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Judy Maxwell (1971)
Eugene ~ Thanks for the information on the History of our school and it's changing names.... I can remember before the internet we had to use Encyclopedias ~ Gosh that is harder to spell than internet....
Definition of encyclopedia
: a work that contains information on all branches of knowledge or treats comprehensively a particular branch of knowledge usually in articles arranged alphabetically often by subject
.Anyhow, my Mom and Dad bought a set of the Brittian and World Book Encyclopedias......As we went through school we would pull down the letter of the Encyclopedia and read on the subject that we were studiing or doing our report on....I can remember all the kids on our street would come to our house to use our set because they didn't have a set and Mom would not let them be "borrowed" fear of them not coming back.....We had 2 sets the smaller books (aprox 6X8) were in black and white but the larger set (8X12) was in color....Sure did learn a lot back then looking stuff up. I wonder if the current editions (if they even sell them anymore) would have all the real history in it or would it cut out the parts considered "Un-politicially correct"
Wow Roxana to have kept up with High school stuff for that long is amazing.....Hope you can make the tour and perhaps bring your Mom if she is able to make it....It would be great to met her and hear her memories of the school.
Erma ~ thanks for the link I will have to read on LBJ ~ Looking forward to seeing you in November!
Larry join us in November for the Tour of both old and new building!
I see where Connie is posting about third Friday gatherings at the Woodland Holiday Inn 3rd Friday, September 21, 2018 ....sounds like fun. I will lhave to mark my calendar and come in that week-end. I come through the Woodlands on my way to Houston/Humble ~ hopefuuly some will still be there when I come through......
It is fun to spur of the moment throw a gathering together and sit back and visit with old friends or to make new one......we need to do that more.....
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Eugene Knox- I can vouch for the name of the school being Central High. My great-aunt graduated from there in 1916. She attended when it was previously called Houston Normal high school. I remember her telling me that she took a classical course of study, as did all women, because the sciences and business classes were for boys because women could only further their education as teachers. Somewhere in our family, her diploma is floating around. I found really interesting info on houston architecture.com, as well as this photo postcard of the impressive building. 
For those interested in the history of SHHS, here is a photo of the front of my grandmother’s 1920 yearbook. It was then called The Aegis, which is the name the newspaper later had. Not sure when the yearbook became the CoLoNeh. I was interested to read that the Black Batallion (which was later renamed the Houstonettes) was named after Frank Black, the principal at one time. The current Black Middle School in Oak Forest is also named after him. I’ve also included a photo that was in the yearbook of the old building’s ruins after the fire, which happened in 1919, the year prior to my grandmother’s graduation and of the yearbook. 
