forward to seeing the entire group photo on this website, if that is possible. Also, we need to read again R. G.'s profoundly philosophical "Dark Suckers" essay.
Thanks,
Charlene Starr Jones

Thanks to all of you on that LHS class of '54 committee for making the reunion a smashing success. Reconnecting with old friends and jogging memories was well worth my long drive across West Texas from Austin. You have done a very good thing. I did not get to see all for whom I have special memories, but when I was on my way to find you I met up with Johnny Davis talking about his brick he'd retrieved from Thompson Jr. Hi demolition. Then Dick McIlhaney remembering his dad's dairy which delivered milk in glass bottles to our doors in horse drawn wagons. Then Johnny's story that his children suggested that he should grab a chunk of concrete from Burris Elevator when it was torn down gave us a fine laugh. Priceless! Then later I found Charles Flowers with his pictures from Roscoe Wilson. Oh my, that's almost too long ago. What I've done with my life? Married at 18, raised two fine children, have four wonderful grandchildren (now grownup). Have been single for a number of years, self employed for about 20 years with real estate and other investments. Now happily engaged with garden puttering, net surfing and genealogy research. OK, now let's hear from some of the rest of you on this outstanding website. If you are passing through Austin, give me a call or email txstarrj@msn.com. Cheers to all and we'll meet again in 2009.
Charlene Starr Jones

Has any other class had such a blast or looked so marvelous at their "50th"? I think NOT!!! Thank you, Reunion Committee for making it happen, to Sylvia and Joe Dale for their extensive search of classmates. and to Gene and his website, that helped tie it all together!! Great to see everyone and looking forward to out "55th"!!!!

Great reunion. Thanks to all who worked so hard to organize and plan it. I thought we all looked pretty good for 50 years out of high school.

A great week-end. How could a half-century go so fast?? and everyone still be so young?? A BIG thank you to all the committee that put so much hard work into making the 50th so much fun! The website is awesome!

What a blast from the past. I've thought very little of that part of my life, but my mind is alive with memories now. I'm saddened by the loss of so many of the class, and pleased to have reconnected with others. I didn't know of this site beforehand, but checked it when I returned. Great! Wish I had seen it earlier so I could have connected more names with faces. Special thanks to all members of the committee who made it happen.
Chuck

Jim and I drove almost from the tip of Texas to the top of Texas for the reunion, and it was worth every mile. We had a great time. We also want to thank those that did so much work. We are already looking forward to 2008!

Joe Love and I had a great time at the 50th Reunion, and I want to send special thanks to R. G. Box, Karen Sue Barnhill, Joe Dale & Joan Bryan, Von Dee and Bill Breedlove, and Sylvia Etter. There were others who came to the meetings and helped in the planning, but these people really deserve a lot of extra credit for making the reunion a success. I also want to thank all of those who came from long distances to be here.

On the 1999 Class picture, I have two names to give you. Front row to the next right of Joe Love is Pat Young Duggan, next is Doris Davis, and next is myself, Martha Whittaker Summitt. Please add names. I hate to be listed as unknown.
Thanks,
Martha

We had a wonderful time at the 50th class reunion. I know that there was a lot of hard work went into it. Thanks Guys! Looking forward to the next one. I hope everyone is still here and able to attend.

That was great reunion. You all on the organizing committee are to be commended. Thank you. See you next time.

Great Website! We're really looking forward to this June. Last summer the traveling Viet Nam Memorial was in Kerrville. We, of course, went to view it, and got a tracing of Don Witt's name. If you think it would be appropriate, let me know where to send it so it can be displayed at the reunion.
Jim

This is a great website! Thanks for all your hard work. We are looking forward to the 2004 Reunion.

I could not believe when my daughter called to say someone was looking for me. Has it been 50 years already? I have survived cancer, marriage, and raising 3 children, and am now happily retired and living within view of the most beautiful mountain there is. Thanks so much for the great website--can't wait to see you in June!!

This is a great site. Someone did a lot of hard work. I am looking forward to the reunion.

Had a very surprising phone call tonight from an old classmate, Sylvia Etter. She gave me the information about this website. It is absolutely wonderful. I moved from Lubbock to Dallas in l968. Lived in Dallas until retirement from Federal Government in l996. Now live in a small East Texas town, 53 miles east of Dallas. Am looking forward to the big 50th reunion. Again, the website is wonderful. Congratulations to all who worked so very hard putting it together.

Was at the mall here in Lubbock yesterday. Larry Bridges has a booth there with his wonderful art work. I stopped and visited with him awhile. Darwin and I bought a print of his drawing of Lubbock High School several years ago. He also has several drawings of Texas Tech. If you are in the Mall between now and Christmas, be sure and go by and visit with him and see the talent he has.

Great to see all of your names! We moved back to Lubbock in December of last year, but we have spent most of this year away from home. Hope to have a "more quiet year" at home this next year. My computer crashed while we were gone this fall and am using Darwin's for awhile. Lost all of my addresses and bookmarks, so haven't gotten back to some of you lately. Sorry. Please send me a message so I can build a new address book.

Thanks to all for a very good web page. As I reviewed the roster it brought back many memories. Due to a senior moment, I seemed to have forgotten a lot of classmates, but your site restored the memories of the many people I knew.
I am retired from thirty-three years of practice. I am enjoying my family, golf and artistic woodturning.
See you in 2004
Dan

Please correct my e-mail address and there needs to be a space at 26th Ave N. Thanks. This truly is a great web site. Sorry there is no picture. I was such a red neck I did not have any made.

I have enjoyed the web site very much. We are looking forward to the Class reunion. This is also to update me wife's name and mailing address. The phone number is the same. HOPE TO SEE Y'ALL AT THE REUNION. 10/20/03

Please note my new address and my phone is 209 785-8218. The website is a great idea and has excellent content. I am looking forward to this 50th.

Great Website! Thanks to our talented and industrious classmates, who put it together and those working on our reunion! Since I still claim to be "58," my "50th" class reunion is a little hard to explain...actually no harder to explain, than all my wrinkles! Looking forward to seeing everyone!

Since it has been 50 years, will anyone remember me? I am amazed you found me. I look forward to hearing more about the reunion. Since my family has all died I have no ties in Lubbock so I have not been back for many years. I am sorry to hear the Hi D Ho is gone. It was my main hangout. I lost all my annuals in a move so I have nothing to jog my memory.

A truly well-done page! Sincere thanks to all responsible. I look forward to seeing so many of you at the 2004 reunion. (My mailing address is actually 705 West Upas St. The rest is fine.)

Seeing the picture of the old Lindsey Theatre brought a lot of wonderful memories. Days when Myself and John Hozapfel worked there. The marque shown was some of our handy work also. Also loved cruising the Hi-D-Ho looking for friends and cruising Broadway Miss the old days

How exciting to hear about this great website! And I had been wondering about the dates for 2004. Thank you to all who put this together. Looking forward to June 11, 12, 13 2004.

Just got the flyer. Great web site. Many thanks to all those that work so hard to keep us all informed. I'll be looking forward to June 2004

Thanks to those of you who put this website up. I was rather socially inept in high school, and I haven't improved much with age. Therefore I have lost touch with everyone. It is sad to see the memorials to those who have gone on ahead of the rest of us, but it is nice to see from the photo of the 1999 reunion that the the years have been kind to most.

I have just received the CD that Gene Mathis has put together. It has the school song, fight song, history of the school, plus 25 hits from the 50's. It's great! Everyone interested should contact Gene and learn about it. Thanks, Gene

Gene, Thanks for the info about the CD of the school song with all the 50's songs added. Everyone needs to know about it. I have already ordered mine. Thanks. I can't wait until it arrives.

Tom, if you get replies about the record, I would love to have a cassette copy or CD if possible. I will pay you for our trouble and supplies. My record was ruined shortly after we graduated. I carelessly left the yearbook in the car with the record in it.

Does anybody out there still have the 45 RPM record that came in our 52 yearbook? If so, I would sure appreciate it if I could get a copy of it. (cassette or CD). I will pay the costs. Mine has gone away somewhere. I looked through all my 45s and its no where to be found. Going through the records was almost as good as this site.

PS. How about a hospitality room at the hotel? When we sign in we can see who is already there and can get a cup of coffee or glass of tea after the long hard drive from San Angelo. Also, we can see what's on the schedule of events. ( I forgot my schedule the last time) I would be willing to make a donation to support this effort.

Great web site! Keep up the good work. Just wanted to let you know that Donna's and my e-mail had changed. She is the one who keeps up with all the e-mail.

Great web-site I have already received e-mails from 2 of my long lost friends. Keep up the great work. See you in 2004. Please change my address.

What a surprise to get a call from Sylvia, great sleuthing! And what a great website. Thanks to all who made it happen. Hope to see all of you at the reunion.

Thanks Gene for informing me about the website. I'm looking forward to our 50th. reunion next year. My husband, Clay, & I have a son & a daughter. We live on the Lindsay Ranch in Mason (in the family since 1858). We have 3 B&B's and manage to keep busy.

I get on the website every day or two, and I am so enjoying it. Thanks to all you guys who are working so hard on it. It is such a nice way to keep up with everyone. Jim and I are still planning on attending the 50th next year. Thanks to all of you working on that too. In the meantime, if any of you get to deep South Texas (near McAllen) let us know. We would love to see you.

Thanks to R. G. and others for all the hard work and the great website. Of interest may be the fact that during the past two weeks of this month (June 03) one of the landmarks has been leveled to the ground. There is nothing left of Logan's or The Malt Shop buildings on the south side of 19th. There is no telling what will be across the street in a few months. Joe Love and I send everyone our hellos.

Gene, Thanks for all your work. Noticed under Mary Ann Munn married name is Putman not Puttman! Also under our current pictures - it's Sylvia not Slyvia! Looking forward to worki