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William "Butch" Ginder

great you got to visit ms sanders. she was also my homeroom teacher. she was well liked.

say hi to her from me

butch

Sweetie Marbury '65

Mrs. Sanders at Black. Did she teacch world History?

I remember a fabulous woman, I think Mrs. Sanders, made me want to travel the world t an early age.

Sweetie Marbury '65

Jim,

Please post the address. I would like to send her a card.

Jim Taylor

Mrs  Helen Sanders  

C/o Legend Oaks Skilled Nursing Center

7107 Queenston Blvd

Houston, TX 77095

Teddie Jordan

Jim, please educate me. I remember her but never had her class. What was the RWS that she taught? (Readin', writin' and spellin'?)

Jim Taylor

Teddy, very analytical. It was Reading, Writing, and Spelling. I think she also taught some History and math. There is a picture of her under the Black Jr. High tab on the home page.  

Scotty Croom

teddy, we had ms. seitz....rws

Teddie Jordan

Page after page of push pulls and ovals with Mrs. Seitz.

Then there was our home room and science teacher Mr. Clausen and his sayings. Always talking about Sally Mae Hoopandholler. And how little Johnny is no more, because what he thought was H2O, was H2SO4!  

Must have been pretty effective learning tools if I can still remember 55 plus years later.

Jim Taylor

Mr. Clausen was a hoot.  He always made things interesting.  I remember the day the phosphorous blew up in his hands.

Allen C. Geiser

Scotty Croom

allen, and ms. seitz was imacculate dresser..clothes ,hair,jewelry....remember starched white blouses..no wrinkles...always made class interesting..used her ruler to keep you alert and correct...no physical harm,but.kept us on toes...

Jim Taylor

Scotty, you have a great memory. I remember the endless drills with the loops and circles that Allen described. She was insistent that the heel of you'd hand not rest on the paper or the desk. I also remember the ruler. However, I don't remember much about Mrs. Seitz. 

Teddie Jordan

Like all of you described I remember Mrs. Seitz being meticulous in her appearance and her dress and her requirements in class. Of course to a bunch of 12-13 year olds she seemed old, but looking back she was maybe 40. If Mrs. Sanders is ninety now she would have been about 34-35 back then. I've always heard that no matter what age you are, someone 15 years older seems old, and have found that to be very true.

Beau Wann, Jr.

Hey Jim, I'd forgotten about the phosphorous blowing up on Mr Clausen...Now I remember going to class and seeing the burns on his hands...He sure made science interesting didnt he!  He brought an old crank phone magneto to school. Had us make a circle, join hands, and one person had their hand on one of the poles and the other end of the chain had their hand on the other pole, and he cranked the handle...shocking, just shocking.... Can you imagine what would happen to the teacher  if they did that to the special little darlings in todays atmosphere????  Be in jail for child abuse ! ! !

I dont remember any lady teachers, except Mrs. Simpson.  My homeroom teacher at Black was Mr Miller, the one with the Triumph TR7? TR3? Maybe it was an MG, anyway, there were two Mr Millers, ours was of slight build and stature, but nice as all get out. I remember he caught heck for allowing our intermural group to call themselves "The Miller Highlifes". They kept the name, but admin was unhappy about it. Onliest (Mrs Simpson for only....nah, just funnin ya) other teachers I remember were the other Mr Miller, who drove a school bus, Mr Wadsworth, (to thine ownself be true), Mr Clausen, and that's about it...oh, and the shop teacher, ol whatsitsname....got a good memory, just short ! ! !

Teddie Jordan

How about  some of my favorites, Mr. Lynn-shop, classmate Frank's dad, Mrs. Hill, Bubba's mom, Mr Bresenhan, Charlie's dad, coaches Callon, Yeager, Baker, Mr. Duff, U.S. History, Mr. Prappas, Mrs. Carnes- speech, a real character, and sweet Ms, Birchett, bless her heart whose name was so often mispronounced. There was a sweet lady art teacher I liked but can't recall her name. And assistant principal Mr. Madely, an excellent swatter.

Johnny Sheffield

Well folks, only one more week till the fall fling.

we have as of now , 49 RSVP and I fill we will go over the 50 mark. 

We will have chips and salsa at the tables for appetizing on

while you figure on what you might want to eat. 

They have bar b que  , good hamburgers and I recommend the rodeo 

chicken sandwich.  I will have a cash bar set up outside at our area with 4 different wines

and as of now bud light and ultra beer.  Let

me know if any other brands need to be 

put out there for you to drink. 

Look forward to seeing you all there. 

Bring ideas for future get togethers. 

Johnny

johnnysheffield46@gmail.com

979-203-7209

Scotty Croom

teddy, ms. snapp,art teacher....husband was spr. branch coach ...son in school with us,but younger...dick snapp...your historian....lsc

Jimmie Lee Smith (Brawner)

My favorite teachers @ Black were Mrs.Marshall (homeroom) and Mrs. Wilborn (English).  I was in Mr. Miller's (the younger) homeroom.  He was good friends with Mr. Miller (the older - used a cane). 

Mrs. Wilborn was the very best English grammar teacher I ever had - she taught diagramming, which I truly loved and I tried to teach it to my Waltrip English students, but few of them ever "got it."  Diagramming was such a help in understanding sentence structure and later learning foreign languages.

I saw Charles for the 1st time in the auditorium of Black when we were herded up the aisles to join our homeroom groups - fell in love with him at that very minute and then I was blessed with his being in Mrs. Marshall's homeroom, also. 

One semester, all the homerooms were charged with finding a project to raise money for the library.  Our 8th grade homeroom girls (mostly me) decided to auction off a date with Charles.  We made more money than any other homeroom.  My mother forbade me from buying a ticket (it would look like I was chasing Charles - hmmmm), but I bought one anyway hoping for that one little chance to have a date with him.  Sheryl Knight won and Charles took her to Playland Park and Richard Brimberry took me.  Mrs. Brawner drove all of us in her 3-seater station wagon. 

I have so many good memories of times at Black - place I met so many truly fantastic friends who had come from other elementary schools.

Looking forward to seeing everyone October 17.  Thanks, Sheffield, for getting us together.

Kay Watters '65 (Greene)

Hi all, just was reading, attended my 50th at Sam Houston High School with my sis, we enjoyed the kids or i.e. older generation of my youth.  Just want to add, Ms. Jackie, get well soon.

Pat Brantley (Ross)

I have a question for ya'll because I raised daughters.  Many of you men played football in high school or raised boys who played.  So far this year 5 high school boys have died from football injuries.  I read this and was dumbfounded.  Are these kids being pushed into complicated plays or just getting more aggressive?  I think the friendships and discipline are wonderful for young men.  the equipment is better now isn't it?  

Bill Traill

Hi Pat, I , like Beau never had the time to play in High School, but living here in South Carolina seems to be no different than our beloved sport in Texas. It is aggressive, highly competitive, and I assure you, from watching on the sidelines, no one is playing unless they are giving 100%. Sadly, that involves a lot of injuries. I had one Son, but he himself did not show interest in athletic sports, with the exception of golf thankfully, however now in his 40s he is into jiujitsu ! Go figure.

 I personally love to watch football both collegiate and professional football, and for the very fortunate few that can make a career of it, that's great. The rest have to hope they are not injured for life.

Allen C. Geiser

Pat,

As to your question on athletics., #1. you've got to love it or you don't belong on the field. #2 If you really dig deep into these deaths you'll find that there was some underlying other health problem.  Very few are a direct result of the actual injury.  #3 I learned the most important lessons in life and how to deal with them on the athletic field, far more than anything I ever learned in a class room.  I credit Coach Burton, like most of my team mates for my success in life as an adult and how to deal with  the downturns and get up and start again.  He taught us to always give 110% in the game of Sport or Life. Niether is over til the final whistle blows!!!!!!!!!

True fact of Life and Sport, when you don't give give a 100%, that's always when you get carried off the field. My kids played sports and they were good.  My son played his way through Jr. College on a Baseball Scholarship.  They were never pushed to play, they wanted to.  Todays parents push these kids into sports at way to early an age. Less than 6 yrs. old is way too young for any kid to be playing an organized sport, especially if it has any kind of Physical contact.  After spending may years as a coach & umpire in little league and pony league, the biggest problems I ever had were Pushy parents trying to push their kids too fast, too hard and to do something they don't like and don't want to do. I have been known to throw parents and coaches out of the ball park for berating their child unmercifully in the middle of a game in front of both teams and a stand full of spectators.

Personally, I wouldn't trade my experiences on the athletic field fo any amount of money.  The most lessons I learned in Life started on the athletice field and 99.5 % were from Les Burton and Ken Pridgeon, Max Callon and Coach Yeager

Allen #34

Jackie Crowe (Finch)

Reminder, no Fuddrucker's tonight!!!!  I'll see everyone this Saturday, October 17 at Goode Company BBQ on 290 for our Fall Fling.  See details on homepage.  To date we have 49 - Gary and Sarrah Moseley have been added to our list. 

Also wanted to share my good news I received this morning at M.D. Anderson; the new treatment I've been on for 3 months is working!!   I had PET scan yesterday and results today.  Tumors are shrinking and undercontrol, I'll go back in 3 months (January).  Looking forward to enjoying the holidays.  Thanks to all my prayer warriors!!!  Love all of you. Hugs, J

Jackie Crowe (Finch)

Please keep Susan Howard and her husband, Bryon Rose, in your prayers.  As you will recall last update Bryon had been moved to a Rehab Facility and would be there for 30 days or more. 

He has now developed severe pneumonia and kidney failure.  He was moved yesterday evening to Austin - St. David's - ICU (they live in Georgetown) and as of today the doctor was starting him on dialysis.  The next 24 hours are going to be very critical for him, please keep your prayers flowing and send your love and support to Susan. 

God Bless, J

Don Ellisor

There is a scientific reason for many of the severity of accidents associated with football. In the 1960's I was considered to be a larger than average linemen. I weighed around 230 lbs. It is not unusual for lineman to weigh above 300 lbs. in the larger classifications in high school football today. It also is not unusual for these same young men to run faster then most of our backs did back then . The physics of the matter is that a 300 lb. lineman running at a very fast rate upon collision with a like sized and speed opponent  create a great deal of force. Before  young people are encouraged or even allowed to play football the adults involved need to determine if the young man is physically able to compete. Young boys should not be allowed to play until their bodies are ready to absorb such collisions. In my estimation that time most times comes around the seventh grade.

Not all young men will fit the football mode of today's game. Help your sons and grandsons choose wisely