From Classmates

Cars we will never see again!

All you lovers of the '50's will enjoy this. The Ford Sunliner is almost more than I can stand. Notice how the '51 Chrysler closely resembles today's Chrysler 300. Remarkable! From Doris Jane Sewell Moore, OHS'59, Tuesday, January 19, 2010

1941 Chrysler Thunderbolt

1951 Buick LeSabre

What would you give for this car now?

1951 Chrysler K310 Chrysler

1953 Buick Wildcat

1954 Buick Wildcat II

1954 Dodge FireArrow

1955 Nash Rambler Cross Country Wagon

1956 Ford Sunliner

1959 Chevrolet Brookwood Stationwagon

1951 Hudson Hornet

1959 Plymouth Fury

1958 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser

1951 Studebaker Champion

1971 Buick Rivera Boattail

1958 Edsel Convertible

Back in the days when cars had style, and even with so many makes and models, all changing every year, they made a profit.

And, not only that...One could sit on the porch and name the cars as they drove by... unlike today... when they all look the same.

This was when a car was a car...

WHAT IT WAS WAS FOOTBALL

by Andy Griffith

Click ==> World's Largest Balls

(received from Ken Baxter, 6-16-09)

"Ain't It The Truth"

(received from Johnny Henson, 5-28-09)

For Those Of You TOO Young for This, Hang On Baby, It's Coming!

Someone Had to remind me,

So I'm Reminding You, too.

"Perks of Reaching 50

Or being over 60

And headingTowards 70 + "

Kidnappers

Are NOT

Interested in you.

In a hostage situation, You are likely to be Released first.

No one expects You to run --

Anywhere!

People call at 10 AM or 9 PM

And ask, 'Did I wake you?'

People no longer View you as a Hypochondriac

There is nothing left To learn the hard way.

Things you buy now Won't wear out.

You can eat Supper at 4 PM.

You can live "Without Sex"

But not without your glasses.

11.

You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.

12.

You quit trying to hold Your stomach in no matter who walks

into the room.

13.

You sing along with elevator music.

14.

Your eyes won't get much worse.

15.

Your investment in health insurance is finally beginning to pay off.

Your joints are more accurate meteorologists than the National

Weather Service.

17.

Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't

remember them either.

18.

Your supply of brain cells is finally down to a manageable size.

19.

You can't remember who sent you this list.

20.
And you notice these are all

In big print for your convenience.

Forward this to everyone you can remember right now!

ONE MORE THING:

Never, Never,

Under any circumstances,

Take a sleeping pill,

"AND" a laxative on

The same night!

DooWop Oldies Quiz:

(received from Linda Sides, 5-30-09)

Even if you were a child of the 50s you know the answer to most of these. Copying teenagers was a way of life for girls in elementary school from the petticoats to music - see how you do....have fun!

Thirty great memories about music that caused our parents and teachers grief! Take the quiz and see how you score as a true 'Oldies Fan.' Write down your answers and check them against the answers at the end. Don't cheat, now!

1. When did 'Little Suzie' finally wake up?
(a)    The movie's over, it's 2 o'clock
(b)    The movie's over, it's 3 o'clock
(c)    The movie's over, it's 4 o'clock

2. 'Rock Around The Clock' was used in what movie?
(a)    Rebel Without A Cause
(b)    Blackboard Jungle
(c)    The Wild Ones

3. What's missing from a Rock & Roll standpoint?   Earth _____
(a)    Angel
(b)    Mother
(c)    Worm

4. 'I found my thrill . .' where?
(a)    Kansas City
(b)    Heartbreak Hotel
(c)    Blueberry Hill

5. 'Please turn on your magic beam, _____ _____ bring me a dream,:
(a)    Mr. Sandman
(b)    Earth Angel
(c)    Dream Lover

6. For which label did Elvis Presley first record?
(a)    Atlantic
(b)    RCA
(c)    Sun

7. He asked, 'Why's everybody always pickin' on me?' Who was he?
(a)    Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
(b)    Charlie Brown
(c)    Buster Brown

8. Bobby Darin's 'Mack The Knife,' the one with the knife, was named:
(a)    MacHeath
(b)    MacCloud
(c)    MacNamara

9. Name the song with ''A-wop bop a-loo bop a-lop bam boom.'
(a)    Good Golly, Miss Molly
(b)    Be-Bop-A-Lula
(c)    Tutti Fruitti

10. Who is generally given credit for originating the term 'Rock And Roll'?
(a)     Dick Clark
(b)     Wolfman Jack
(c)     Alan Freed

11. In 1957, he left the music business to become a preacher:
(a)     Little Richard
(b)     Frankie Lymon
(c)     Tony Orlando

12.   Paul Anka's 'Puppy Love' is written to what star?
(a)     Brenda Lee
(b)     Connie Francis
(c)     Annette Funicello

13.   The Everly Brothers are . . ...
(a)    Pete and Dick
(b)    Don and Phil
(c)    Bob and Bill

14.   The Big Bopper's real name was:
(a)    Jiles P. Richardson
(b)    Roy Harold Scherer Jr.
(c)    Marion Michael Morrison

15.   In 1959, Berry Gordy, Jr., started a small record company called...
(a)     Decca
(b)     Cameo
(c)     Motown

16.   Edd Byrnes had a hit with 'Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb'.   'What TV show was he on?
(a)     77 Sunset Strip
(b)     Hawaiian Eye
(c)     Surfside Six

17.   In 1960 Bobby Darin married:
(a)     Carol Lynley
(b)     Sandra Dee
(c)     Natalie Wood

18.   They were a one hit wonder with 'Book Of Love':
(a)    The Penguins
(b)    The Monotones
(c)    The Moonglows

19.   The Everly Brothers sang a song called 'Till I ________ You.'
(a)     Loved
(b)     Kissed
(c)     Met

20.   Chuck Berry sang 'Oh, ___________, why can't you be true?'
(a)     Suzie Q
(b)     Peggy Sue
(c)     Maybelline

21.   'Wooly _______'
(a)     Mammouth
(b)     Bully
(c)     Pully

22.   'I'm like a one-eyed cat . . .
(a)     can't go into town no more
(b)     sleepin' on a cold hard floor
(c)     peepin' in a seafood store

23.   'Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do . . ...'
(a)     cause there ain't no answer for a life without booze
(b)     cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
(c)     cause my car's gassed up and I'm ready to cruise

24.   'They often call me Speedo, but my real name is . .....'
(a)     Mr. Earl
(b)     Jackie Pearl
(c)     Milton Berle
25.   'You're my Fanny and nobody else's .....'
(a)     girl
(b)     butt
(c)     love

26.   'I want you to play with my . . '
(a)     heart
(b)     dreams
(c)     ding a ling

27.   'Be Bop A Lula ...'
(a)    she's got the rabies
(b)    she's my baby.
(c)    she loves me, maybe

28.   'Fine Love, Fine Kissing ...'
(a)     right here
(b)     fifty cents
(c)     just for you

29.   'He wore black denim trousers and . . ...'
(a)     a pink carnation
(b)     pink leotards
(c)     motorcycle boots

30.   'I got a gal named . . .'
(a)     Jenny Zamboni
(b)     Gerri Mahoney
(c)     Boney Maroney

Answers: Scroll Down so you aren't tempted to cheat (as if cheating were needed here).

* * * * * * * * * * * * *

1     (c)    The movie's over, it's 4 o'clock
2.    (b)    Blackboard Jungle
3.    (a)    Angel
4.    (c)    Blueberry Hill
5.    (a)    Mr. Sandman
6.    (c)    Sun
7.    (b)    Charlie Brown
8.    (a)    Mac Heath
9.    (c)    Tutti Fruitti
10. (c)    Alan Freed
11. (a)    Little Richard
12. (c)    Annette Funicello
13. (b)    Don and Phil
14. (a)    Jiles P. Richardson
15. (c)    Motown
16. (a)    77 Sunset Strip
17. (b)    Sandra Dee
18. (b)    The Monotones
19. (b)    Kissed
20. (c)    Maybelline
21. (b)    Bully
22. (c)    peepin' in a seafood store
23. (b)    cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
24. (a)    Mr. Earl
25. (b)    butt
26. (c)    ding a ling
27. (b)    she's my baby
28. (a)    right here
29. (c)    motorcycle boots
30. (c)    Boney Maroney

click here==> Pyote, TX Army Air Field

Excellent Article about the "Pyote Army Air Field", (later "Pyote Air Force Station") also known as "Rattlesnake Bomber Base".

Many of our parents and relatives worked at this base in the early 1940's. In the mid to late 1940's, as you and your parents were driving past Pyote on Old Highway 80, you might remember looking south from the highway and seeing the "thousands" of WW IIbombers and smaller aircraft being stored on the concrete runways and on the grounds of the then-named "Pyote Aircraft-Storage Depot" or graveyard. (provided by Sheridan Pettit Moore, 5-30-2009)