Posted by Trudy Robertson on March 26, 2002 at 09:07:37:
In Reply to: Re: Mr Peterson posted by Glenda on March 26, 2002 at 06:33:54:
: : I'm sure by now someone has noted the Biology teacher with the tr lisp was Mr Peterson the basketball coach. It was pretty much a sure thing if you attended & supported the basketball games that you would make good grades in his class & if you thought basketball was dumb that you would have a hard time.
: : He made us disect cows eyes that had been preserved in formaldahyde. Does anyone remember that? I remember. I was sick for 3 days.
: : Mr Turnipseed was the best principal any school could ever have in my opinion & who was the teacher we all thought he was dating or something. I remember what she looked like & she was nice also.
: : Pizza pie.......
: : Having to drive to B'ham to the movies or a drive-in half way there.
: : The fair grounds & awesome rides like noon has today.
: : Drag racing on the back roads.
: : Tiny curvy heart pounding roads where you couldn't see what was around the next bend. Hairpin curves so sharp that you meet yourself coming round.
: : Trying to drive up the moutain to the Vulcan with ice on the road in a standard shift car & it sliding back down backwards.
: : A drive in with 26 flavors of ice cream or something like that on the corner of 4th ave & 16th or 17th street.
: : Vance Elementary School.
: : Big (they seemed big when I was young) beautiful churches with high ceilings, dark wood beams & beautiful stained glass windows with awesome sounding pipe organs.
: : Does anyone else remember any of this?
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: :Sure do remember Mr. Peterson. And, it was Miss Griffin that dated Mr. Turnipseed...married him too, I heard.
When I was in High School 61-64 it was Coach Peterson. I was going with Taylor Seale, who played basketball, We were know by Coach Peterson as Crudy and Craylor. Were you talking about the Spinning Wheel for ice cream on 4th avenue?