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Dr. Kenn Moss remembers Columbia High School days From: Morris Shepherd To: ColumbiaMagazine.com Re: CHS Class of 1951 Play photo Linda, I sent the 1951 article to Dr. Jim Callison in Scottsdale, Arizona and to Dr. Kenn Moss in Great Falls, Montana. They both really enjoyed the pictures.Kenn Moss wrote us about his memories (below). Meanwhile, we are polling the class now to see if anyone can get out of the nursing homes to come to our 55th reunion next year (2006) in Columbia. We will have to ensure there are enough handicapped motel rooms for all of us. Also locate the local dispensers of depends, urinals, baby food, wheelchair rentals etc. for the group. Following is Kenn's letter: From: Dr. Kenn Moss, Great Falls, Montana To: Morris Shepherd Hey, Lefty! What a great pair of pictures, and what a great article of remembrances! That is really a neat picture of the 1971 reunion. Wish I had been there. I guess I was still struggling to succeed at building a practice in Juneau, Alaska at that time. 1971 was now 34 years ago -- hard to believe. Interesting how the styles of both men and women have changed since; the hem lengths and hair styles of the ladies, especially. I wonder whatever happened to Jim Fason, Hubert Fitch, Delano Bryant, and Bobby Wanty. Seems I heard Bobby had died, also. You said Alice was the only death. Did I hear bad news about Bobby McKinney passing away? I believe Harry Truman was President during all of our H.S. Years, and Dwight Eisenhower was elected in 1952. The Korean War was going on by that time; I was about to be drafted when the Armistice was signed in '53. The McCarthy hearings were going on. I remember the bus rides, and the morning and evening walks to and from the bus stop at Gadberry! Indeed, it was hard for "bus kids" to participate in sports, plays and other programs, etc. I was lucky in that I had an Aunt, Mackie Stephens, who lived in the edge of town, not far from where the Farris home was, and I could stay there overnight on some occasions. I wasn't in the play pictured, but I had a small part in another play we produced, but can't remember the name of it. We also had a musical number at that one, the boys sang, "Shotgun Boogie", "Over in the woods, by the shaggy bark, early in the mornin', just in the dark, Shotgun Boogie...." etc. The hit songs of 1951 were: Tennessee Waltz, How High the Moon; Too Young; Be My Love, Because of You, On Top of Old Smoky. If, Sin, Come-on -A My House; Mockin' Bird Hill. In 1950--Mona Lisa, Third Man Theme, Mule Train, That Lucky Old Sun, Music! Music! Music!, It Isn't Fair; I Wanna Be Loved, etc. Singers included: Nat King Cole; Mario Lanza, Patti Page; Frankie Laine; Theresa Brewer; The Weavers and Gordon Jenkins; Perry Como, Les paul and Mary Ford; Tony Bennett; Rosemary Clooney, Anton Karas (Anton Karas?)Who can pair up singer and song? We did have two trips that I remember a little about. We went on a chartered bus to Mammoth Cave, for our junior trip, a one day affair. Can't remember much about it, but I think Mrs. Owens was our chaperone then. We bought some toy "Shmoos", made popular by Al Capp in the L'il Abner comic strip--remember them? The other trip,our Senior one, was to Chatanooga to "See Rock City". Was that a long one day trip? Can't remember much about that either, except the bus stopped at a truck stop restaurant and we all piled out and had lunch and drove the poor waitress crazy! At the time, I thought the service was slow; but after working at the Meadow Hill Innlater, I think they did well to have 40 people suddenly appear on their doorsteps, all hungry boisterous teenagers! And--we had a lot of fun on that trip. (I was fortunate to go on a REAL class trip the next year, with overnights, even, when I was at my first year at Lindsey, to Washington DC and to New York. With Mr. Cohen the band teacher, and I believe that was Walter Baker's class. I think they felt that class of '52 was maybe more--er, civilized or manageable than ours was, and they had a native of Brooklyn to ride herd on us...) Thanks again for the memories! Let me hear from everybody, if you have similar ones triggered by these ! Kenn Moss Proud Member Class of 1951, Columbia High School, The Quiet Generation of the Truman/Eisenhower years. We didn't protest nothin'. We were innocent in our mischief, "good kids". . .sort of; (not like the Vietnam era protestors) and just did what we were told to do! This story was posted on 2005-02-18 20:01:21
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