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Yes they do....I saw them suring the All school reunion Visit....

I have to get up there and check those out one day.

Not a memory but how did Grant do in Football this year????

Not a memory but how did Grant do in Football this year?
1 - 9 The only team they beat was Capitol Hill. Their biggest loss was
79-0 against Union City.

1 - 9 The only team they beat was Capitol Hill. Their biggest loss was
79-0 against Union City.

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Did they forget to show up????

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Did they forget to show up????

Most were on lock-down!

Most were on lock-down!

maybe checking for green cards...

Did they forget to show up?
I jes' report'em. I don't expain'em.

I'am bout tired of people painting my cannon. Prune & 64 and you too 78 & 60, can ya'll not do sump'n bout that?

I 'am bout tired of people painting my cannon. Prune & 64 and you too 78 &
60, can ya'll not do sump'n bout that?
Hey! I did my best but this guy named Semrad insisted that I clean it!
After I was sentenced to a 'private' school, I met one of the guys that was
instrumental in painting the cannon on a regular basis.

I launched a Bab-O bomb in his room. If you don't know what a Bab-O bomb
is, then never mind.

Hey! I did my best but this guy named Semrad insisted that I clean it!
After I was sentenced to a 'private' school, I met one of the guys that was
instrumental in painting the cannon on a regular basis.

I launched a Bab-O bomb in his room. If you don't know what a Bab-O bomb
is, then never mind. Pleasee inform me 111

It tickles me when people of the early 60's talk about painting the Cannon....The cannon was given by the class of 1965.....Red/Gen and Danny Parker (deceased...Viet Nam) were the culprits who located and hauled the cannon back in to U.S. Grant. I don't know the particulars but I did know the guys. If Red/Gen reads this....Tell us how it all came about.....Seriously.....

One of my brothers went to HS at Moore and he has told me that he had painted our cannon a few times.

One of my brothers went to HS at Moore and he has told me that he had painted our cannon a few times.

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Probably did...But, it wasn't even on the front lawn until 1965 in the spring. That is probably the best thing left by any class at Grant. My class (1964) left the Organ that gathered dust from day one.....The big thing was the question whether it was male or female. The class of 1964 did however leave the Alma Mater song....You probably didn't know there was an alma Mater song did you????

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Probably did...But, it wasn't even on the front lawn until 1965 in the spring. That is probably the best thing left by any class at Grant. My class (1964) left the Organ that gathered dust from day one.....The big thing was the question whether it was male or female. The class of 1964 did however leave the Alma Mater song....You probably didn't know there was an alma Mater song did you???? Did too!!

Did too!!

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But, can you remember it?....Mr. Ray Ballew the music teacher wrote the song....

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Probably did...But, it wasn't even on the front lawn until 1965 in the spring. That is probably the best thing left by any class at Grant. My class (1964) left the Organ that gathered dust from day one.....The big thing was the question whether it was male or female. The class of 1964 did however leave the Alma Mater song....You probably didn't know there was an alma Mater song did you????

Is it a one-cell Hammond organism!!!!!

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But, can you remember it?....Mr. Ray Ballew the music teacher wrote the song....Not really!! But, doesn't it start with "Dear Grant High"?

Not really!! But, doesn't it start with "Dear Grant High"?

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Yep....the year it was written ...we couldn't remember it either...They gave everyone a copy of the song and we were supposed to sing it at Graduation. I think just the Choir members made it....

You probably didn't know there was an alma Mater song did you????I didn't know about it until graduation ceremonies.

Midwest City, Del City, Bethany, PC, PC West, Choctaw, all the Edmond schools.......................

All the surrounding schools, not sure about Moore Schools all have bands, pep clubs...............

We are in a sad state of affairs......................

I am sure glad that my two local granddaughters attend Norman and Moore public schools...

If not I would be running to that third job to pay for tuition to Mt. St. Mary's or such...............

I went to Mt. St. Mary...and my mom and her sisters and brothers...and my son & my daughter is a Jr. there now :)

they do have a lot of alumni that hang around

I went to Mt. St. Mary...and my mom and her sisters and brothers...and my son & my daughter is a Jr. there now :)

they do have a lot of alumni that hang around

And Talita (graduated with my oldest sister) does not let good volunteers get away either.

Aint' that right Southside Girl?

And Talita (graduated with my oldest sister) does not let good volunteers get away either.

Aint' that right Southside Girl?

That's right........still voluntering , my son graduated in 2006. Yes, there are a lot of alumni there. Lot of alumni's kids are enrolled.

yep, Talita was a teacher there when I was there. I have a video that I took of our last day of high school and it shows Talita in the old office when she was very pregnant...

This is a U.S. Grant alumni site. http://usgalumni.com/ It's a pretty good site and it's free.

Just got an e-mail from an old Grant General buddy about an old Grant General buddy (Jerry Fisher)....I don't know how to share the video but it's of Fisher when he was the lead singer for Blood, Sweat and Tears....it's on YouTube...whatever that is....But, it's cool to see someone you knew being in the spotlight even though it was 1972.....

Grant alum and BST!

That's two strikes against him.............:tiphat:

Was watching Pawn Stars (gotta be careful) and they showed a Cannon (Like Grant's) and that thing brought $ 30,000.00. I wonder if Carltons Keeper could tell us the ENTIRE story of the Acquisition of the Cannon? I know he helped picked it up and deliver it to the school......What did they pay for it? Where did it come from?

Was watching Pawn Stars (gotta be careful) and they showed a Cannon (Like Grant's) and that thing brought $ 30,000.00. I wonder if Carltons Keeper could tell us the ENTIRE story of the Acquisition of the Cannon? I know he helped picked it up and deliver it to the school......What did they pay for it? Where did it come from?

I was watching the same show, boy it is wild some of the things people take into pawn shops. You don`t think pawn shops make some money...WOW!!

I saw on the net where a can of Progress Beer was worth around 3 grand. Better start digging around in OKC.

I know someone may have posted it already, but who did the original drawing of the grant general holding the banner?

Also is there somewhere on the internet to find a posting of it?

I know someone may have posted it already, but who did the original drawing of the grant general holding the banner?

Also is there somewhere on the internet to find a posting of it?

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There are three or four people that claim fame to that drawing.....If you want a copy of it just PM me with your address and I'll send you one.....Generals64...I do know that it was there when I started in the Seventh Grade (1958)....and in 1962 the Senior class had some decals made that said U.S. Grant for the back of your car windshield and they had decals of the General.....I don't remember which class had the General put in the tile in front of the Auditorium though....They remove it when they tore the building down and put it in the New School.....

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There are three or four people that claim fame to that drawing.....If you want a copy of it just PM me with your address and I'll send you one.....Generals64...I do know that it was there when I started in the Seventh Grade (1958)....and in 1962 the Senior class had some decals made that said U.S. Grant for the back of your car windshield and they had decals of the General.....I don't remember which class had the General put in the tile in front of the Auditorium though....They remove it when they tore the building down and put it in the New School.....

That was no banner! That's toilet paper!!!!!!!!!!!

I am looking for Village Idiot, have I came to the right place - Grant Generals.

I am looking for Village Idiot, have I came to the right place - Grant Generals.

Yes! He doesn't post very often and normally on the Southside Memories
thread.

Every village has at least one idiot, so Im not sure which one your looking for. If it's me, "here-I-is"! So do we have a Grant General memory to discuss? If not it would probably be for a private message.

Every village has at least one idiot, so Im not sure which one your looking for. If it's me, "here-I-is"! So do we have a Grant General memory to discuss? If not it would probably be for a private message.
General 64 said you were on here but I didn't know how to find you - Thanks for showing up.

I want to know about your Roosevelt memorabilia. We didn't have a yearbook and all I have from Roosevelt is a 9th Grade chorus program from May 9, 1961. Miss Redwine was the teacher.

Class of 2010-2011 will be the 50th class of Roosevelt. Quite a milestone.

I was just wondering what you have and will you share?

Do you remember
"The boogey man, lemonade stand and takin' your tonsils out
Indian burn and wait your turn and four foul balls you're out
Cigarette loads and secret codes and savin' Lucky Stars
Can you remember back that far?"


USG class of 82 -

I remember:

Coach Savage I had Drivers Ed, JV baseball, and Football with Papa Duck. Really enjoyed him.

Coach Dean Choate - "well hey" and "are you LD"... this was not a compliment

Shotgun Willie - The red and gray team bus with "Shotgun Willie" painted on it.

Beating Edmond and Putnam City in football.

Winning State in Baseball '81 (I was a reserve with a broke hand courtesy of 59th street "activities").

Making a wood rack in welding (Mr. Gleaves) and still using it today.

Hanging by my feet from the eye-beams in the breeze way.

Watching Carl "Hindu" Henry play basketball when I was a freshman - Is that his son that now with Kansas?

Mrs. Overstreet, Mrs. Douglass, Mrs. Wear, Mr. Cable. Mr. Gleaves - all positive. Somebody else commented on Mrs. Overstreet and her brother Bob. Their sister Sue McDougal created the Jefferson Statesman logo....

Dr. Sarah Fuller -

I remember buying spirit bricks for the wall.

I remember Ice Cream Socials in the court yard to start the year off.

I remember running the stairs through both wings during two a day football practices.

I remember doing gravel oval track racing (kinda like drifting) around the gravel parking lot in back.

I remember filling sorry for the kids that were bussed across town and were unable to drive off campus for lunch or had to ride the activity bus for events.

Do you remember
"The boogey man, lemonade stand and takin' your tonsils out
Indian burn and wait your turn and four foul balls you're out
Cigarette loads and secret codes and savin' Lucky Stars
Can you remember back that far?"


USG class of 82 -

I remember:

Coach Savage I had Drivers Ed, JV baseball, and Football with Papa Duck. Really enjoyed him.

Coach Dean Choate - "well hey" and "are you LD"... this was not a compliment

Shotgun Willie - The red and gray team bus with "Shotgun Willie" painted on it.

Beating Edmond and Putnam City in football.

Winning State in Baseball '81 (I was a reserve with a broke hand courtesy of 59th street "activities").

Making a wood rack in welding (Mr. Gleaves) and still using it today.

Hanging by my feet from the eye-beams in the breeze way.

Watching Carl "Hindu" Henry play basketball when I was a freshman - Is that his son that now with Kansas?

Mrs. Overstreet, Mrs. Douglass, Mrs. Wear, Mr. Cable. Mr. Gleaves - all positive. Somebody else commented on Mrs. Overstreet and her brother Bob. Their sister Sue McDougal created the Jefferson Statesman logo....

Dr. Sarah Fuller -

I remember buying spirit bricks for the wall.

I remember Ice Cream Socials in the court yard to start the year off.

I remember running the stairs through both wings during two a day football practices.

I remember doing gravel oval track racing (kinda like drifting) around the gravel parking lot in back.

I remember filling sorry for the kids that were bussed across town and were unable to drive off campus for lunch or had to ride the activity bus for events.

I got this from a different website but it is so stupid it fits here. Parent must be a Grant grad.

"When the roads are bad school is cancelled. They should do the same when temperatures are so frigid like this morning. Children are inclined to catch a cold or flu on a day such as this."

Turns out she drove her kids to the bus stop and waited with them. Only time I was driven to school is when I was caught ditching!!!!

Give me a frickin' break.

She's probably just pissed because she had to get out of bed early and then had to gop outside.

I got this from a different website but it is so stupid it fits here. Parent must be a Grant grad.

"When the roads are bad school is cancelled. They should do the same when temperatures are so frigid like this morning. Children are inclined to catch a cold or flu on a day such as this."

Turns out she drove her kids to the bus stop and waited with them. Only time I was driven to school is when I was caught ditching!!!!

Give me a frickin' break.

She's probably just pissed because she had to get out of bed early and then had to gop outside.
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Old "cliche" I can remember walking to school in a Blizzard and was on time and so did 95% of kids in the school (Chester A. Arthur). They didn't close school then because they had this "weird" Concept called "The Neighborhood School Program"......The only time I rode a school bus in OKC was when we would go to The State Fair Parade or some other Band Program.....Now I did had a bicycle and most of the time it worked (got stolen in my 7th grade year)...Probably someone from Capitol Hill....I know , that's "Profiling"..... But then, we also had our "feet" (nature's school bus) to use to get to school...(ON TIME).....

1972 Grant Yearbook in Ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/US-Grant-High-School-Yearbook-Oklahoma-City-1972_W0QQitemZ380167792096QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_De faultDomain_0?hash=item5883c425e0

Dangit to early for me!

Dangit to early for me!

Maybe all the pictures have not been colored on yet!!!!!!:LolLolLol

Maybe all the pictures have not been colored on yet!!!!!!:LolLolLol

Thats a thought .........hmmm

I heard today that U.S. Grant locks the doors to prevent "tardy" students from entering. Seems that they had almost 200 in one morning. Parents were contacted and many of them did not know what time school started.
Not picking on Grant. This I am sure is a problem at most all schools.....

I never was tardy I just didn't show up. So I guess thay couldn't lock me out. lol

Like me at CHHS. I was always in the parking lot or field house. Never remember them locking down those two place. Of course the state I was in they might have and I just did not realize it......

Do you remember
"The boogey man, lemonade stand and takin' your tonsils out
Indian burn and wait your turn and four foul balls you're out
Cigarette loads and secret codes and savin' Lucky Stars
Can you remember back that far?"


USG class of 82 -

I remember:

Coach Savage I had Drivers Ed, JV baseball, and Football with Papa Duck. Really enjoyed him.

Coach Dean Choate - "well hey" and "are you LD"... this was not a compliment

Shotgun Willie - The red and gray team bus with "Shotgun Willie" painted on it.

Beating Edmond and Putnam City in football.

Winning State in Baseball '81 (I was a reserve with a broke hand courtesy of 59th street "activities").

Making a wood rack in welding (Mr. Gleaves) and still using it today.

Hanging by my feet from the eye-beams in the breeze way.

Watching Carl "Hindu" Henry play basketball when I was a freshman - Is that his son that now with Kansas?

Mrs. Overstreet, Mrs. Douglass, Mrs. Wear, Mr. Cable. Mr. Gleaves - all positive. Somebody else commented on Mrs. Overstreet and her brother Bob. Their sister Sue McDougal created the Jefferson Statesman logo....

Dr. Sarah Fuller -

I remember buying spirit bricks for the wall.

I remember Ice Cream Socials in the court yard to start the year off.

I remember running the stairs through both wings during two a day football practices.

I remember doing gravel oval track racing (kinda like drifting) around the gravel parking lot in back.

I remember filling sorry for the kids that were bussed across town and were unable to drive off campus for lunch or had to ride the activity bus for events.

Yup I remember a ton of that you mentioned, I completely forgot about Mrs. Wear.......good stuff!

The Lock Down at Grant seemed silly since they said that most of the parents didn't even know what time the kids were to be in school.....That didn't work when they could use the paddle....I did NOT want my backside slapped with a piece of a board....especially by Clarence Huffman......He fought Joe Lewis....didn't want any of that.....A tardy was good for Two SWATS...Boy or Girl.....

So your saying Huffman had a fight with Conway Twittys bass player?

The Lock Down at Grant seemed silly since they said that most of the parents didn't even know what time the kids were to be in school.....That didn't work when they could use the paddle....I did NOT want my backside slapped with a piece of a board....especially by Clarence Huffman......He fought Joe Lewis....didn't want any of that.....A tardy was good for Two SWATS...Boy or Girl.....

The parents should know start time and end time of the school day. Don't use they are unaware as an excuse. The superintendent of okc schools has the right idea; fine them! Not the student, fine the parents. Can't pay? Jail time.

Maybe they can create new places like Taft and Boley. You start cracking down on the truants and you are going to weed-out a lot of illegals I am sure.

The Lock Down at Grant seemed silly since they said that most of the parents didn't even know what time the kids were to be in school.....That didn't work when they could use the paddle....I did NOT want my backside slapped with a piece of a board....especially by Clarence Huffman......He fought Joe Lewis....didn't want any of that.....A tardy was good for Two SWATS...Boy or Girl.....

Jim Neese (spell ) could really light you up too.

[QUOTE=papaOU;302949]The parents should know start time and end time of the school day. Don't use they are unaware as an excuse.



That's probably what is wrong with most of the schools now.. Parents that don't care.

Mine knew what time school started, how long the lunch period was and how long it took to get home from school.............

Jim Neese (spell ) could really light you up too.

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Yep, I got a taste of that more than once......Semrad was pretty wicked also...But, the one that stung the longest was Mr. Coffelt.....

[QUOTE=papaOU;302949]The parents should know start time and end time of the school day. Don't use they are unaware as an excuse.



That's probably what is wrong with most of the schools now.. Parents that don't care.

Mine knew what time school started, how long the lunch period was and how long it took to get home from school.............

When my girls were in Norman Public Schools in the 80's & 90's the schools let you know what was going on and if nothing was done they turned to law enforcement and the judicial system work on it and that included the City Atty. There are fines and a declared truant has a probation officer to answer to. I suppose it's still that way...

I am sure they cannot even raise there voice to the kids now as it might hurt there feelings......were raising a generation of wusses now, without swats or discipline.

I am sure they cannot even raise there voice to the kids now as it might hurt there feelings......were raising a generation of wusses now, without swats or discipline.

But.......

"they got guns, all gods chillen got guns."

I ran into former USG teacher Ralph King today. He's going to be 87 tomorrow. Told him about the Coits meetings, but I didnt know the date of the next one.

I ran into former USG teacher Ralph King today. He's going to be 87 tomorrow. Told him about the Coits meetings, but I didnt know the date of the next one. I kinda remember the name, what did he teach?

I kinda remember the name, what did he teach?

Was'nt he a english teacher ?