Diane Grayson (Goloby) (1971)
I stopped by Ol' Sam Houston today and took some pictures. All that's left is the front office with the facade and the library. I could see completely through the building windows to Hardy Rd. If I can get the pics uploaded, I'll show it. I walked along the front sidewalk and saw the LBJ tree behind a fence.
When I returned to my car which I parked along a piece of driveway, a construction worker in hard hat came by and told me if I wanted any bricks, I could go inside the gate on the Hardy Rd side, and go into the white trailer where an office is. He said the supervisor would give me some bricks. The worker was very nice and said the school name that was at the top of the building was going to be " turned into a nice memorial for all to see and be proud", he said.
He also said the tree behind the fence was going to be saved and the memorial stone in front of it too. When I told him President Johnson planted that tree about 1965, he was so impressed. He said they would treat it with great importance because "it's a piece of History!"
I was too chicken to drive into the Hardy driveway to the trailer office because the gates were partially closed and there was a pipe running water at a steady heavy stream into a drain. I was in my van and not much space to park or turn around, and maybe get nails or screws in my tire, which I got recently from a home construction site. Anyway, I'll wait until they go up for sale, but if anyone is game, just go in that Hardy Rd entrance, the only one that's open.
The construction worker was so nice and understanding and said that "all of the students who went to this school will be PROUD. They can have a piece of History, and will like seeing the school name fixed up for all to see forever!" I wish I asked his name. He was an older Hispanic man, older than us I mean.
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