Campus Cub - March 2020 Edition

MEETING The Campus Cub MEETING SAT., MAR. 7, 2020 SAT., MAR. 7, 2020 10:00 a.m. - HUB Building 10:00 a.m. - HUB Building PUBLISHED FOUR TIMES A YEAR BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF SAN JACINTO HIGH SCHOOL - 1926 - 1971 VOLUME XXXIV HOUSTON, TEXAS MARCH 2020 NUMBER ONE \"Doctor, My Eyes Have Seen The Years\" President’s Corner The State of the San Jacinto Alumni Association Greetings. I hope all had a wonderful Holi- Our March Speaker Your Editor’s Report Matthew G. McMenemy, M.D. day season and have recovered from the busy By Gary Rollins Holiday schedule. It is great to visit and party Hey, Golden Bears! We now Class of 1954 with family and friends, but it is always good to get back into our regular routine. We had have a Facebook page! Here’s what I think I think: an interesting and fun fourth quarter meet- ing. There was a lot of information and dis- It is named \"San Jacinto High School Alumni In a nutshell, this is a very impor- cussion regarding the continuation of the Association: Houston, Texas\" and that tant, ongoing, tedious process that Campus Cub and then we were entertained by should make it easier for you to join in and further - we hope! - will end up where we Jim Connors on the Wurlitzer Theatre Organ. connect the bonds that tie all of us Golden Bears can all accept, fully understand He played the background music and sounds together. Think of this as a \"step by step\" tutorial. and justify the continuing effort to for an Oliver and Hardy silent movie and then Imagine one of your grandchildren telling you keep the Campus Cub alive in the we all joined in to sing along with some Holi- how to do it. This is considered fun for most years ahead. day music. Facebook users. So much easier to share photos and stories that will make it easier for us to share First of all, the Campus Cub you have been receiving all I was somewhat disappointed that we were our stories and photos! Here's how you gain ac- these years - for many of you - is not a newsletter. It is a unable to obtain enough people to have a ca- ceptance to our otherwise \"closed group\"... newspaper. Many times over the years, a 24-page tered barbecue lunch. We generally need 30 newspaper! to 40 people to sign up for lunch to make the 1. Log onto Facebook cost per person reasonable At our first quar- That means - because of the page size - we have to print ter meeting, March 7, 2020, I would like to 2. Search: \"San Jacinto High School the newspaper on a Web Press. Inasmuch as we print hear lunch ideas for our upcoming meetings Alumni Association: Houston, Texas\" approximately 2,000+ issues quarterly, the cost of in 2020 If you have a favorite food or memory “make ready” at the printer probably exceeds the ac- of a favorite from your days at San Jacinto let 3. Select \"Join Group\" tual cost of the printing. It is expensive, to say the very us know. We have had some memorable least, and you can now see and understand why news- lunches over the years, with food that we grew 4. The Group Moderator will then \"accept\" papers are going out of business at a heady clip. Paper up with in Houston. I hope we can have many your request to join is also expensive! In a nutshell, printing a press run of more. There is an all class reunion for classes 2,000 doesn’t take that long. It is not an economically 51 to 56 scheduled for April 18, 2020. It will If you don't have a Facebook account (and want sound process. be a lunch time reunion with a catered lunch. one) simply do this... More complete information is listed in this On the other hand, we are destined to move toward a copy of the Cub. 1. Go to www.facebook.com/r.php new, smaller format. How small? Think 8x10 - stan- dard letterhead size - but, when doubled, is actually Our first quarter meeting will be held in our 2. Enter your name, email or mobile phone 11x17. When folded, of course, each page will be 8x10. regular room in the Hub building. Start time number, password (create one), date of is 10:00 AM. There will be coffee and snacks birth and gender Today’s Campus Cub is sixteen pages. The next edition so come early and visit with classmates and of the Campus Cub will also be sixteen pages, but will new friends from other classes. There will be 3. Click \"Sign Up\" feature shorter stories. We have urged contributors to information and discussion regarding the try to tell their tales in 500 words or less. The new stan- continuation of the Campus Cub and reports dard will be 300 words or less. from our Chairman and Treasurer . Our speaker will be Mathew G. McMenemy, M.D. President Abe Lincoln only needed 271 to get his :Get- Dr. McMenemy is the primary ophthalmolo- tysburg Address message across. gist/surgeon for the Berkeley Eye Center in Sugarland, TX. He has extensive experience We once had room for numerous photos. No more. We in performing cataract surgery, as well as will now urge contributors to select their “favorite” LASIK Laser Vision Correction and providing photo to include with their story. We may drop down a glaucoma care. He has been caring for pa- point size in the type, but it will still be readable for our tients in the Sugarland area for over 16 years. older subscribers who frequently use a magnifying There is parking on the second and third floor glass to read their mail. of the garage on the south side of the school. See ROLLINS, page 2 I look forward to seeing you all at the meet- ing. Let’s have a big turnout and kick off a 4. Confirm your email or mobile phone great year for the San Jacinto High School number Alumni Association. A word of caution: Facebook sometimes baffles Inside this issue of The Cub Bob Davenport prospective new users. There are certain security features in effect and you must simply accept that Feature Page President fact and be prepared to try and try again until if fi- nally works. Hopefully we can convince a major- Humor Us and More . . . . . . . . . 4 ity of our alumni members to join our page. I am Reunions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Annette Zinn, your Moderator, and you can Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 e-mail me at In Loving Memory of . . . . . . . . 14 [email protected] or call me 832-423-8568 if you have any problems or ques- tions. Good luck! u

THE CAMPUS CUB / MARCH 2020 / PAGE 2 The Campus Cub Successor To The Forum u The San Jacinto Star u The Reporter Publisher Emeritus Dr. Elmer C. Gates Editor, 1983 William David Bell Editor, 1984 Martha Tanner Scott The Beauty of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood Editor, 1985 Daniel C. Miller “Help Me Help You!” Editor, 1986-1993 Fred Glenn A few final words from Editor, 1993-1995 DeWitt Wolfe By Diane Manning your Editor Class of 1956 Editor, 1995 - 2010 Daniel C. Miller By Gary Rollins Class of 1954 Editor, 2010 -2019 Jacob Lefkowitz As I was composing this story, I You Golden Bear “movie buffs” Editor, 2019 - Gary Rollins found myself humming the theme song from this beloved children’s will recognize this quote — attrib- Columnists: program from yesteryear. A movie uted to Tom Cruise in Jerry starring Tom Hanks is now playing Maguire. That memorable scene Maggie Moreno, ‘68 u Irv Berger, ‘68 u Marian Elgin in theaters across the country. where Cruise pleaded with Cuba Aitken '40 u John Breckenridge, ‘47 u Howard Bruce Gooding. “Help me help you!” The '68 u Diane Puckett Ethridge '58 u Allen Grant, ‘57 Subsequently, reading about this subject of course - as it was then u Louis Green, M. D ‘40 u Marvin Kaplan ‘48 u tribute brought my own pleasant and also is now - “money”. Rabbi Jimmy Kessler, ‘64 u Gary Rollins, ‘54 u Bob memories of a man who brought positive life messages Lowe ‘60 u Myra Hargrave McIllvain '56 u Claudia to children in an entertaining way. “Sesame Street” I am pleading with all of you. Moursund ‘59 u Aaron Poscovsky '68 u Diane was enjoyed because of the bouncy, funny puppets. Mr. Axelrad Manning ‘56 u Rogers’ contribution was a lesson in “what loving peo- If you have stories to submit, don’t wait. Do it now. ple was all about – making a safe place to live and move The longer you hold onto the thought and postpone the Staff: and laugh and sing.” task, the more difficult my job becomes. I greatly pre- fer either typewritten stories or Word (computer) sto- Circulation Manager: Jacob Lefkowitz, ‘45 ries. I sometimes find it necessary to either add or re- vise copy for space reasons. I have a handful of hand- Obituaries Editor Ray Kendrick, ‘55 The Latrobe (PA) Area Historical Society in Pittsburgh written stories that were lovingly offered in beautiful houses a Mr. Rogers exhibit – a “public, interactive dis- cursive that would have earned a high grade in English THE CAMPUS CUB is the official publication of play featuring information on the life, work and influ- 203. But, I cannot decipher the handwriting and I ence of Rogers.” I am unable to visit the exhibit, but I don’t feel it is fair for me to edit your submissions. the San Jacinto High School Alumni Association. can share my memories and impressions of this man who I think of as a hero. Also, FWIW, it takes a lot of time for me to rewrite Our mailing address is P.O. Box. 31298, Houston, those handwritten stories. TX 77231. Issued quarterly: March, June, Septem- What do we want? Preferably stories about “then and now” because our readers want to know things like, “I ber and December. Annual subscription is $25.00. Who was Mr. Rogers? wonder whatever happened to that Denton Cooley guy who was in my Biology class?” Lifetime Membership is $200.00. u The man grew up in Latrobe, PA, a small town of about 8,000 people, about an hour outside Pittsburgh. He We have set our sights on a smaller, sleeker, “lighter” ROLLINS, from page 1 spent his formative years here, attending school and Campus Cub the next edition. Thus, keep your submis- the nearby Presbyterian Church, where he became an sions at 300 words or less. And use your judgement to We must make every effort to reach the point where ordained minister. He had an older sister, Nancy select one photo - not a handful - and be sure to put the most of the Campus Cub subscribers are “on board” Laewy Rogers. The Mr. Rogers exhibit in Latrobe of- name(s) on the back. Otherwise, it’s a “guessing with receiving their quarterly Campus Cub online. fers a window into his work, both onscreen and off. It game.” True, there are many who disdain that approach, but examines the origins of Fred’s values, to which he ad- we hope to - alternatively - offer them a “snail mail” hered with fearless and unwavering authenticity, and We are seeking permission to have “use” approval for copy instead of forcing them to become “computer follows his path from small town boy to become a na- all of the El Oroso annuals. Cross your fingers. We just geeks”. Here’s the deal: There will still be a need for tionally-known media personality. The last exhibit is might be able to pull it off and that would mean more “make ready”, but when we reach the point where the of Unity Cemetery. Rogers died of cancer in 2003 and interesting graphics in future issues. Campus Cub will be available online, we remove the is buried in the family’s mausoleum. Emily Uhrin, the additional cost of mail service processing and postage. archivist at the center, discussed Rogers’ influence on In conclusion, I know we are all thrilled with your gen- No small chunk of change! Online equals “free”. the town and on society as a whole. “He never expected erosity to do what you can - financially speaking - to to be on television, but he always expected to keep the Campus Cub afloat. But, please, don’t feel communicate with children and help them.” compelled to stop. The future depends on our solvency and, if necessary, you can cut back on your wife’s “beer So, why did people of all ages believe in Mr. ration”. Rogers? Feel free to send your questions along to me at Of course, there is some cost involved in producing According to the town’s current mayor, you believed “camera-ready” or “computer ready” form, but on a because he “deliberately worked to eradicate the magi- [email protected] much smaller scale than in years past. cal membrane between television and reality.” That was intentionally designed to draw in his audience, and I’ll sincerely try to respond. The bottom line is we hope to reach a point where each wherever it was. But, for this area’s children, it had the potential subscriber will make a decision as to whether effect of amplifying the belief in his TV world.” He ush- Thanks for your many nice cards and letters encourag- or not they will “buy in” to a free Campus Cub. Those ered his audience into the sights of Latrobe, introduc- ing our effort to keep the Campus Cub moving along. u who opt to continue to receive the Campus Cub via ing them to the community. He recognized the wisdom “snail mail” will be charged accordingly based on the in everyone. He used Pittsburgh to show the world how applicable postal rate. the world actually worked. We are blessed - let me underscore that - blessed — that Several visitors to the exhibit say that, despite Pitts- so many have generously offered contributions dedi- burgh’s neighborliness and its commitment to being cated to keeping the Campus Cub alive. Your financial one of America’s most livable cities, a divide remains contributions, regardless of the size of the check, are between sections of the community. deeply appreciated. Particularly when it comes to race. But, even those who Finally, thanks to the efforts of Annette Zinn, we now are aware of these problems admit that ‘if he created it have a Facebook “page” and you’ll find Annette’s “How here, it must be here”. To Join Facebook” cheat sheet in this edition of the Campus Cub. And there is evidence that Mr. Rogers’ influence on the town exists today. The present mayor named a new ur- One other feature we hope you will both appreciate and ban redevelopment ‘czar’ to oversee ground-up im- utilizing is the Monday “Bear Facts” feature that will be provement of 17,000 acres of blighted property. The “blasted” to our fully SJAA list every Monday. In the term he chose was “rebuilding neighborhoods”. Mr. military, they call this the Daily Bulletin. We will try to Rogers’ message to the community was that it was a post one very important message each Monday safer place to live and move and play and sing. He be- morning. lieved that with honest conversations with others, it could be that for everyone. That’s it for now. A wise friend once reminded me of the need to “trust your hopes and not your fears.” What about today? He also urged me to realize “the harder we work, the In today’s world of violence and mistrust, we would, I luckier we get!” u am sure, welcome more people like Mr., Rogers. Espe- cially in leadership roles! Maybe then we can renew the promise of a positive future for our younger genera- tions and those to come. u

THE CAMPUS CUB / MARCH 2020 / PAGE 3 Money Bags and Other · The University of Alaska spans four time zones. Who Could Have Interesting Things The tooth is the only part of the human body that Known? cannot heal itself. Jointly Submitted by Mansel Rubenstein By James Eastman, CPA, MBA, PhD, & Alan Finger · In ancient Greece tossing an apple to a girl was a tra- LFACHE ditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant Just in case you did not know, these are Golden Bear she accepted. Class of 1964 Factoids · Warner Communications paid $28 million for the My first day at San Jacinto High School was just · Glass takes one million years to decompose, which copyright to the song \"Happy Birthday\", which was means it never wears out and can be recycled an infi- written in 1935! plain scary. nite amount of times! · Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in I didn’t know a single person. Not one soul. The school · Gold is the only metal that doesn’t rust, even if it’s their hair. had become an “open district” school, meaning that buried in the ground for thousands of years. students could attend San Jacinto, regardless of where · A comet’s tail always points away from the sun. they lived in Houston. I lived in the Austin High School · Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is district and rode three city buses to get to San Jacinto. I attached at only one end. · Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more death and chose to attend San Jacinto because of the vocational illness than the disease it was intended to prevent. training it offered. I wanted to become an accountant, · If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more so I headed off to San Jac as a bookkeeping major. And water. When a human body is dehydrated, its thirst · Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other I’m glad I did. Nonetheless, that first day in January of mechanism shuts off first. painkillers. That is why it is found in some medi- 1961 was a frightening day for me. cines. · Zero is the only number that cannot be represented When I visited the main corridor at the school recently, by Roman numerals. · The military salute is a motion that evolved from I saw the “wall of fame” - a display of distinguished medieval times when knights in armor raised their alumni. I was aware of only two when I was a student · Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver visors to reveal their identity. there: Walter Cronkite and Gale Storm. Everyone letters and newspapers. knew of Cronkite, one of the most trusted men in · If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney America. And I was a big fan of Gale Storm, who · Auld Lang Syne is sung at the stroke of midnight in and look up, you can see stars, even in the middle of starred in My Little Marjorie and The Gale Storm almost every English-speaking country in the world the day. Show. These were public figures who were bigger than to bring in the new year. life. And, growing up in Houston, we all knew about · When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. Howard Hughes, A. J. Foyt, Glenn McCarthy, and Roy · Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your The first sense lost is sight. Hofheinz. But I had no idea they were all graduates of a mouth by 61 percent. Drinking a glass of water be- San Jacinto High School. fore you eat may help digestion and curb appetite. · In ancient times, strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed. Strawberries are the only Closer to home, who could have known that I would · Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines be- fruits whose seeds grow on the outside. one day get to work just down the street from the fa- cause it doesn’t smoke unless it’s heated above mous Dr. Denton Cooley, in the world-renown Texas 450F. · Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at Medical Center? And who could have known that one 167 calories per hundred grams. of our classmates, Kathy Niederhofer, would go on to · The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next lead our city to new heights? to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of · The moon moves about two inches away from the blood surging through the veins in the ear. Earth each year. The Earth gets 100 tons heavier ev- Building on that first scary day at San Jacinto, I finally ery day due to falling space dust. settled in and grew and matured over the coming · Nine out of every ten living things live in the ocean. years. I made life-long friends whose friendships I still · Due to earth’s gravity it is impossible for mountains treasure today. And, I suppose I learned what I should · The banana cannot reproduce itself. It can be prop- to be higher than 15,000 meters. have learned in the scary academic world of high agated only by the hand of man. school, because my education there served me well as I · Mickey Mouse is known as “Topolino” in Italy. went off to college and later began my long career in · Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip healthcare. due to lower air density. · Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they could set up a vibration which I am proud of the time I spent at San Jacinto, of the could be sufficient to knock the bridge down. friends I made, and the treasured memories that re- main with me today. · Everything weighs one percent less at the equator. Who could have known? u · For every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess fuel are needed at lift-off. · The letter J does not appear anywhere on the peri- odic table of the elements. And last but not least: · This is called ‘Money Bags’ so send this on to 5 peo- ple and money will arrive in 5 days. Based on Chi- nese Feng Shui, the one who does not pass this on will have money troubles for the rest of the year. Superstitious or not, I passed this along because it is interesting information. Good friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they are always there . · Check for yourself — cats don’t have eyelashes. u ers. It was built in Rockport, Texas. The crew was com- ship responded. When they got there, they discovered prised of 20 enlisted men and 4 officers. the Commandos were trapped below deck due to the damage to the exit doors. Using good old American in- Johnny shared his memory about crossing the Atlantic genuity, the crew decided they could get the Comman- in a convoy in this little ship. He said, compared to the dos out by cutting a hole in the bottom of the landing other ships in the convoy, it bounced around like a craft. All they needed was a cutting torch and some div- cork. Because they couldn’t carry enough fuel to make ing equipment that they did not have! John’s captain the full crossing, they had to refuel from another ship got on the radio, located a cutting torch, and had it three times while underway. He said the first time was flown to the sub-chaser by an Italian sea plane. Mean- a harrowing experience. The other two times it was while, the crew fashioned diving masks out of gas only scary! But they made it safely. masks they had using rubber hose and an air compres- sor. Two of the crew dove under the damaged craft and Although the ship is called a sub-chaser, John said they cut a large hole in the bottom (which took 4 hours), and never once chased a submarine. They spent 2 years in successfully rescued all of the Commandos. John said the Mediterranean escorting landing craft during as- of all the things they did in the War, this is the one of sault landings, mine sweeping, laying smoke screens, which he is most proud. rescuing downed pilots, and ferrying admirals and gen- Navy Stories erals ship to ship and ship to shore. One time they even On a lighter note, one day they were going to have evacuated the King of Italy. And would you believe, the shore leave at Palermo. No one had had a bath in a By Johnny Schneider King complained about the way our Sailors were month, so the ship anchored way out in the harbor, Class of 1942 dressed. He expected dress uniforms. The crew didn’t rigged up a shower on deck; everyone stripped down really care. They didn’t care much for the Italians. and started showering. Another ship came by them William J. Schneider – aka Johnny — graduated and as it passed they heard women’s voices laughing One time when they were rescuing downed pilots, they and talking. When they looked at the passing ship, from San Jacinto High School in the Class of 1942 and picked up a German pilot who had been shot down. there standing at the rail was a whole crew of Waves promptly joined the U.S. Navy. They did not have a brig on their ship. They didn’t even waving at them and taking pictures! have a pair on handcuffs. The crew wanted to just John served on a ship called a “sub-chaser”. John’s throw him back but the Captain would not let them. He When the war was over, sub-chaser SC 1044 was trans- ship was SC 1044. It was the smallest commissioned radioed a commanding officer who said to transport ship in the U.S. Navy, about 1/3 the size of a Navy de- the prisoner to a larger ship close by that had a brig. ferred to the French Navy. The captain sent John and a stroyer. The ship was only 110 feet long and con- Due to the harassment by the crew aboard the structed of wood. It had a 40 mm Bofor gun, Two 20 sub-chaser, the German pilot was very happy to be couple of other crew members to teach the French sail- mm anti-aircraft guns, and four 50-caliber machine transported to another ship. guns. Also, it had depth charge racks and side launch- ors how to operate the gear on the ship. By the time One night, a LCI landing craft carrying Commandos hit a mine off the coast of Italy. They were in en- John and the guys got there, the French sailors had re- emy-controlled waters. They called for help and John’s placed the top depth charge in the rack with a wooden barrel of wine with a tap. So, they set out to sea and had a grand old time training the French sailors. u

THE CAMPUS CUB / MARCH 2020 / PAGE 4 HUMOR..US and MORE We are co-editing this page for the Campus Cub. We want to hear about the funny things which happened during your years at San Jac, on and off campus. We want stories about WW II and other memories from the 40's. Elizabeth Witte Tackaberry’54 JoyceMcKeeZimmerman’54 [email protected] [email protected] Joining the Debate Team — A Choice that Changed My Life! By Ludy Goodson My First Car Now I was 17 years old, with a driver’s license, and no Class of ‘65 car. by Gary Lenderman In my first year at San Jac, I had to choose between Class of 1958 This was a desperate situation. Home Economics or Speech. Not an easy choice. For While I was growing up Since we didn’t already own a car, Mom and I couldn’t Home Ec, I’d need fabric, thread, zippers, and a pat- go car shopping without some help. Mister Kinnebrew tern. My family couldn’t afford it. I didn’t make enough and until I was 17 years old, stepped up. There was a small used car lot close to his from babysitting or from helping glue forms at a local my parents did not own a car. work place. He saw a pretty nice used 1955 Ford sitting business. So, I chose Speech. Dad passed away when I was there with a good price on it. It turned out that it was a 15 years old. So Mom and I got company car that had belonged to The United Gas A new teacher, Miss Melon, taught the class. The de- by with a little help from Company. Their company colors were light blue and bate coach, Mack Godwin, was her supervising friends and family. We had white, so those were its colors. What was more impor- teacher. For one assignment we had to create a speech lots of good friends and a loving tant to a teen age boy than the color was that it had a to sell a product. At home, I sat on the front stoop, un- family. Stanley Kinnebrew’s V-8 engine and stick shift. Mom bought it! Hooray! I der a dim evening porch light, staring at cars whizzing dad was my first driving in- had wheels! I could take a girl on a date. I could drive to by, thinking “What product?” I thought of a hairspray structor. After Dad passed, Mr. Kinnebrew took me school. I named her “Lizzie”. Of course, like other teen for men and dreamed up the name MADADAS. I made under his wing and treated me like his son. Stanley and boys, I had to personalize her. I removed the hood or- it up, but now know it means “a happy, versatile, and I were both only children and good friends. nament and filled the mounting holes. I installed duel expressive nature.” I took my mother’s AQUA NET exhaust. I put on a pair of fender skirts. Then I hairspray can and taped paper around to make a label. He took Stanley and me hunting and fishing and pin-striped a graphic of a longhorn steer skull on the taught us about the importance of wildlife. dash. One of my buddies, Robert McReynolds, and I Next, I needed a model. I didn’t yet know my class- started a car pool. Robert and I would alternate every mates. I courageously asked one boy with beautiful After I got my learner’s permit I had another driving other week. He would drive his mother’s car and I black, thick, shiny, wavy hair if he’d be my model. He instructor, Anna Palm, another good friend and class- would drive my V-8 Ford. We would also take Margret agreed. Yes! In a chair in front of the class, he looked mate. Anna already had her license. She would come Farrow and Vicki Stanfield to school. We would pick perfectly groomed and handsome, while I explained by in her Dad’s Chrysler and pick me up and take me them up from their house in the morning and take MADADAS. Coach Godwin observed the class that day over to the football stadium parking lot by the Univer- them home in the afternoon five days a week. and later spoke with Miss Melon, who later spoke with sity of Houston. I learned to stop and start smoothly me about joining the Debate Team. As with the Speech and parallel park. Anna was a very good and patient in- Now here is the best part. class, I was terrified. I didn’t know what it might mean. structor. Anna and I started in the first grade together I told the teacher if it required money, I couldn’t join. A and were school mates thru senior high school and Their fathers would pay us $5 a week gas money to do week passed. She then told me that the coach said I graduated together in 1958. Go Golden Bears! To show it. What a deal! We did have to put up with some criti- wouldn’t need money. I nervously said “yes.” you how good of an instructor she was, I passed my cism about our driving, but we never turned either car driving test at the DPS Office on the first try. over or even got a traffic ticket. Think about this. Two By that time, debaters had researched the current teen-age boys driving two nice looking teenage girls to topic, something like “Be it resolved, that the Federal Good school every day and getting paid for it. Government shall engage in revenue sharing with the States.” They had “evidence cards” for AFFIRMATIVE Times at Wow! u and NEGATIVE arguments, like quotes from econo- mists. We had to argue both sides of a policy. Debate San Jac To get to San Jac from my home in the East end of teams require two partners. San Jac had an odd num- Houston, I’d drive my green 2-door ‘49 Chevy 6 cylin- ber that year. One student, an experienced debater, High der with a1954 engine. The original ‘49 engine blew a was the loner. He got me. I was so “not all there” on the piston, so my Dad and I installed a 1954 engine with topic. He couldn’t even place a thin disguise over his By Art Chapa, oversized pistons. disappointment. During practice debates, he “fed” me Class of 1966 cards to read and notes on what to say. I didn’t under- It was only natural that the East End locals would soon stand much. Embarrassed, but committed, I forged Back in 1965 and 1966, my at- gravitate towards each other and sooner than you ahead. Our coach drove us to that first tournament. We could say “hello”, they wanted to know if there was competed against other high schools where judges tending San Jacinto High was room in my car for a ride to school in the mornings. Be- rated us on organization, clarity, argument, rebuttal, unique because there was no other ing the nice guy that I am, I invited John Luna, Gilbert and style. My partner ruminated in grumpiness school like it. San Jac High was a Duran, Danny Duran, Dodi Gonzales and her sister, through all of it. He “knew” I had “dragged him down.” technical school with an academic Mary. Like a mini-school bus, I’d park outside each The ratings told a different story. Mine were higher. curriculum. You went to San Jac house waiting for these individuals to wake up and do My partner changed his thinking. High because you lived in the area whatever it took to make themselves presentable for or you wanted to learn a trade. In school. The sisters would finish putting on their make More debates, partners, and speech contests followed my case, I left Milby High School so I could play foot- up in the car. John Luna would enter and sit his big -extemporaneous and impromptu speaking, poetry ball for my prior coach at Thomas A. Edison Junior body on the right rear seat. His massive body broke the and dramatic interpretation, and oratory. Usually we High, Coach Matysiak. But that’s another story. leaf springs on my car. He graciously helped me repair had serious topics, but once, Marlene Krafchek and I, the seat. One day when John came to help, my Dad in a humorous extemporaneous event, were assigned I will tell you that by going to San Jac, I met plenty of looked at him and remarked, “How in the world did the AFFIRMATIVE side of “Be it resolved that animals my old friends. It made my time there that much this car survive with this big fellow?” shall wear clothes.” I recall Marlene characterizing the better. The best surprise was coming into contact with image of an elephant wearing a pink tutu while a fellow that I’d played Little League baseball with. The arrangement was that each rider would pay 50 everyone laughed. None other than George Magnum! It was super to play cent a day for the ride. That meant that I would collect alongside him on the football team! Good friend, that $2.50 a day or $12.50 total for gas for the week. Need- In my senior year, I coached new debaters. The coach George! less to say, I wound up using the $.50 milk allowance and high school counselor, Mr. Kennedy, “talked up” my Mom gave me for lunch every day –use it for gas. my achievements with colleges, gave me IQ tests and These riders never had money! sent out results. Both pressed for speech scholarships and won over colleges that I’d be “worth it.” So, I went But it was a fun time. We’d sing all the Beatle songs, to college with scholarships and worked 20 hours a stop to buy a Coke and add peanuts to it before going to week. From poverty to the Debate Team, to college, class. We played football and wave at each other in the and to my later career in higher education. I reckon the halls. And if by chance, while taking home the regular choice of Home Economics or Speech made all the riders, others said they needed rides, I’d tell them “Hop difference on! Just tell me where you live!! And that is my last word on the subject! u Oh, how I loved going to San Jac! u

THE CAMPUS CUB / MARCH 2020 / PAGE 5 Tim does air conditioning work at grocery stores. About 12 years ago he was working out of town for months at a time. We bought a ‘5th wheeler’ and lived full time in it for 14 years. We liked it, but decided to build us a house in Conroe. We moved into our home in December, 2018. It’s nice, but there’s a lot more cleaning to do. I’d like to still live in the ‘5th wheeler’. It was 40 foot, had 4 slides; didn’t feel like a RV. I love to quilt. I’ve been making quilts by hand for over 50 years. I’ve made more than 35 quilts for family and friends. I’ve also made pillow quilts for babies and made about 50 diaper bags out of denim with the baby’s name on them. When Timothy was 5, he had to have his toys in bed with him. I got the idea to make him a blue jean quilt and leave the pockets on them. Every night he would put his cars and little men in the pockets. That blanket was handed down to his two kids. I have two granddaughters. I got them sewing machines and showed them how to use the ma- chines. My Life After My youngest granddaughter asked me how I San Jac Basketball - As I thought up a quilt and how I went about making Graduating it. I got her a piece of paper and put blocks on it; Remember It told her to put what she wanted to do in each By Judy (Guillery) Johnson block. That year for Spring Break she made that By John Frye Class of 1966 quilt with my help. Class of 1965 I went to San Jacinto High from August, 1962 I went back to school at 43 to get into nursing. I As a native Houstonian, I grew up watching a lot of basketball at earned my CNA and got certified in Surgery Prep. until June, 1966. I was in D.E.C.A. I worked in I also got into Home Health. Jeppesen Field House. So, when I tell you San Jacinto High School Lord’s credit department and at Al’s Formal was not known for its strong basketball programs in the early to Wear as their bookkeeper. My family thinks I move too much, but I want to mid-60’s, I was there. I married in January, 1966. I was in the “family see it all. This is just a small amount of things that The downfall began with the construction of Bellaire and Jones way”. That’s how we talked back then. I had a lit- High School. Add to that, from 1960-1966, San Jacinto played in tle girl, deAnna. I’ve done since high school. u the toughest basketball district in the Texas. Austin High School was the 1961 and 1964 State Champions and Jones High School I started to work again when deAnna was a year won in 1965. Then, from 1968 to 1971, it got even tougher. old. I worked at Nifty School Supply as the Ac- Wheatley High School came into the district. They swept the count Receivable Clerk. In April of 1973, we went board. In those days, only the district champion advanced to the to Germany to see my husband’s brother, who playoffs. Today, the top 4 teams advance to the playoffs. was in the Army. During the 1962-63 season, San Jacinto High finally built a strong We acquired two bikes and a trailer, but ended up basketball program. It began with juniors Bob Busby, Denny leaving them in France. We were only making Issacs and Jesse Hernandez. Bill Simmons, Head Coach about 40-50 miles a day. We found it was better 1961-1964 and A.G. “Pete” Hinojosa, 1964-1971, now had players to hitch rides instead of using our bikes. We trav- to shape a real basketball program. The 1963-64 season brought in eled from Amsterdam to Rome and had a stop in Conley Brown, Jerry Coker, John Frye, Jay Holbrook and Pat Iceland. We were gone four months. deAnna was Studdert. With the addition of these players, the games became 7. She kept a journal and still has it. more competitive. The big jump was in 1966 when the zone for San Jacinto High was expanded and along came experienced basket- In July, 1975, I married Tim Johnson, San Jacinto ball players like Gary Savage, Johnny Barber, Lawrence Phearse class of ‘71. We’ve been married 44 years. To- and Rudy Mata. gether, we have a son, Timothy, and a daughter, Joanna. We’ve lived in Texas, Louisiana, Arkan- Basketball at San Jacinto was tough, but we loved the game. Most sas and Massachusetts. of the players also played 1-2 more sports to field a competitive team. The Varsity team usually had 8-10 players. We couldn’t start A Little Poem for Seniors until football season was over because our football coaches were also the basketball coaches. Our JV teams had 6-8 players. Growing Old(er) “TOUGH”. Another year has passed And we're all a little older. Also — back then — players were responsible for getting to games Last summer we felt hotter And winter seems much colder. on their own. No school buses like kids enjoy today. Because we were a vocational school, our players lived all over the Houston There was a time not long ago When life was quite a blast. Metro area. At some games, we wondered if we’d have enough Now I fully understand About 'Living in the Past'. players for a game, especially at the JV games. Not many students knew the basketball teams. There were no pep rallies. I don’t ever We used to go to weddings, Football games and lunches. remember us drawing more than 8-10 people for a Varsity game. Now we go to funeral homes And after-funeral brunches. Thank goodness for our parents who were able to attend. Before 1965-66, there were no Varsity games played at the San Jacinto We used to go out dining, And couldn't get our fill. gym. Thanks to Coach Hinojosa, San Jac began to have that home Now we ask for doggie bags, Come home and take a pill. court advantage. We used to often travel to places near and far. Also, until the 1965-66 season, our tallest post player was 6’ 3\". Now we get sore asses From riding in the car. Our opponents post players were 6’6\" to 6’ 11\". But when they played us, they knew they had been in a fight. I’ve watched a lot of We used to go to nightclubs And drink a little booze. basketball as a coach over the last 25 years. The kids today, at some Now we stay home at night And watch the evening news. point when they’re down or they aren’t a very good team, they just go through the motions and quit. NOT AT SAN JACINTO HIGH in That, my friends, is how life is, And now my tale is told. the 60’s! So enjoy each day and live it up - Before you're too damned old! My memorable games were the Corpus Christi Tournaments in u 1963 and in 1964. Editor's Note: The Photos were lost but the names re- main the same. 1963-64 Basketball Team Bill Simmons-Head Coach, Jesse Hernandez, Charles Lindsey, Jerry Coker, Raul Garcia, Jay Holbrook, John Frye, Conley Brown, Denny Issac, Bob Busby. Noe Pictured: Pat Studdert and Gabino Cortez 1965-66 Basketball Team Edward Rodriquez, Paul Mindiola, Gary Savage, Jerry Hammel, Johnny Barber, Quint Anderson, Scott Peterson, Ray Gonzalez, Lawrence Phearse, Robert Samudio, Louis Flores, Rudy Mata 1963-64 Basketball Team Now - We Still Have Game! John Frye, Pat Studdert, Bob Busby, Conley Brown u

THE CAMPUS CUB / MARCH 2020 / PAGE 6 A FLASH MESSAGE! Class of 1968’s 51st Reunion Party! For The San Jacinto Classes Of ‘51, ‘52, ‘53, By Annette Zinn ‘54, ‘55 and ‘56 Class of 1968 On the evening of November 9, 2019, the Class of 1968 cele- So, listen up, Golden Bears of those choice ‘vintage brated our 51st reunion with a “costumed” party at the home of years’ who still have their San Jacinto Senior Ring or Annette (Mazur) Zinn. The Class of ’68-ers was welcomed with have a letter sweater that is free of moth holes. greetings from Master and Mistress of Ceremonies Howard Bruce and Dolores Colunga-Stawitz. Howard led the prayer and recog- A certain cadre of “Elder Statespeople” of these six nized those who are no longer with us. Delores announced the classes have decided it would be a ton of fun to stage Mayor’s Office proclamation of 2019 honoring our class—she also one more festive, fun-filled get-together. Once upon a described the importance of joining the alumni organiza- time, these were called “Reunions”, but this event does tion—Barbara Donovan (’56), past President of the San Jacinto not elevate to that level. Alumni Association, attended as our special guest. Think of it as a “last gasp, last dance” Senior Sock Hop! We viewed two heart-warming, truly enjoyable DVDs designed and Brown and gold “support hose”? Now, there’s a produced by our classmate, Alfred Hernandez (Version 2 is a thought! 30-minute presentation of our 50th reunion with selected Houston icons and Version 1 is a 15-minute presentation of photos from our And what better time to gather together than “close to” yearbook—both are accompanied by ’68 period music). To our sur- San Jacinto Day? Accordingly, draw a circle around prise, someone showed up that looked like he could have been from Saturday, April 18. our class—but wasn’t...In fact, he looked like (and was) MR. ARCHIE BELL! Houston’s own Mr. Archie Bell—of “Tighten Up” This shindig will take place in the venerated San and “I Just Can’t Stop Dancing” fame—joined us, along with his Jacinto Gym and will commence at 11AM and finish family, to party down! We closed out the night with plans to host a promptly at 4PM. Realizing this will cut into many daytime/family San Jac campus reunion event sometime during plans for a mid-afternoon nap, it nonetheless should 2020—stay tuned! qualify for serious consideration. Special “thanks” to our Reunion Committee (Howard and Juliana Bruce, Dolores Colunga-Stawitz, Martha Certain people from those classes are investigating im- Thompson Robinson, Allen Denkins, Biff and Frances Reed, Rudy Chavez, Alfred Hernandez, Mitchell portant matters that are still somewhat cloudy. Contreras, Elgin Taylor, Wallace Ledet, Mary Flores-Price, Karen Eshliman-Loonam, Annette Mazur-Zinn) and Photographer: LV Davis. Like what? Class of ’68 DVD Order Details There will be food, of course. And it may even be possi- ble to serve beer. (Imagine the “red tape” to resolve Both Class of ’68 DVDs are available that issue.) Be prepared to commit to fork-over some- for $15.00. Make your check payable thing close to $20 per person. Forget things like “danc- to “San Jacinto Class Reunion 1968\" ing”. (People could get hurt!) But, at the same time, and mail to Howard Bruce at 8310 envision a setting where there are numerous tables Quebec Dr., Houston, TX 77096. Be and chairs and the “Designated Master/Mistress of sure to include your correct mailing Ceremonies” will periodically remind each of us to address! Contact Annette if you have stand up and move (or roll along) to some other nearby any questions, table to hook-up with both classmates and dear friends from other classes. [email protected] We will probably contrive some other “fun” things to or call spice-up that Saturday afternoon. The dress will be “blue jean casual” and the person who arrives from the 832-423-8568 u most distant point will probably win a new walker. Or, if that doesn’t work, a brown-and-gold cane. One The 1960 graduating class of San Jacinto High classmate volunteered to donate a case or two of De- pends. Male or female? You ask? That depends. School has announced its 60th Class Reunion will be held on Saturday, April 18, 2020 from 2:00 pm to 5:00 What the hell? pm at the Republic Country Club and BBQ. Let’s all have some fun. A great time to let your hair The class will meet in the Gallery Lounge. The dress down (if that is still possible) and enjoy a function that will be casual. A voluntary payment of $25 per person will, in all probability be the last San Jac get-together is requested to cover finger food appetizers and bever- for all of us. If Johnny Morrow were still amongst us, ages. This contribution will be collected at the door. he’d probably wangle a Settegast-Kopf “Frequent The Republic Country Club & BBQ is a “laid-back wa- Flyer” coupon for those Heaven-bound. Unfortu- tering hole” with live country music, down-home cook- nately, S-L is also deceased. ing and spirits in a rustic scene. The live country music band plays later in evening, so the environment should Here’s what we need: be conducive to quiet conversation during our event. If you feel pretty sure you’ll be able to attend, please 60th Reunion for Class This venue is located at 11110 W. Airport Blvd., send an e-mail or post a “Snail Mail” as follows: of ’60 Stafford, TX 77477. It is just east of the Southwest Freeway and south of the Sam Houston Tollway. Nu- Classes ‘51, ‘52, ‘53 and ‘56 By Bob Lowe merous hotels in all price ranges are located near the June Knolle Levy Class of 1960 venue. The Club requires an approximate head count E-Mail: junelevy9@icloud prior to the event. Please send your intent to attend Snail Mail: 12737 Silver Creek Rd and if you are bringing your significant other to: Dripping Springs, TX 78620 [email protected]. Classes ‘54 & ‘55 Mary-Sharon Gillen Classmates, please try to come! u E-Mail: [email protected] Snail Mail: 14221 Vintage Parkway, No. 4010 Houston, TX 77070 More information will follow, of course. (This ain’t our first San Jac Reunion Rodeo, after all.) We’ll try to fo- cus on important stuff like parking and a small ‘maplet’ of some type to aid those who cannot precisely recall where the San Jacinto Gym will be found. Be there! Or be square! The Combined SanJac Reunion Ad Hoc Committee u

THE CAMPUS CUB / MARCH 2020 / PAGE 7 The Last Soldiers of the Republic of Texas You are looking at the last of their kind: men who risked all fighting for the Republic of Texas. This 1906 photograph was taken at Fannin Park in Goliad in 1906. That was the last annual meeting of the Texas Veterans Associa- tion. The cannon upon which they rest is known as Col. Fannin’s Can- non. It was used at Coleto Creek bythe men who were massacred under Santa Anna’s order.The old cannon is still there today. You have your own picture taken with it. Who are these six men? William Physick Zuber (1820-1913) of Austin. He was in the rear guard at the Battle of San Jacinto. He later took part in the Sommervell Expedition. He also served in the Confederate cav- alry, farmed and taught school in rural Grimes County. He was a charter member of the Texas State Historical Association. John Washington Darlington (1821-1915) of Taylor. He fought in the Battle of Plum Creek, fought against Vasquez and Woll during the raids of 1842, helped build the first capitol building at Austin. He also ranched and served in a ranging company during the Civil War. Asa Collinsworth Hill of Oakville (1826-1913) - He doesn’t really belong with this group, as he didn’t serve during the republic years, though his father and brothers did. Sam Houston took him to Washington as his personal secretary when he became senator in 1846. Hill commanded a spy company during the Mexican War. He was a Texas Ranger captain before the Civil War Stephen Franklin Sparks of Rockport (1817-1908). He took part in the Siege of Bexar and fought at the Battle of San Jacinto. Levi \"Uncle Lee\" Lawler of Florence (1826-1915). He served in a ranging company while still a teen. Alphonso Steele of Mexia (1817-1911). He was the last surviving par- ticipant of the Battle of San Jacinto. While delegates met at Wash- ington on the Brazos, Steele worked at the local hotel, grinding corn for their bread. The Texas Veterans Association was an organization of those who performed military service in Texas prior to annexation. Its first convention was at Houston in 1873.The annual meetings always took place the week of April 21, San Jacinto Day. The association dissolved the year after this photograph was taken, and its work was taken over by the Daughters of the Repub- lic of Texas. There are many books about early Texas veterans. Reading about their lives and exploits is a wonderful thing. There might even be portraits of them in those books, but this is something different. Here we get to see them in the open air, real flesh and blood sol- diers, now old men, taking in the passage of time, recalling all thatthey did,and remembering their brothers in arms. u William “Bill” Longley PROUD TO BE A him to Austin to claim the reward. Finney re- leased his prisoner when a Longley relative put KILLER up the bonus. By William “Bill” Longley In late 1874, his Uncle Caleb asked Longley and Submitted by Myra McIlvain his brother to shoot Wilson Anderson who was blamed for killing the uncle’s son. While Anderson There is an old tale that claims a piece of petri- plowed his field, Longley felled him with a shotgun, and the brothers fled to Indian Territory. fied wood leans against a blackjack tree in the Giddings Cemetery marking the burial site of a Meantime, in November 1875, Longley shot a gunslinger who finally repented. man in McLennan County and killed another man in a running gunfight in Uvalde County. By William “Bill” Longley, dead by the hangman’s February, he was sharecropping for a Reverend noose soon after his 27th birthday, was one of William Lay when he was arrested after a dispute Giddings’ most famous citizens Like many young over a girl. He burned himself out of jail and mur- men who grew up during the Civil War, Langley dered Rev. Lay while the preacher wasmilking a cow. became infused with hate stirred by the conflict. Finally, arrested a year later in Louisiana, he was The period of Reconstruction in Texas, which convicted of murdering Wilson Anderson for his saw freedmen being allowed to vote and serve in uncle and sentenced to hang in Giddings. His the military, bitterly angered Longley. He and his brother James was acquitted. roughneck friends delighted in harassing blacks at every opportunity. In 1867 at the age of six- During the trial, he wrote letters that were pub- teen, he killed a black man. From then on, the lished in Texas newspapers bragging of his ex- killings and claims of killings continued until ploits, claiming to have killed thirty-two men. blacks feared the mention of his name. However, after the Court of Appeals upheld the conviction, he was baptized in the Catholic He and his brother-in-law terrorized Bastrop Church, claimed only eight murders, and blamed County and killed a black man. After the military liquor and his bad temper on his misjudgments. put up a $1,000 reward, the two reportedly killed He admonished young men not to follow in his a black woman. After his brother-in-law died, footsteps. Longley traveled north, claimed he shot a trail driver, fought Indians, and killed a horse thief. On October 11, 1878, a crowd of thousands de- He also bragged about killing a soldier for insulting scended on Giddings to see the hanging of the the virtue of a Texas woman in Leavenworth, Kansas. notorious “Wild Bill.” Because of his earlier es- capes, word spread that he got away, still roamed Longley enlisted in the United States cavalry, the country, a desperate killer. Records show he promptly deserted, and landed in prison. Re- was buried, as was the custom for outlaws, out- leased after six months, he returned to his unit side the bounds of the Giddings Cemetery. Over and deserted again. the years, the cemetery expanded and Longley’s grave was thought to be about the center of the His stories continued—riding with Shoshone In- burial ground. Years later, the judge who sen- dians and killing a man in Kansas—of which tenced him was interred in the adjacent plot. there are no records. Back in Texas, he boasted of a gunfight in the Santa Anna Mountains and kill- Rumors persisted, claimed the hanging a hoax. ing another black man. In 1873, Sheriff J.J. In true Texas fashion, money was raised to “get at the Finney arrested Longley in Kerr County and took truth.” The search for the grave took place between 1992 and 1994. The body was never uncovered. u

THE CAMPUS CUB / MARCH 2020 / PAGE 8 Jay Lefkowitz After receiving his BBA degree, Jay worked as an ac- formed country. The Lefkowitz family visited Israel countant for a meat packing company in Houston, un- several times during their marriage. By Bob Lowe til he was inducted into the US Army in 1951. He was Class of 1960 stationed at a post in Indianapolis, serving as a ser- Jay was active in the San Jacinto High School Alumni geant. In November of 1951, 23-year-old Jay rode the Association most of his adult life. He served many roles The San Jacinto Alumni Asso- train home to visit his family. On the last leg of the trip, in our organization over the past 50 years. At the time from St. Louis to Houston, Jay met an attractive of his death, Jay was the treasurer of alumni associa- ciation and the Campus Cub 17-year-old Canadian girl, Miriam Landsberg, from tion, the circulation manager, and the editor of the mourn the death of Jay Lefkowitz Toronto who was traveling with a girlfriend to visit her Campus Cub. In 2010, he took over the task as editor who died on July 31, 2019. Jay has brother in Houston. During their time in Houston, Jay when Daniel Miller stepped down. Jay recruited many been such an important part of and Miriam dated and began corresponding after this new alumni writers as regular columnists for the paper our organization and publication visit. Jay continued the relationship by visiting Miriam and diversified the content of articles that were being for many years. On behalf of our in Toronto that winter and he proposed marriage to published. As an example, I volunteered to write the alumni, I would like to express our her. The following August of 1952, they married in article describing the 50th reunion of my class of 1960. deepest condolences to his family Houston and after his discharge from the Army the In addition to the details of the event, I included a cou- on the loss of their patriarch and our dear friend. couple lived in Houston for their 66 years of marriage. ple of remarkable stories I learned about 2 of my class- mates. Jay realized that these unusual and interesting Jay Lefkowitz was born in Houston Texas on July 8, In 1954, on the advice of his father, Jay returned to the vignettes would make for good columns. He called me 1928. His family lived in the Riverside area of our city University of Houston to earn a degree in applied sci- and asked that I separate the story about the event and and he attended Sutton Elementary School and Albert ences. His dad told him that television repair and sales then submit quarterly stories about classmates with Sidney Johnston Junior High School before advancing was the up and coming industry and this training interesting stories. to San Jacinto High School and graduating with the would serve him well. He opened and ran a successful class of 1945. Jay attended college at the University of TV repair and sales business until 1981 and invested in After 4 or 5 stories about classmates, the well ran dry. I Texas in Austin. Because of his father’s poor health, he real estate. After closing the TV business, Jay contin- called Jay and he suggested I write about other things moved back to Houston, completing his BBA degree at ued with real estate and did tax returns. This gave him that interested me. I asked if Texas history, World War the University of Houston in 1949. Jay was the only more time for his family, travel, hobbies, and reading. II, travel, and growing up in Houston would be appro- sibling from his family to attend college. priate. He agreed that those would be topics that would Jay and Miriam enjoyed extensive travel over the re- interest our readers. Now, ten years later, I have en- mainder of their years together. Jay learned photogra- joyed the experience of being a regular columnist for phy and compiled numerous trays of slides archiving the Cub and had great satisfaction stimulating my cre- their travels while Miriam wrote detailed journals re- ative urges! cording their experiences. They toured Europe and Is- rael. Jay drove and Miriam navigated, except in Even though I never met Jay Lefkowitz face to face I England, where Jay avoided the experience of driving on feel that I knew him as a close friend. We would talk on the “wrong side” and in Israel where they were told the the phone once or twice each quarter to discuss my drivers were crazy! On their visit to China, Jay had a Chi- next article and our conversation would turn to current nese printer make him a sign explaining that he and Mir- events or travel. He was always well informed and ea- iam were vegetarians to show at the restaurants where ger to express his opinions. I was particularly im- they ate. They had brought lots of cans of tuna in order to pressed with his savvy of modern technology and com- avoid eating local food of unknown origin. They returned puter skills that were required to put together the Cam- home without contracting any exotic illnesses. pus Cub. Jay was remarkably healthy for ninety-one years. He did have a heart valve problem that required As proud Jews, Jay and Miriam kept a kosher kitchen surgery in April of this year. He tolerated the surgery and hosted Shabbat dinners most Friday nights during well but had a reaction to the dye that was necessary to their marriage for their family and friends. They at- complete the procedure. The dye caused damage to his tended Synagogue at Congregation Beth Yeshurun and kidneys, which sadly led to his hospitalization where were active members. As a college student, Jay became extensive cancer was discovered, resulting in his death an ardent supporter of the establishment of an Israeli at home on July 31, 2019. I feel privileged to have state in the Holy Land and even aided in the smuggling known him. Jay will be sorely missed by his family, of weapons to the Jews to help them protect them- selves from the 1948 Arab invasion of their newly friends, and the San Jacinto Alumni Association. u

THE CAMPUS CUB / MARCH 2020 / PAGE 9 Despite his positive nature, however, Shepherd does- Shepherd says he is especially gratified by a YMCA pro- n't believe his name on a project carries any weight, she ject he launched in 2000: The Doty Family Memorial says. But that's not true. \"People respect him. If his Chapel he had built sits on campus and hosts such pro- name is on a project, they are likely to consider it as grams as a weekly scripture sharing for men. He con- worthwhile.\" siders it a way to \"put the 'C' in YMCA.\" \"There are countless men my dad has positively im- pacted through the years with his visionary leadership in this scripture sharing group, a legacy that will en- dure at his YMCA,\" notes his younger son, Brent. Given Shepherd's lengthy involvement at the former Northwest Y, it is perhaps understandable that he ap- pears to consider campus his home turf. The staff ap- preciate his presence so much they keep his beverage of choice, hot chocolate, on hand to offer him. 2016 Leader of the Year - Walter Shepherd by Cynthia Lescalleet December 29, 2016 Walter Shepherd wakes each morning thinking \"I Howard Moon has been Shepherd's friend since 1962, \"He's a fabulous leader who inspires you to meet the when both were early in their careers at American Gen- potential within yourself,\" says Rosemary Lengefeld, can make a difference\" and believing \"an opportunity eral. They later were business partners at Moon Shep- who was the Foster YMCA's executive director until will present itself.\" herd Insurance, now Moon Shepherd Baker. Moon her recent shift to district director at the Trotter quips his cohort retired in 2000 \"for health reasons; he YMCA. That coaching style has worked on the field, on Over his lifetime of volunteering, Shepherd has found was sick of us.\" the court and with the staff he mentors. many such opportunities, particularly ones benefiting the Harriet and Joe Foster YMCA, St. Rose of Lima Follow-up and follow-through are among Shepherd's Shepherd's daughter, Lori Marie Baumgarten, recalls Catholic Church and Waltrip High School. calling cards, Moon notes. \"He has always been a how when she and brothers Brent and Mat were chil- go-getter\" and \"has never met a person he couldn't dren, leadership training was part their upbringing. While some of his participatory impact has come from make a pitch to, whether for insurance, for the YMCA \"having a vision\" - and a need to carry it through - some or the Lord.\" \"Our dad uses any spare moment to give back to the began simply as an encouraging conversation with community and do for others while finding a way to en- those he encounters. He knows when to talk and when to just listen. Shep- courage others to do the same,\" she says in an emailed herd's real knack, however, could be getting others to account. \"It doesn't have to be a special season or even Shepherd, 83, is The Leader's 2016 Leader of the Year. step up (and perhaps think the idea was theirs all require a reason for him to find a way to motivate, in- True to form, this year's recipient hopes his recogni- along), Moon says. \"He's a light that inspires you.\" spire and help others.\" tion might encourage others in this community to find their own way to do the same. Shepherd counters modestly that his approach suc- Mat Shepherd agrees: \"He tries to see the goodness in ceeds because he's \"supporting work that benefits people, and lead them in the direction he thinks he sees The easiest way to do that, he says, is to \"believe in what others.\" but they might not yet.\" you're doing. Have confidence that what you do makes a difference.\" As a volunteer coordinator of baseball at Waltrip, for Thank you, Mrs. Pegado example, he assisted in the 1985 development of the Flock and Awed baseball complex - a field that has since carried his \"You have to be what you are and do what you do,\" says name - coached the Colt League Team back in the '70s, Shepherd, admittedly rephrasing an observation his Given Shepherd's community involvement both noted and originated an annual golf tournament benefitting single, working mother would pronounce in his youth: and behind-the-scenes, many who meet him wonder the team that's still going strong. \"Son, you will do whatever you want to do.\" whether he is related to Shepherd Drive or Shepherd Park Plaza, where he and Dot, his wife of 58 years have Why the Y? Similarly formative was a smooth tactical maneuver by lived since 1968, by way of Lazybrook. Mrs. Pegado, his fourth-grade teacher, he says. She The YMCA has been a constant in Shepherd's life since combatted his extreme shyness by making him a class Nope. Not related. But he is a shepherd nonetheless, his childhood in West University Place, when he first \"greeter.\" one tending to needs and gathering others to help do began playing basketball and baseball, lifelong pur- so. suits both. While in his 60s, he earned 16 medals in \"I've been greeting people ever since,\" he says, learning eight years of competition in the Senior Olympics. To- through that how relationships - with people and with \"I'm glad to have found my gift,\" he says. It came in day, he starts most mornings shooting baskets on the God - are at the core of so much of what he has accom- handy during his successful sales career in insurance court that carries his name at the Foster YMCA, where plished. and it continues to play into his effectiveness as a vol- he has been on the board \"for about 50 years.\" He was unteer. \"I love people. I love that challenge. I can moti- part of the development committee when Harriet and So far. u vate and encourage.\" Joe Foster were considering their sponsoring gift. His other roles there include high-yield fundraiser, youth Walter Shepherd's work hasn't just earned him respect coach and staff mentor. in this community. His work has been so extensive that both the YMCA and Waltrip High School have placed In 2008, YMCA of Greater Houston recognized Shep- his name on athletic facilities. (Photo by Cynthia herd's commitment with the David D. Allen Award, be- Lescalleet) stowed to those who exemplify the highest ideals of the YMCA and who have had a significant impact on it. And recruit. And connect. And inspire. And delegate. And mentor. Similar descriptive tags pop up when col- Walter Shepherd said it was important to put the 'C' leagues, friends and family explain Shepherd's modus back in YMCA, which is why he helped build the Doty operandi. Family Memorial Chapel at the Harriet & Joe Foster YMCA on 34th Street. Photo by Cynthia Lescalleet \"He's extraordinarily genuine, there to help, to brain- storm or to chat,\" says Emily Garcia, advancement di- rector at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, where his wife is a Eucharistic minister. Shepherd was on the campaign committee for the recently completed capi- tal project and founded the Scriptures Sharing pro- gram, going strong 20 years later. \"He's very giving, of his time and of his opinion (in a good way),\" she adds.

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THE CAMPUS CUB / MARCH 2020 / PAGE 11 Dike Rose’s “Band of Brothers” are shown in a photograph dated November 16,1984 and submitted by Alan Finger where all of the survivors of San Jacinto’s football practices — and games — joined together to share friendship, swap tales and enjoy the camaraderie that accompanied their time on athletic fields where San jacinto’s Golden Bears waged warfare with Houston’s finest athletes who were denied the opportunity to don San Jacinto’s colors. That would be Reagan, Lamar, Jeff Davis, Milby, St. Thomas and Stephen F. Austin. Knock yourself out identifying Golden Bear “jocks” who still looked pretty darned good thirty years after the graduated from San Jacinto High School. It will be much easier for you to identify Coaches “Dike” Rose, Van Viebig and O. Middleton. Those were the days! 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 subscrip- Address.................................................................................. tion. City.................................................State.......Zip.................... We assume that when you don’t keep up with your Cub sub- Tel. Home: ( )........................ Biz: ( )........................ scription, it’s because you can’t afford it. You can be as rich as Email ....................................................................................................... Bim Gump but that’s the first conclusion we draw. Dues are $25.00 per year or $200 for a Lifetime Membership. Please make your checks payable to SAN JACINTO HIGH Then there’s “I’ll get around to SCHOOL ALUMNI ASS'N, and mail to Alan Finger at HCC it in a few days,” with every in- Central Campus Attn: San Jac Alumni tent on of doing so. Many of us 1300 Holman Houston, TX 77004 do that. 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 / MARCH 2020 / PAGE 12 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 conver- sations of neighbors..) 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 photo which ties-in with the subject. Letters Editor: Donna (Ayoub) Tidwell, Class of 1961 u Annette Colesh Samuels, ‘51 Henry Cruz 10119 Sagegreen Drive Houston, Bette (Johnson) Burkett, ‘52 9 Pembrook TX 77089 Court Bellaire, TX 77401 A quick update. I have been living in Ein Hod, Israel since 1962. My late husband, Bob Here’s to our old school! And the good times! Alan, I hope it is not too late to send in a dona- Samuels, was a proud member of the Class of tion to keep the Campus Cub afloat and I plan ‘50. Go Bears! u to send an additional donation in 2020. I thoroughly enjoy the Cub and regret we are u Aaron Poscovsky, ‘67 7510 Hornwood Drive, usually not in town when the quarterly meet- Apt. 1602 Houston, TX 77036 ings are scheduled. If our routine changes, I Rosalyn Littman Selber Leiberman, ‘50 2309 will make plans to attend them in the future. Wynnwood Road Wilmington, DE 77231 Does anyone proofread better printing? Good luck with the future for the Campus Cub and for the San Jacinto Alumni Association. Enclosed is my check in the amount of You have Mr. Lefkowitz as the person to write And a Happy New Year to all of you who do $200.00 for the Campus Cub and the San all over the newspaper. such a great job of keeping things together Jacinto Alumni Association. Having moved and the communications flowing. from Houston in 1958, my family, the re- But, he is died (stet)! unions and the Campus Cub have been my u connection to my classmates. Please keep it It look BAD that a school newspaper can’t re- going! member the man is died (stet)! Got my Cam- Thomas McCord, ‘66 10951 E. Fourwing pus Cub yesterday. Sorry, not a good job! I Place Tucson, AZ 85748 u was in the U. S. Army in Korea in 1968. Dear fellow San Jac Alumni, William M. Arbaugh, 65 1294 Callahan Rd. Also, I grad (stet) in Jan (stet) 1967. I guess Yorktown, TX 78164 with e-mail people write to “Dead People”. Thank you for all you do to honor our school and help each other. Here’s a little $50 gift Hello Bob, Gary and Alan, (Editor’s Note: What Aaron says is toward that effort. true. We dropped the ball on that page I was sorry to read in the December edition of and simply failed to insert the new, u the Campus Cub of Jay’s death. I had hoped up-to-date contact details. And we felt that he was only ill and could recover. I con- bad about it, but we all knew our Dr, Joseph H. Harf, Optometrist, ‘54 Estelle sidered Jay and all the editors back to Fred friend, Jay, didn’t leave a “User’s Friedman Harf, ‘57 1165 Calle De Los Glenn as close friends. I am glad to see that Manual” for those who followed him Serranos San Marcos, CA 92078 E-mail: you all and all the others are trying to keep the after his passing. We’ll try to do better [email protected] Cub alive. I am not an internet subscriber, in the future! Not everyone listened in but have begun to use the computers in the their English classes.) We are sending a check to help cover ex- Cuero library when I am trying to find some- penses for the Campus Cub. We look forward thing I cannot find elsewhere. u to keeping in touch with out San Jac family. I was especially pleased to read the article Julius Hochstein, ‘55 5218 Valkeith Drive u about the Menger Hotel. My cousin and I Houston, TX 77096 spent the night there back in the ‘80’s during Betty J. Verdino, 56 3423 Crow Valley Drive an expedition to locate old forts. The only Thanks for all of the work that everyone does Missouri City, TX 77459 E-mail: room available at that time was that big room in keeping us grads informed of “all things [email protected] (713) 376-5908 in the very front of the hotel. We had a great San Jac”. I enjoy getting and reading the view from there! Campus Cub...brings back fond memories. I Attention: Allen Grant or other sitting Board celebrated my 83rd birthday (Congrats from of Directors/Officers I have been a Life Subscriber several time, so all of us to you, Julius!) and just retired from am Just sending a contribution this time practicing Pharmacy earlier this year. It’s Enclosed is my check in honor and memory of around in honor of all the former Editors of been a fun ride. Good health is still on my our classmate, Dan (Danny) Frederking, who the Campus Cub. side, so I look forward to many more publica- passed away recently. We attended his awe- tions either printed or electronic. Sorry the some funeral last Friday and were so pleased I have not had a chance to see what has be- hard copy will be phased out, but time and fi- that he had a great send off. I guess you can come of the landscape project and the global nances have a way of thinning the herd, so to saw we represented the San Jac Alums as, un- images (of the campus) at not up to date. speak. Hope the enclosed check helps with fortunately, we saw no other Golden Bears in perpetuating the publication. Your dedica- attendance. I hope all goes well with you all...and the Cub! tion is greatly appreciated! Anyway, following the service and on the way u u home, we decided to make a donation to our San Jacinto Alumni Association with the Walter Shepherd (Frederickson), ‘52 Jerry Paine, ‘56 2135 Watts Houston, TX hopes it may start a precedent. We think 77030 there is a scholarship fund in existence and Hi, Gary! that would be our preference. If it helps more Howdy Bob & Gary, somewhere else, feel free to use it. The enclosed article appeared in the Leader newspaper December 31, 2016. Perhaps you Here is my Second Lifetime Subscription! Please direct any acknowledgement for tasx can add it to the Campus Cub (We did!) It purposes to me at the address shown above. may help keep the Cub alive...or destroy it for- Thanks for all the good work you do! This contribution is shared equally by Nancy ever! Use your judgement. Thanks to one and Hipp Gabriel, Barbara Woods Donovan and all for your efforts to keep the Campus Cub Ida L. Nicholas 115 Honey Creek Trail Betty Jameson Verdino. All are from the afloat. Georgetown, TX 78633 Class of ‘56. u Dear Alan, u Ruth Radack Ryker, ‘55 7323 E. 29th St. Thanks to you and the rest of the team for all Esther (Kirsh) Applebaum, ‘55 511 Copper Wichita, Ks 67226 you do for the San Jacinto Alumni Associa- Breaks Dr. Georgetown, TX 78633 tion, including the Campus Cub. You are ap- Thank you for all the ways you make this preciated! My apologies for missing last year’s dues. world a brighter one for retired San Jacinto But, thanks for continuing my Cub news. I am Golden Bears. I was cheered to find your I am enclosing my check for my 2020 dues. sending money for two years now! Never to message on my e-mail and am so pleased to be late again, I vow. Please keep the Campus send a check to help keep the information u Cub alive and well. Hearing about alumni coming. You’re doing a great job! Any other and the stories they tell. To all the Cub staff, San Jac alumni here in Wichita besides my- my thanks to you for all the hard work you self? do!!! u

THE CAMPUS CUB / MARCH 2020 / PAGE 13 u Pasadena, Texas 77506 3. El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas Columbus, Texas 78934 Diane Ethridge 335 S. Rivershire Dr. Conroe, 4. World’s first rodeo was in Pecos, July 4, TX 77304 Feel like traveling outside the country? 1883. Thanks for all you do! Much appreciated. Athens, Texas 75751 5. The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only u Canadian, Texas 79014 hotel in North America built over water. De- China, Texas 77613 stroyed by Hurricane Ike -2008! Joan D. and Alan F. Cone, ‘58 101 Egypt, Texas 77436 Westchester Circle Kerrville, TX 78028 Ireland, Texas 76538 6. The Heisman Trophy was named after Hi, Alan! Italy, Texas 76538 John William Heisman who was the first In answer to the Cub’s continuing cries for Turkey, Texas 79261 full-time coach at Rice University in Houston. more moolah to stay aflat in print, I am send- London, Texas 76854 ing my check in the amount of $100.00 to New London, Texas 75682 7. Brazoria County has more species of birds show my support. I did take out a “Lifetime Paris, Texas 75460 than any other area in North America Subscription” some years ago and am pretty Palestine, Texas 75801 sure I have sent in at least one other $100.00 8. Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home contribution since then. Possibly even more? No need to travel to Washington D.C. of North America ‘s only remaining flock of Just like every other Golden Bear of advanced whooping cranes. age, I do enjoy reading the Cub and don’t Whitehouse, Texas 75791 want the print edition to stop. However, I un- 9. Jalapeno jelly originated in Lake Jackson derstand the handwriting is on the wall for We even have a city named after our in 1978. the phasing to an online version - so be it. planet! Hope this donation helps a little for the com- 10. The worst natural disaster in U.S.... his- ing year. Earth, Texas 79031 tory was in 1900, caused by a hurricane, in which over 8,000 lives were lost on Galveston u We have a city named after our state Island. Myrna McCullough '54 Texas City , Texas 77590 11. The first word spoken from the moon, July 20,1969, was “ Houston ,” but the space cen- Texas, Our Texas! Exhausted? ter was actually in Clear Lake City at the time. Just Texas Pep , Texas 79353 Energy, Texas 76452 12. King Ranch in South Texas is larger than Smiley, Texas 78159 Rhode Island. Paradise, Texas 76073 Cold? Rainbow, Texas 76077 13. Tropical Storm Claudette brought a U.S. Sweet Home, Texas 77987 Blanket , Texas 76432 rainfall record of 43’ in 24 hours in and Comfort, Texas 78013 Winters, Texas around Alvin in July of 1979. Friendship, Texas 76530 Love the Sun? Like to read about History? 14. Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by Sun City, Texas 78628 TREATY, (known as the Constitution of 1845 Sunrise, Texas 76661 Santa Anna, Texas by the Republic of Texas to enter the Union ) Sunset, Texas 76270 Goliad, Texas instead of by annexation. This allows the Sundown, Texas 79372 Alamo, Texas Texas Flag to fly at the same height as the U.S. Sunray, Texas 79086 Gun Barrel City , Texas Flag, and may divide into 5 states. Sunny Side, Texas 77423 Robert Lee, Texas Want something to eat? 15. A Live Oak tree near Fulton is estimated to Bacon, Texas 76301 Need Office Supplies? be 1500 years old. Noodle , Texas 79536 Oatmeal , Texas 78605 Staples, Texas 78670 16. Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the Turkey , Texas 79261 state. Trout , Texas 75789 Want to go into outer space? Sugar Land , Texas 77479 17. Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. Salty, Texas 76567 Venus, Texas 76084 There is no period in Dr Pepper. Rice , Texas 75155 Mars, Texas 79062 Pearland , Texas 77581 18. Texas has had six capital cities: Washing- Orange , Texas 77630 You guessed it.. It’s on the state line. ton -on- the Brazos, Harrisburg, Galveston, And top it off with: Sweetwater , Texas 79556 Velasco, West Columbia, and Austin. Why travel to other cities? Texline , Texas 79087 Texas has them all! 19. The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only Detroit , Texas 75436 For the kids... dome in the U.S. which is taller than the Cleveland , Texas 75436 Capitol Building in Washington DC (by 7 Colorado City , Texas 79512 Kermit, Texas 79745 feet). Denver City , Texas 79323 Elmo, Texas 75118 Klondike , Texas 75448 Nemo, Texas 76070 20. The San Jacinto Monument is the tallest Nevada , Texas 75173 Tarzan, Texas 79783 free standing monument in the world and it is Memphis , Texas 79245 Winnie, Texas 77665 taller than the Washington monument. Miami , Texas 79059 Sylvester, Texas 79560 Boston , Texas 75570 21. The name ‘ Texas ‘ comes from the Hasini Santa Fe , Texas 77517 Other city names in Texas, to make you Indian word ‘tejas’ meaning friends. Tejas is Tennessee Colony , Texas 75861 smile......... not Spanish for Texas. Reno, Texas 75462 Frognot, Texas 75424 22. The State Mascot is the Armadillo (an in- Bigfoot, Texas 78005 teresting bit of trivia about the armadillo is Hogeye, Texas 75423 they always have four babies. They have one Cactus, Texas 79013 egg, which splits into four, and they either Notrees, Texas 79759 have four males or four females.). Best, Texas 76932 Veribest, Texas 76886 23. The first domed stadium in the U.S. was Kickapoo, Texas 75763 the Astrodome in Houston. Dime Box, Texas 77853 Old Dime Box, Texas 77853 Cowboy’s Ten Commandments Telephone, Texas 75488 (Posted on the wall at Cross Trails Telegraph, Texas 76883 Church in Fairlie , Texas Whiteface, Texas 79379 Twitty, Texas 79079 (1) Just one God. And last but not least, the Anti-Al Gore (2) Honor yer Ma & Pa. City (3) No telling tales or gossipin’. Kilgore, Texas 75662 (4) Git yourself to Sunday meeting. And our favorites... (5) Put nothin’ before God. Cut n Shoot, Texas Gun Barrell City, Texas (6) No foolin’ around with another fellow’s Hoop And Holler, Texas gal. Ding Dong, Texas and, of course, Muleshoe, Texas (7) No killin’. Here are some little known, very inter- (8) Watch yer mouth. esting facts about Texas. (9) Don’t take what ain’t yers. 1. Beaumont to El Paso: 742 miles (10) Don’t be hankerin’ for yer buddys stuff. 2. Beaumont to Chicago: 770 miles u

THE CAMPUS CUB / MARCH 2020 / PAGE 14 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 The Campus Cub, c/o Jacob Lefkowitz, P.O. Box 31298, Houston, TX 77231. The situation can be corrected if classmates check obituaries 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 Beverly J. Nussbaum Krauss Sheer Jean Elizabeth Wooddy Perdue, Jacob Marvin Cohen, 1944 Painter, 1937 1941 Dr. Jacob Cohen died November 13, 2019 in Beverly died December 12, 2019 in Houston. She Liz died December 15, 2019 in Panorama Village, Houston. A native Houstonian, he was born No- was born August 13, 1920. She was preceded in Texas. She was born August 19, 1923 in Washing- vember 11, 1926. After enlisting in the Army dur- death by a daughter and is survived by son Ed- ton, D.C. She graduated from Arkansas U. where ing WWII, he graduated from U of H and earned ward Krauss and daughter Carol Krauss Mark she was in Delta Gamma Sorority. Liz was an avid an O.D. from Southern College of Optometry. He (class of ‘62). golfer and president of the Panorama Ladies Golf had his own optometry practice in Houston for 50 Association. She and husband John traveled years. He was active in numerous Optical societ- Aubrey Meyer Farb, 1938 around the country and golfed. Liz was preceded ies and was a Mason. He was appointed by then in death by husband of 65 years John, her brother Governor Smith to the Texas Optometry board Aubrey died January 19, 2020 in Houston. He and twin sister Francis (class of ‘41) and is sur- where he was Vice Chairman. He was also an Ad- was born August 26, 1922 in Galveston. He was a vived by 3 children, 6 grandchildren, 5 junct Professor at U of H. Jacob was preceded in brilliant student, graduating from San Jac at 16 great-grandchildren and a great- great grandson. death by wife Jennie and his brother and is sur- and earning a BA from Rice at 19. He was Phi Beta A service was held at St. Martin’s Lutheran vived by wife Maralyn, 11 children and step chil- Kappa and entered the Navy as a language officer Church in Conroe. dren and 8 grand and great grandchildren. A ser- in Guam and Iwo Jima during WWII. He earned a vice was held November 17, 2019 at St. James Master’s in Accounting from Columbia U. and Norman Goree Kittrell III, 1942 Highrise. founded Farb, Miller and Beerman in Houston. He was a director of Texas Society of CPA’s and a Norman passed away on July 31, 2019, at the age Sam Mayer Merwin, 1944 VP of the Houston branch. He wrote and lectured of 95. Norman, a fourth generation Texan, gradu- on local and national levels and then founded ated from the University of Texas and worked for Sam died January 5, 2020 in Houston. He was Joske’s Travel and Woodlake Travel while devel- Texaco for 45 years. He was a WWII veteran who born in Houston October 22, 1927. He graduated oping real estate. He gave time to numerous enlisted in the Marine Corp at the age of 17. Nor- from U of H with high honors and began his ca- causes by serving on boards such as YMCA, Phi man's family were the founders of Trinity Episco- reer as a CPA/Corporate Controller. He later Beta Kappa, Planned Parenthood and Girl Scouts. pal Church, across from San Jac. He had various started a furniture business, which he operated He and wife Sylvia established the Aubrey & Syl- church positions and could always be found serv- for 46 years, eventually becoming the 4th largest via Farb community Service fund which provided ing weekly food to the homeless. office furniture supplier in Houston. He was a funds for start ups in the Jewish community. He Rotarian, with 50+ years of perfect attendance. was also involved with Rice U. and the Houston Odessa Davis Wexler, 1942 He and wife Elaine were founding members of Symphony. Special achievements in clued the Congregation Brith Shalom and he was a past Bronze Life Masters of bridge and Foley’s Savvy Odessa died in December 2019. She was born De- president. He attended many Houston sporting Award. Aubrey is survived by wife of 71+ years cember 6, 1924. Her family lived over the family events with children and grandchildren. Sam was Sylvia, 4 daughters, 8 grandchildren and 2 great grocery store on Lyons Avenue. Across the street preceded in death by wife of 68 years Elaine and a granddaughters. He was preceded in death by a was a bar which played loud music and she en- sister and is survived by a sister, 2 sons, a daugh- brother. A service was held January 22, 2020 at joyed the music which inspired her learn piano, ter, 7 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. A Congregation Emanu El. which she then entertained family and friends service was held January 8, 2020 at Beth with. She was a WAC during WWII and volun- Yeshurun cemetery. Marjorie Elizabeth Magee teered for numerous organizations including the Henderson, 1938 NFIC, Houston Women’s Fung and M.D. Ander- Henry Lane Walters, 1944 son Cancer Center. She owned Women’s World Marjorie died December 4, 2019 in Dallas. She Hair Salon in the Rice Village. Odessa was pre- Henry died November 18, 2019 in Chelsea, Michi- was born July 18, 1920 in Houston. She was al- ceded in death by husband Leon and her siblings gan. He was born January 14, 1927 in De Berry, ways interested in math and sports, especially and is survived by a son, a daughter and her grand Texas. He served as a radio gunner in the Navy at golf, bowling and ping pong. She had a math de- and great grandchildren. A service was held De- the end of WWII. Majoring in English at Rice, he gree from TCU and studied Engineering at Rice. cember 11, 2019 at Beth Yeshurun Post Oak. acted in the Rice Dramatics Club and co-wrote a She liked all kinds of music and enjoyed mechani- play. He first worked for Western Auto develop- cal repair. After marrying Lee, she worked in his Billie Louise Bradford Brown, 1943 ing computer systems. He and wife Wanda lived lumber, mining and real estate business. They in numerous places, finally settling in Dallas. In and their 2 daughters camped and traveled regu- Billie died November 17, 2019 in Houston. She 1963, they returned to Houston and Henry began larly. She taught math/trig in Dallas schools for was born September 18, 1926 in Smackover, Ar- teaching at St. Thomas Episcopal School. He be- 20 years and served as Math Dept. Chair. She was kansas. After graduating from Rice in 1945, she came headmaster and grew the school from 200 a Dallas Zoo docent and developed programs for married Glenn Brown. She was a lifelong Sunday to 700 and added a high school. He added sports, school classrooms. She remained active, walking School teacher. Billie was a member of numerous music and other programs while there. He also a 3 mile route daily until her final years. Marjorie societies including D.A.R., Ladies Reading Club helped the Scottish Arts program become inter- was preceded in death by husband lee, a brother and The Guild of Houston Baptist University. She nationally acclaimed. Retiring in 1999, He and and a sister and is survived by 2 daughters, a and Glenn are benefactors of an endowed scholar- Wanda moved to Michigan. Henry was preceded granddaughter and 3 great-grandchildren. A re- ship at Houston Baptist University. She and in death by a daughter and is survived by wife of ception was held December 22, 2019 at First Uni- Glenn were married 63 years before his parting. 68 years Wanda, a daughter, a son, 4 grandchil- tarian Church of Dallas. Billie is survived by her 6 children, 18 grandchil- dren, 3 great grandchildren and sister Nancy dren and 23 great grandchildren. (class of ‘45). A service was held November 24, Elwyn Eugene Parks, 1938 2019 at St. Thomas Episcopal Church. Ernest Werner Kirchheimer, 1943 Elwyn died November 26, 2019 in Ft. Smith, Ar- Gwendolyn C. Andreason Daum, kansas. He was born August 20, 1921 in San Ernest died November 21, 2019 in Highland Park, 1945 Diego, California. No additional information was Illinois. He was born August 26, 1925 in available at this printing. A service was held De- Heilbronn, Germany. He was a Holocaust survi- Gwen died November 19, 2019 in Houston. She cember 3, 2019 at First Baptist Church in Ft. vor, coming to Houston when he was 12. He was in was born March 30, 1928. No additional informa- Smith, Arkansas. ROTC at San Jac and enlisted in the Army, earn- tion was available at this printing. A service was ing the Purple Heart, Bronze Star and French Le- held November 30, 2019 at Forest Park gion of Honor. He later graduated from A&M in Westheimer Funeral Home. Chem. Eng. And then earned a Masters in Philos- ophy from U of H. Most of his career was in petro- chemicals, retiring from Mobil in 1990. He met Carol in 1960 and they married and traveled often and enjoyed museums, theater and eating out. Er- nest was preceded in death by wife of 58 years Carol, a sister and a brother. He is survived by a daughter and 2 grandchildren. A service was held December 8, 2019 at Donnellan Family Funeral Services in Skokie, Illinois.

THE CAMPUS CUB / MARCH 2020 / PAGE 15 Lenora Adele Tiras Brand, 1947 Lois Bristol Crawford Reynolds, David W. Westhause, 1957 1950 Lenora died December 20, 2019 in Houston. She David died November 11, 2019 in Houston. He was born in Houston May 7, 1929. After marrying “Cookie” died October 14, 2019 in Austin. She was born was born September 11, 1938. During his profes- MD Brand, they moved to Laredo for 56 years. October 23, 1931. She spent most of her life in Hous- sional career, he was a sales engineer for Collins & Lenora worked at Dillard’s and as a teacher’s aide. ton, attending West U. Elementary, Pershing Jr. High Associates. David was preceded in death by a son She was involved in numerous community activi- and then San Jac. She attended U of H and married and is survived by wife Roberta, a son and 3 ties including Women’s City Club of Laredo and Charles Reynolds, eventually moving to Baytown grandchildren. A service was held November 16, the Martha Washington Society. She enjoyed where they had 3 girls and a boy. She was the owner of 2019 at Memorial Oaks Funeral Home. dancing and tennis and shopping. She substitute Bristol Window Covering & Interiors. taught in Laredo ISD well into her ‘80’s. Leona Ralph Edward Baughman, 1958 was preceded in death by husband MD and a Diana Burge Threadgill Brinley, daughter and is survived by a son, a daughter, 4 1951 Ralph died January 12, 2020 in League City. He grandchildren and sister Molly (class of ‘51). A was born August 2, 1939 in Houston. After attend- service was held December 27, 2019 at Houston Diana died November 7, 2019 in League City. She was ing U of H, he worked in the fumigation business Jewish Funerals. born July 20, 1934 in Houston. She was a gifted pia- for 20+ years. He then opened International Fu- nist, learning to play before learning the alphabet. She migation Services with his son Ronnie. He was Gretchen Brammer Loomis Manker, later became acquainted with Leonard Bernstein and very outgoing and enjoyed travel and time at the 1947 Yo-Yo Ma. She attended Cecil College in Maryland and lake. Ralph was preceded in death by 2 brothers lived in numerous states. She loved bridge and taught and a sister and is survived by wife of 60 years Gretchen died in August of 2019. She was born classes in organic gardening. She was active in D.A.R Yvonne, a son, 2 grandsons, a daughter and a march 28, 1929. Gretchen was preceded in death and U.S. Daughters of 1812. She and 2nd husband Bob brother. A celebration of life was held January 18, by husband Raymond. No additional information traveled the world and spent September in Italy for 2020 at Crowder Funeral Home in League City. was available at this printing. 40+ years. Diana was preceded in death by husband of 49 years Robert, 2 sons and 1st husband Sammy Beth Brittain Brooks, 1960 Edith Louise Breitenbach Skinner, Threadgill and is survived by a daughter, 4 sons, a 1948 brother, 14 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Beth died December 12, 2019 in Houston. She was A celebration of life was held at The Crossings born June 7, 1942 in Conroe. At San Jac, she was Edith died November 25, 2019. She was born November 24, 2019. in the Golden Gaucho Drill Team and later gradu- June 9, 1940. She attended TSCW (TWU) in ated from U of H. She taught in HISD for 19 years Denton. Edith was a talented artist and singer and Emily June Goldberg Weingarten and after retiring enjoyed spending time in Santo, performed with the Atlanta Symphony Chorus for Stein, 1951 Texas and New Orleans. She and life partner 21 years. She was a committed Christian and en- Terry traveled the U.S., Canada and Mexico and couraged all she knew. Emily died December 7, 2019 in Houston. A na- often went tent camping. She was a great story tive Houstonian, she was born June 1, 1933. She teller and created much laughter. She is survived Lawrence Joel Lefkovitz Lane, attended UT, where she was in Sigma Delta Tau. by partner of 43 years Terry. A celebration of her 1949 She was very active as a volunteer in the commu- life was held at a later date. nity and in Jewish activities. She worked as a Larry died November 27, 2019 in Houston. He realtor and spent much time involved in grand- Judith Lee Cawlfield Speed, 1960 was born in Houston November 27, 1931. He at- child events. They had many great family vaca- tended UT and was in the Navy during the Korean tions. Emily was preceded in death by 1st husband Judy died December 18, 2019 in Houston. She War. His working career was in Investments. Harry Weingarten, 2nd husband Albert Stein and was born February 9, 1942. Judy was preceded in Larry had a great sense of humor and loved golf. son Steve Weingarten. She is survived by 3 daugh- death by a son and is survived by a daughter, a He was preceded in death by a bonus grandson ters, 11 grandchildren, a great grandchild and all son, 4 grandchildren and special friend Tim. A and is survived by a son, a daughter, companion of Albert’s children, grandchildren and great service was held December 12, 2019 at Heights Charlyn, sister Lois (class of ‘53), 5 grandchildren, grandchildren. A service was held December 10, Funeral Home. a bonus daughter and a bonus granddaughter. A 2019 at Congregation Emanu El. service was held December 3, 2019 at Emanu El Memorial Park. William Alexander Roper, 1952 Elliott Z. Cohen, 1950 William died December 8, 2019. He was born February 18, 1934. He was a retired Chemical En- Elliott died December 1, 2019 in San Antonio. He gineer and is survived by wife Patricia. No addi- was born April 20, 1932 in Birmingham, Ala- tional information was available at this printing. bama. He earned a Business degree at UT, where he had high honors and was in numerous campus Arnold Harry Rosenzweig, 1954 activities. He was an officer in the Air Force, sta- tioned at Webb AFB and afterward, he and wife Arnold died November 12, 2019 in Houston. He Harriet lived in Austin. In 1960, they moved to was born in Houston September 19, 1936. He San Antonio and opened The Woman’s Shop. earned a degree at UT and was picture, news and Elliott spent most of his career in retailing includ- wire editor for the school newspaper. He was a ing being co-owner of The Women’s Shop until it gifted pianist, having been taught by his Mother. was sold in 1984. He then was COO of Frost Bros. He was an editor and proofreader for Chicago To- until it was sold. From 1986 to 2012, he was a con- day, Chicago Defender and eventually the Hous- sultant for numerous retail and service compa- ton Chronicle. He moved to the Jewish Her- nies and was Executive Director of Las Casas ald-Voice and became the research editor. He was Foundation. He was also was involved in restora- there 39 years. He was always heavily involved in tion of theaters in downtown San Antonio. Elliott the Jewish community and read Torah at services was active in the Jewish community, serving as throughout the city. He was a lifelong member of President of Temple Beth-El and Golden Manor Congregation Beth Yeshurun and taught many Jewish Home for the Aged. He also served on local students of Bar/Bat Mitzvah over the years. Ar- civic boards. Elliott was preceded in death by wife nold was preceded in death by a daughter and is of 53 years Harriet, a sister and a brother. He is survived by 2 daughters, a brother and 3 grand- survived by 2 sons and 5 grandchildren. children. A service was held November 14, 2019 at Congregation Beth Yeshurun. Margaret Ann Peters Kinney, 1950 Richard Dan Frederking, 1956 Margaret died December 8, 2019 in Houston. She was born May 7, 1931 in Houston. She met husband Dick at Dan died December 7, 2019 in Cypress, Texas. He Riverside Methodist Church and she became heavily was born in Houston July 31, 1938. At San Jac, he involved in the Christian community. She and Dick was 1st string Q-back from ‘54-’56. He attended were founding members of Southwest United Method- Duke U. and graduated from Lamar University. ist Church. They later moved to First Baptist, where After 2 years in the Army, he worked with his Dad Dick was a Deacon. They often took their family on in investments. After marrying Margo in 1966, American road trips and, after retirement went on they traveled the U.S. and overseas as Dan’s job cruises on the QE2 and Queen Mary. They ventured to required. They eventually returned to Houston Jerusalem, Hawaii and Europe. Margaret was pre- for Church, work and golf. Dan sang in the Church ceded in death by a daughter, sister Nell (class of ‘34) Choir which performed in Carnegie Hall this year. and brothers Lynn and John (class of ‘35) and is sur- Dan was a member of the Alumni Board of Direc- vived by husband Dick, 2 daughters, 11 grandchildren tors and had a contagious laughter. Dan is sur- and 7 great grandchildren. A service was held vived by wife Margo, 2 sons, a daughter and 3 December 17, 2019 at First Baptist Church. grandchildren. A service was held December 13, 2019 at St. Timothy Lutheran Church.

Where to Send What P.O. Box 667517 (MC 1148) With the untimely death of Jacob Lefkowitz, the Board of Trustees headed by HOUSTON, TEXAS 77266-9943 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. REMEMBER, the previous P. O. Box (used THE CAMPUS CUB / MARCH 2020 / PAGE 16 by Jacob) no longer works. LETTERS Send all letters to: Gary Rollins HCC Central Campus Attn: San Jac Alumni 1300 Holman Houston, TX 77004 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! Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Permit 9957 Houston, Texas