Remember when

As some of you may know, I started a web page (on Geocities) about 10 years ago, for the MCHS Class of 1967.


Yahoo is shutting Geocities down so I am transferring some of the "stuff" on that page to this blog.

Do you remember the words to the school song? I can remember the first couple of lines, then I have to look it up. If you need help here are the words. The tune is the Notre Dame Fight song.

Fight fight for dear Center High
We'll never yield our colors on high
We'll fight and fight until we die
Our colors will stand and always rise
We'll march to victory for dear Center High
We'll raise our standards high in the sky
We'll fight, fight, fight, fight, fight, fight, fight.
For dear old Center High, Rah Rah Rah

How about the class song? For years I thought it was just Try to Remember, but a couple of years ago I found these words that someone had written.

Do You Remember?

Do you remember our Class in September
Our hopes were high the world in tune
Do you remember or class in December
When every member dreamt of June
Do you remember our Clas in May
When goals were set for'er to stay
And if you remember then follow, follow, follow....

Chicken Fat

We have been having a discussion at work about exercise and fat etc.

I remembered a song, from the early 60’s, that was produced by the Presidents council on Physical fitness. The song, Chicken Fat or Go you Chicken Fat go (by Robert Preston) in the

Only people here at work remember the son, but I thought would share with all of you. Just for fun

This is the first one I found, just the song and a power point presentation

This one kind of what it looked like when I was in school, except that we only had 12 kids in my class. I am not sure I could do the whole 6 minutes now,

But I probably could do this version

This version the little cartoon just makes me laugh. It reminded Jean and I of a dance we used to do call the Freddy. Does anyone else remember these.

Class prophecy part 4

Jan: Let’s drop into to Mierzwa’s Bowling Alley. There are tournaments going on.

Cathy: Dennis McCarron, Jeanne Gattshall, and Gary Linnabury are really rolling it out. Floyd Roberts is the bowling instructor here

J: We know quite a few of the spectators too. There’s the former Pat Crego with her Husband Rod Hovey, Diane Lemler with her husband Rick, and Peggy Miller and Husband Jim.

C: Hey, it’s that great tycoon Scott Garver. He’s president of Shoppers Fair in Hickory Hollow.

J: It’s 3:30 now. Let’s take a walk by the school.

C: The faculty was the first ones out of the building. Must have been a hard day.

J: There’s Bonn Van Wagnen, Tom Erickson, Joyce Choate, Mary Addison, and Sandy Phillipi


Third Speakers Becky Isaacson and Sandy Phillipi

B: It was nice of you to let me see how you run your classroom

S. I have to admit it was a little hectic.

B. Those twelve little red-headed kids must be brothers and sisters. I wonder who they belong to.

S. They belong to Jan and Denny Locke. That’s quite some difference from Cathy Kimble’s two. She was Cathy Pickett.

B. It’s getting late. We’d better be on our way to the banquet

S. There’s Steve and Dianne Rulewicz. She was Dianne Morrill. He presses apples for cider for Rulewicz’s Orchard. Dianne fills the jugs. I hear she drinks more than she fills?

B. Who is that lurking around in the corners?

S. Why that’s Sandy Peterson, secret agent minus 007 (double-0-seven)

B. I hear Mike Hillis’ go-go girls are going to dance.

S. That’s Pat Stimson, Debbie Gallant, Joanna Blaine, and Judee Cobb. Don ‘Hawkins will also entertain us with a song.

B. What does Tom Fry do now?

S. He’s still gainfully employed as a carry-out boy at Black’s Supermarket. Joanna owns the store now and Carol Schuler is the head check out girl

B. Oh, by the way I heard that Jeanne Hoffman won’t be here tonight. She was the first person to attempt going over Center dam in a barrel. She was bitten by a rabid bluegill.

S. Look at that guy over there in the baseball uniform.

B. Didn’t you recognize him? That’s Bill Bailey the boy wonder of the Detroit Tigers. He’s gone down in the Hall of fame as the only one in baseball history with a batting average of .999

S. Speaking of athletics, isn’t that Chuck Brannick jumping over chairs? He must still like to hurdle

B. Doug Murphy and Glenn Hudson are arm wrestling. I know they liked wrestling but this is ridiculous.

S. Jerry Yankee is trying to start a ping- pong game. He’s still trying to prove he’s the best.

B. Who’s that bum sitting over there on the floor?

S. That’s Katie Farr. She jumped boxcars to get her.

B. I got a telegram here from John Dawson. He won’t be able to make it. Seems his grinder went on the blink and he had to fix it. That boss of his Harry Adams is a real stickler for work.

S. Here comes Tom Buck wandering in. He was enjoying his fishing so much he lost track of time.

B. There’s Sharon Curtis LaFaive and Linda Spicer. They seem to be enjoying themselves.

S. At the table behind us is Roger Hammond and Terry Orban. Roger is the head of the Kroger change, Joanna’s competition. Terry is the butcher there.

B. Isn’t that Jack Sayles with them?

S. I guess it is. He heads a Ben Franklin store now. He always was a little thrifty. His prices are sure high. He charges a dime for penny candy

B. Susan Peterson and Patty Strait work for him. Patty gets her needlework wholesale.


S, Mike Willnow, Al Messner, and Rich Mason seem to be having a grind old time. Mike is a surfer in California.

B. Al is mayor in a neighboring city. And Rich owns a chain of gas stations.

S. That’s Jackie Wetzel in a sari. She’s the American ambassador to India.

B. Up at the head table is the mayor Rex Nance, the Abraham Lincoln of the city.

S. The master of ceremonies, Pat Dresser, is getting up to speak

B. Now Father Gyurkovitz will give the invocation.

The End

The Worst Weirdest Things I or You ever Ate

I haven’t been able to find a book on the subject so I may write one.

Some of my co-workers were discussing child hood memories one day and we started listing some of the weird strange gross things our parents made us eat.

For me it was my dad eating chicken feet, no way would I eat that. Now the pickled pigs knuckles I liked or the sardines, although now I can’t figure out why. When he was a kid he made a younger friend eat worms. Hey the older boys said her try this, so little Charlie did.

My dad wouldn’t drink is coffee without canned evaporated milk. Yuk. My mother used to make sandwiches out of left over bean soup. You know the navy beans and ham soup that when it was cold it congealed and looked gross. She ate that stuff.

For TE it was Vienna sausages, potted meat and spam. Oh yeah and SOS, or the more proper name Chipped beef gravy on toast.

MW agreed with the spam

JeD said creamed spinach, oysters

Big K said dry non fat milk was really gross. Another thing she hated was little green brains (it took a minute but she meant Brussels’ sprouts)

They both thought we were loosing it when JD and I remember having milk with cream on top and scraping it off.

JD’s dad ate orange marmalade and onion sandwiches,
EWWWWW
His neighbor ate vanilla ice cream and mustard.

Kalamari said chow mien, it looked like little white worms.

The worst think EP could come up with was oyster stew every New Years.

Okay your turn, leave a comment, what is the weirdest, strangest worst thing you can remember your parents eating or making you eat? After all if I’m going to write a book I need lots of material.

Class Prophecy Part 3

Linda: Don't we know those hard working soldiers over there?

Sharon: Sure That's Chuck Goldsmith, Rex Allen, and Tom Coutu. If their sergeant could only see them now!

Linda: There he is. Wouldn't you know it? It's none other than Kris Kloack

Second Speakers Cathy Pickett and Jan Beckwith

Jan: Cathy!

Cathy: Well, hi Jan.

Jan: Are you going downtown too?

Cathy: Yes. Come on along.

Jan: What is this store?

Cathy: It's Licking's Fifth Avenue. You remember Dave Licking?

Jan: Oh yes.

Cathy: Linda King is the head buyer here.

Jan: A sign says there's a fashion show today. Why some of the models are Lynda Hovey, Pat Smith and Jackie Kawazinsky.

Cathy: This little jewelry shop belongs to Becky Isaacson. She inherited her father's chain of stores.

Jan: The sign on this restaurant says Surbrook's Brown Hut. That must be Larry.

Cathy: It is! and Ilah Graham and Sharon Metheringham are waitresses. Linda Gilchrist plays dinner music. Isn't that Alan Anderson and Dave Failing going in the door?

Jan: They own their own bank now. Talk around town is that Diane Stuart is the head teller there.

Cathy: Look at that Air Force Blue. Why that's Dennis Swatek, Bill Fairbanks, Rick Lewis, Jack George, and Jim Cooke.

Jan: Here's the beauty shop. Let's go in for a manicure.

Cathy: All right. Those hairdressers look familiar.

Jan: They are you know Judy Moore, Louise Conway, and Margaret Cavendar.

Cathy: There's a radio playing. Listen and see what they're talking about.

"This is radio station WZEN"

Jan: I hear That's David Zenz's station

Cathy: And DJ Bob Beer.

"Brought to you by the makers of Mygrant's beer. The beer made from the sparkling clear waters of Cener Lake. Jim Wheeler, the head sampler, will verify the greatness of it! Now the number one hit in the nation today. "Honeybun" by Sharon Woodworth. "

Jan: Are you ready? Let's go.

Cathy: Even that motorcycle gang looks familar.

Jan: They are. That's Pat Carney, Kelly Powell, Randy Griener, Rich Duncan, Mike Knight, and Jerry Stone.

Cathy: Here's the post office. I've got a postcard I have to mail.

Jan: Wasn't that Postmaster Roger Dunaway? He must have quite a stamp collection by now.

Cathy: There's the newspaper. Let's see who's in the news. Look who's in the headlines.

Jan: Professor Don Goldsmith has discoverd a cure for the common cold. and Jean Farr has discovered the lost city of Atlantis.

Cathy: Here's Ron Norton's comic strip "Vals-Tork"


To be continued

Class Prophecy Part 2

Sharon: Isn't that Dr. Lynn Van Wagnen running out of the hospital?
Linda: Yes and that is nurse Katie White right behind. I'm going in, are you coming?

Sharon: You bet. I want to know how he is too.

Linda: These halls are buzzing with doctors and nurses. There's Dr. Doug Omans surrounded by nurse.
Sharon: We know them. That's Pat Van Epps, Jan Griffith, Sherry Beitelschies, and Pat Webber.

Linda: The nurse just said Chuck is going to be fine.

Sharon: Let's walk down by the beach for some fresh air.

Linda: What's that funny noise? Sounds like tires squealing.

Sharon: That's Taylor's Drag Strip. You Remember Mike Taylor?

Linda: Yes.

Sharon: Well, he liked drag racing so much he set up his own strip.

Linda: Look who's out on the strip. John Harvel, Dan Kock and Garold Boyer.

Sharon: There's John Walters too. He's the manager.

Linda: Dan Koch's car broke down. Dick Tappen, his mechanic, is running out to fix it.

Sharon: Winner on the pitside! It's John Harvel. There's his wife the former Bonnie Wilson, running out to congratulate him. We had better head for the beach.

Linda: Isn't this beach beautiful?

Sharon: But it's so crowded. There are a lot of people we know here.

Linda: Yes, There's the former Trudy Countryman and her husband, Will. She, Mary Lou Driscoll, and Yvonne Bradley are secretaries to Dan Welihan and Dave Jones. They're co-presidents of Welihan-Jones, Inc.

Sharon: There's Karen Worden and Cindy Granger. Must be talking business. They both took over their mothers' studios.

Linda: Debbie Sprague, Suzanne Pringle, and Carol Wineland are behind us. Suzanne is an assistant to an oral surgeon,. Debbie is still slaving to make a living, and Carol is Pat's army wife now.

Sharon: Chris Sunday is out skiing behind Allen Miller's boat. She won and award from the Dry Cleaners Association.

Linda: Who'se that riding horses down by the water.

Sharon: Looks like Cheryl Eberly and Rayette Esham on their Mustangs.

Class Prophecy

Something else I found in a box with graduation stuff. I hope you get a chuckle from it. There are some you who haven't seen some of us, and we haven't seen you. Click on comments and let us know how close the predictions are.
(Blue are my comments) I found these lyrics to a song that was playing on the radio a couple of years ago:

Life Happened
by Tammy Cochran

....I saw the rest of my old friends
At our reunion at the Holiday Inn
And it seemed like it was only yesterday
Standing in the gym in our cap and gown
Full of wonderlust and glory bound
We set out to chase our dreams on wings of passion
But somewhere along the way we got distracted
Life happened
Our clothes went out of fashion with our songs
We started families and bought SUV's
Became step dads and soccer moms
I finally realized we turned alright
And we spent the night just catching up and dancing
And life happened

from Cowboy lyrics.com

First Speakers: Linda Spicer and Sharon Curtis. I think the setting was supposed to be a 20 or 25th year reunion.

Linda: It was a wonderful flight, wasn't it Sharon?

Sharon: Yes, especially seeing some of our old friends on the plane, I didn't know Darrell Allen had become a pilot.

Linda: Or Laurie Keeney a hostess. Mary Moshier got on at Hawaii, didn't she?

Sharon: Yes, and Barb Kloack and Kathi Amley at Florida (wow! what kind of flight is this Hawaii to Florida to ...?)

Linda: There's Linda Guisinger, She wrote that she'd come to meet us here. She's still waiting for Jerry to come home from the service you know.

Sharon: Yes, Someone also said that Chester Anderson is his captain. The road seems blocked ahead. Russ Ratkiewicz, the State Policeman, has someone stopped.

Linda: It's Skip Allen and crew, Tim Rogers, and Mike Hall in his Toyota Jeep. They must have been driving like Mike thought he was going to a fire.

Sharon: Wasn't it nice of Larry Phillips to invite us to his great metropolis?

Linda: And to think it started out as a two-house subdivision Dalt Acres. He's reserved the entire hotle for us, by the way.

Sharon: Oh, look. The cornerstone says it was built by Pat Sullivan and Rick Perry the two most studious draftsmen of the senior class.

Linda: There seems to be a lot of commotion across the street. It's in front of City Hall. Let's go see what's happening.

Sharon: Who's that in the beret? Why it's Jim Stump, with Ken Strauss, and Chris Kelley leading a protest march for a senior skip day. Those old soldiers just never faded away.

Linda: Let's go find our room. This lobby certainly is large. They've even got paintings by the world famous Don York and Siliva Solari.

Sharon: There's a siren, come on let's go.

Linda: Someone said it was Chuck Sprang. He collapsed trying to run all the way here from California, Guess he's out of shape after running in the 1972 Olympics. Follow that ambulance.

To be continued