Statesville High SchoolRSS feed for all messages.RE: Outstanding Reunion!<p><span style="font-family: Verdana">I agree with Amanda.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana">We all owe the committee much thanks. It would not have been nearly as good without the committee's efforts!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana">Best, Karl Stauber</span></p>
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2009-08-26T15:01:14-04:00Outstanding Reunion!RE: Blue and Grey<p><span style="font-family: Verdana">IIRC.........</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana">The last time Blue & Gray football uniforms on the field during </span><span style="font-family: Verdana">our "tenure" at SHS was the JV team when we were soph's (......the team disbanded after one game to fill in the varsity roster due to heavy early season injuries). </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana">We (JV's) wore the old</span> <strong><span style="font-family: Verdana">blue and gray </span></strong><span style="font-family: Verdana">uniforms the varsity had discarded (a year before) in favor of <strong>black and red </strong>ones. Officially the school colors were never "officially" changed.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style=""><font face="Arial">The common</font></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana"><font face="Arial"> </font> perception was that the the color change was made because of the band's colors. Who knows ? I reckon since the band had 250 people in it (roughly 25% of the student body) the <em>tail was wagging the perverbial dog </em>! :-)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"> Anecdotally (is that a word?)....the letter jackets at the time were still blue (albeit dark) with gray outlined "letters".</span></p>
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2009-08-26T08:37:24-04:00ReunionRE: Reunion<p><span style="font-family: Verdana">I agree with Susan - thanks to all for the planning that went into a very special evening for all of us. We have all aged very gracefully.</span></p>
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2009-08-25T18:47:42-04:00ReunionOutstanding Reunion!<p><span style="font-family: Verdana">There ARE certain advantages to not seeing each other for 10 to 20 years:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"> My reunion experience was like opening presents on Christmas morning! Going up to someone, anyone, with a name tag with "SHS Class of 1969" at the top and seeing the face that fit the name was so exciting to me! Some people I recognized at first glance, and others took a few seconds to place, but I could always remember what they looked like as children, or later as teenagers, many of them having gone to school with me from elementary grades on! Eric Murdock, for instance, was in my first grade! You all seemed like family to me, and it was like one great big family reunion! I loved every minute of it. (I never expected to love you all this much as adults back when we were kids, and I regret that there were a few people with whom I didn't get to connect.)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"> This website also contributed to the qulaity of the experience because we who took advantage of it had plenty of conversational triggers to start with--no awkward standing around staring at each other like the two sexes did during the first hour hour of each middle school dance, huh? Thanks to all who helped make the entire day so wonderful--the tour, the lunch at "Maestro's," where many of us connected, getting to express our love and gratitude to our wonderful teachers that evening.... It was a joyful, journal-worthy event.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"> Love to all who were there and all who weren't, whom I especially hope to see the next time around! </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana">Amanda Bunton</span></p>
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2009-08-25T13:58:56-04:00Outstanding Reunion!Reunion<p> </p>
<p>Thanks so much to everyone who made the reunion such a success.As someone said-we did have a very special class and it was so good to see how everyone has aged so gracefully!!!!</p>
<p>I hope we can all keep in touch.</p>
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2009-08-23T17:55:55-04:00ReunionRE: Blue and Grey<p><span style="font-family: Verdana">My comments are pertaining to the athletic teams. The football colors were black, white , and red. The wrestling uniforms were also. I believe the basketball home uniforms were black and white as were the baseball. There was very little blue and grey until almost 1990. I yeild if I am mistaken, but as a student and faculty member I remember the heated debates about this subject. As head soccer coach I made sure the blue and grey was shown in pride.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana">Bob Grimes</span></p>
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2009-08-16T14:20:07-04:00-1'RE: Blue and Grey<p><span style="font-family: Verdana">I would like to help you both out about our school colors.I do not understand what you mean about a "Lenoir Rhyne" influnence. Our school colors never changed. They were always blue and gray. You are thinking of our 1969 annuals. They were red and black with a Grenadier on the front. If either of you will remember what happened in 1969- our band represented North Carolina in Richard Nixon's Inaugural Parade in January of 1969. Whether our school colors were blue and gray had nothing to do with the color of the annual. Look back at your annuals.They were 3 different colors each year we were in High School.The black and red annual was to honor our school band. Our Grenadier Band and all of its regalia was the brainchild of Mr. Calabrese. He designated our band the Grenadiers when he came on board as band director in the early '60s. Iredell County was settled by a group of Scotch Irish settlers-Fourth Creek Settlement in the 1700's-so the bagpipes, etc. were rather an historical reminder of our heritage here in Statesville. The change came with the band and its chosen uniforms- or the lack of- in the late '80s or early '90s when the band director had the bright idea to sell all of the uniforms, and anything that had to do with the Grenadiers.Even then the band went to a blue and gray plaid sash pulled through the epaulets of their uniforms. There was no Lenoir Rhyne influence. Mr. Calabrese came from Pennsylvania and was not connected with Lenoir Rhyne in anyway. What do Grenadiers have to do with Lenoir Rhyne anyway? Most people were proud of how the Grenadier Band put our sleepy little town on the map. At one time our 250 strong membership was quite a spectacle-and whether our colors were blue and gray or purple and orange was of no significance compared to what was gained by each of us who were fortunate enough to proudly wear the uniform and march with the Grenadier Band.Even more rewarding was th eopportunity to sit under the leadership of the most extraordinary teacher who ever walked the halls of SHS-who instilled in each of his students a desire to respect ourselves as well as others and our teachers and to give to our community and our world. As I recall there were no parents who were "upset" when Mr. Calabrese decided to change the band uniforms to fit the theme of the band. They gladly welcomed a walk from the afore worn-out band uniforms of mediocrity-to beautiful and outstanding uniforms purchased by the hard work and dedication of each of the band members as well as the members of the Band Fan Club-made up of supportive parents of the band members and many interested people in our community.The support of the Band Fan Club far surpassed that of any other club or parental support club in our school. So to help you both out-no our school colors never changed from blue and gray and are still proudly displayed and appreciated today.</span></p>
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2009-08-16T06:34:08-04:00-1'RE: Mr. Tom Hamilton - SHS Teacher & Gentleman<p><span style="font-family: Verdana">Amen to that. Tom is the reason I taught. He influenced me to have a stereo in my classroom and though some principals tried, all failed to have me remove it. Hard to argue with the highest test scores in the state. I seem to hear his advice all the time. I always recheck everything because he made me do it first. What a great teacher and gentleman to have shared time on this earth with!</span></p>
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2009-07-26T07:13:44-04:00Mr. Tom Hamilton - SHS Teacher & GentlemanMr. Tom Hamilton - SHS Teacher & Gentleman<p><span style="font-family: Verdana">A lot of us were fortunate to have had <strong><em>Mr. Hamilton </em></strong>for architectural and mechanical drawing. Those who did would probably all consider him one of our favorite teachers. What most of us did not know was he was also an accomplished and recognized artist in the medium of oils.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana">Mr. Hamilton left his mark on many of us as he did on canvas. One of his pieces known as the <strong><em>Old Mabry Mill </em></strong>located on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia is available in Statesville. </span><span style="font-size: x-small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">GG</span>'s Gifts, Art and Frames on W. Broad St carries his prints. A worthwhile keepsake of those who knew and admired him.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: x-small">Mr. Hamilton retired our senior year at SHS at the age of 75. The annual was dedicated to him that year and he moved back to his native Texas where he lived and continued his passion of art until his passing in the early '90s.</span></p>
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2009-07-25T19:35:00-04:00Mr. Tom Hamilton - SHS Teacher & GentlemanRE: Favorite Teacher<p><span style="font-family: Verdana">Not sure of his status, but my all time favorite was Mr. Calebrese. Is he still with us?</span></p>
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2009-07-21T19:56:00-04:00Favorite TeacherRE: Favorite Teacher<p><br />
I was always drawn to the English teachers, and Mrs. Jolly, Miss Walrlick, and Mrs. Martin were all my very favorite teachers. Mrs. Jolly possessed so much poise and seemed to have such great organization in her presentation. She had such a positive, pleasantness about her, and I admired her "every hair in place" hairdo as mine was naturally curly/frizzy by nature. (I was forever trying to straighten it during high school and college.) I remember going up to Miss Warlick after class as she was grading papers and telling her all about Franco Zefirelli's "Romeo and Juliet" and how she should see it and how funny it was in spots. She was a gracious listener, and she possessed the art of seeming very supportive without even speaking. And yes, she did love Robert Burns! Mrs. Martin would sometimes share interesting stories from her life. I remember she said she loved being a mother because you get to relive your own childhood and have an excuse to do the things you loved to do as a child. How true this was in my life!</p>
<p>I loved and respected Mr. Albert Hiatt so much that I drew a picture of him while looking at one of him in the newspaper one day. My parents showed it to him, and I was very embarrassed at the time. I saw him at my father's funeral in 2007. What a treat. He did carry a heavy load admirably during a very tense time in SHS history.</p>
<p>Mrs. White...She loved me too because she loved my parents. (She wrote them letters, sent cards, went out to eat with and visited them regularly all of her life, and especially on their birthdays, to the very end.) She had my dad prune her azaleas or camelias once and was then was concerned by the severity of his pruning. She always called me "Beloved" (worthy of love, the def. of "Amanda") in class (embarrassing), and she loved me in pink and would comment on it in class--the kind of attention in class I didn't seek! I remember her regret at the fact that a wonderful young man in the 11th grade had tried, unsuccessfully, to visit with her the day before he took his life. How tragic that was. She was just fun to listen to because she tried to teach us so much about life <strong>BESIDES </strong>Latin, and if someone could get her to digress, we could sit back and rest for large chunks of the period! (Wasn't it tense being called upon all the time?) Costi and Howard Neighbors were pros at distracting her from her agenda! She would love it up to a point, and then her eyes would start flashing, and we knew she was mad!</p>
<p>Good times....</p>
<p>I must put in a good word for Mrs. Wall, 11th grade teacher of American History who left us much too soon. She knew her subjects and told many stories from a place of love for and excitement over the subject material although I think she may have read often to us from years and years of the same notes. She asked me if I would do drawings of every single President of the United States at that time to put around on her walls. Extra credit though--not bad! She played bridge with my parents, so I had a foot forward toward good relations with her. She stayed up watching Johnny Carson while she graded papers each night. I loved all of my teachers!</p>
<p>Amanda</p>
<p>P.S. Since the reunion, Miss Warlick and I have exchanged a few notes and shared some wonderful moments together! She gave me a tour of her beautiful home which resembles a lovely museum in that it houses so many beautiful pictures and artistic things, beautifully arranged with each one reflecting her taste and the talents of her mother and other important people in her life. I was happy that she had given some space to the plaques she was awarded as "Teacher of the Year." I enjoyed reading the thoughtful cross-stitched quotes on her walls and seeing pictures of her and her family members. She has a "green thumb," and her backyard is full of lovely flowers and shrubs. She also has an adorable little Silkie named Abby who is great company. I cherish the time we have spent together and plan to maintain and enjoy this special friendship. I must add that she very generously gave me cuttings from some of her plants, and it is with trepidation that I am trying to keep certain ones alive in glass containers placed in a window until spring.</p>
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2009-07-20T11:57:41-04:00Favorite TeacherRE: Statute of limitations are up<p><span style="font-family: Verdana">Never knew him to be that small, but the fool could shag.</span></p>
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2009-07-17T13:57:52-04:00Statute of limitations are upRE: Blue and Grey<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: larger;">Thanks Bobby, I didn't know the band was no longer the Grenadiers...oh well. I'm glad everything is back to "blue and grey". </span></span></p>
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2009-06-29T21:20:24-04:00-1'RE: Blue and Grey<p><span style="font-family: Verdana">There was a heavy Lenoir Rhyne influence and the grenadiers as well. The old Boo and Gay made a comeback in the 90's and the band actually got changed as well.</span></p>
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2009-06-29T20:37:27-04:00-1'RE: SMOKE BOMB<p><span style="font-family: Verdana">Don't know...but I remember the seat being wired to the ignition and shocking the p... out of him. I also remember the pig in Tony McClamrock's trunk. One more...the young spanish teacher's VW up on beer cans. She was hysteric! Mr. H just pushed it over to solve the delimma. We had to stay after school.</span></p>
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2009-06-29T20:34:05-04:00SMOKE BOMBSMOKE BOMB<p><span style="font-family: Verdana">Who put the smoke bomb in Mr. Cooks car?</span></p>
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2009-06-21T17:07:49-04:00SMOKE BOMBBlue and Grey<p><span style="font-size: larger;">My question for the collected wisdom of the "forum" is....when did we change our colors to Red and Black from Blue and Grey? I know it had something to do with the Grenadiers, but why didn't we keep the old colors? Just a passing thought, but one that I never knew the answer to. Nowadays, you have to justify every change that is made to placate the parents of the students you are teaching, lest we p--- them off. At any rate, who knows the answer if there is one?<br />
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2009-06-21T11:57:51-04:00-1'RE: Favorite Teacher<p><span style="font-family: Verdana">I had two favorite teachers. Tom Hamilton (drafting), and Bill Cook (geometry). Both made a real difference in my life. I stayed in touch with Mr. Hamilton for years, writing letters and visiting him in Texas. A couple years ago, I ran across his name and photo in a "Texas Highways" magazine and a blurb about theater work he and his brother did as part of the CCC during the depression. Small world!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana">Mr. Cook was an amazing teacher. When I took his geometry class, he opened an entirely new way of thinking about problem solving and academic responsiblity to me. I regret that I never told him what an impact he made in my attitude about school. </span></p>
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