Posted by Karla Lofgren Davis, as suggested by Bob Neal
No, I'm not trying to sell you some real estate, but rather - as Bob suggested - providing a place for you to fill us in on all of the places where you have lived as well as where you are currently residing. We might be surprised to find that our paths have crossed through the years, or that we are living closer to one another now than we ever imagined. In addition, some of our classmates have lived in some pretty interesting and far-flung locations. We might want to start a discussion with them.
For example, Ed and I have lived in a lot of different places. He is an adventurer by nature and I should have known when I married him that his idea of visiting a place was to get a job and actually live there. Since we both work in the field of education, that has been fairly easy to do.
After leaving Baylor (upon Ed's graduation and our marriage) we moved to Boulder, Colorado. I graduated from the University of Colorado and taught in the Boulder system one year. Then we moved to Benghazi, Libya (North Africa). After 2 thrilling years there, teaching and traveling to exotic places, we returned to Houston for the next 10 years. Then Ed decided we needed to visit the Midwest, so we moved to Hagerstown, Indiana for 3 years. Go West Young Man? OK! So off to Cody, Wyoming for 9 years. In 1989, we returned to Waco, where we have lived ever since. (That's the short version - there are many stories we could tell...)
Now, let's hear about YOUR adventures and the places where you have lived...
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OK, I'll be the first.
While at Milby my family lived on Moss Rose in Pecan Park. Went to Southmayd and Deady. We moved to Glen Brook Valley in 1964 and I lived with my parents there until entering the Navy in 1966.
After marrying Hilda, I drug her off to Whidbey Island, WA then moved to the Bay Area of San Francisco for a couple of years.
After the Navy, we moved back to Houston and lived in the then new Cavalier Apartments on Broadway just north of Belfort. They have since been torn down, thankfully!
When Braniff hired me we moved to the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and have lived in Arlington all these years. Presently we live just a few miles from Six Flags.
Now it's someone else's turn.
Posted by: Charles Simmons | July 19, 2007 at 10:59 AM
I went to work for Eastern Airlines in 1964, in Houston reservations, downtown in the old M & M Building(now Downtown U of H). I got promoted into the marketing department and lived in Ft. Lauderdale, then Freeport, Grand Bahamas Island and finally Miami.
In 1969 I went into the car rental business and moved to El Segundo, CA. in an apartment literally beside the main East/West runway for Los Angeles International Airport. The flights taking off at all hours of the day or night would practically rattle the walls. Somehow, I learned to sleep through the noise and excitement.
I moved to Chicago for a brief time in 1970, then to Minneapolis in 1972. From there it was Dallas in March 1973 and abruptly back to Chicago in October 1973.
I met my wife at the Miami International Airport, in 1972. She had lived in Baltimore at the same house for 24 years, her entire life. After she married me she had three new addresses in less than a year. Her mother thought I was on the lam or that her darling only child had married a gypsy.
We moved back to Houston in 1975, after I was told I was getting promoted, again. This time back to Los Angeles. That was too daunting a thought for us, so I quit my job and we moved to Humble,Tx.
I went into the commercial insurance sales business for the next 25 years. We have been back in the north of Houston now for 32 years.
God willing, we are never moving again. Including Austin for college, that makes nine cities I have lived in. As Dorothy said in the movie, "There's no place like home!"
Posted by: Ray Prichard | July 19, 2007 at 04:40 PM
I worked for Humble/Exxon until Keith Huggins (Milby Class of '59) and I married in 1963. We spent that year in College Station while he finished his degree. We had our first daughter 3 weeks before we moved to Sweetwater where he worked for US Gypsum. I was fortunate enough to stay at home with Lisa and then Laurie until 1971.
Keith was then transferred to Corsicana for a year and back to the Houston area until 1971. He decided to enter the Presbyterian seminary in Austin and we were there while he was in seminary and was pastor of a church there until 1978. During that time I worked in the Capitol in the Governor's office and then for Senator Chet Brooks, who was the State Senator for our old stomping grounds. It was a great work experience for me, fun and really exciting to be where things happened that impacted all our lives.
From there we moved to San Antonio in 1978 where he served a church until 1983 when he became a psychotherapist. I worked with a financial services company until the end of 1986. Then I began working for Harcourt managing their exhibits at trade shows. I "get" to travel the country throughout each year and occasionally to Canada and Mexico. It's been great fun for me as I've been able to experience locations I would never have visited otherwise. Harcourt Assessment is the company that first designed the TAAS and TAKS tests, the standardized achievement tests taken by children in Texas public schools.
I am still working but plan to retire next year. As most of you know, we don't get our full Social Security until May 2008. I might as well hold out until then.
Keith died in 1999. I spend lots of time enjoying grandchildren when I'm not on the road.
Posted by: Elizabeth Ann (Liz) Russ Huggins | August 09, 2007 at 01:50 PM
Liz, it was great reading your blog. I have fond memories of your putting me up in San Antonio when I went to a wedding near-by. How many grandchildren do you have?
I have 2 grandchildren who live in Aspen, CO and 2 step-grandchildren. My wonderful husband has 4 grandchildren, 2 step-grandchildren and 1 great-grandson. (One of his daughters will have four in college this year!) We feel very blessed.
My father died last year at the age of 92 and I am thankful for having him for 64 years. Mother was almost 80 when she died. Dad was 77 when he remarried a few years later and his wife was 81. They had 15 wonderful years together. My 98-year-old step-mother lives in Bayou Manor and she is a neighbor of your father, so give me a call when you are in town visiting him.
My contribution probably shouldn't be under "Location, Location, Location", but I wanted to reply to Liz!
To make it more legit, I will add that I lived in El Paso for 30 years, but it is nice to be back in the Houston area.
Posted by: Kay Burg Moseley | August 09, 2007 at 04:38 PM
Kenneth Corey responded to all of us on an e-mail this morning, but I thought it would be fitting to enter an excerpt from this info into the "Location..." thread of the blog. (Ken, let me know if there is any problem with posting this info publicly, or write a completely new entry and I will delete this one altogether. I can easily amend or delete it.) Karla
Kenneth wrote...
"...several asked me about Macedonia . It is a great and beautiful place - if they had weed-eaters, lawnmowers, a non-litter law and a drive to use them all...Needless to say we are behind schedule a bunch...Both Carole and I have enjoyed the countryside but it is not home and will never come close. We miss all of you a bunch. We have found our host student in Turkey which is only one country to the east and we plan to go find him before coming home. We tried going to Greece, but found it very confusing because of no highway or street signs and got sick on their food. It takes getting food poisoning only once to get very paranoid about what you eat. We are looking forward to retirement in Feb of 2008 to our home in Livingston and fishing everyday until I can not stand it anymore. Since I have dreamed and talked about it for so long I anticipate that routine lasting a while. From the Coreys"
"PS: Some have asked about the PM/CM in my signature. It is what they do when you get so much older than all the rest they try to let you have a separator. It stands for Program Mgt/Construction Mgt. It also means that I have enough years to have made all the mistakes a person can make and should now know better. On a project like this all the younger ones can always have a direction to point the finger and not expect it to come back."
Posted by: Ken Corey's Macedonian E-mail | August 11, 2007 at 02:56 PM
After graduation at Milby, I continued to work for Henke & Pilot Grocery(Kroger), H & H Guest Ranch, Olds Electric (helper), and during the Spring and Fall my business of branding cattle and breaking horses in East Texas. In June of 1961, I quit Henke & Pilot and began a career with the U. S. Post Office Department as a temporary sub employee(clerk/carrier) in downtown Houston. I continued to live at my parents until I joined the US Air Force in 1964 - 1968.
While in the military, I lived for a short time in San
Antonio, 1 year in Biloxi, Miss., 2 winters in Finland, Minn,
and I married my wife Patsy Parrish from Highlands Tx and
took her to Finland, Minn. until my transfer to Ellington A.
F. B., Tx. outside of Pasadena Tx. Then from 1966-68
lived in Pasadena and North Shore (Houston) until discharge in Feb, 1968.
I bought a house in North Shore and went back to work for the Post Office Department as a Sub-clerk/carrier. 1973, I was promoted to Supervisor in downtown Houston, my son became ill, and I bought a country house in Highlands, Tx. 1977, I was promoted to Supervisor ofMail Processing in Baytown, Tx Post Office. July, 1978 my daughter was born and 12/25/78 my son died.
1981, I was promoted to the Postmaster, Winnie Tx and bought another country house in between Hamshire and Winnie, Tx (where I live today). 1988 I divorced my wife. 1989 I was promoted to Postmaster of Nederland, Tx. until my retirement in Oct., 1992.
I just ran the roads until 1994 when I was asked to Sub-teach at the Hamshire High School and shortly got the idea in my head that I could make a difference for some student, so I enrolled in Lamar University to finish my degree in business with a teaching certification. While teaching everyday, I completed my degree graduating 1999 and taught until May, 2007 when I retired to run the roads of Texas again.
I have 4 acres here, 27 ac. in Honey Island, 27 ac. in Centerville, a cabin in McDade, a time share, and a nation wide resort membership - so I won't be anywhere for too long except for maintenance and upkeep.
My older son is a Warrent Officer in the US Marines and my daughter is a buyer for a chemical company. 6 Grand children (3 & 3)and 1 Great Grandson.
(See Herbert's biography for more fascinating info. KD)
Posted by: Herbert Johns | December 18, 2007 at 01:43 AM
Congratulations to Ray for his composite list and sort of former friends by state and city. As we may have known or had little inclination, the day of our graduation was not only an honor of achievement but a springboard for us to give and receive the influence of cultures across our great country. Many in our class have also given their lives to the betterment of persons in other countries via their service in the Armed Forces, political positions, business, marriage or spending their lives in missions. Thanks Ray!!
Posted by: Bob Neal | September 08, 2011 at 08:52 PM
Hi, Bob!!! I enjoyed reading through the list as well. A new "roll call" of our class. It was fun to read the names and picture each person in my mind. Of course, in my mental images many were still 18 years old and living in the East End of Houston, as I have not seen them since graduation. Some I was able to picture in more recent times (having seen them at recent reunions)and it was good to have their current setting fixed in my mind. Thanks, Ray (and your cohort of Reunion Committee members) for keeping track of so many for us. It is amazing to think that 50+ years later we can know where this many people now live. Karla
Posted by: Karla Davis | September 09, 2011 at 05:56 AM