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NO MEETING The Campus Cub NO MEETING SAT., JUN. 5, 2021 SAT., JUN. 5, 2021 Published Four Times A Year By The Alumni Association Of San Jacinto High School - 1926 - 1971 Volume XXXV Houston, Texas June 2021 Number Two Return of Summer Issue The President's Corner Chicken Fried - Where did it come from? Greetings. Here we are already in Gary Rollins, the second quarter of 2021 and all of Class of 1954 us that were hoping 2021 was to be better than 2020 received a big sur- Once again, Alan Finger deserves prise. I hope you all got through Snowvid-21 with minimum prob- credit for unearthing some very in- lems. We were without power for teresting Texas stories. As we were three days, but got through it with growing up, Chicken Fried Steak sweaters, multi layers of clothes and was, quite often, the preferred main plenty of extra blankets. We got through the boredom course. Later, we had Chicken Fried with our books and battery powered reading lights. Chicken as an alternative to Seems as if 2021 turned to 2020 and said: You think you Chicken Fried Steak were bad, watch this! You see, the origins of chicken-fried steak are Our March meeting was cancelled because of the shrouded in mystery thicker than the gravy that tra- Covid-19 Pandemic. There seems to be light at the end of ditionally goes with it. the tunnel as more and more people are receiving the vaccination. My wife and I have received both of our The earliest reference we could find using (almost) that shots and are feeling fine. I hope that most of you have re- exact term is the advertisement for the Baylor Avenue ceived your shots or are scheduled to receive them soon. Dining Hall in Breckenridge (Stephens County) that We will keep our fingers crossed and hope to be able to ran in the local paper on November 17, 1920. hold our June meeting, but probably will have a better chance for September. I have received a number of Obviously, the dish was being enjoyed long before that. e-mails showing interest in having brunch served at our next meeting, either September or December. If you are Most culinary historians trace the origin of our interested, please let me know at [email protected]. plate-eclipsing marvel to the Germans who came to We need about 40 people to make the brunch price rea- Texas in the nineteenth century and brought with sonable. We have about 24 who have shown an interest. them recipes for Wiener Schnitzel. This dish con- sists of pounded veal coated with breadcrumbs and On a personal note, I had surgery on January 13 and was then fried. (It has nothing whatsoever, with the in the hospital for 3 days. The surgery was successful and Wiener-Schnitzel hot-dog joints. I am doing well. Before the surgery I had lost quite a bit of weight and for several weeks after I was on a soft food See ROLLINS, page 2 diet. I weigh less than I did when I was at San Jacinto. I never thought that at this stage of my life I would be do- Inside this issue of The Cub ing everything I can to gain weight. I have since gained a little and I am continuing to improve. We will keep you informed regarding our next meeting Feature Page chances. Meantime make sure you are up to date on your Cub subscription and keep abreast of what is hap- Articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 pening with our association through the Monday Blast Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 e-mail. Stay safe and healthy. I hope we can all be to- In Loving Memory of . . . . . . . . 18 gether again soon. Bob Davenport, President (51) u

THE CAMPUS CUB / JUNE 2021 / PAGE 2 ROLLINS, from page 1 Recipes for what we would all recognize as chicken fried steak were included in many southern cook- books after the Civil War. If you think about it, the chicken fried steak was al- most inevitable in Texas. Even the best of cuts from those old longhorns required a really good set of teeth to enjoy. What was a cook to do with the tougher cuts? \"Pound the hell out of them!\" is a Texas thing to do. The Campus Cub There are regional variations, even within Texas. The East Texas version is dipped in egg and then Successor To flour, which is similar to the way fried chicken is fried. The Forum u The San Jacinto Star u The Reporter Publisher Emeritus Dr. Elmer C. Gates Central Texas uses bread crumbs rather than flour, showing its Wiener-Schnitzel roots. Editor, 1983 William David Bell Editor, 1984 Martha Tanner Scott Way out west, there is a version made without dip- ping the meat in egg, which likely had its origin es- Editor, 1985 Daniel C. Miller poused by chuck wagon cooks on cattle drives. Editor, 1986-1993 Fred Glenn Just who coined the term \"chicken fried\" remains a mystery. Editor, 1993-1995 DeWitt Wolfe Editor, 1995 - 2010 Daniel C. Miller For now, I’m Gary. Is it time to eat? Editor, 2010 -2019 Jacob Lefkowitz u Editor, 2019 - Gary Rollins Columnists: Maggie Moreno, ‘68 u Irv Berger, ‘68 u Marian Elgin Aitken '40 u John Breckenridge, ‘47 u Howard Bruce '68 u Di- ane Puckett Ethridge '58 u Allen Grant, ‘57 u Louis Green, M. D ‘40 u Marvin Kaplan ‘48 u Rabbi Jimmy Kessler, ‘64 u Gary Rollins, ‘54 u Bob Lowe ‘60 u Myra Hargrave McIllvain '56 u Claudia Moursund ‘59 u Aaron Poscovsky '68 u Diane Axelrad Manning ‘56 u Staff: Circulation Manager: Allen Grant, ‘57 Obituaries Editor Ray Kendrick, ‘55 THE CAMPUS CUB is the official publication of the San Jacinto High School Alumni Association. Our mailing ad- dress is HCC Central Campus, Attn: San Jac Alumni, 1300 Holman, Houston, TX 77004. Issued quarterly: March, June, September and December. Annual subscription is $25.00. Lifetime Membership is $200.00. u

THE CAMPUS CUB / JUNE 2021 / PAGE 3 The Bluebonnet Lady of city. She then mailed seed packets to Scout troops and women’s clubs across the state. Some seeds even Texas crossed state and national borders, and recipients in Alaska, New York and even South America reported A San Antonio civic leader growing successes to Beretta. galvanized women’s groups to To bolster her campaign, Beretta collected stories, po- ems and music about bluebonnets, such as the Texas save the state flower Bluebonnet Song by Julia D. Owen of Navasota. She also hosted gardening experts and promoted the slo- By Sheryl Smith - Rodgers gan: “Save the wildflowers of Texas.” Illustration by David Vogin Borrowed from TEXAS CO-OP POWER In an October 26, 1923, letter, she implored mem- bers of a Laredo social club not to change their orga- Bluebonnets were so overpicked in the early 1920s nization’s name from the Blue Bonnet Club to the Border Lassies, lobbying for her conservation move- that Sallie Ward Beretta worried they’d go extinct. ment, which was “getting people to promise not to The San Antonio civic leader launched a conserva- tear them up by the roots.” tion campaign, which she unveiled at a luncheon for the City Federation of Women’s Clubs. She wrote that noted landscape artist Julian Beretta placed paper bluebonnets on each table to Onderdonk of San Antonio “devoted his life to im- help make her point: Unless the women got behind mortalizing the bluebonnet,” describing him as “our her campaign, she exhorted, the state flower would greatest Texas painter.” Two weeks before the artist exist only as paper blooms. Everyone there joined died, Beretta confided, “He told me that he consid- her cause. ered the move that I was starting for the conserva- So did the San Antonio Area Council of Girl Scouts, tion of the bluebonnet was one of the finest ever where Beretta served as president. To further her started, and that he would do all he could to help it.” cause, Beretta recruited volunteers to gather and package bluebonnet seeds from fields around the Her pleas hit home. The group changed its name back to the Blue Bonnet Club. The following Janu- ary, members said in the Laredo Times that they planned a bluebonnet campaign for spring. Berreta’s bluebonnet work continued into the 1930s. In March 1931 she and her Scouts sought to ban the sale of bluebonnets in market stands and stores. “The Girl Scouts each year gather bluebonnet seeds and plant many of them along the highways,” The San Antonio Express reported. “Doubtless many of the flowers being sold were from plants that grew from seeds sown by the scouts.” Two years later Beretta directed a film made by the Girl Scouts that featured bluebonnet scenes. She and the Scouts also lobbied, unsuccessfully, to change the name of the Sunken Garden Theater in Brackenridge Park to the Bluebonnet Bowl. Beretta became widely known as the “Bluebonnet Lady of Texas.” But her civic mindedness reached far beyond wildflowers. Her leadership roles in- cluded 19 years on the board of regents for Texas State University, then called the Southwest Texas State Teachers College. On the San Marcos campus, Beretta Hall, a Spanish-style dorm named in her honor, still houses students, and an annual award to an outstanding female student is given in her name.u

THE CAMPUS CUB / JUNE 2021 / PAGE 4 I found that they are a member of the beetle class of bugs. I never would have thought that that small harmless bug that flew around at night flashing it’s light was a beetle. And then I found out the flashers were male and they were out trying to attract a cute little female bug to come mate with them. They flew in a J shape to attract a cutie-pie. Unfortunately, they only lived for about a year, but they had lots of babies that would come back the following year so us kids could have some fun. You Light Up My Life Then I found out a few more things I never would have thought. About 3 or 4 kids books have been writ- By Alan Finger ten to entertain the kids. Also acartoon movie has Class of 19 been produced by Disney that features Ray the firefly. I found a couple of songs also about lightning bugs. It’s been a long, long time since I got a response from Ben Kuenemann ’54 about how I’ve had the fun of catching light- lightning bugs saved his life and caused him to be- ning bugs on a summer night. I’m come a successful man. It seems that he took a job in going to bet that most of you en- 1987 in NYC running a technology company. It was joyed the fun of catching them and the first time in 25 years that he had been away from putting them in an old pickle Ball his wife, Sylvia for such a long time, as she stayed in jar or mayonnaise jar or whatever Houston to sell their house. He was HOMESICK, jar you could find to put them in. VERY HOMESICK. He was seriously considering telling his new company that he couldn’t stay and When we were really young kids, like maybe 5 or 6, was headed home. The first weekend, while cooking when the sun set in the early summer months, we a steak and washing the dishes, he saw some flashing were outside and chasing and catching lightning lights in the back yard and he went down to investi- bugs. Some of us even used a small net to help. Then, gate. Lo and behold they were lightning bugs. Right when it really got dark, we’d go inside or in a dark then and there he decided that the good Lord had area of the yard and show off our collection. What a sent him a message to stay. bright event that was. So you see, even though we were kids, those spar- Some of my best memories are when we were at the family farm in Shepherd. Holy Moly, we couldn’t wait kling little bugs had a powerful influence on our to get outside with our bottle and start filling them up with lightning bugs. I remember that Marvy Finger lives. I can’t wait to go back to the farmone night, and Lanny Glick, my 2 cousins, would get out there and see who could catch the most in the shortest maybe in June, and go down by the creek and hope- time. The lightning bugs seemed to hang out in an area adjacent to Big Creek. There was a hilly slope fully catch some lightning bugs. If there are a bunch, down to the creek. It was pure mania, running around that area. It was like a three ring circus. After I’ll let you know and you can come up with me and we we collected our jars full of lightning bugs, we could hardly wait to show off our collections in a dark room can catch jars full of lightning bugs and then sit to our parents. around the campfire and tell stories. u In doing some research on lightning bugs, I found some interesting things. A lightning bug and a firefly are one in the same. It just appears the Yankees up north and the people out west call them fireflies and us southerners and Texans call them lightning bugs.

THE CAMPUS CUB / JUNE 2021 / PAGE 5 June Is (About to Be) refund of her check received shortly after the first of the year. Bustin' Out All Over! It gets better! Gary Rollins Campus Cub Editor As we were thinking about ways we could make this a \"special event\" for one and all, 'Beadie' celebrated As the year 2020 was ending, we her 104th birthday! were all in agreement that it was the Alan and I arrived at her home the following day and most brutal year that anyone resid- had the opportunity to meet both Beadie and her ing in Texas had ever lived. Maybe loving family, who had assembled to celebrate her \"survived\" is a better word. birthday. Alan presented her with a Century Club certificate and a big, old San Jac Golden Bear Teddy Our talented, resourceful Allen Bear. Grant, who wears many San Jacinto Alumni Association hats - Circulation Manager, Beadie was absolutely beautiful to behold. Very up- Contributor and our \"Main Man\" when it comes to beat and excited. We learned that, in addition to be- organizing and analyzing our Campus Cub Roster - ing the very first member of the San Jacinto Golden advanced the theory that there were more than 160 Bear Century Club, she was also recently recognized San Jacinto graduates who had, already, celebrated by the University of Texas as their oldest, surviving their 100th birthday. Fact is, it was well \"north\": of female graduate. (How about a big \"Hook 'em!\" for that number, but let's just say 150 was a modest fig- our Beadie?) ure when compared to the overall list. We're talking about more than 500 potential candidates who have She confessed she enjoyed reading the Campus Cub. had both the opportunity along with the wind power No arms were twisted here, FYI. to blow-out 100 candles. Just days later, our second Century Club member This past December's issue of the Campus Cub was identified. It was a chap by the name of Ted briefly summed this all up and our readers were Roggen from the Class of 1936. What a delightful tasked with the job of zeroing-in on any/all San Jac guy! Very upbeat and quite excited with the news grads who had successfully reached that impressive about his entry into the two-person (for now) Cen- 100-year milestone. (Or is it millstone?) tury Club. Ted had a glorious career as Houston's #1 publicist. He's contributed to the Campus Cub in the Whatever. past and we shall try to get him to share with all of us Golden Bears, his \"secret\" to reaching 100. Alan Finger reported, shortly after the first of the year, his receipt of a Lifetime Membership check for $100 from Beatrice Friedberg Lewis, a Golden Bear gradu- ate from the Class of 1934! She sent a beautiful, lengthy handwritten letter and ad- vised us she was 103! We immediately seized the opportunity to memori- alize this wonderful event by proclaiming Beatrice (or Beadie, as she is known) should be the first recip- ient of our Golden Bear Century Club! We decided that anyone San Jac grad who livest to be 100 should no longer be required to pay dues. (Not a tought de- cision, I am sure youy would agree.) Also, inasmuch as Beadie had already paid not just her dues, but AN- OTHER Lifetime Membership, she was entitled to a

THE CAMPUS CUB / JUNE 2021 / PAGE 6 That about does it for now. I am storing most of my masks and urging everyone who wears a mask to get their vaccinations û as soon as possible. Fight on, fight on, Bears. Remember the brown and the gold, Bears. Life is beautiful. Let's all enjoy it for a change. u The Legislator brought a lot of heat on coach Sum- mers. ‘Rather than play this individual Coach Sum- mers resigned. The football team knew what was happening, so Teddy Roggen, Burt Selman, Griff Vance and Bubba Vault met at the Chronicle for a Photo shoot. We were interviewed by the late sports writer. Ray Kornegay. The story made national headlines. Local sports fans blamed the super star, Young Bussey for the strike. Here’s what YOU want to hear. Bussey The Truth, Whole Truth, was not in Houston at that time.He was in Baton and More Rouge where he received three football scholar- By Ted Roggen ships, one for himself, one for his brother Glynn, and Class of 1936 one for yours truly. Many fathers of the football team There are not many classmates from 1936 to 1938 asked them to return to the practice field, including who are still alive but for those who are still living here’s the final chapter on the 1937-1939 football Bussey. The strike ended. The new coach was Jesse strike of San Jacinto players. Here’s the SCOOP; Coach Wylie Summers, deceased, refused to play a Madden, who came from Sidney Lanier Junior certain guard. The player’s dad was a big time politi- cian in Austin, who represented Houston. High. From that point, Young Bussey ran the team, naming the starters, and substitutes. Teddy Roggen also graduated from LSU. Young was in the Navy, and was killed in the Pacific, Roggen was captured and a POW by the Germans for 21 months, and Glynn returned to civilian life, and later died. You can all take this “to the Bank”. u

THE CAMPUS CUB / JUNE 2021 / PAGE 7 Greetings from our over Since some of the posts are dedicated to full articles, for example, Maggie Moreno’s posts about “finding 300-Member Alumni true love”, “the fun we had” and “typing class”, we will not re-publish these postings. You can read the Facebook Page! full story in the Cub! However, we did include the Facebook juke box postings previously submitted by By Annette Zinn Maggie and published in the Cub, since not everyone Class of 1968 gets the Cub and since many of the comments con- cerning the juke box are new. It’s me again!—And I’m STILL so happy that Please join our Facebook page and share your sto- we have our dedicated Facebook page! Our ries!—See you there! membership keeps growing—and so many stories and photos have been shared! For those newcomers, NOW FOR SOME FACEBOOK NEWS! we are republishing selected, and slightly edited, Postings from March 2, 2021-May 16, 2021 Facebook member posts in our Campus Cub. If you do not want your post to appear in the Campus Cub, 3/2/2021 Annette Mazur Zinn ’68 posted (46 please do not post on our Facebook page. Our goal is “Likes”; 11 Comments): As mentioned earlier to connect with as many of our San Jacinto alumni as (2/24), we’re looking for some “storm” stories for we can and to share our stories and enjoy our history our next issue. It’s incredible that we had such a (alternatively, you can always search for a Facebook freeze, loss of power, loss of plumbing (many still do member and “private message” them if you want). not have running water) and loss of life. So many We are limiting Facebook content to San Jacinto came to Houston and volunteered their time to help. High School Alumni and related matters—please re- I volunteered through CrowdSource Rescue and met frain from posting political or religious subject matter. those that traveled from other states—Colorado, Wisconsin, New York, etc. https://crowdsource res- As with our last issue, we have selected certain mem- cue.com/campaigns/home/190...my hope is that every- ber posts to give you an idea of the type of news/pho- one can get back to some kind of “normal”—hope- tos and exchanges you will have access to on our fully insurance will cover some of the dam- Facebook page. We have also included the tally of ages—other resources, including FEMA (Disaster how many “Likes” and “Comments” that were 4586), may also be availablehttps://www.fema.gov/disas- noted—again, it gives you an idea of the type and ter/4586. We prepared meals for 500-1000 per day amount of activity regarding each post. Please be for over a week and took meals to VA residential cen- kind in your posts and forgive us for not always re- ter on Main Street. Rosa Rodriguez posted: I really membering things exactly as they occurred—let us don’t have a storm story. We never lost power and know if we neglected to post something you would water only had low pressure. We had my daughters like to have republished—we will be sure to include it and family for about 2 days due to their apartment in our next issue! Of note, some of us make “original” buildings losing power but that was only for a couple posts more frequently than others—we hope that all of days. We were truly blessed. Mary Flores-Price our members will start initiating more! posted: TG no pipes burst and had water but no power for 3 days. TG for my fireplace and gas stove...I slept on the floor “Outlander” style, with all my fur babies, in front of the fire. Waiting for Jamie from Outlander..lol Dolores Colunga-Stawitz posted: No water for 3 1/2 days then on a boil notice for 4 days. Electricity, grateful that we had a Generac generator that kept our electricity and heat on dur- ing this horrible period and did not have any broken water pipes. We got our power back on Thursday evening and so blessed to have made our generator investment . Prayers that all is back to normal for ev- eryone else. Virginia Garza Herrera posted: After we got our water back, I was never go glad to take a shower. It was wonderful.

THE CAMPUS CUB / JUNE 2021 / PAGE 8 03/03/2021 Sara Lambdin Curley posted (29 “Likes”; 20 Comments): South Main Street, in the 50s. I loved going there. Jacquetta Breedlove posted: And, the movie theater on Almeda Rd. in Houston. Never crossed their minds that something bad could happen. James Harry Morris posted: We would catch the Grey- hound bus at Parker’s Hardware and ride into the Greyhound terminal downtown Houston. Go to the Original James Coney Island for lunch then take in the Matinee at the Majestic. Catch the Greyhound Colunga-Stawitz posted: The juke box was in the lunchroom. I remember that every time I would going to Freeport walk in there, the Rolling Stones’ It’s All Over Now always playing. Those were the days! Robert and get off in Samudio Jr. posted: Absolutely! It was located in the cafeteria on the left side of the room when you Almeda at Park- walked in the cafeteria. Carmen Matheny Gaines posted: My class, 1960, purchased that juke box as ers. We were our senior class gift to the school. Robert Lowe posted: It was the Class of 1960 gift to the student young and on our body, I remember being on the gift committee and we found a used jukebox that we purchased and gave own with as our class gift. Robert Samudio posted: Many thanks and greatly appreciated from all classes for- strength in num- ward but especially from Class 66-68! Great tunes and memories Jack Harshaw posted: ‘65 lunch bers. Linda room, seem to remember the Bristol stomp being played a lot. Mary Flores-Price posted: Yes..I think I Breazeale posted: mentioned it at one of our meetings…being in lunch- room...trying to listen to the words to Louis Louis We lived near Bill Hornback posted: I helped install the Juke Box and speaker wiring. Radio & Television Class 1964 Westheimer and Graduate. It was a Class gift from 1960 Class I think. Who wrote the Book of Love was one of the favorites Montrose. During summer, we walked from home to at that time. Do any of you remember hearing tunes like “The Monster Mash” over the PA system? Yep, Gateway Pool on So. Main and stayed all day. Had to that was a few R&T guys that did the speaker install. We found the PA wires and traced them back to our ride bus home cause it was a loonnngggg day! shop. We climbed up in the attic through a storage room and installed a turntable and amplifier in the Guadalupe Gonzalez posted: I used to drop my attic we would take turns going up and playing songs. We even did dedications for certain songs and nieces and nephews off at AstroWorld. Never gave it certain times. We drove the Principal and staff nuts trying to figure out where it was coming from. They a second thought. Ray Kendrick posted: In Jr. high even had engineers form KNUZ come in to see if was their broadcasts interfering with our PA system. The (Lanier), my best buddy and I would take the bus principal would come to Radio & Television and take roll call when the music was playing. We had it cov- (Waugh Drive) and go to the new Foleys downtown. ered by getting passes to go to the Radio Parts Sup- ply store while 2 would get passes only 1 would go the His mother worked there as an advertising artist. We would spend a few hours playing hide-and-seek on the elevators and then take a bus back home. 03/20/2021 Annette Zinn posted (7 “Likes”; 34 Comments): Based on continuous and increasing questions as to whether there was a juke box on cam- pus…does anyone remember whether there was one in the Lunchroom? Bear’s Den? Our ‘68 group was trying to recall...Maggie Martinez Moreno posted: There was a story in one of last year’s Cub. It was a group story that I sent in. I also submitted a picture of some classmates standing around the juke box. [Since not everyone gets the Cub, and since we have new memories posted on our Facebook page, we are posting those comments contributed after 3/20/2021.] Mitch Contreras posted: The juke box would play Johnny Rivers songs at lunch in 1964. Rhonda Melia posted: In the lunchroom. “Soldier Boy” Joseph R Colunga posted: Absolutely remem- ber the jukebox it was the best part of lunch. Dolores

THE CAMPUS CUB / JUNE 2021 / PAGE 9 other would go up in the attic and play 45rpm re- 03/28/2021 Ray Marie Bennett (Oliver) posted: cords. All was fun until one one of the teachers (22 “Likes”; 9 Comments): Everett Bennett was my opened the storage room door and one of us was husband who died in 2006. I have never seen this coming down out of the attic! Gary Henderson photo before. Interesting. We both went to San Jac. posted: I’m from 1955, nothing like that then. I do Gary Henderson posted: Thought at first it was El- recall a friend being suspended for three days. I vis! Mary Martinez posted: Gary Henderson (bar- asked him why, he said they found Marijuana in his ber), class of 1955, cutting Elvis’ hair! locker. I said, “What’s Marijuana?” I was still am in- nocent kid! Annette Zinn posted: That’s too funny!!! 03/29/2021 Maggie Martinez Moreno ’66 posted Mary Cunningham and I sold spices and crushed as- (37 “Likes”; 13 Comments): pirin in matchboxes...to get “high”! We needed the money! We were scared to ask or notice if anyone was affected! Martha J. Terrill posted: My locker was on the first floor, close to Mr. Dabney’s class- room. Next to me was Bobby Mankin ( we were class of 57). One day he opened his locker and a Mason jar of pot fell out and broke with a great noise. I was standing right there. Mr. Dabney came out and we were both sent to the office. Bobby got suspended. Nothing happened to me, as I was truly an innocent bystander. Pot was not a big deal in our class…there were only three or four people that I knew of that used and they were NOT friends! We drank instead!! 3/20/2021 Annette Mazur Zinn ’68 posted (11 “Likes”; 2 Comments): Ok-Dolores—shared Rolling Stones video. Dolores Colunga-Stawitz posted: Thank you Annette, lots of memories come flooding back. 03/20/2021 Maggie Martinez Moreno ’66 posted (46 “Likes”; 11 Comments): Thank you San Jac High Golden Bears who served in Vietnam! Walter Sandy Silvers posted “Remembering Carlos Contreras RIP”—he was in Class of 1964. Robert Falconer posted: It was a life-changing expe- rience - in a mostly positive way. I’d do it again. Go Navy! RDF San Jac ‘58 – ROTC. Mary Martinez posted: Thank you to my dear friend Johnny Jara who served in the Vietnam War being so young and brave so proud of you.. Thank you to all who served in the Vietnam War Louis Cervantes, Richard Adam Martinez, Johnny Jara, Manuel Pena. (Mag- gie requested additional information for SJ Vet List). Juanita Evans posted: My brother Royce H Miller I’m pretty sure was the last graduation class out of San Jac. He passed on a couple of years ago with a military funerals He was a master Sargent in the Air Force and was in Vietnam and remained in the Air Force for 20 years. Sara Lambdin Curley posted: These Veterans hold a very special place in my heart. I lost one nephew and two cousins, in that conflict. All 3 in the U.S. Army. My husband, served

THE CAMPUS CUB / JUNE 2021 / PAGE 10 26 active years in the U.S. Navy and was also in the Vietnam war. May God, always Bless the ones, who are still with us and the families of the ones, who sac- rificed their lives. Gary Henderson posted: Thanks too, to veterans of the Korean ‘Conflict’! I was there. US Army Infantry. We got sandwiched in between Vietnam and WWII, San Jac Class of January 1955. 03/29/2021 Maggie Martinez Moreno (46 “Likes”; 11 Comments): Thank you San Jac High Golden Bears who served in Vietnam! Walter Sandy Silvers posted: Remembering Carlos Contreras R I P. 03/31/2021 John Scott posted: (6 “Likes”; 12 Com- ments): Good memories and long lasting friends…{some discussion about names] Ann Thornhill posted: My husband, Tommy Thornhill, finished in 1944. My brother, Leon Peine, was a Cheer Leader at SJHS and finished in 1945. I was a Golden Gaucho and graduated in 1946. Go Bears! Leon was a member 82nd Airborne, served in Korea and Vietnam - retiring in 1975 after serving as ROTC instructor at Rice University. Leon is deceased. Tommy and I have been married since June 1950 and now Iive in wine country in Northern CA. “Cheers!” 04/02/2021 Virginia Garza Herrera posted (9 “Likes”; 8 Comments): It may be a fact of life that death comes to us all, but that does not lessen the pain of death nor the grief that family and friends feel. May God grant peace and comfort. Classmate - Class of 1968 Joshua Beck. SJHS name was Joe Ro- driguez. Linda Breazeale posted: He was a talented musician. May he rest in peace. Linda Johns, class ‘68.

THE CAMPUS CUB / JUNE 2021 / PAGE 11 04/02/2021 Dolores Colunga-Stawitz posted (9 on this post, to include your names (maiden too) and “Likes”; 8 Comments): the year you each graduated from SJ High. Also, Please keep Joshua Beck (aka Joe Rodriguez, Class of please write how you met (introduced, have a class 1968) and his family in you thoughts and prayers dur- together, met at a game, etc) and how long you’ve ing this most difficult time. Thank you. been married…Thanks a bunch! [Check your Cub for Maggie’s article!] 04/07/2021 Sara Lambdin Curley posted (18 “Likes”; 8 Comments): Good Morning Classmates! I 04/12/2021 Gary Henderson posted (20 “Likes”; received my “new” Campus Cub, this past Saturday 22 Comments): I will be 84 in early June, class of and I just want to say, “GREAT job on the revision! January, 1955. I am possessed with a great memory, It’s like a beautiful ”magazine\" and seems, easier to and wonder daily about many classmates. Their get through all of the articles. I was a little over- were about 90 of us who, at some point in our early whelmed, when I saw all of the things, I had posted education were double-promoted, the rest, all lazy, on here, included in the issue, I felt honored and it frivolous asses, remained in school taking ridicu- made my heart happy, that the articles were enjoyed lously light loads just so they could relax and be June that much. Thank you so much.\" You all stay SAFE, graduates. I worked until June 0f 1955, them volun- WELL and have a GREAT day! -Class of ‘58 Allen teered for the draft, got snapped up quicker than a Grant posted: Gary Rollins does a great job! Glad flash and sent to Korea where I could enjoy patrol ac- you like my online version. Sara Lambdin Curley tivities for the latter stages of that Conflict. I turned posted: You have always done a great job with the 20 in the middle of the Pacific on the ship coming Campus Cub. I have never had one visitor, that saw home. I never regretted a minute of my service. an issue lying around on my table, that didn’t say, Many years later I developed an International busi- “Humph! The school I went to, never had a newspa- ness and travelled often to South Korea, Taiwan, Ja- per, to help us keep up, with our classmates.” Made pan, Okinawa, Singapore, etc. I took 3 college me feel even more proud, I went to San Jac. courses in Mandarin Chinese to better communicate 04/09/2021 Maggie Martinez Moreno ’66 posted with my customers. (That was in 1985 and 1986, i (6 “Likes”; 8 Comments): Last February, I wrote on have forgotten much of what I learned). Wilder this page that I wanted to put together a group story Brown, Tim Lundy, Jules Rose, Melvin Abrams, for the Cub. Theme of the story: “Finding True Love Carolyn Shapiro, Cedric Wise, Fonda Rubinstein, at San Jac High”…If you’d like to add your story, Sally Hersk, Buddy Huddleston, Etelle Kestenberg, please write just a few sentences (small paragraph) Carolyn Howell specifically are those I would hope to hear from, are names I would like to hear from, or anyone from those years. The Campus Cub has dra- matically improved in the last couple of years. Juanita Evans posted: My bother is Charles Virgil Miller. I’m his sister Juanita. By association I also knew several guys you mentioned. Charlie died a few years ago. Gary posted: Hey Juanita! Who could not remember you, Charles and Feller. I was good friends with Charles from about age 13 on. I played a little football and Charles, (through Hou-Tex Laun- dry). was manager and handled the team uniforms. We last met in Houston when he came to visit my wife and I during the 50th reunion. He didn’t go, but we had a nice visit. He was not well then. I also had a good time with Robert Alexander. Robert is a retired Doctor in Friona, Texas, a really neat man. I didn’t know them well but remember that your husband and his brother were footballers of note at San Jac. So good to hear from you. I knew but forgot how you and Feller got your names. I spent many nights and visits at your home off McGregor and remember your mom and dad well. They made the best iced tea

THE CAMPUS CUB / JUNE 2021 / PAGE 12 in Texas. I recall that Feller had a business in Austin. member John and want to write a couple sentences Pat Nichols posted: I know you wouldn’t remember about your memory – please write it here and I will me I was Pat Robertson, also 84 in class of 1955 I’m copy it to his Facebook page. Please list your grad proud to have been married to Bill Nichols who year. Thanks! Linda Breazeale posted: So sad to hear served our country in Korea and Japan, as well as of his passing. “Big John” was the sweetest guy, and was in the Presidents Honor Guard. Most proudly, I was surprisingly light on his feet on the dance floor. have had from WWII to the present Afghanistan 14 Had some fun times hanging with him, Kenny Gantt, Marines, 7 army, 6 Navy members of my family that and Mario (gosh, Mario’s last name escapes me). have served our country. God Bless you all. Arline RIP, my friend. Linda Johns, Sr 68. Want to add a Jensen posted: It’s was great to read your post!!! comment from my younger sister (Billie Johns, Sr Thank you so much for your service. I graduated in 69). She reminded me that John insisted that 1966 but the only two negatives—homeroom and cheeseburgers were the “perfect” food because they English teachers Mr Weather-bird (home room) contained all 4 food groups. Mary Flores-Price counted me absent on 3 occasions because I changed posted: He always stood out when walking the SJ my hair color. Both of them really loved to humiliate halls. Always friendly and smiling. RIP me in front of the class!!! Like you, I worked two jobs to help support my family. I went from an all girls catholic school to this high school …by the grace of God I survived. Go Golden Bears! 04/20/2021 Elaine Ellis posted (20 “Likes”; 5 Comments): Please keep the family of William “Billy” Schultz (Class of 1955) in your thoughts and prayers. Gary Henderson posted: Billy was a very ac- complished man, RIP. He must have been in the June, 1955 class. I was in the January 1955 class and remember fellow footballer Bernard Schultz and his sister from back then. 05/02/2021 Maggie Martinez Moreno posted (41 “Likes”; 96 Comments): Oh, the fun we had here! [Check your Cub for Maggie’s article!] 05/02/2021 Maggie Martinez Moreno posted (8 “Likes”; 10 Comments): John Luna, class of 1966, passed away on April 27. I have another San Jacinto High School Facebook group page – and wrote about John’s passing on that page. I realize that I should have also let this group know too. If you re-

THE CAMPUS CUB / JUNE 2021 / PAGE 13 05/03/2021 05/10/2021 Maggie Martinez Moreno ’66 posted Maggie Martinez Moreno ’66 posted (27 “Likes”; 50 (24 “Likes”; 9 Comments): One day spelling test and Comments): Who took typing class at SJ High? next day you’re old! John Scott posted: Don’t re- What do you remember about it? [Check your Cub mind me.. lol. Pat Turner Barnette posted: Yes, true, for Maggie’s article!] but we’re still here——there are many of our class- mates who are not. Maggie Martinez Moreno posted: We can enjoy each day we are given. Find joy each day despite what’s going on. 05/08/2021 05/10/2021 Dolores Colunga-Stawitz posted (16 Dolores Colunga-Stawitz posted (12 “Likes”; 1 Com- “Likes”; 4 Comments): Memories of our 20 Year Class ment): Hey Carolyn Darden, remember our volley- Reunion Picnic (the Sunday after our Saturday night ball days? Those Were The Days My Friend. Class of bash). The beautiful ladies in this photo: Juliana ’68. Carolyn Darden posted: Yes, those were good Bruce, Annette Mazur Zinn, and last but not least, Me! times! Can’t wait to get together again like this sooner instead of later. Hugs all! u

THE CAMPUS CUB / JUNE 2021 / PAGE 14 Hi Gary! Here's SJ baseball team from 4 years. A 1965 couple of the pics may be too blurry, but I'll send them all to you. People like to see photos in the news- letter. Maggie We're in baseball season. Here's a few of the baseball teams from San Jac High 1964 1966 1967

THE CAMPUS CUB / JUNE 2021 / PAGE 15 Love and in 1968, got married in 70, celebrated our 50th last April, and we’re still going strong. We are blessed. Marriage Martha J. Terrill (’57) and Buford Anthony By Maggie Martinez (Tony) Gilchrease (‘57) Moreno Class of 1966 In 1956-57, I and another student, in Hazel Thomp- son’s art class, began a very lovely relationship that Who remembers high school love? For many of lasted until just before we graduated. He then de- cided he did not want to “go steady”, since I was go- us, it was puppy love. It was sweet while it lasted, but ing to go to UT. It broke my heart. I eventually mar- then there was the pain of the break-up and then joy ried someone else and he did too. So 60+ years later, at finding new love. Well, there were some class- I get a phone call from him and he tells me that he’s mates who found true love at San Jac High and been in love with me all these years (we are both wid- ended up getting married. Here are their stories… owed) and would I see him? Well, of course! So, now a couple of 80+ year olds are continuing the ro- Jorge Mazariegos (‘65) and Sharon (Fuller) mance that began at San Jac High! Mazariegos (’65) Blanca (Gamez) Garza (’69) and Jaime V Sharon and I met in DE class. Sharon worked at Garza (’69) Weingartens and I worked at the Brown Book Shop. I found out that if I went to work at Jaime and I met in science class during our senior Weingartens that I could work at her store on Sun- year. Our teacher was late so Jaime tried to pull a days -so I changed jobs. prank on me. He took a tiny white mouse from a cage and dangled it in front of me. Just then, Mrs. After graduation, I joined the Army. We got married Armstrong walked in and told Jaime he had to carry in June of 1966. We have 2 great kids, 5 grandkids my books for a week. The rest is history. We married and 1 great grand son. We’ve been married 54 years in January of 1972 and have been married 49 years. and are still in love. I just about have her trained the way she wants me. It’s been a fantastic life and mar- Virginia (Garza) Rivera (’69) and Joe Rivera (‘70) riage. We’re both retired. Thank God we’ve done a lot of traveling. I met my now deceased husband, Joe Rivera (God rest his soul), at San Jacinto High School. It began as Sally (Moore) Pyburn (’58) and John A. flirting. We were happy together and sad when we Pyburn (’58) had to leave school. I had anticipation to see him ev- ery day, to hold him and walk hand in hand. He John and I can’t remember just how we met at school, would walk me to the bus stop and carry my books. but we did. We dated. After a bit, we decided that it We dated a few times and then we went steady. would be best to take a break. We did and 50 plus Puppy love. years later we reunited and 2 years later we married. Oh the choices we make when we are young. We married in July 1967. We had 3 kids and di- vorced after 17 years. We skipped school a few times Edward ColungaandAlice(Aguilar)Colunga(’71) to be together. I got in trouble for it. Alice and I met as sophomores t San Jac High. 7 Ann Thornhill years after we had finished high school, she made me a pot roast and I never left her side. We were married I watched this good-looking guy walk the cutest for 38 years. cheerleader home day after day. Our parents knew one another. He called me three years later. And af- Guadalupe (Garcia) Gonzalez (’69) and Vic- ter I finished college two years after that call, a few tor Gonzalez (‘69) dates, and a great many letters - we married. That was seventy years ago. Now, if we can just outlive Victor and I met at Ester Bazan’s (‘69) birthday this pandemic... party. We got to know each other chatting in the San Jac High library. We’ve been married 49 years. Rita (DiBella) Gladding (’65) Irene(Rangel)Gloria(‘69)andCarlos Gloria(’68) Lots of dates; lots of boyfriends, but no true love!! Carlos and I were introduced by my sister Delia (‘67). Abel Salas (’67) and Olga (Gonzales) Salas He & I became best friends throughout our San Jac (‘69) days. We were engaged after he entered the military

THE CAMPUS CUB / JUNE 2021 / PAGE 16 I met my bride, Olga, at San Jac High. My life-long Janice Johnson Parmley (‘57) and James friend, Andy Hernandez, introduced us on the sec- “Tuggy” Parmley (’56) ond floor over-looking the National Defense Cadet Corps (NDCC) temporary building. After gradua- Met my true love in Mr. Perkins study hall. We were mar- tion, I went into the military. ried 36 years when he passed away of pancreatic cancer. No one could replace him. Been a widow for 26 years. God’s blessed us with 10 children, 22 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Raymond Torres (‘68) and Lupe (Ramirez) Torres (‘67) This year we will celebrate our 52nd year wedding an- niversary -which is expected to be a somewhat differ- It was 1965. The semester had just begun. I was sit- ent because of Covid- yet it will be a happy celebration. ting in Mr. Twitty’s English class when this girl came in late. As she rushed past me to sit a few desks be- Julia (Sims) Massingill and Jim Massingill hind me, I did my best to get this girl’s attention, but she ignored me. My friend Harriett was moving to an apartment in Almeda to be with her new husband, Tom Morris. On New Year’s Eve of 1965, I went to the Pan Ameri- Jim Massingill was helping them move. So we talked can Night Club. Little did I know that this would be for a time. He called and we started dating. We’ve the night that she wouldn’t ignore me. We began will be married 58 years in 2021. dating, got married on June 21, 1969. We have a son & daughter and 5 grandchildren. Louie Lewis (’59) and Diana McIntire (‘58) Lupe & I went to Acapulco in 1970, to Disney World My romance began in Mrs. Morcom’s home room in ‘83 and to Switzerland and Rome in 04. Those class, Fall 1955. The object of my affection was Diana trips have been the highlight of our travels. Life with McIntire, whom I dated all through high school. We Lupe has been very good. were married in 1959, had two wonderful daughters. We separated in the early 70’s and both of us remar- Paul Gloria (’71) and Leticia (Munoz) Gloria (’71) ried. Sadly, Diana passed away about a year ago. Memories of her remain with me to this day. Who was to know what started in 1969 in 10th grade Doug Smith (’58) and (Sue Gordon) Smith (’59) English class; me sitting behind the most beautiful Sue asked me to the Sadie Hawkins dance in 1956. girl - trying to get her attention. She would end up We dated until November 1959 when we married. We were together 60+ years until she passed away in being my wife for almost 47 years now. What a jour- February 2020. ney it was & continues to be - without her by my side, but forever in my heart & mind. April 26th is our 47th wedding anniversary. Happy anniversary, babe! u We’ll Never Please cut along line - Please PRINT clearly Dues for year _______ Gutter Ball Name...................................................................Class......... You Maiden name......................................................................... In our vernacular, “Gutter Ball” means cancelling a Address.................................................................................. subscription. City.................................................State.......Zip.................... We assume that when you don’t keep up with Tel. Home: ( )........................ Biz: ( )........................ your Cub subscription, it’s because you can’t af- ford it. You can be as rich as Bim Gump but that’s Email ..................................................................................... the first conclusion we draw. Dues are $25.00 per year or $200 for a Lifetime Membership. Then there’s “I’ll get around to it in a few days,” with Please make your checks payable to SAN JACINTO HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASS'N, and mail to Alan Finger at HCC every intent on of doing so. Many of us do that. Central Campus Attn: San Jac Alumni 1300 Holman Houston, TX 77004 Whatever, we need as many paid subscriptions as we can get. Cut us a check now and get it off your mind. Help keep us afloat. u

THE CAMPUS CUB / JUNE 2021 / PAGE 17 Your Letters.. The Link Between Us The Letters section of the CUB is the party-line that connects all parties. (For you youngsters, a “party line” was a telephone number shared by two or more subscribers. It allowed you to listen in to conversations of neigh- bors..) We want to print as many letters as we can; the shorter the letter, the more letters we can publish. If your letters is overly long, it probably should be made into an article. In that case, keep it under 800 words and provide a Gary, of ice for our ice box. There was a pan underneath to collect the water. I always thought that there was some You can tell God he over did it with my urinary is- connection between the ice plant and the Rink but sues. Cather’s for a year, two trips to the hospital for never confirmed it. UA infections, both went Sepsis, 3 UA operations. Here’s hoping we have it cleared up. PS: had to wait Best wishes, on the operations because of COVID. Seymour Pomerantz class of 1944 Byron McLaughlin u u Thanks! A great addition to the Chicken Fried Story! Hi Gary; On May 3, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Arnold Farber eastex.net wrote: On the front porch of the I really liked the article on the battle of San Jacinto. restraunt A TASTE OF TEXAS there is a grave A great book which tells the tale from the standpoint marker which states here lies the chicken fried of two Texan fighters is “Two for Texas” by James steak.You can’t order a chicken fried stek at the Lee Burke. Another great book by Burke that all our TASTE OF TEXAS.Don’t believe me go look fo your- classmates might like is “The Jealous Kind.” It is self.Have a great day and don’t let anyone steal your about high school kids our age in Houston in the late joy. 50’s and everyone will recognize all the places. In addition it is crackling good adventure story. James u Lee Burke is one of my favorite authors; I have read about five other books by him which mostly take Dear Alan: place in and around New Orleans. Thank you for the great meeting. I was delighted to Regards, reveal the many mishaps and hardships od my ca- Walter reer. Let’s not forget the lack of food, and especially that “bitter cold”, which I shall never forget. I am u aware of all the hard work you have given to the San Jancinto Alumni. Perhaps Alan Finger would have Dear Gary, received a certificate and Golden Bear. Only your close acquintances and long time friends know of In the September, 2020 issue of the CUB there was a the work you have done, and I am going to report a letter about the Polar Wave Ice Rink. I lived at 2324 cliche:, by saying again and again, THANK YOU. I Hutchins St across the street from the Rink. I did would also like to tell you. If at any time, 24/7 are in skate there a few times using rather awful rented need you may call TED ROGGEN. May we all be skates. During the Depression years of the late 1930s blessed with good health, and a “Long Life”. Here’s traveling groups of competing “Heal and Toe” fast something you may not know. I knew your mother walkers came to the Rink. Boards were placed over before you. Again t the ‘Tuesday trio’. Thank you for the Ice and the walkers would go around using this a Tuesday that Ted Roggen will always remember. special method of fast walking. I think this group of THANK YOU, perhaps 30 or 35 men and women traveled around the country. We had to pay to watch this group and I Ted Roggen assume that the walkers got a share of this money. Class of 1936 At the south end of Hutchins St was an ice manufac- u turing plant. We did not have an electric refrigerator in those days. Every week we received a very large block

THE CAMPUS CUB / JUNE 2021 / PAGE 18 Hi Gary; Gary, I really liked the article on the battle of San Jacinto. You are great... I so enjoy your Monday morning A great book which tells the tale from the standpoint smiles! This one was a fantastic spot on reminder! of two Texan fighters is “Two for Texas” by James God bless you, Eleanor “Jo” McGlasson Birch, ‘53 Lee Burke. Another great book by Burke that all our classmates might like is “The Jealous Kind.” It is u about high school kids our age in Houston in the late 50’s and everyone will recognize all the places. In addition it is crackling good adventure story. James Lee Burke is one of my favorite authors; I have read about five other books by him which mostly take place in and around New Orleans. Regards' Walter u In Loving Memory of .... Our major source of obituaries is the Houston Chronicle. We are certain that there were scores of deaths during the year which are not reported here - deaths in Omaha, Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami, in all the cities where alumni live. We could do a much better job if we read the obituaries in our newspaper and clipped those which sounded familiar. Send them along with a note identifying the newspaper to Ray Kendrick, Obituaries Editor 22415 Goldstone Dr. Katy, TX 77450-1611 The situation can be corrected if classmates check obitu- aries in their local newspapers. If they see a name which rings a bell, clip it and mail it to us. Mail the clipping to us even though you are not positive. At our end, we will verify the name using HISD sources. u Lenora Turk Ladin, 1940 Josephine Davies Decker, 1945 “Lee” died April 23, 2021 in Houston. She was born Jo Beth died March 12, 2021 in Houston. A 3rd gen- April 9, 1922 in Danville, Virginia. She eloped with eration Houstonian, she was born July 14, 1928. She Sidney in 1941 and spent the next 48 years traveling excelled in both tennis and softball when young and the world and raising their family with him. Lee had a passion for music. She played the piano and played golf into her ‘90’s, attended antique auctions organ and sang in numerous choirs. After retiring, and often had a glass of Crown Royal at day’s end. she taught music to others. Jo Beth was preceded in She shuttled her kids/grandkids around town in her death by husband of 53 years John, a daughter and a custom red Lexus. Lee was preceded in death by son and is survived by a son, a daughter, 9 grandchil- husband of 48 years Sidney and is survived by 2 dren and 2 great grandchildren. A service was held sons, 2 daughters, 15 grandchildren and 12 great March 20, 2021 at Earthman Bellaire Funeral grandchildren. Home.

THE CAMPUS CUB / JUNE 2021 / PAGE 19 Lida Kittrell Barrett, 1943 Carl Edwin Olsen, 1943 Dr. Lida Kittrell died January 28, 2021 in Knoxville. Edwin died August 25, 2019 in Clifton, Texas. He She was born May 21, 1927 in Houston. She earned a was born on the A&M campus May 3, 1927.He was BA in Math from Rice at age 18, a Masters from UT an Eagle Scout and graduated from San Jac at age 16 and her PHD from U of Pennsylvania. She met hus- before majoring in Management Engineering at band-to-be John at UT where he was also working A&M. When he became 18, he joined the Navy, but on a PHD in math. She started work at the Defense the war ended before he deployed. He returned to Research Lab at UT. After marrying John, they A&M, go this degree and joined the Air Force, serv- taught at Utah U. and adopted 3 children. Later, they ing in Florida during the Korean conflict. He worked moved to Knoxville where he was math dept. head for his father’s oil field equipment business which and she also taught and acted as a consultant. John ended up in Clinton, Texas. Edwin loved trains and died in 1969 and she became the 3rd woman to get a traveled the world to see and ride on them. He was a tenured position at the College of Arts & Sciences small part owner of “The Flying Scotsman” and was and later was dept. head. She later became Dean of often its engineer and fireman as it roared across the Arts & Sciences at Miss. St. Univ. Before retiring, she U.S. For his 90th birthday, the Edwin Olsen Rail was a professor of math at West Point. She was the Museum was dedicated in his honor. Edwin was pre- 2nd woman president of the MAA and was pre- ceded in death by wife Frances and son Richard. He sented with the Gung and Hu award. In 2019 she was is survived by son Steven, 2 grandchildren and 6 named a fellow in the Assoc. for Women in Mathe- great grandchildren. matics. Lida loved to read and was in 2 bridge groups. She played Scrabble often and read the pa- Robert Stanley Hanna, 1947 per daily. She was active in the Episcopal Church and a member of Order of the Daughters of the king. Bob died April 22, 2021 in Columbus. He was born Lida was preceded in death by husband John, May 2, 1929 in Houston. After graduating from U.T., brother Norman (class of ’42) and sister Maidel he worked for Daniel Industries until retiring early. (class of ’45). She is survived by a son, 2 daughters, 5 He was very mechanically inclined and an outstand- grandchildren, 8 great grandchildren and 2 ing draftsman. He was an avid hunter and made his great-great grandchildren. A service was held at own camouflage outfits. He researched Native Church of the Ascension February 10, 2021. American Heritage and practiced tanning hides. I personally knew Bob and remember carpooling to Beverly Ann Kennon Hugghins, 1943 work with him for years and that he had a large col- lection of hammers. Bob is survived by wife of 71 Beverly died February 6, 2021 in Houston. She was years Ann, 2 sons, a daughter, 9 grandchildren, 10 born February 14, 1927 in Houston. She attended great-grandchildren and a great-great grandchild. Baylor until marrying Joe, then both of them gradu- He was preceded in death by his brother. ated from U of H. They raised 5 children and were married for70 years. Beverly was preceded in death Joyce L. Lesky Cohan, 1948 by husband Joe, sister Elsbeth (class of ’40) and a granddaughter. She is survived by 3 sons, sister Joyce died February 18, 2021. She was born in Hous- Nellen (class of ’49), 2 daughters, 7 grandchildren ton July 14, 1931. She dropped out of UT to marry and 16 great-grandchildren. A service was held at Stuart and quickly had 4 children. She was a born Forest Park Lawndale. February 27, 2021. Mother-Grandmother-Great Grandmother and en- joyed a memorable experience with all of the chil- dren. She taught them about Jewish traditions and cooked pancakes often. Joyce is survived by hus- band of 68 years Stuart, her 4 children, 11 grandchil- dren and 3 great grandchildren. Also surviving is her sister and lifelong friend Bonnie. A service was held February 24, 2021 at Emanu El Memorial Park.

THE CAMPUS CUB / JUNE 2021 / PAGE 20 Marvin Kaplan, 1948 Lorelei Joyce Fox Benatovich, 1953 Marvin died February 23, 2021 in Houston. He was Lorelei died April 29, 2021 in Providence, Rhode Is- born in Houston January 20, 1931. He was attending land. She was born in Minneapolis February 13, UT when he was drafted and upon returning from 1935, but was raised in Texas. She developed a Texas the Army, graduated from U of H. He entered the accent that she kept. She attended Sophie Newcomb family business Palais Royal and helped build it into College and was in the AE Phi Sorority. While visit- a Southeast retail powerhouse. He began as a ing family in Buffalo, she met husband-to-be buyer/manager and rose to CFO before retiring. He Harvey. They became the 1st on and last off any and Joan traveled the world (favorite place was Vail, dance floor, her favorite being the Am-pitheater in Colorado) and he enjoyed poker nights, golf and Chatauqua. Her career started with teaching nurs- Houston sports teams. He donated considerably to ery school and she opened Lo-relei Graphics Gallery Arts, Medical and Jewish endeavors. Marvin is sur- and was even tempted to run for Mayor of Buffalo. vived by wife of 64 years Joan, 3 children, 7 grand- She was always involved with her kids’ sports teams. children, a great grandchild and brother Jerry (class Lorelei was preceded in death by brother Myles of ’52). A private burial was held on February 26, (class of ’45) and husband of 62 years Harvey. She is 2021 at Congregation Beth Israel. survived by 2 daughters and 3 grandchildren. A ser- vice is to be held at a later date. Margery Ann Ellisor Gray, 1950 Mildred Jane Wallace Imler, 1953 Margery died March 18, 2021 in Houston. She was born March 17, 1932 in Houston. She was a U of H Mildred died March 14, 2021. She was born May 11, graduate and a devoted Catholic who attended St. 1935 in Dallas. She was a cat lover and enjoyed read- Theresa Catholic Church and daily mass at St. ing, shooting craps and golf. She especially liked Mary’s Seminary. She volunteered for 20+ years at cooking Christmas Eve dinners with her daughters the Catholic Charity Guild. Margery was preceded in and sisters if the food was something they had never death by husband of 60 years Jimmy and is survived cooked before. Mildred was preceded in death by by 2 sons, a daughter, 7 grandchildren and11 great husband of 63 years Donald, sister Norma and grandchildren. A service was held at Hunters creek brother James (class of ’55), She is survived by 2 Chapel March 24, 2021. daughters and a sister. Mary Kathryn Mansell Pitts, 1950 Roy Lee Phillips, 1953 Mary Kay died February 28, 2021 in Houston. She Roy died February 13, 2021. He was born May 29, was born March 20, 1932 in Ashtabula, Ohio. She at- 1936. He is survived by his 2 children. A service was tended U of H and entered the PR and broadcast me- held at Bradshaw-Carter Memorial & Funeral Ser- dia industries. She was Media Director at a local ad vices February 22, 2021. agency and was elected President of the Houston Chapter of American Radio and Television Women. Bobbie Jean Endicott Trietsch, 1953 She was a supporter of animal welfare groups and loved her own pets. Mary Kay was preceded in death Bobbie died January 23, 2021 in Denton. She was by husband of 24 years Loy. A private service was born in Houston March 3, 1936. She attended both held at the Houston National Cemetery. TWU and UNT. She was very active at Blue Mound United Methodist where she was a lay preacher, Earnest Bastian, 1952 choir singer and volunteer in the Kairos Prison Min- istry for 20 years. She held several jobs including Earnest died April 5, 2021. He was born October 20, secretary, receptionist and accounting clerk. She 1939 in Port Lavaca. After graduating from Sam chaperoned many Denton High sporting events and Houston State, he had a career in Estate and Finan- worked for DATCU before retiring for the 2nd time. cial Planning with Bastian & Associates. Earnest is Bobbie was preceded in death by 1st husband of 28 survived by wife of 62 years Nancy, a daughter, a years Ted, a sister and 2 brothers. She is survived by son, 4 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. A 2 daughters, 2 sons, 16 grandchildren, 17 great service was held April 13, 2021 at South Park Fu- grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren. A neral Home in Pearland. service was held January 29, 2021 at Blue Mound United Methodist Church in Denton.

THE CAMPUS CUB / JUNE 2021 / PAGE 21 Lawrence Jackson Bernard, 1954 Marlene Bayer Kaplan, 1954 Larry died February 12, 2021. He was born in Hous- Marlene died February 17, 2021. She was born July ton June 11, 1936. He graduated from UT and earned 25, 1936 in Houston. After graduating from Rice, CLU and ChFC from Bryn Mawr. Larry was a Cap- she married fellow Rice student Mallory. She was tain in the Army Reserves. His entire career was heavily involved in Jewish culture and was a mem- spent with New York Life Insurance. He wrote at ber of congregation Beth Yeshurun for over 5 de- least 10 applications per month for 556 consecutive cades. She also worked with the Jewish Community months and was named General Agent of the Month Center. She enjoyed walking and was a big fan of UT. 43 times. He was on the Chairman’s Council for 39 Marlene was preceded in death by husband Mallory years. He was on numerous boards and a lifetime and sister Carol (class of ’56) and is survived by 3 member of the Million Dollar Roundtable. The Larry children, sister Harriet (class of ’59), brother Mike, 9 J. Bernard Spirit Award was established in his be- grandchildren and a great grandchild. A private ser- half in 2003. He was a past president of Houston vice was held. Congregation for Reform Judaism and was on the Houston Racquet Club board where he had his daily Alfred Evans Birdwell, 1955 swim. He enjoyed the Houston Ballet and Sym- phony and was an Astros fan. He was a military and Al died December 22, 2020 in Houston. He was born Presidential history buff and loved vintage cars. His October 10, 1937 in Corpus Christi. While at San Jac, family enjoyed their time at Morgan’s Point and he Al was a cheerleader, President of the Drama Club, and wife Doris also traveled frequently. Larry was VP of Thespians, Oilman for a Day and an usher at preceded in death by brother Donald (class of ’50) Rosedale movie house. He earned a BBA, MBA and and sister Betty (class of ’52). He is survived by wife PHD from UT and was a Phi Kappa Sigma member. of 53 years Doris, sister Amber (class of ’53), 2 sons He met/married Carolyn in Austin and they traveled and 2 granddaughters. A celebration of his life was extensively and had homes in Lake Conroe, to be held at a later date. Galveston and Hockley. They lived in Mexico and upon returning to the U.S. he worked for Tenneco Lavada Lou Laird DeHart, 1954 and Riviana Foods. He ran his own marketing re- search firm for 30 years and was on the boards of Lavada died December 22, 2020. She was born July several banks. He taught at Texas, U of H and Rice. 1, 1936. During her working career she was an Exec- Al enjoyed hunting, gin rummy, reading and domi- utive Secretary for Rutgers University. No addi- nos and was active in numerous societies including tional information was available at this printing. Easter Seals and the Art League of Houston. Al was preceded in death by wife of 55 years Carolyn and is Margaret Hughes Robinson, 1954 survived by a son, a daughter, “adopted” daughter Unni, and 3 grandchildren. A service was to be held Margaret died April 28, 2021 in Fairfax. She was at a later date. born October 12, 1936 in Beaumont. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Education from U of H where she was active in Psi Zeta Chapter of Chi omega. She was a mentor and Leader in scholarship fund rais- ing. She taught 1st Grade for many years and retired as her children came along. Margaret volunteered with Texas Dental Assn., Chi Omega and the Junior League. She loved cooking and the arts and traveled extensively to Europe. She was a parishioner of An- nunciation Church in Houston and Holy Trinity Church in D.C. Margaret was preceded in death by her brother and is survived by a daughter, son and granddaughter. A service was planned for a later date.

THE CAMPUS CUB / JUNE 2021 / PAGE 22 Daniel Raymond Schomer, 1955 Sandra Melita Singer Fowler, 1957 Dan died February 5, 2021 in Houston. He was born Sandra died December 29, 2020 in Houston. She February 9, 1937 in Oklahoma City. He earned de- was born December 19, 1939 in El Dorado, Arkan- grees in accounting and economics at Rice and sas. Her family moved first to Shreveport and then started his career at Price Waterhouse. He passed settled in Houston. Her career was spent mostly as a the CPA exam at 21, the youngest and with the high- realtor and she lived about 20 years in San Antonio est score. He joined the Navy as a OCS candidate and before returning to Houston. She was a big fan of became a LTJG, serving in the US blockade of Cuba. tennis and played as long as she was able. Sandra is Afterward, he joined Haskins & Sells and later be- survived by 2 sons, a daughter and 4 grandchildren. came a partner at different firms. He retired for a while and then joined Pirsch & Mills until retiring for Benjamin Frank, 1957 good. He started playing bridge when he was 12 and eventually attained the rank of Sapphire Life Master. Benny died January 8, 2021 in Pearland. He was Dan and brother Don became pilots and owned their born in Houston May 15, 1938. He joined the Army own plane. Dan later had his own Beechcraft. He also and after his tour, moved to Sunrise Beach at Lake liked skiing, biking and rollerblading. He biked and LBJ. He spent 60 years in the construction business swam into his 80’s. Dan is survived by 2 sons, a ending as a Construction Inspector. He loved to fish brother, a step daughter and 3 grandchildren. and tried bass lakes all over the Southeast. He also fished Galveston Bay. Benny was on HOA boards William Melvin Schultz, 1955 and served 3 terms on the Pearland City Council. He is survived by wife of 41 years Alicia, 2 sons and nu- Judge William Schultz died April 12, 2021 in Hous- merous grandchildren and great grandchildren. ton. He was born July 19, 1938 in Houston and earned his Bachelor and Law degrees from U of H. Joe Mayer Victor, 1957 “Billy” became the 1st Jewish Judge in the Southern District of Texas. He had a private practice and The following is a correction to the obituary pub- served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and was U.S. lished in the March edition. Joe is survived by wife of Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of 39+ years Jeanie and her 2 children by a previous Texas. In his final years, he was involved in hun- marriage, sister Rae (class of ’59), 1st wife Carolyn dreds of personal injury and insurance disputes. and their 4 children and 8 grandchildren. . Billy met wife-to-be Leah when he was 14 and they married at 18. They traveled to many places like Eu- Barbara Meynig Batey, 1958 rope, Israel and Mexico and spent 30+ summers in Aspen. They also took cruises on the Danube and Barbara died January 13, 2021. She was born in toured Australia and New Zealand. They were great Beaumont on June 3, 1940. At San Jac, she was in dancers and were constantly searching for “the best” D.E. and enjoyed working at Foley’s as part of the food, beer, vodka, etc. on the planet. He loved golf (3 program. She was an avid bowler and had a 220 av- holes in one), ice cream and music and was actually erage to prove it. Barbara is survived by husband of quite the cook himself. Billy was preceded in death 60 years Mike, 2 children and 3 grandchildren. by his sister and is survived by wife of 60+ years Leah (class of ’55), a son, 2 daughters, 5 grandchil- Betty J. Knox Patterson, 1958 dren and brother Harold (class of ’54). Betty died February 23, 2021 in Houston. A lifelong Estelle Cicile Lichtenstein Jucker, 1956 resident of Houston, she was born November 11, 1939. She was a long time teacher for HISD and of- Estelle died 2-8-2021 in Houston. She was born May ten taught children of former students. She was ac- 26, 1937 in Houston. She was married to Sol for 43 tive at St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church. Betty years. Estelle was preceded in death by husband Sol was preceded in death by husband Lyle and brother who was one of the founders of Three Brothers Bak- Robert and is survived by numerous family mem- ery and sister Betty and is survived by 3 children, sis- bers. A memorial service is to be held in the spring. ter Marion, 6 grandchildren and a great grandchild. A service was held at Beth Yeshurun Cemetery on February 12.

THE CAMPUS CUB / JUNE 2021 / PAGE 23 Chester Leon Smitherman, 1961 Judith Mazow Weingart, 1963 Chester died March 23, 2021. He was born June 24, Judy died May 9, 2021 in Houston. She was born in 1943 in Houston. He earned 2 degrees at U of H, Psy- Houston August 6, 1945. She attended business school chology and Computer Science. He was in the Air and worked as a paralegal. Husband Mike was a jour- Force, acting as an analyst for A.F. Intelligence. He nalist and they traveled the world with his job. They spent 25 years with Shell and after retiring and a later bought a travel agency and continued their travel- short stint with another firm, helped start his own ing. Judy volunteered often and it began with ORT and company, Visual Intelligence. He was involved in included Project Shalom and Jewish Family Service. several U.S. Patents there involving mapping tech- She was a lifetime member of Congregation Beth nology. At home, he was the mechanic, programmer Yeshurun, Hadassah and the National Council of Jew- and family furniture mover. He coached soccer for ish Women. Judy was preceded in death by sister Mir- years and was heavily involved in his son’s Boy Scout iam (class of ’62) and brother Benjamin and is survived ventures. He took them on a 2 week hike at Philmont by husband Michael, 2 sons and 5 grandchildren. u in New Mexico and turned 50 during the event. Chester is survived by wife of 50 years Marjorie (P.B.), 2 sons, sister Beverly and a grandson. Have a Great Summer!

Where to Send What THE CAMPUS CUB / JUNE 2021 / PAGE 24 P.O. Box 667517 (MC 1148) HOUSTON, TEXAS 77266-9943 With the untimely death of Jacob Lefkowitz, the Board of Trustees headed by Jerry Evans has assembled a team of leaders to address the various CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED responsibilities Jay handled until his failing health. Below are the contact persons for the interim period. Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage LETTERS Send all letters to: Gary Rollins HCC Central Campus PAID Attn: San Jac Alumni 1300 Holman Houston, TX 77004 Permit 9957 Email: [email protected] Ph: 972-757-9563 STORIES Gary Rollins HCC Central Campus Attn: San Jac Alumni 1300 Holman Houston, TX 77004 Email: [email protected] Ph: 972-757-9563 CHECKS Send ALL checks go to: Alan Finger HCC Central Campus Attn: San Jac Alumni 1300 Holman Houston, TX 77004 Email: [email protected] Ph: 713-628-7488 EMAIL (Electronic) MATTERS Changes, additions and deletions go to: Allen Grant at [email protected] “DIDN’T GET MY CUB” Get in touch with: Allen Grant 4122 Jetty Terrace Circle Missouri City, TX 77459 Email: [email protected] 281-261-5913 CIRCULATION MANAGER Changes to your mailing address go to: Allen Grant 4122 Jetty Terrace Circle Missouri City, TX 77459 Email: [email protected] 281-261-5913 OBITUARIES Send all Obituaries to Ray Kendrick, Obituaries Editor 22415 Goldstone Dr. Katy, TX 77450-1611 Ph: 281-392-5382 Email: [email protected] (Include name of newspaper and date published.) Many thanks!