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Don Chester

Thanks for sharing Holly.

I was not popular and was pretty socially awkward in those days and had ( still have) many insecurities.

Maybe thats why I don't have vivid memories.

We all have our demons and burdens in life to carry.

Bruce Anderson

Tommy:

Count me in for golf!  Don't play much anymore.  Knee operation and getting old. "Not as good as I once was, but good once as I ever was."

Hull Barbee

To Tommy:    Count me in on the golf.  I should be able to swing a golf club even at my age.

David Cordell

I would like to play, also.

Don Chester

Tommy, I would like to play if my schedule permits, I never really know about the future with potential deliveries etc.

i am a member of Gleneagles in Plano, so email me when you know more and I can talk to the appropriate folks  if that's a direction you want to go

edoc45@aol.com

Karlan Fairchild

I'm interested in playing, too, Tommy, but it all depends upon the dates of the reunion/golf tournament.

Lowell Tuttle

I am member of Falcon Point in Katy, Texas.  That is a CCA course and so is Canyon Creek.  I can book tee times there and play for free...Most courses are tied up on Saturday....Most of them like Monday events.  So, if we played on Friday, like last time (or was it Thursday?,)  We might not be able to get 7--8 times together.  I have organized events in the past and then gotten bumped...so it is an iffy deal at best.   You don't need to be a member to call and speak with the Pro Shop about an event.  You need to know the date.  

Karen Kennedy (Seidler)

Forgive me for speaking for David Seidler, but there's not a golf game he'll miss very often.  I would count him in for sure. 

I do love reading all of the posts . . . please keep them coming.  I, too, have friends I remember and certain events, but certainly feel I don't remember as much as I should.  This has been so much fun "reconnecting" with everyone and as the years go by (too quickly, I might add) it seems more important than ever. 

We moved to Richardson from Texarkana the summer before 9th grade.  It was such a huge school compared to the schools I had attended, so it felt like forever before I felt a part of our class.  Mostly, I'm sure, that was my fault as I was so shy.  Our Junior and Senior years, for me, are the years I felt at home.  Special memories!

Looking forward to the Reunion and its planning . . . so see you all soon.

Steve Keene

Tommy

I assume we are playing by the RHS Senior rules:     Whoever can remember his score wins!

Chris Doyle

I agree completely with Karen's comments.

Tommy, please include me for the golf outing.

Don, my recollection is we played in a tournament together at Glen

Lakes CC which straddled Central Expressway near Walnut Hill.

The opening hole was a par 5 followed by a par 4.  I carded an

8 and 2, respectively, after somehow hitting a 7 iron into the hole

from the fairway on #2.  Unfortunately, it was all downhill from there!

Daryl Summers

I never was interested in concerts when I was in HS. But I did go to college in Tenessee and worked my freshman and sophomre years at the Ryman Aud. home of the Grand Ole Opry. All of the country acts performed there in two years. They also fllmed the Johnny Cash Show at the Ryman. It was a weekly varity show several pop and rock acts appeared. But being a high need achiever I can't remember who was there now.I do remember was job was as an usher. I did learn to roll a cigarett, Willie Nelson drummer told me once,  " I think a camel would walk a mile for that one"

Lowell Tuttle

I am in golf...

After I cam back from UT in 1972, I hooked up with Randy Thompson and we golfed every Monday morning for about 4 -5 years.  I have completely lost touch with him since his brother Ricky passed.  If anyone know his whereabouts, I would appreciate...He was friend with Rust Langford, Buddy Scalf, and other Abrams guys...Until I played with him, I actually did not know how to play by the rules...mulligans and touching the ball were normal parts of my game...He was also on the Rinky Dinks team two years...

Late

Tammy Turner (Nevins)

RE: Scheduling a round of golf.  LADIES:   Let us schedule a spa day or something similar for us.  Just saying...  

From Tammy Turner ( don't know if anyone remembers me and never posted on this forum, so I hope this message makes it to the forum.)  There are so many posts about GOLF!

David Cordell

Hi, Tammy. Good to see you in this forum. Spa is a great idea. Co-ed, right? I could use a chest waxing, I suppose. Seriously, though, the spa idea is worth pursuing. If you can think of a way to pusue it, let me know. 
And Happy Birthday tomorrow!

David Cordell

We are still waiting for the football coach to set the homecoming date. Obviously, that date makes a difference. Events are projected to include the following:

• Friday
  • Pep rally (They are fabulous.)
  • School tour (It is nicer than when we were there.)
  • Homecoming Parade
  • Tailgate
  • Homecoming game
  • Post game gathering
• Saturday
  • Main Event
• Uncertain day
  • Memorial for Fallen Eagles (This was a very positive function last time. Should we do it again?)
  • Golf outing
  • Spa outing? (Not sure if anyone will really be out-ed.)

Do you have input about what to do and when to do it? Please contact me at cordelldm@aol.com.
 

Daryl Summers

At the 30th we had a golf outing at Sherril Park {rated as the best muni in Texas) we went off at 9:00 on Friday morning. Had a hard time getting the min. for our reserve had to open it up to other classes. People did't get into town till after 12.

David Cordell

Runnin' on empty??? Hardly! Dude, it's time to get your second wind, if you'll pardon the metaphor switch.

I have been tempted to challenge my students to a 50 yard dash. I'm almost certain that I can beat most of the guys and all of the girls, and I'm not even a jogger. Not sure if that is a comment on 1) the sorry state of my students' fitness,  2) my totally out-of-touch ego, or 3) a subliminal death wish. (I am sure Tommy can add a creative #4.)

OK. Women, please stop reading.

Guys, I think we need to come up with a clever riff on the old Peggy Lee song, "I'm a Woman" or the annoying Helen Reddy song "I Am Woman." Here's a start, to be sung to the tune of Helen Reddy's song.

I'm a man, hear me belch,

From pressure far too high to squelch,

But I love my Shiner Bock, so stop complaining.

You can have your petits fours,

While I knock down a few s'mores,

And I'm not concerned about the weight I'm gaining.

(Chorus)

Russ Stovall

David you can and could some time ago out run a lot of folks running backwards.  You were so stink'n fast and I'm sure you can still out run all of us.  Johnny Evans might give you a run for your money.  The new song sounds good .

Tommy i like the idea of the songs.

I don't know about running out of gas yet.  I hope I don't for a long time.  I have four grand kids to stay up,with as well as a whole slew of high school athletes.  I still have an accuracy contest with my catchers throwing to second.   Haven't lost yet.  My goal each day is to out coach the young coaches. 

Sharon Stuteville (Smith)

As a former Activities Director for a AAAA high school, I can explain how the date for Homecoming is set.  The football schedule for the next school year usually comes out sometime in March.  Then the coach will set the date for Homecoming, and he will choose a home game that should be easy to win.  Every coach I knew would do away with Homecoming altogether if he could becuase the players do not seem to concentrate on practice, the upcoming game, etc. during that week.  I often had to pester the head coach to set the date.

Daryl Summers

Sharon was right on target. This year we reorganize the districts and add a classification.They are adding a class 6. Coaches don't now their classification or district till the annoucement in March. Makes setting homcoming and a non district schedule a little harder.

Steve Keene

No Country Joe and the Fish?

"And it's one.... two thousand fourteen, what are we waiting for?

Don't ask me, I don't give a damn.

My grandkid's next stop, Afghanistan.

Second choice though after our generation.

Hank Williams, Jr.      "All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down".

Steve Keene

( my autocorrect is killing me)

No Country Joe and the Fish?

It's one  two thousand fourteen, what are we fighting for?

Don't ask me, I don't give a damn.

My grandkid's next stop, Afghanistan.

Sharon Stuteville (Smith)

Daryl,

Wow!  A Class 6A!  That may create LONG traveling distances for those schools.  That will not be so bad for varsity teams, but will be a problem for J.V. and Freshman teams who normally play on Thursdays.  Do you have any idea what the school enrollment will have to be for Class 6A?  Might RJS be one?  All coaches like to be one of the largest in their class, and dread going up a notch and being one of the smallest in thier classification.

Daryl Summers

The 5A becomes the 6A and will stay the same except smaller schools wiill drop a classification. The same for every other classifications. Each clasification will have a smaller number of schools. They will still keep the small school/ large school in each district. We will still have one large school and two small schools from each district going to the play-offs. More schools will be in the play-offs. The districts will become more competive with fewer weak sister schools. This way everyone wins and everyone gets a trophy and we are all going to DQ for ice cream.

Lowell Tuttle

Thanks for the update...Was swimming pals with both Bobbie and Dickie Whiting from back in 4th or 5th grade at the Town North Y.  We used to carpool with them and Marti Matson to Town North Y.  Whiting's dad had a decal from U. Minn.  I thought they were the Minnesota Monkey's, when actually I later leared they were the Gophers...