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Carla Lee (Stagg) (1968)
I too want to thank Barbara Brandes Peters, Debra Shelby Jones, Kathy Newton, and others I don’t know, but who were key in making the Sam Houston High School 1968 50th reunion a great success! From the little bags with all the goodies we received at check-in time at the Holiday Inn; the complimentary breakfast buffet; to the beautiful decorations and set up at the main event; to the band that played so many of the songs of our era; everything was wonderful. We were fortunate to get a personal greeting from Barbara Brandes Peters during our check in (she just happened to be waiting to speak to a hotel employee about the Friday night activity).
The only regret I have, is that I was too shy to go from table to table to greet everybody, and look at their name tags to see if I knew them (the way Randy Foreman did)! I missed seeing Debbie Carruth, Carol Larch, Richard Roberts, Sonya Brock, Penny Roberston, James Cashion( and Carla), Linda De La Rosa, Jessie Gonzalez, Cindy Price and Robert Hinson (I know…he’s a 1969 graduate!) I would have enjoyed seeing Mr. Thornton ( who was a counselor at Sam Houston when I was in the 10th grade; he drove the bus I rode), and Ms. Emma Scott (my PE teacher). I understood that they were going to try to attend, if possible.
However, I had the pleasure of sitting at the table with my good friend, and college roommate Linda Denton Weatherly, and her husband, Jerry; Johnny and Glenda (Burnett) Folkes, Debbie Harmon and her husband, and Vivian Westbrook and her husband. I also saw Edgar (Ed) Seay and his wife, Cindy, Randy Foreman and his wife Linda, Debra Shelby Jones, Brenda Barfield, Sandi Lowe (another college roommate and wonderful friend), the Conrad twins, Lori Wingate, and several others who were in the Meistersingers.
Kathy Newton, I would have liked to have seen you to let you know how much I enjoy your postings on this Message forum. I also needed to apologize for stating that you were a Meistersinger in one of my postings. I had you confused with Kathy Hester (who was a Houstonette, and also a Meistersinger). Please forgive this out-to-lunch alumnus!
Lynton Ellisor, I saw you at the reunion; but decided to wait ‘til later to talk to you, since you were speaking to someone else. Unfortunately, I didn’t have the opportunity to return to speak to you.
Even though I didn’t know these persons while at Sam Houston High School, I would have liked to have met Duncan McDowell, John Drake, and Marvin Wright (1969 grad) who have posted so many funny and interesting stories about our school and our past on this Message Forum.
Going to Sam Houston High School on Saturday; walking the halls; seeing what appeared to be the same lockers on the walls; sitting in the auditorium (unchanged since 1968); seeing the cafeteria and the girls’ gym brought a flood of wonderful memories. I had the privilege of meeting Judy Maxwell there, and talking to her briefly about the story she posted on this Message Forum about making the programs for “South Pacific” (the musical we put on the spring of 1968). I found that program inside of my Coloneh (sp?) last week. I’m still mourning the fact that our old school is being torn down; and that the name is being changed to “Houston High School”.
I will probably not be able to attend any more SHHS Alumnus get-togethers (Houston traffic!). So I want to thank the committee that worked tirelessly for so many months to make this an unforgetful event! It was a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to see friends I had not seen in 50 years! What a gift from God to have had so many of you as my friends in 1968; and what a gift from God to have the opportunity to see you, once again, 50 years later!
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