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09/17/09 08:28 AM #26     Bruce Holley Hey Henry I remember that old battle axe Miss Daisy Belle. As a 6 year old hearing her name I thought she would be like a fairy god mother well it turned out to be "The Bride Of Frankenstein" but only worse. That's probably the reason she never married, Frankenstein was afraid of her. I sat next to Eddie Wilson, Eddie never missed a day of school. Eddie didn't see me much that year, I was at home faking being sick.

09/17/09 10:23 AM #27     Susan Morrison (Deavers) 9/17/ Henry, You are correct with all of this, and I had Miss Daisy Bell, and she was all that you said. I was constantly getting in trouble, and she could certainly whip you. I remember Coleman's, and the trips to the Frosty Jug. I was initially scared to death of Miss Daisy Bell Susan

09/17/09 04:11 PM #28     Henry Hamilton First grade continued. I remember Ms. Daisy being married to the Sunbeam bread man because the delivery truck being parked outside their house. I remember Ms. Daisy having a contest to see how many Sunbeam bread wrappers you could bring in. I think Wesley Freeman won the prize. I think Wes won a toy helicopter.

09/17/09 05:09 PM #29     Bruce Holley Henry, I guess I was wrong about her not being married. You are right about her husband driving a Sunbeam truck. But it does seem like he was tall with a flat top, kinda greenish skin, quite a few scars, and walked with a pronounced limp.

09/17/09 08:58 PM #30     Barbara Beasley Yes, Henry I had Miss Daisy Bell also. I think I was in the "dumb" reading group with you. I think I won the girls division of the bread wrapper contest all my relatives must have used Sunbeam that summer. I got a silver dollar! I have the first grade reader also. One thing I remember about Miss Daisy Belle was she took one group to the office for talking and while she was gone Edward Rockey and I got into an argument with Ginny Covington about a watch she had on because she said she could tell time and we did not think she could. Well Edward & I had to go and explain that one to Miss Dunn,thankfully- we never saw the electric paddle. Retia I was one also on the sidelines when Greta decided to "Take care" of Connie. Amazing how I can remember all this and cannot remember where I parked the car at Wally World.

09/17/09 09:39 PM #31     Retia Moore (Desmond) Barbara, Maybe, it's because they say the older we get; the more we are like a child. I remember more about Oakmont, than I do high school. Except, I would like to know who stoled my lunch in the 12th grade.

09/18/09 03:55 AM #32     Henry Hamilton Thanks for the vote of confidence that my memory isn't completely shot, gang. Does anyone remember Mrs. Daisy Belle having two pacifiers hanging in the room? One on a blue ribbon for boys and another on a pink ribbon for girls. You had to wear them for punishment when you did something childish. When we boys did something particularly bad we had to don the pink one. With 44 first graders in one room, who'd a thunk someone might do something childish? Remember the playground. It was pretty cool as I remember. When our girls were small I used to take them there to play and remember first grade. I was sad when they took out the playground. I remember a long line of swings up parallel to the building, merry-go-rounds, big and small, in the street corners. It was a big deal for one or two of our heroes to get inside the merry-go-round and push trying to sling everyone off the thing. It's a miracle, someone wasn't killed. There were two slides, big and little again. First time down the big one, busted my butt on the pavement. Oh, you were supposed to put your feet down first. Two sets of parallel monkey bars graced the middle of the ground. The very center was marked by a set of cube shaped monkey bars. All the girls wore dresses so when they did flips on the monkey bars...well you know. I remember Carlton Bellar standing on top of the pyramid monkey bars with no hands. He was the "man" that day. Whatever happened to Carlton Bellar? I remember the teachers sitting like statues on a bench up under a tree at one corner of the playground.They seldom got up or even moved for that matter. Does anyone remember this mess? I remember the first time we went outside to play Tommy Robinson and I got carried away and didn't notice our bunch lining up with their hand holding partners to go back inside. Then we looked around and we were surrounded by strangers, large strangers, second graders. When the second graders were lining up to go inside, Mrs. Spicer noticed us and took us in to Mrs. Daisy. She didn't seemed concerned. Hadn't even missed us. After all she had 42 more to look after. I remember the area below the playground having trees and shrubs and bushes and trails and a big rock pile where we looked for gold or crystal or anything shiny by busting the boulders on each other. Played war, cowboys and Indians, cops and robbers and every once in a while a good acorn battle would break out. I remember Robin Anderson leading his Air Force squad flying around the playground with our arms slung back in a 'V' like jet wings. Checking out Robin's profile, that Air Force gig worked out well for him. We had football games on the upperside of the playground. Sometimes we chose teams but a lot of times it was every man for himself, which meant everybody pile on the guy with the ball. Am I remembering correctly? More later.

09/18/09 07:43 AM #33     Henry Hamilton Anybody remember a first grade classmate named Earnest Campbell? Mr. J.C. Erranton, the truant officer, brought him in about lunch time one day. He must have been really poor. I was poor, but Earnest was really poor. I don't ever remember him being at school on time and it seems like the truant officer brought him in every time. He sat at my table right across from Charlie Bates and me. We sat right in front of Mrs. Daisy's desk. Earnest didn't come very often, but he wore the same brown suit every time he showed up. I always thought Mrs. Daisy bought that suit. Earnest had a couple of fingers missing. I remember Mrs. Daisy giving Earnest a new box of crayons and he sat there and peeled the paper off them one by one and ate them. What ever happened to Earnest Campbell? Do you remember how short those little Barbie size chairs were in first grade? How bout all the stuff you could cram in those little holes in the sides of of your table where you stored your supplies? Later.

09/18/09 09:07 AM #34     Barbara Beasley Did anyone have Mrs. Margaret Powers in the 4th grade? Bruce, this woman really was the Bride of Frankenstein. I do not not think she smiled all year. Yes, I do remember how the teachers lined up at playtime and watched us like hawks. I got in trouble once when I went down the slide backward. What did that hurt? Also I do remember stuffing food in the milk carton so the teachers thought I cleaned my plate. Yes, something had to be obvious when the carton went "clunk" when we threw it out. What fun?

09/18/09 10:51 AM #35     Susan Morrison (Deavers) 9/18/2009 Hey guys, Just wanted to let you know ahead, Cathy Robinson will probably not be at the reunion. Cathy's sister died Wednesday, and she has gone to Stone Mountain, and she will be brought back here for burial, probably Monday. You remember, Cathy and I are first cousins, and our mothers were sisters. She wanted me to tell everyone, hello.

09/18/09 10:55 AM #36     Susan Morrison (Deavers) BArbara, The worst of all times, was Mrs. Buckner in the 4th grade, William Booker and myself stayed in trouble, and I could do nothing right. It was horrible, and I did almost fail that grade because of this.She constantly sent notes home to my parents.

09/18/09 03:59 PM #37     Henry Hamilton Had Mrs. Murrell in the second grade. She had a fine rock collection on one of the shelves in her room. She introduced us to the hula hoop. She had it in class and everyone got to try it right after lunch one day. Did anyone ever peek and see what the teachers were doing during nap time or rest period as they called it? What ever happened to Dotti Votti? Mrs. Murrell loved to play "How Much is that Doggie in the Window?" Ms. Opal Dean in the third grade was a blast. I can honestly say I saw her smile once. It was right before Christmas, and someone had the courage to ask her if we could have a Christmas party? When posed the question, she smiled big ear to ear and said "No!" Not true. I remember Jill and I would already have our spelling words written off, just in case we got caught talking by Ms. Opal while she was working with another group. She caught us and we turned 'em in too quickly and she really got mad. Third grade and we went to the community bathroom. Remember the trough with the running water, guys of course? The bathroom smelled bad cause it was always so hot in the winter with the old coal furnace. I remember it being freezing cold or blazing hot. Anyone remember Ernie Armstrong walking down the hallway all the way to the bathroom on his hands? Impressive then and now. Do you ever wonder just how many charts we copied in our first few years of school while another group got the teacher's attention?

09/18/09 10:07 PM #38     Retia Moore (Desmond) Barbara, Yes, I didn't care for Mrs. Buckner, either. Henry, I have certainly enjoyed "down memory lane" with you. I almost fall out of my chair, laughing. About Ernie Armstrong, I remember him pushing me down on the playground. I remember in high school, Mrs. Edmisson. She was not my favorite teacher. One day, Eddie Kilmarx handed me a note and she told him to do his courting outside the class. And, there was Linda Muraca (Eddie's girlfriend) looking at both of us. OOOPPPSSS!!!!! In 1970, Linda introduced me to Alan (Eddie's best friend from New York). Go figure!

09/18/09 10:23 PM #39     Barbara Beasley Retia, I actually liked Mrs Buckner, that wa Susan writing about her. Mine was Mrs Margaret Powers--what a grouch. Mrs Edmission I never had her, but heard the stories. I had Mr King for History and he was one of the best teachers I ever had. Mr King, Mrs Harris, Mrs Bowen and Mrs Ross they were the best, could have been because I loved History and English and did not bother with anything else.

09/18/09 11:14 PM #40     Retia Moore (Desmond) Sorry about that, Barbara. Ok Susan, I didn't care for Mrs. Buckner; either. She was too strict and serious.

09/19/09 09:01 AM #41     Bruce Holley Barbara, I liked Mrs Buckner also but I think she taught 6th grade. In High School I thought Mrs. Sugg was the best. For Christmas in her Geometry class you made decorations for her Christmas tree using geometric designs. I made an Angel for the top of the tree. Someone in the other class asked who made the Angel and when she told them I did everyone laughed. The best 4th grade teacher was Mrs. Leech. I remember one time on the playground our football rolled over close to her. She picked it up and punted it over every one's head. All the boys were in wonder as it sailed about 30 yards past us. After that she was even more popular.

09/20/09 01:56 AM #42     Retia Moore (Desmond) To all the Class of '69, I want to tell everyone that I really enjoyed the class reunion tonight. It was great seeing everyone and going down 'memory lane'. Dan Field was the most changed, to me. I didn't recognize him. Take care everyone and maybe it won't be as long next time, before we see eachother.

09/20/09 10:58 PM #43     Don Vares It was great seeing everyone. I realized what a wonderful bond we all have . To those who were present it was great to see you, to those who missed maybe next time. Peace to all Don Vares:-)

09/21/09 12:19 PM #44     Susan Morrison (Deavers) Hey guys, It was great seeing everybody, and as Don stated we do have a bond. I truly enjoyed it, and wish all the best. Love, Susan

09/22/09 09:23 AM #45     Linda Robinson (Finch) Thanks for all the posts- I have read each one and have laughed so hard, I actually had ters coming from my eyes. Thanks for the memories!!! Have a great day!

09/22/09 05:12 PM #46     Bruce Holley Henry Hamilton should win the award for "Never Forget a Face". He was able to identify every classmate except one. I believe the unidentified student was Ted Owen.

09/22/09 07:22 PM #47     Barbara Beasley Henry did seem to remember everyone. I had to look at Dan Field a second time and agree he has changed a great deal. It was good to see everyone again.

09/23/09 12:35 PM #48     Susan Morrison (Deavers) I have to agree, Henry has a memory like no other. I had to look at Dan Field's name badge, as he absolutely has changed. Infact, I had to look at several name badges.

10/08/09 05:59 PM #49     Pat Hutcheson (Barrow) I was just looking at the reunion pictures...wish I could have been there..looks like everybody had a really good time...but I had trouble recognizing alot of the "adults"! Any way you can post some captions with names for those of us who don't have so much memory anymore?

02/03/10 08:12 PM #50     Wanda Pendergrass (Grissom) Thanks, you guys, for sharing the pictures. That is a good-looking bunch (hahaha)! I am not just saying that because they are graduates of 1969.(: Hey! they are smart looking too. Can't wait to do this again.

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