Messages:  Tech High  Class of 1957



Name: INTERNET SURFER
Comments: YOU HAVE ONE OF THE BEST REUNION WEBSITES I"VE SEEN SO FAR..CLICKED ON IT BECAUSE OF THE STATLER BROS.--I FEEL I MUST COMPLIMENT RAWLEY AND JEAN CAIN....THEY ARE ONE BEAUTIFUL COUPLE. WILL I VISIT YOU AGAIN...YES. PAUL, LOS ANGELES
Monday, June 9th 2008 - 08:27:23 PM
Name: Bobby Markham
E-mail address: bobby_markham2000@yahoo.com
Comments: Just foumd the web page an it is great. I was in the class of 56, did not know how too find anyone but did only one. This webpage is great keep up the good work. Please let me know things about the 56 or 57 class happening. God bless you all.
Saturday, June 7th 2008 - 06:52:28 AM
Name: Bruce Shroyer
E-mail address: jbs@calibrated.com
Comments: Bethel Grove (2nd-5th) - Kingsbury (6th/1st Year built) - Snowden (7th-9th) / (10th-12th) graduated Central'57
SPEEDWAY Baptist Church ('51-'57)

Memphis Tech High, Class of 1957 ...
What a great site!
Pic's of so many classmates I remember from all the above schools, bringing back memories I did not know I even had until about an hour ago before visiting your site. I still remember with great sorrow when "we all" lost John Oakes in '56, so early in his and our lives. I simply want to say "hello" and "God Bless" to all those of you whom I remember ... and who, in turn, perhaps will recall when our paths crossed.

Had it not been for Tech HS's "great" tailback, Randolph "Randy" Hale in the mid-'50's, who lived across the street from me on Lexington Circle in North Memphis, I would never have played one minute of football when I attended Snowden and Central. Randy "literally" changed my life ... and your '57 site has brought him and all those I remember from your Class "instantly to memory".

I am thankful for my youth in Memphis and remember with great pride sharing it with all my friends from Tech and Central. Sincerest best wishes and regards to all ... Bruce

Friday, March 14th 2008 - 05:53:58 PM
Name: Don Armstrong
E-mail address: oarmstro@wildblue.net
Comments: Hi.Im looking for any information on Annye Mills. We were very good friends in our younger days. I know she is deceased. I would still like to know anything you can share with me about her.. Thanks
Don Armstrong Hornsby, Tn
Thursday, February 7th 2008 - 04:00:10 PM
Name: Ed Woodard
E-mail address: edwardwoodard@comcast.net
Comments: Just found this site. I received info on the 2007 reunion however my wifes heart sugery prevented me from attending. I was in the class of 1956. Please keep me on the list for the next reunion. It looks like everyone had a great time.
Thank you for a job well done & looking forward to the next reunion.
Ed Woodard
Sunday, January 27th 2008 - 09:58:50 AM
Name: Doris Brown Pilgrim
E-mail address: dorispilgrim@bellsouth.net
Comments: Hello Everybody! What a treat to view this web site. I am way down here in Katrina Country and doing well. Still working, but Who knew? Richard does not have access to a computer, so call him at home (228-575-5141) or email me. I do read all of my emails, just can't answer them all. We do our best to keep up with everyone.

Doris Brown Pilgrim (almost '57)
dorispilgrim@bellsouth.net
Richard Pilgrim ('55)

544 Second Street
Gulfport, MS 39507
Monday, January 7th 2008 - 01:48:51 PM
Name: Marty Willis
E-mail address: martinwwillis@aol.com
Comments: It was great to see you guys at the '07 reunion. I can't believe how we have changed. Stay well and hope to see you guys next time. MW
Wednesday, September 26th 2007 - 01:02:12 PM
Name: Joan Caldwell Lemser
E-mail address: jlemser@wucpas.com
Comments: Hi,to all the Techites!! If you would like to receive the newsletter each quarter and we do not have your address or email please let me know and I will get your info to the right person!! We have a great time at the Tech Dinners at the Piccadilly!! Let us know when you might be in Memphis!!!We missed those who couldn't make it to the reunion in June!! More news from us on the next one shortly. Thanks Joan
Monday, August 20th 2007 - 04:07:21 PM
Name: Nelle (Hulme) Agee
E-mail address: nelle_agee@mindspring.com
Comments: A great big thank you to all who worked to put on our 50th reunion. It was great. Thanks also to John Adair for making his photographs available to all of us. I saw friends I have not seen for years and years and I walked away feeling very good about our class. I saw a lot of people with solid accomplishments that made me feel good about my school and my education. I also love it that we include classes on both sides of '57. They are a big part of our history as well, and it is so good to see those who were just before us or just after us. Yea, class of '57! We lived to see the 50th!
Tuesday, June 26th 2007 - 04:04:59 PM
Name: Virginia Carson McCarter (Ginny)
E-mail address: ginsam1957@yahoo.com
Comments: William......I'm not sure who you are, but in reading past messages, I see you are the person to thank for the wonderful work of the web site...so....thank you!!!!!
Tuesday, June 12th 2007 - 07:27:50 AM
Name: Virginia (Ginny) Carson McCarter
E-mail address: ginsam1957@yahoo.com
Comments: My husband, Sam, & I just returned from the 50th reunion in Memphis and I have only one regret........that I didn't make an effort to get info about earlier reunions...we were in the A.F. until 1981 & most likely couldn't have attended any up to that point but we retired in May of '81 & settled in LaGrange, GA which is only a 6-hr drive from Memphis. I want to post my personal info, which is phone number (706)882-1386 and email address (listed above). We will be leaving in soon to spend the summer in the Big Horn Mtns. of WY but will return in the Fall & hope to renew some old acquaintances.
Tuesday, June 12th 2007 - 06:58:13 AM
Name: Rose Marie (Kane) Bishop
E-mail address: rmnhl@hotmail.com
Comments: I am writing this for my sister as a surprise... hope she likes it. She was at Tech in the late 50's also. If you remember her, why not drop her a line? Her 68th birthday is coming up Sunday and I think it would be neat if she could hear from some of her old buddies from Dear Old Tech. Her name and e-mail are in the box above.
(I graduated from Tech in '64!) Thanks!
Friday, June 1st 2007 - 01:30:54 PM
Name: Peggy Berry Warren
E-mail address: peglwar@aol.com
Comments: Class of 57, what a great web site and newsletter you have. I check it out often and enjoy the info on the people I have known for so many years, especially the Hollywood kids. I am searching for Sylvia Nichols and June Henley, class of 56. Does anyone know how to get in touch with them? Peggy, class of 56.
Thursday, November 9th 2006 - 08:05:12 PM
Name: Steve Melton
E-mail address: Smelton1@midsouth.rr.com
Comments: The Tech High School classes of 1960-1966 will have a reunion on September 16, 2006 beginning at 5:30 PM at the Doubletree Hotel 5069 Sanderlain. Preliminary event will be held on September 15, 2006 at the Botanic Gardens,
Auditorium beginning at 7:00 PM.
Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 - 11:39:25 AM
Name: John Adair
E-mail address: jadair1@sc.rr.com
Comments: Hello everyone!

I am doing fine here in Columbia, SC., and still in the piano business. Looking forward to our reunion next year.
QUESTION? How can I get a copy of the "I Miss Hollywood" article?

Thanks, John
Monday, August 21st 2006 - 09:06:29 PM
Name: Martha Strickland Wise
E-mail address: marthageowise@bellsouth.net
Comments: I really enjoyed the web site. I have a neighbor who graduated from Tech in 53. He gave me his class website and I found our class listed there as well as other classes. His name is W.R. Almond of Germantown.

Does anyone know what happened to Barbara Lyle? The last I heard she married and moved to California and then to Texas, I think Midland, Tx.

Thursday, August 17th 2006 - 09:48:16 PM
Name: Martin (Marty) Willis
E-mail address: martinwwillis@aol.com
Comments: Great job, William. I posted some pics on classmates.com. I look forward to the reunion in '07. Hey, guys, anyone know what happened to Leonard Douglas and Stanley Balch, class of '56?
Saturday, July 8th 2006 - 07:49:41 PM
Name: Ray Mauk
E-mail address: Ray@RayMauk.com
Comments: I just discovered this website; it is fantastic.

I was in class of '55. Anyone out there remember me, send me a note. I've wondered about Stanley Balch (Class of '56), Shirley Swift and Gloria Sturdevant ('55) and a bunch more. I'd like to hear from any one the band members that were there at the same time I was....

Best wishes to you all.

Ray Mauk
Monday, July 3rd 2006 - 05:41:14 PM
Name: Wayne Brewer
E-mail address: wbrewer3@midsouth.rr.com
Comments: Missing Alumni: Jack Clausen passed away about 20 years ago I'm not sure of the date. He lived in Webstergrove MO.

Nice Web site I enjoyed it very much. Thanks
Monday, June 19th 2006 - 09:25:46 PM
Name: Ruth Hage St.Peter
E-mail address: ruthpete44@hotmail.com
Comments: I sure enjoyed reading your web site, i am a graduate of '55, sure wish our class had something like this, you have done a fantastic job, i sure enjoy reading everything.
Monday, June 5th 2006 - 06:59:21 PM
Name: Julie (Jewell) Ward Longnecker
E-mail address: jjlongneck@yahoo.com
Comments: Becky Smith Rawlins sent me the June newsletter. She has kept me up to date with the Tech goings-on all these years because I have moved around a lot and she's still in good ole Memphis! What fun visiting your website. The teacher's pictures are wonderful and the class pictures are great. I wish we could put the Class of '56 pictures on too. I was magically whisked back to the Fifties when I saw the auditorium, cafeteria and gymnasium. And the exterior pictures are great and the music is a nice touch. Keep up the good work! Hope to see you next year at your big 5-0 reunion. Thank you! Julie (Jewell)Ward Longnecker
Thursday, June 1st 2006 - 09:15:49 AM
Name: Tom Tirey
E-mail address: toma03@msn.com
Comments: What a great thing to do. Brings back so many memories. Im so thankful that the class of 57 has kept the reunions going and Mary Ann and I will be there as long as we can. Thanks again. Tom Tirey
Monday, May 29th 2006 - 11:11:31 AM
Name: Sadie (Rodgers) Padgett
E-mail address: smpadgett1@comcast.net
Comments: Does anyone ever hear from Arthur Davis and his wife also a Tech graduate Linda (Webb) Davis?? I had an address for them but have gotten my letters back for the past year.

Thank you,
Sadie
Friday, April 14th 2006 - 04:19:03 PM
Name: Lessie Hoback Bailey
E-mail address: celeste339@earthlink.net
Comments: I was very touched by the memorial page for your classmates. It brought tears to my eyes, it was 10 years ago, yesterday that my father, Jack Hoback, passed away. He and my mother divorced when I was a toddler, however, my brother Jack and I spent alot of time with my Dad and his family. My mother was Kay Freeman, she attended Bartlett High and graduated from Houston High in Mississippi. Dad was married to Sandra Armstrong, and had two children before they divorced. In all He has 4 children, Kathy, who lives in Cordova, Chris, who lives in Idaho, Jack, lives in Fisherville and I live in Byhalia, MS. Dad also has 8 grandchildren and 2 great grandsons.
If anyone can remember any stories of my father's High School years, I would love to hear them.
You can email me at celeste339@earthlink.net
Sincerely,
Lessie Hoback Bailey
Saturday, March 25th 2006 - 06:01:19 PM
Name: Betty (Turner) Lee 1956
E-mail address: BBoop53138@aol.com
Comments: Love the calendar pictures, they bring back a lot of memories. Thanks for all the hard work and willingness to use your time which is so valuable.

God Bless and
Thank you,

Betty
Thursday, March 9th 2006 - 02:57:59 PM
Name: Sue
E-mail address: doublek234@cox.net
Comments: I have found a Memphis Technical High School class ring with the initials PEH in it. It is from 1966. If anyone knows who this person is please let me know. I will send the ring to that person.
Monday, March 6th 2006 - 06:13:22 PM
Name: Bill Tucker
E-mail address: willietnm@earthlink.net
Comments: We have found a missing alumni - Gene Young posted a message to the web site. I have corrected the pages to show our "new found classmate!!" With the 50th approaching, I hope we will locate many more.
Friday, March 3rd 2006 - 08:47:34 PM
Name: Gene Young
E-mail address: gfyoung@tva.gov
Comments: Page 5, of missing alumni.

Gene & Joyce Young
119 Harris Drive
Florence, Al. 35634

Ph. nos. 256-757-4417 or cell 256-443-9518

Project Manager with TVA, working for Department of Energy (DOE)in Fuel Ethanol and other energy related programs.

Looking forward to retiring within a year or so.
Thursday, March 2nd 2006 - 11:30:56 AM
Name: Joan Caldwell Lemser
E-mail address: jlemser@wucpas.com
Comments: Hi, although I am a graduate of '55! I think this is great what you have done!!! Wish our class could get something together like this. I attend the Piccadilly dinners and hope to see more Tech folks coming!!! Great job!!!!
Friday, February 24th 2006 - 03:22:13 PM
Name: Georgia Stafford
E-mail address: GeorgiaSt@webtv.net
Comments: William, I really enjoyed your Tech web site. Thanks for your hard work. Hope to see you at our 50th reunion. Georgia
Tuesday, September 27th 2005 - 08:01:59 PM
Name: Nancy
E-mail address: ntdouglass@juno.com
Comments: Well,William, you did it again...the photos look great. I'll bet you will receive a lot of response on this. What a good idea. You're too sharp! Why don't you put Sari's picture on there?

Cousin N.
Monday, August 29th 2005 - 08:37:20 PM
Name: John Adair
E-mail address: jadair1@sc.rr.com
Comments: William,

Thanks for your work on this website. Looks great!

John Adair
Monday, August 29th 2005 - 03:43:16 AM
Name: Cousin Nancy
E-mail address: ntdouglass@juno.com
Comments: Jon & I are VERY impressed! No wonder Gene is so complimentary of your work...You're both showing me up. We especially like your music on the Home Page & the Memorial Page.

Jon said to tell you that he is out trying to find a barber to give him a 'flat-top' like you had in '57.

My computer is still ailing... Will write later. Nancy
Saturday, August 27th 2005 - 07:00:15 PM
Name: Elaine Brademeyer McAdams
E-mail address: etmcadams@midsouth.rr.com
Comments: Dear William,

You are so special to do this.
And I know it will be enjoyed by many.

Thank You so much:

Elaine
Saturday, August 27th 2005 - 12:28:15 PM
Name: Joyce (Goode) Johnson
E-mail address: joyce@punchboard.com
Comments: William, you are doing a great job on this web site.
Friday, August 26th 2005 - 04:36:38 PM

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