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Beau Wann, Jr.

     HEY SUSAN ! ! !   So glad you're ok !  Your colorado place sounds so beautiful...beautiful country for sure.    One of my sons and and grandson just got back from Montana. Seems they go there everyother month or so.  They are always sending pictures back to my phone OF THEM HAVING FUN, whilst I'm working.   If I ever went up in the high country, higher than here, I probably wouldnt come back.   So many places I've dreamed of going to, but never made it.   So now I have my "field of dreams"...not colorado or Montana, but I guess it will have to do.  

    Ok Susan, got a name tag all ready for you to hawk the dogs and popcorn and crackerjacks, and lemonade and peanuts...and cotton candy if I can find a cotton candier machine for reasonable cheap, free! ! !   But like Terry, you gotta stay in shape, cause you might be needed on the field!  Do we have any "Flos" out there, or "Alices" ?    Got name tags for them as well ! ! ! 

     Snakes on a field?   SNAKES ALIVE MAN ! ! ! !  I was out sitting in one of the box seats, just giving it the old be hind test.  I had a cold brewski in one hand, my glove and ball under my arm, and all the while talking to Robbie B on my pay phone.  Whilst conversing, I noticed the ground was moving in the infield....."HEY" , says I, "the grounds not supposed to be moving".....SNAKE ! SNAKE ! SNAKE !    That bad boy was about 4 to 5 foot long !  You know how folks say, "why that came right out of left field"....now I know where that saying came from, only this bad boy came out of right field, crawled across the infield and right across home plate.

     He was going backwards from first to home. I tried to splain the rules to him, but he just wouldnt listen.   He had a very distinct diamond pattern on his, uh, ugly slimy creepy self, but no rattles on his otherwise skinny tail...Robbie said it was probably a chicken snake, or rat snake, or bull snake....Ok, I aint got no chickens yet, and not many rats close by, and bulls in pastures on both sides of us....So SHOO ! ! !  I'm like Indiana Jones,  AH HATE SNAKES....

     I had a beer bottle, a  bat or two, and a .357 with which to dispatch him should the need arise.  It didnt !   So I left him alone, and he left me alone.  

     Our dogs, fric and frac found a hog nose, or possum snake at the back of the house....My beloved hollard "SNAKE" or woids to that effect...I came a runnin with the shovel, whilst she held beowolf and fang by the collars.   The snake reared up and spread it's hood, (possum snakes have a hood like a cobra) when they spread the hood, if that doesnt scare you away, then it flops over on it's back and plays "possum" hence the name "possum snake"....

    Since our "critter relocation" program was in affect, I gently scooped him up with the shovel, and gently flung him into the next pasture.   He laid there upside down, till he thought the danger had passed, then just as deftly as you please, flipped back over on his belly and slithered away.....dang I hate snakes...

     Well, I got the first sponsors sigh hung on the back stop, and tested all the box seats, and everything was just fine, cept for that snake!   I sat there as the sun was going down, all the while it was 100 degrees, but in the shade, and saw ballplayers on the field, or wished there was some.   I know JC Mosier and Larry York and Keith Kupeck were good, no, GREAT ball players, so I'm reserving a spot on the roster for them.  Probably Teddy and Robbie, and Johnny et al were all good ballplayers at one time, so they have a place on the team, teams....

     Well, I see by the bright yellow light shining through the library door, that the sun is up. HA, I beat the sun up every morning. My day starts around 4 AM...Sammy usually breaks the "silent night" with his "I want to go out on the porch" cry...so I get up and let him out, or my beloved does...then of course that usually rousts the rest of the critters from their slumber.  Dixie Belle shakes her head from side to side real fast and her ears and collar flops and sounds like woody woodpecker banging into a steel post ! ! !   Well, sure, ok, I'm up, no problem... I wasnt doing anything important,  cept sleeping.....seems beowolf and white fang want to go out and the cats want to EAT ! ! ! !

    I know what fric and frac want to do,  pester a toad !  We have a couple of HUGE toads in the yard, and Balto and Rin Tin Tin want to play with them, or pester em to death....dogs...! ! !   That was one thing about Cooper, that also made him a great therapy dog, was nothing distracted him or bothered him to excitement. He would just look lazily at whatever was making a fuss, and then go on about his business, which usually was sleeping, when he wasnt working with someone !

    Ok, guess I've be babblin enough for a Sunday morn...Probably gonna be another hot day...got to 103 yesterday, and at least 100 everyday since the beginning of June, and two months without rain.  Someone said that this was the hottest july on record since 1865 or 95....not having been there, I'll take their word for it.

    Keep the sun at your xis and ride boldly ride, with the AC on...
Your frien and resident wacko....Beauregard Cephus T. Abner Magillicutty Doubleday esq...  

Terry Jones (Gallemore)

Beau, I love seeing construction progress on Cooper Memorial Ball Field, it makes me smile and maybe all Waltrip '64 alumni can all be there for your first game!  Maybe it could be a little cooler when you schedule the games!  What fun!

Beau Wann, Jr.

     HEY Terry...man, wouldnt that be a hoot...and yes,  I will schedule it first snowfall...it hit 103 before noon today with heat index of 121....Is that your banjo?  bring it to opening game, and I'll get my guitar out, and others can bring their instruments, ie washboards, spoons and jugs, and we can entertain at halftime...have a marching band...yeah, that's the ticket...ha, I just love it when a plan comes together....

     On an otherwise more cereal knote, I will pass on to you whats happening to your medicines!  My father-in-lawr is a pharmacist, the old Cunningham Pharmacy in the heights and one at northwest memorial etc. Anyway, he keeps his license current with continuing education, sometimes in Austin and sometimes on line. 

     This last round of CE, produced some shocking information about our drugs, ie aspirin etc.   For generic drugs, they were suppose to contain at least 90% of the named drug, aspirin, prednesone etc, all generic drugs....now because of Obummer care, the FDA sent down an edict from higher up, that all generic drugs now have to contain only 70% of named drug, again things like generic aspirin, prednesone, antibiotics etc.

     This includes all drugs, cancer, heart drugs, diabetes insulin etc...if it is a generic, it is only at 70% strength, and the drug company does not have to list on the bottle or box that it has only 70% of named drug....

     I've noticed some of the generic things I've used over the last year or whenever it all started, they were ineffective, such as Migraine formula aspirin/tylenol/caffiene found in  Excedrin Migraine tablets. To stay away from hard drugs, vicodin etc, I took Excedrin Migraine tablets for my pain, and for the most part, worked very well.  When I bought the generic of the Excedrin Migraine, it stopped working.  I thought that my body had built up a tolerance against the Excedrin until Diane told me about the 90 to 70% change. I went back to the name brand Excedrin Migraine, and it works as well as before.

     I have my theories as to why this was done and wont share them here, you can draw your own conclusion.   Just thought I'd pass that along so when your sawbones asks you if a generic prescription would be ok, I'm gonna say not just no, but Hail NO....
 

Beau Wann, Jr.

      Hello myne fryends...Cephus Doubleday here...Been workin since 4 am this day...just got off tractor at 9PM.  Days are sure long on the funny farm...Well, it's official, I'm old ! ! ! !

     You know how some folks go through a second childhood?  Well, I'm going through my first again...have to have help putting on my socks, it's a good thing I dont wear shoes, because I'd just have to get Diane to tie them....after a hard days work, I have to get Diane to help me  get up, and instead of a toddler, I'm sort of a wobbler...everything I try to grab, I just push it further from reach...I sort of have to sneak up on things and surround em, then grab...If it falls on the floor, it belongs to the dogs and  cats...

     Wish they would have had a class at Waltrip in growing old...GETTING OLD 1301, or OLD FOLKS 101...

     Didnt get to woik on Coopers field today, but did look at it moren once.  It got up to 103 with a heat index of 121 today.   That's just too hot, now, I want that sort of nonsense stopped right this minute, you hear!  Ok, yeah right bozo....Well, couldnt hoit! ! ! 

     Dont know when I'm going to get to start on the first set of bleachers, or is it bleechers....I'm so cornfused sometimes....

    You know the rules about hitting the goats with the softball,, well, I didnt cover the one where if you hit one of us OLD Goats...that's grounds for taking a knap!  Ha, faith and begora....what the heck!   Something is wrong with this typewriter....you know, at the beginning when I logged in to the website, a little window came up and asked me if I wanted to unlock the "sticky keys"...what the heck is that all about...I told it I was sorry for dropping my peanut butter and jelly sandridge on the keyboard.  I cleaned it out, mostly ! ! !   Sticky keys indeed! ! !   I'll show y ou sticky keys.....

     ok, I had something to say, but as you  can see, said nothing...I've been stalling hoping the thought would come winging in from the infinite, but me thinks it's on the way to cyberspace and beyond....

    So I will bid you goot eefenink and happy trails...
Lee[ tje sim at upirsox amd rode sbp;d;u rods....what the heck was that all about? More sticky keys?

jeese louieese and jeepers creepers...
your frine and really tired resident idjit...Shoeless Beau Jackson....aka me, or you, depending on where me, or you is, are .... 

Jackie Crowe (Finch)

Mark your calendar with another date - our Fall Fling - Saturday, October 29 at 4:00 p.m.  at Goode Company BBQ on 290. See homepage for details.

Beau Wann, Jr.

Ok, got the alarm set on my phone to go off on October 29....Whew, we finally got rain this afternoon...the mercury hit 106 and then the rains came, at 1.02 inches an hour....the temp dropped to 76 in less than an hour. we have a total of 2.35 inches.    I was a feared we werent going to get any forever, and we get forevers amount in 2 hours....

     Got new plans for Coopers Memorial ball field...Centerfield, the green monster, will have box seats...just wait till you see how it's going to look.   Left field, the grey monster, and right field, the goat monster will not have any seating, except some can sit on my brush hog and tool box....of course if it's hot, it'll burn your buttowski.

  We are really planning a grand opening for Coopers Field, probably sometime this fall, maybe after the Fall Ball, we can Soft Ball, sometime after the weather has changed to cooler than 100....It certainly will be fun, maybe...we'll have hotdogs, hamburgers, BBQ, all kinds of drinks and chips and maybe fries or tator tots...

     Well, we will see what we will see....

Jackie Crowe (Finch)

Whew you are knocking yourself out, BroBeau, but your baseball field is amazing!!!  Looking forward to putting another date on the calendar for the Grand Opening of Coopers Field!

Hugs

James Hilsher '65

I  beau,I wanted to stop by yesterday and see cooper fieid.was headed to country with grand twins when we reached Brazos it  started pouring. catch u next trip.

Richard Meek '65

For those of you who sent money to the Alumni Association , I received an email from Dr. Jon. The goal for buying the uniforms was met. The rams will be on the field in new uniforms this year! Thanks to everyone! Looking sharp contributes to being sharp.

Beau Wann, Jr.

     Hey Richard, thanks for the info on the uniforms. I was wondering about the goal and if it had been acheived, well wonder no more eh !    Hadnt beeen on the forum in a coons age because by the time I'm through for the day, I am burnt and worn to a frazzle.  And, I know that the stupid wifi will not let me on or stay on for moren a megaparsec.

     Been working to repair our bridge and driveway. Just had another load of kaliche stone delivered today. Been trying to get the Cooper Memorial and Waltrip Reunion Ball Field ready for the Whirld Series, but it is so hot, the Ball park Union wont let their people work in this heat ! ! !  Big sissy babies ! ! !   And, all I lack is finishing up ! ! ! !

     Did mow some on the sidelines, and ran into a wasp/hornets nest, me and the mule lit out of there like a shootin star....if it had been bees, we'd be dead!    Dadburn wildlife, with the snakes and wasps and bunnies, gonna have to change the name to Jurasic Park !  Heck far, nobody's gonna wanta come play ball with me at the rate I've been stirring up the critters around here!   

    Well, I will endeavor to persevere....and ride boldly ride and go where no man dare to go...

     I have the first base side bleechers up and ready, the backstop and the bases etc.   I guess I'll work on the third base side bleechers either tonight or early in the morn, then have to get the center field skyboxes installed...dadburn HEAT.....

    And that's another thing, whilst going back through my FIRST childhood, not being able to dress myself, or get in and out of bed or off the couch without help, I've been getting HEAT rash on the tops of my thighs, or quadraceps.   I havent had a heat rash since the last time I got a heat rash some time in the last century round the nifty fifties!

     Didja notice I added to the name of the ballpark?  It's now the COOPER MEMORIAL AND WALTRIP REUNION BALL FIELD...I thought that kind of fitin, seeing as how both Cooper and the Waltrip class of 64 have influenced and enriched my life beyond all measure! ! ! 

     Ok, guess I will sing off for now, gotta get supper on the table....Oh, you will be glad to note, I've been eating healthy lately, just finished off an 80 ounce jar of kosher dill pickles always mindful of the old saying,
"a pickle a day keeps the doctor away"....just got anothe 80 ounce jar today at the HEB...cant wait to dive into it !   Well, not literally, but at least poke my hand in there and draw out one O them delectable pickled cucumbers....

Keep the sun at your six and endeavor to persevere...
Your frien and briney classmate...Cephus T Magillicutty Doubleday esq... 

Teddie Jordan

Cephus, glad to hear you are surviving the heat. Every year we seem to hit the Ides of August about now and go 7 days or more days without hearing from anyone. And as far as I'm concerned Cooper and his life were and definitely are  an honorary part of the what our proud class of '64 stands for. So the new name for the ball field is perfect!

And I have probably given you this perspective before, and if so I apologize for the lecture and the redundancy. But the bees and snakes and wasps and the other wildlife were living and surviving on that property and habitat for thousands of years, long before y'all decided to build your permanent residence in the middle of their living room. So you are the visitors and the interlopers, not the wildlife. Treat them like a grateful guest. They and their progeny will still be surviving there long after we and the damage we do to their habitat are gone.

Pat Brantley (Ross)

Beau or J.C., do either of you know any of the blue Knights?  They are a motorcycle honor guard for fallen officers.  My husband met several of them on Tuesday.  A longtime friend lost her son.  He was with the Travis county sheriff's office for over 31 years.  He was a good guy.  He was killed 36 days before retirement.  I thought of you, beau because you have been so faithful in honoring veterans.  

Teddy you are right about the critters.  I still don't want the scorpions or roaches in my house, but it is sweet to see the deer walking across the street while traffic is stopped.  We have one fox and several raccoons.  I see an occasional coyote.  I had a problem with copperhead snakes in Houston, but all our snakes so far have been non poisonous.  

Teddie Jordan

Beau, of course we all have to deal with the wildlife that could kill or harm us and our two legged and four legged loved ones. And we ALL live in areas that once were the exclusive domain of wildlife. We have a lot of rattlesnakes down south and kill the ones around our house and barn and high traffic areas. Many of ours are definitely big enough to be deadly but we have never had anyone four legged or two hit by one yet. We set off bug bombs in the house every time we leave from a visit and usually find a few dead scorpions when we return a few weeks later. But gladly and knock on wood, in 22 years we have never had anyone stung by one and rarely even see them alive. And we've had to deal with bees (some of ours are the Africanized which are very dangerous and can be deadly, especially if you're on a tractor) and wasps, and mice, and an occasional black widow in one of our wildlife blinds. We've got plenty of other insects including big tarantulas, centipedes and an occasional millipede, and a multitude of others, but never in the house. And we've got plenty of non poisonous snakes, some quite large, which we don't bother, but which sometimes surprise us and almost make us hurt ourselves as we make our rounds and do our work. And we have let government trappers come in on a couple of occasions and work on our over population of coyotes to benefit our other mammals and birds, but have several packs living on our place and still hear their serenades and howling every evening and right before daybreak every morning.

And of course we have a very healthy population of rabbits, javelinas, badgers, ground squirrels, raccoons and possum, bobcats and an ocassional mountain lion in the area. And to be clear, my family and I are not vegetarians, so we do consume a small number of our deer and doves and quail, and infrequently rabbit and javelina.  

And the best news is that we are home to several endangered or threatened species including horned lizards ( Horned toads to Texans ), Texas Tortoises, Indigo snakes and White Tipped doves.

Beau Wann, Jr.

      Hey Pat, glad to see your post...I know some of the Blue Knights, and can only remember one of their names.   We have ridden with the Blue Knights, and they have ridden with us on many occasion.  There was an officer killed some 5 or 10 years back from the Champion area, I think. Patriot Guard and Blue Knights turned out about 1000 bikes!   There was the firing of shotguns salute and flyover by HPD choppers etc...I wish I could remember the names of all the fallen soldiers, sailors, Marines and air force and law enforsement men and women we have ridden for.  

     Why dont I write this stuff down? I dont know, just an idjit I suppose. I use to have a phenomenal memory, and I guess I got so use to being able to remember just about every detail of every detail, I thought I could rely on my memory.   Now, I'm lucky if I can remember what day it is!

     We do have a friend that I can remember from the Blue Knights. His name is Larry and wife name is Carol.  He is a retired HPD officer of 31 years.   They were with Dianes brother when he was killed. They saw it happen, which they are still having trouble with. 

    We rode with the Blue Knights at officer Danforths services. The service was at 2nd Baptist.  Place was SRO with about 8000 folks oustside.  Mounted patrol was there, as well as just about every dept of every law enforcement agency in the state, and then some.  I dont know how the mounted patrol stood it. They wore full dress "blues", and they looked to be wool and thick.   They were a sight to behold though, mighty empressive. Their mounts were beautiful.  Love horses, and just about most every other critter on this earth.  Some of em I love up close, but lots of em from a 1000 MM lens, or National Geographic.  Dangerous though they may be, they are still beautiful.

    Hey TJ, I think we've had a discussion before on rattlesnakes. I wear boots here all the time, and sometimes my snake boots. I remember that you said that a rattle snake can strike "belt buckle" high.   Hmmmm, wonder if they make a whole body snake boot.  Havent seen any rattle snakes here, but have killed about half dozen copperheads and one coral snake.  A blue indigo introduced itself to Diane sometime back.  Reared up and hissed at her.  Never seen a little old lady run that fast. 100 yards in about 2 seconds. that ol boy was huge.  I guess thats why we dont have any rattle snakes.

     The "kids" , Dixie Belle and Jack found a possum snake next to the house.  Those are fearsome looking snakes.  There are other names for that particular one,  Hog Nose, Puff adder.  It isnt poisonous, so it isnt an "adder" or Viper.  They are kind of funny, if you can think a snake is funny.  This ol boy reared up and spread it's hood out, looks like a cobra.   If that doesnt scare you away, he faints dead away, upside down. Playing "possum", hense the name Possum snake. Dont know what it's scientific name is!

    When he or she or it did that the other day, I just scooped him up on the shovel being careful not to hurt him, and relocated him to the pasture next to us.   He layed there, upside down for about a minute or two and once he sensed that the danger had passed,  flopped over on his belly and off he went away from us. Good ! ! !

     Our exterminator was scheduled for yesterday. Entec I believe is the name of the company. Anyway he was telling us that his wife was mowing the yard and a copperhead hit her on the heel. Spent 5 days in the hospital.   We try to learn alot about all the folks that perform a service for us. Chris, the exterminator was in some of the Iraq war, or Kuwait, anyway the ongoing conflict in the middle east, and was awarded 3 purple hearts. He's a big ol boy, about 6'6" bettern 250, but just as pleasant and knowlegable as can be. Works 2 jobs, kind of sort of like the folks in our class. Probably more than a few of us have worked two jobs at the same time, in our lifetime. I know I have!

    Chris wife is full blooded Cherokee, or as full blooded as you can get in todays world.  Diane is 1/8 Cherokee, hence the red hair.....nah, just funnin ya,   that's from the other 7/8 of scottish DNA.  Dont know how the scottish and the cherokee got together, but must have been some party!  

     Got both sets of bleechers finished complete with sponsor signs. Now, the coup de grais, is all that is left. The centerfield sky boxes...yall are just gonna love it when you see it...well, maybe some of you will, I know I do already. I may get those done today, or at least by next week, I'm a hopin!   It is so hot up here, hit 100, yet again.  Thats about 2 months plus that it has been 100 or over, everyday!   Can't recollect when I've seen a hotter summer. And we still have all of August to go, and it has always been notorious for 100 degree weather.

     Hmmmm, I smell the bacon cooking, and so do all the critters. Guess I better sing off. Diane tells me it's saturday....Hmmmm, a day of rest, maybe.  Like the general that was surrounded at Bastogne that said "good, then I can attack in any direction", well that's what it's like up here, I'm surrounded  by work, and can attack in any direction. 

Keep the sun at your six and ride a cool horse... 

Teddie Jordan

Cephus, what the professional snake handler told me that time was that 80 percent of your western diamondback rattlers will tend to strike below the knee. He said the other 20 percent will tend go for the belt buckle. I'm ok with the belt buckle and always have one on, but I always think about meeting the one that is a little near sighted and falls short! I'm really not that bothered by snakes, but would just as soon not meet that guy.

Charles Dent

A preacher once told me there are only 4 kinds of snakes; big ones, little ones, live ones and dead ones and he did not like any of them. I agree.

Beau Wann, Jr.

     Me too!  What the heck purpose is a snake anyway?   One delivered an apple to eve, and then shoulda left town.  Of course, I dont really believe that story anyway. I think it was Adam that took the apple, you know how hungry us guys get. But heck, he shoulda snapped the head offin that serpent and fried em up. I hear tell frahed rattle snake is good!   Dang, and ahm fresh out too.   Snake is far down on my list  of things to eat. 

    Had the opportunity to sample one O them going through Survival school and Escape and Evasion school.  I tasted it, and it was tasteless, to me. If I hadnt known that we'd get to eat after the schools were over, I mighta et more, but I knew I could count on the chow hall to have the proper vittles once we were back in civilization.
I knew SNAKE wouldnt be on the menu! or rabbit, or stinky ol dead raw fish....YUK !  

     I did stuff my flight suit with dozens of bags of peanuts and other snacks always before we took off and went anywhere.  Survival school was no different.   I stuffed my flight suit so full of goodies, I looked like the pilsbury dough boy, or the michelin man.  Whoever was the pilot of whichever plane I was on, always remarked, "dang, that ol boy is sure lumpy"...."Hey Wann, what the heck are you packin in your flight suit?"
"You got a steak in there boy?"...."heh heh, that ol boy Wann is sure wacky aint he....hey Wann, give me some of them peanuts, and a hershey bar"....Everyone always called you by your last name, or if you were from a particular place like TEXAS, most just called you "TEX".

    Of course I shared with others, which was the proper thing to do.  I loved that orange flight suit, it must have had a zillion zippers to a zillion pockets.    Wish I'd kept it, that along with my genuine Navy Flight Jacket it had US Navy and my name on it. If you lost one of them, it cost 44 dollars, which back in 65-66, was a lot of money. Probably 2 weeks pay.   Still I wish I'd kept em.

    I've purchased a few mock flight jackets, from 99 dollars to 500 dollars, and I must say the 99 dollar one from the Spiegle catalog  was the best.  It came in the tiniest of packages, not one I thought could hold a MAN SIZE genuine mock leather flight jacket, no sirree!   They've obviously made a mistake, I said as I opened up the package....WHOOOMP, out jumped my good ol flight jacket, and it was just fine.  Still wonder to this day how they got it in that package.

     It hit 102 yesterday, and I worked out in it from about 8 till 3.   I was always hydrated. Drank so much water and gatorade, I sloshed when I walked, of course perspiring got rid of most of it.   I knocked off about 3, and it was 102.   I also took Lynn Prewitts advice of drinking Tonic water, it does work and keeps you from having cramps.....

     Today, all I did was hook the trailer up to the truck, and went in the house and collapsed. 103 today...heat index of 120, or round a bouts thereof.  

     Anyone want to by a Hummer H2?   Got one forsale. Dianes Brother left it to me, but I had em put it in Dianes name, I dont feel right having someone elses stuff.   I think it's an 03, but just as pertty  as can be. and about the size of an M1 Abrams tank.  Man that think is huge.  Got so many buttons, you hit the wrong one, and you just might go into orbit or something, maye the eject button. It's sorta like my cell phone, I'm always hitting the wrong button, and that thing just goes crazy.

     I'm thinking about holding the opening day ceremonies for the Cooper Memorial and Waltrip Reunion field sometime in the fall, when the weather cools down just a tad, hmmm, say by 50 degrees.   It will be potluck, so bring your favorite dishes, and some that I like too.  We will have hotdogs and stuff, and ofcourse two barbeque pits smokin in the concession stand.    Also too, I was thinking about hookin the trailer up ol dobbin my mule (truck) and taking folks on hay rides.  Whatta ya think of that?  

   Or, if there is a game in process, just backing the trailer up to left center field, since there is a building in right center field, and folks can sit on the hay and watch the game! ! ! ! !    If you catch a fly ball sittin on a bale of hay, then you win!   Don't know what you win, but you deffinetly will be a winner fer shure.

    Ok, got a callico cat a tuggin at my pants leg, nap time!  Diane and the gingham dog are already nappin.

Keep the sun at your six and ride boldly ride. 

Teddie Jordan

Cephus, it is said that Adam and Eve were the first couple to not read the Apple terms and conditions!

Beau Wann, Jr.

     What language did they speak? Read or write ?   English?    Edian? as in Garden of Edian!

     So many questions! ! !   Hey TJ, come to the front, TJ, come to the front TJ ! ! ! I need all sackers and checkers to the front..... I was thinking about having a parade at the opening ceremony of the Cooper Memorial and Waltrip Reunion field....Maybe you and Fran could be the grand marshalls....I know, to avoid folks feeling left out, we could make everyone Grand Marshalls, wouldnt that be grand! Well, most of us are Grand parents, so why not Grand Marshalls....yeah, that's the ticket....

     The problem with it opening this fall, is it will probably coincide with whatever opening day of hunting is opening....Oh no, I cant come, opening day of Yak season is that day....then it will be thanksgiving, then Christmas, then who knows when.....Oh bother! ! !   What if we have an opening day, everyday, and then no onw will miss it. Ha, we shall over come...logic...a mind is a terrible think! ! !  

     Hmmm, I may just be the onliest (east texas for only) one in attendance, well that's ok, I'll throw out the first pitch and run over and catch it, that's how good I am !  "When you can snatch the pebble from my hand, grasshopper, then you will be a man"....yo dude, why you gotta call me a grasshopper?   Well, grasshopper, because Jiminy Cricket is already taken....

     Been watching the O lympics...first time I've watched them in probably 40 years or more.   Got tired of the judges awarding points to all competitors other than Americans.   Like in boxing, if an american didnt knock out his opponent, they usually lost on points.   Same way with all the sports where a judge makes the call. Sorry sobs....And, why are professional athletes allowed to compete ie basketball, tennis etc....They took away Jim Thorpes medals because he earned 25 dollars one summer playing baseball... Sorry sobs....

    I know, they gave em back, but after he died....sorry sobs....

    I tell you something else, I like rugby much better than american football.  Still hate soccer!   If they made the soccer field smaller maybe, but as it stands, it must be a 100 acre field.  There is hardly ever any scoring.  and the halfs are 90 minutes....no wonder those folks in the stand are always rioting and getting into fights.....ok, I hereby ban soccer at Cooper Memorial and Waltrip Reunion field....forever...that oughta do it!  

     Ok, guess I'll go away....gotta lot of work to do tomorrow and forever. Cooper field is almost finished. working on the center field sky boxes. ought to be done this week!   Then gonna decopage the whole thing...there's a woid yall havent heard in a while, decopage.....My trial wife decopaged everything....it looked nice I suppose....exfoliate, exterminate, illuminate, discombobulate....all fine words...

     Say good night Bub, Goodnight Bub...

Charles Dent

Beau:

I believe that the bible teaches us that God speaks to our heart and not our mine. In John 6:63 Jesus said; “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.” Also, the book of Acts tells us of a time when the Holy Spirit filled the disciples and they spoke in “other tongues” (Acts 2:4; “And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.”). As we continue in Acts we are told that the bystanders heard this and that each man heard his own language, so God is able to speak in any language and we will hear Him.

The bottom line is God loves us and desires a relationship with us and with any relationship there has to be two way communications, we talk to Him, He will talk to us. John 3:16; “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” In John 10:10 Jesus said about the God kind of life; “The thief (satan) does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.”

Rest in the knowledge that God loves you and will speak you, and each of us, in a language we can hear and understand. The bible is His love letter to us and I believe the book of John is the best place to start.

Have a blessed day,

Steve Puckett '65

For the Oak Forest Elementary class photos in the 'Elementary& early years' section, what are the names of the teachers?   Thanks.

Teddie Jordan

Great article and photos on front page of the Zest section in today's Houston Chronicle of WHS art teacher Henri Gadbois and his wife of sixty years Leila McConnell. It discusses and honors their long association with and contributions to the history and heritage of contemporary art in Houston. Well worth the read. We were surprised and honored when he came and joined us at one of the early Fudd's get togethers. A nice, nice man. 

And Steve, for me at Oak Forest it was Trimble, Lagrone, Semeyn, Wroten, Mullinix x 2, Womack, and Watson.

At Black it was Mr. Clausen's home room (" little Johnny is no more, because what he thought was H2O was H2SO4!")

At Waltrip it was Mr. Vann's home room, a good, good man, and teacher, and a real gentleman and role model!

Betty Howard (Shugart)

Teddie Jordan

Good to hear from you Betty! He is a good man and role model. I realize now how many we had. 

Troy Holiman

From Troy Holiman

Well I had a name backwords in my math class at The Woodlands Christian Academy because another student had the last name of Carson so I assumed her name was Ellisor Carson. I saw my mistake  and wrote Carson Ellisor. I  asked her if she knew Don Ellisor. She replied "that is my grandpa" WOW!!!!! Can you believe it. I have the honor of teaching Don and Shirley's grandchild. I look forward to meeting the dad and mom at parents night.