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Rex Brown (1961)

We spent the Month of August in Ruidoso so I spent some time touring around.  My favorite casino is there " iNN OF THE MOUNTQIN ''GODS" Also Billy the Kid is nearby.

Larry Rose (1962)

R.I.P.  Bobby Worsham.  He was a good football player at SHHS & friend.  Prayers for his family.  

Lee Herron (1962)

Bobby and i played football a Burbank and at Sam ,i was a grade ahead of him also went to church with him .His dad was my Sunday school teacher .Everytime i hear the song  Thank you for giving to the Lord i thimk of his dad .Solid christan family  .RIP Bobby

Vicki Jurchak (Zajicek) (1969)

Can anyone tell me if Bobby Worsham had a sister by the name of Barbara? I went to DeChaumes with a gal whose name was Barbara Worsham. Thanks!

Barbra Genie Carroll (Smith) (1962)

Bobby's sister is Sue.

Charlotte Pate (Poole) (1962)

CONNIE REDDEN AND DANA COMER:  IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOU TWO, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THIS WONDERFUL CONNECTION WITH EACH OTHER, FUNNY STORIES, AND MAKING NEW FRIENDS.  YOU DESERVE OUR GRADITUDE AND HELP FROM EACH OF US.  LET US KNOW IF ANY OF US CAN HELP.

Judy Maxwell (1971)

Hope everyone can get out to the Humble Cafe today for 5th Friday Lucheon........Looks like a beautiful Day to meet friends and  have lunch!!

Judy

Judy Maxwell (1971)

Also Friday September 21st,,,join us at the Woodlands Hiliday Inn for Drinks and Fun!!

let me know if you need details!

Gary McMillon (1966)

Judy what time do you all meet for 5th Friday  lunch and also what time for 21 of Sept gathering??

Gary class of '66

Judy Maxwell (1971)

Gary #3870

The 5th Friday Luncheons are at 11:00 AM in Humble At Humble Cafe on Main street.

Humble City Cafe

The 3rd Friday of odd numbered months from 4 until 7 or until you are ready to leave. The next 3 dates:

3rd Friday, September 21, 2018

3rd Friday, November 16, 2018

3rd Friday, January 18, 2019

Holiday Inn Shenandoah (The Woodlands)

19333 David Memorial Drive (located right off 45 on the east side)

Shenandoah, Texas 77385

1-281-298-2800

If you are hungry, the Blue Bar has a bar food menu and there is also a full service Italian restaurant located in the hotel.

Things end. But memories last forever

Some of us want be there until about 7 because we drive in from out of town.

Come join us!!

Jerry Deason (1962)

I sadden to see two of our classmates ( ROBERT WORSHAM and WAYNE CHUMLEY) have left our earthly place recently, and enter eternally with our LORD. Our memories of them will always be in our thoughts. GOD BLESS THEM.

Peter Olafsen (1967)

I live in Iowa, Winneshiek County. Was out in Seattle for a wedding. Flew from Minneapolis. On the shuttle to the car park my wife and I were alone except for the driver and two women, one older than me. As I listened to them talk I detected a southern accent. I mentioned that to the older woman and asked where she was from. She said Texas. I said that I grew up in Texas. I asked where in Texas and she said Houston. I said that I grew up in Houston and I was curious as to where in Houston. She said the north side. I said that I grew up there also. She then volunteered that she had gone to Burbank Elementary and Sam Houston, graduating in 1963. I confess that I did not get her name. I then asked where they were headed after they got their car. She said they were headed to Decorah, Iowa, where they now live. Decorah is in Winneshiek County. What are the odds that two folks who graduated from Sam Houston would end up in the same county in Iowa? As we are frequently in Decorah, and given that Decorah is a small town, I hope to see her again and get her name so that I can share that with you all.

Charlotte Pate (Poole) (1962)

HI PETER OLAFSEN,   I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN KNOWING THAT WOMAN'S NAME IN IOWA.  THANKS FOR SHARING.

Mel Moy (1960)

Indeed, the odds against two SHHS graduates running into each other in Winneshiek County Iowa must be awfully long.  Yet coincidences like that seem to happen a lot more than they should.  The other thing you should consider is what if you had not spoken up to find out that you had something in common? What about all the things you might have in common with someone you didn’t bother to notice or speak to?  Ever played the game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon”?  The premise is that everything or everybody In life is six or fewer steps away in connection.  Think about that the next time you pass a homeless person needing help or the next time you flip the bird to someone who cut you off in traffic.  It could’ve been a fellow SHHS graduate—or Kevin Bacon.

Mary DE Lois Finch (Brown) (1960)

Thanks, Mel.  I needed a smile today.

Judy Maxwell (1971)

PETER #3874

That is odd but they say "It's a small world" Let us know if you ever run into her again. Maybe if more of us would take a moment and talk to a stranger the world might be a nicer place.

Hope if your getting some rain your enjoying it. We had our burn ban lifted yesterday and I have not heard this morning if they have caught the excape convict yet....

The new buildings are coming along at Sam. It is cool how they are bringing in the black and gold on the buildings.

Judy

Randy Tolman (1967)

Peter, Great story but how did a kid from the north side of H-town wind up in Iowa? Just wondering. Good to hear from you anyway. Keep in touch and God bless.

Peter Olafsen (1967)

Thanks to all who have commented on the serendipitous meeting I had in Minneapolis with the 1963 Sam Houston graduate. I shall endeavor to find out her name and post it here. Thanks to all who reminded us that speaking to a stranger more often yields positive outcomes, rather than negative experiences. This summer in Germany, Poland, and Latvia we had many such experiences with folks more than eager to visit about all sorts of things.

In answer to Randy Tolman (1967)... There are many of us who have strayed far from the North Side. Len Wolff is outside of Seattle. My sister is in Tempe. There are others. My story is pretty simple. My pastor recommended a college in Kansas. I attended Bethany College for 2 years. I transferred to Luther College because they had a better department in my area and my Norwegian parents thought I might learn Norwegian. I met my wife and we married the day before graduation. After a stint in the US Army, I came back to Luther to add on an education major. My wife and I got teaching jobs in the area. We liked the area..except for the really cold winters..raised two boys and then retired after 36 years of teaching. We moved to a place in the hills and woods out in the country. So here we are.

I see you are I big Astros fan. I am a big Boston fan. (My folks were from Boston) I sure hope they get to meet in the playoffs. That would be epic.

Wallace Glenn TOLMAN, Jr (1964)

We Tigers are all over the map.

I went to Sarasota , FL after graduating  for Ringling School of Art. I married Nancy Avey, a Sarasota native. We had 4 children. Then I took them all to Springfield, MO for Baptist Bible Collage elementary education courses. Then here to Northern VA ( suberb of Washington. DC). So thats my story what is yours????

Judy Maxwell (1971)

It would be interesting to see or hear where we have all lived in since Sam.......

Mine want take long I was born and raised on the Northside of Houston ~ when I graduated in 1971 I moved over off Gulf Freeway near Airport Bvld. on Joplin.....Lived there 3 years and moved back to Northside, Shady Lane Apts. neighbors with Connie and Bobby Hopper and Fred Trevino....That was some fun times. Moved from there and went out to Aldine area ~ got married 1976 ~ divorced in 1980 (moved several times during that period but all in Houston) Got Cancer ~ and got cured (Thank You Lord) Then I met Danny (we worked together) that was in 1981 and we have been together ever since. Bought a house not far from Sam and sold it and moved to Centerville 15 years ago and have lived here ever since on the same acreage and that's where we will be until the end of our time here on earth......I never even left Texas until I was grown.....Been to Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana (most of those traveling to Florida

Where have you been?

Gene Castleberry (1970)

After I graduated in 1970 I moved to Oxen Hill, MD and worked for the FBI as a voucher examiner for a year.  When I had been there for nearly a year, the drawing for the draft was coming up and it was my turn.  The previous 2 years my number was high so I figured it would be low this year so I joined the Marine Corps to get into a nice air conditioned position (2542 - Comm Center Man).  I worked in the main communications center that was located wherever the General was located.  (By the way, my number was high again and I would have never been drafted; but, I enjoyed the military and I learned a lot while I was in there.)  While in the military, I went to MCRD Parris Island, SC - boot camp; MCB Camp Lejeune, NC - infantry training; MCRD San Diego, CA - Comm Center School; MCB Camp Pendleton, CA - more training; Okinawa - for 4 months; Battalion Landing Team for 3rd BN 4th MAR, 3rd MARDIV where we were stationed on ships for 6 months in the waters of Vietnam so that we would go in if needed (thankfully we were not needed) - and during that 6 months we did make a stop or two for a few days at Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, and the Philippines; after the BLT went back to Okinawa - for 2 months; MCRD Parris Island, SC - work in the Comm Center; and then my last duty station was MCLB Albany, GA where I received an Honorable/Medical compensable discharge in Dec 1975.  From there I moved all over the USA.  I stayed in Albany, GA and attended college for a little while.  Met a girl and followed her to Denver, CO and then we went to Rosepine, LA where we got married in March 1977.  We moved to Liberty, TX for a short period and then I got a job with IMCO as a mudman in the oil field.  I checked the drilling fluids while the drilling rig drilled for oil.  I went to school for that job in Houston, TX and first went to Wyoming after graduation; but, they transferred me to Ventura, CA as soon as I got to Wyoming.  I was in Ventura for a year and was then transferred to Santa Maria, CA for a year and then transferred to Bakersfield, CA.  After a year there, I requested a transfer to Cyril, OK to get nearer my relatives.  I was there for about 10 to 12 months before I was laid off due to the bottom falling out of the oil field and numerous drilling rigs sat idle. My family and I (had 4 sons by that time) moved to DeRidder, LA to join my parents.  We were there just a few months before we moved back to Albany, GA and I went to work as a Federal Civil Service employee at the MCLB Albany, GA.  While with the government we have lived around Lynn, MA; Saint Marys, GA; Roswell, NM; Kingsland, GA; Orlando, FL; Atlanta, GA; and then back to Saint Marys, GA where we currently have resided for many, many years.  I am now retired and have wanted to attend one of the class reunions; but, have never had a free moment where I was able to attend.  Maybe I can now.  One thing for sure is I am definitely tired of moving!!!

Janice Lewis (Williamson) (1971)

I grew up on the northside of Houston and after graduating in 1971  moved to an apartment in Spring Branch and attended University of Houston and worked at a new company in Houston called The Gap. After marriage in 1974 we moved to southeast Houston/Pasadena until 1975 when we moved to Anchorage, Alaska. The Alaska economy was beginning to get shaky so in 1979 we moved back to Texas to the Pearland area. I loved living so close to the beach but a with a husband that traveled out of the county so much I wanted to live closer to family. In 1990 we moved to Kingwood for the next 12 years. After my husband passed and the children grew up I moved to Spring for a few years then to Conroe with Larry Moore. We  had some great years together traveling all around the U.S. and then on to England, Scotland, Ireland and our last trip together to Paris.  I enjoy living and working in Conroe plus my good friends Cindy Berry and Waymon Wooley live a short distance from me.  I have a 10 minute commute to Conroe HS where I teach Government and Economics and I am close enought to Houston so I can volunteer at The Hobby Center on weekends.

Rita Simms (Bane) (1971)

Rita Simms Class 71

I was born an raised on the north side of Houston (very proud of that)Lived one block off Berry and E Hardy for most of my young life.We moved a lot when I was little and don't remember the name of the streets but remember where they were.When I turned 10 I moved further down to E Hardy to Schilder and went to Coop Elementary where I met Janice Lewis.She lived one street over.

When I had my second son we moved to Humble and it was a very small 1 light town back then.I moved to Spring Branch once for a very short period of time.Then back to the north side.From there I like ed for very short periods of time I lived in Porter,New Caney, ended up in Spring  bought a house, then I moved to The Woodlands and have been there 25 years.I would love to move to Florida to be close to my son,but it may take some time bc you can take the girl out of Texas but it's hard to Texas out o the girl.haha

Buddy Vassar (1967)

Melvin J "Buddy" Vassar born 10/6/48 in an old farm house at the northwest corner of Tidwell and McGallion (where the Catholic church is now located). I was told a doctor made a house call to our home that day after the fact, and all was well.

My memory kicks in around 1950-51 when we moved to our new home on Langdale (across from the eventual location of SHHS campus). The house was built by my Dad and others. There were my parents, five sisters and me.

About 1953 we moved to a bit larger home located at 617 Harkness at the corner of McGallion. House again built by my Dad and relatives. I think we were a happy bunch. I was happy.

Summer 1960 we sold the house and our family moved to 8011 Werner into a new house built by Smith Lumber Co. That was home until we each sprouted wings and went our own way into the world. My Dad passed in 1976 and my Mom in 1982. We eventually sold that house too.

I miss the early years (old days) and would go back if it were possible but it isn't.

May God Bless Us All !

Judy Maxwell (1971)

PINEWOOD VILLAGE REUNION

11/17/18

1:00 – 6:00 PM

We are ready for a second Pinewood Village Neighborhood Reunion. Pinewood Village is From Little York at Bentley or Foy going south to Lakewood.  If you grew up in this neighborhood or across Little York on the North side please join us.

                                         We will be meeting at James Driver Park which is located at

10918 Bentley St. Houston TX 77093

PAVILLION next basketball court

Please bring a lawn chair with you to make sure we have enough seatng.

Bring picnic lunch and drinks.

YOU CAN COME EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T LIVE IN PINEWOOD VILLAGE

We welcome anyone from the area or anyone that went to

Scarborough ~ Patrick Henry ~ or Sam Houston.

You are welcome to bring yearbooks or report cards!

If you have any questions please message or call me.

Hope you can join us!

Judy

(281) 841-9319