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| Our Stories "and we're stickin' to em!" |
| It is my recollection that Dell was not solely responsible at all...unless I have my parties wrong, and I don't think I do, it was Dennis Wright setting fire to the decorative tumbleweed in the middle of the dance floor that caused the problem. All Dell did was barf on Mr. Beckett's shoes when Beckett had him cornered in a bathroom stall questioning him about his alleged intoxication. It was Dennis' actions that was the "straw." Bill Kirkpatrick |
| LOSING SENIOR LOUNGE |
| I'm afraid I'll have to accept responsibility for the loss of the lounge. It was a direct result of certain indiscretions on the occasion of the Senior "Booney Bounce", which lives on in infamy as the "Boozy Bounce". Sorry about all that. If it's any consolation, I didn't get to go to Disneyland with you guys as repayment for my empty-headed exploits. Regards, Dell |
| OK, Dell....that's the way I remember it too. I believe the class of '63 lost the lounge for us...as well as the Homecoming bonfire. I seem to have the rosiest memories of high school. It couldn't have been anything our class did! Judy Meeks |
| As long a there is blame to go around can I have some? lol...... Hey Dell, remember you cut your hand and had the bathroom all sploched with drops of nice red blood all over the place? That kind a pissed of Beckett or who ever came in there. Guess that would have a diffferent meaning in todays world. Funny, I remember trying to clean it up and you were shaking your hand all around thinking you were painting some masterpiece on the walls and floor? Cool...... Henry Benson |
| Dr. Curo was looking for a reason to end both senior lounge and the ditch-day trip to Disneyland. He would have found a reason to close senior lounge regardless of what happened at the dance. The trip to Disneyland happened because, despite his objections. We scheduled it anyway and before he could react, it was a done deal. Bill Baker |
| Can I add my two cents? I remember many of the stories I have been hearing; however, I thought that we were about to get the Sr. Lounge back (did we ever have it?). It had been nicely painted and cleaned and was almost ready for us, when the ceiling fell in on the little theater.... remember the film room near Mr. Casagrande's and Mrs. Bell's rooms? The whole wing was condemned and those classrooms had to be moved. I remember that Mr. Cas was moved to the science building and Mrs Bell was moved to the room that was to be our lounge. Claudia |
| Dell Newsom remembers.... It is all coming more clearly into focus now. Someone (perhaps the infamous Dr. Curo?) decided it would be a good idea to put bottled Coke in the ice chest at the dance. He apparently didn't think about supplying a bottle opener with which to open the sodas. In any case, I never found out, because Bill Kirkpatrick, being just ahead of me in line, reached down into the ice, fished out 2 Cokes, and not finding a bottle opener, banged the two sodas together. I never thought to ask him why he did that, maybe he thought they would magically open that way? Or else he did it out of frustration. Standing next to him, I saw the sodas explode, the dark fluid disappear down through the ice, Bill throwing the broken bottles down into the ice, and all the pieces disappearing into the ice (it was not very bright in the cafeteria - but then, neither was Bill or I) Having witnessed the scene, I was somewhat puzzled as to what had just happened. Being in a somewhat disoriented state anyway, I reached both hands into the ice to retrieve 2 more sodas. I received a tiny cut on the inside of one finger on each hand. The rest is history. I bring this up now only because it just occurred to me that it was all Bill's fault.......... That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. |
| Classmates: I was afraid Dell would remember that. Alright..alright....yes, it is true I could not find the opener for the coke bottles that night as I preceded Dell into the dancing area during the Boonie Bounce. As usual, Dell had gotten me to overindulge in the grape that evening prior to the dance (actually I think it was stubby cans of Country Club malt liquor). In any event, I did not slam two bottles together, but I was frustrated that there was no bottle opener available; therefore, I did slam the neck of one bottle against the edge of the coke box, causing some of the fragments to fly back into the ice. I don't think I was so out of it that I would have thrown the entire broken bottle back into the box as Dell alleges--I would never have wanted to injure anyone, not even Dell! In any event, Dell is right, it was my fault he got cut, and I am contrite. But he got me drunk in the first place, so really it's HIS fault. Now, that's MY story and I'm sticking to it! Bill K. |
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| Now about the Senior Lounge, I don't think that we can, in good conscious blame loosing the lounge on the class of 63...It was our own doing "oops did I really say that". But what I remember of the day at the assembly was that Dr. Curo dismissed the other student body and then said that for us to get our senior lounge we would have to adhere to a long list of rules which he proceeded to read. During this long list there were several rasberries given than we all just got up and walked out with Dr. Curo shouting that we would never get our lounge. Byron |
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| I clearly remember the day we were called to Assembly, after our Junior Class Party fiasco, and after dismissing the other grades, Dr. Curo asked us all if we had our Senior Lounge cards with us. We all yelled "Yeahhhhh!!!" He told us to hold them up and then he instructed us to rip them up, as we had lost the privelege of Senior Lounge next year. At least, that is the story I have told all of my children and grandchildren...I was embarrassed, angry and when a dummy with Curo's name appeared on campus, it did not seem to bother me. |
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| I think I may still have some issues :0) Joyce |