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Subject: Re: Memories

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Nancy Timothy
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Date Posted: 14:40:12 11/05/03 Wed
In reply to: Webmaster 's message, "Memories" on 11:39:22 01/07/03 Tue

My greatest memory was my Senior year when we ruled the school and the majority of us went to Golfland and Beau Benton tried to lick my face as we were taking pictures. Beau, you are so crazy and yes I do miss you so much...REST IN PEACE ROBERT J. UHL..I MISS YOU!!

NANCY TIMOTHY
CLASS OF 2000

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Susan
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Date Posted: 21:35:35 11/07/03 Fri

As a freshman in 1967, Mr. Crawford, the very strict English teacher, made me stand up in front of the whole honors English class and had me promise not to do as miserably as my sister had done in his remedial class. I wanted to disolve into nothingness as the snickers from Patty Sowden, Elaine Bosse, Robert Clark, and all the other kids in class smothered me. I aced the course, but the stigma of what he did to me followed me all year. That was part of my decision to transfer to Miami High for the rest of my high school years.

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Author: Robert J. (Bob) Cubitto [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 23:10:00 11/30/03 Sun Who was your sister? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

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Susan
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Date Posted: 23:56:00 12/02/03 Tue

Robert - Now that wouldn't be fair of me to name my sister, would it?! I do love her, you know. But unfortunately for both her and me, she was the school's designated person to pick on and be mean to. All through grade school, she and I were both just your regular no-bodies, but she was sent to Holy Angels Catholic school during her junior high years to get her caught up on her studies, much as I don't think it did her much good. There at that school she got picked on, and that turned her mean. Ridicule followed her all through high school. And in turn, I got stuck with being known as her little sister. We were poor and not stylish, and unfortunately for my sister, she hung out with the unpopular crowd. As a little freshman, I just couldn't understand why the football players and cheerleaders picked on me just because my sister was who she was. After all, I was me, not her. I was the nice, shy, smart and almost pretty sister, but living in the shadow of my mean, dowdy, butt-of-jokes older sibling. I transferred to Miami for my soph, jr, and senior years, having a much better time of it, even making the pom squad. I still have vivid memories of GHS, you were one of the holy upper classmen, one of the elite set; smart, rich, good-looking, popular, student council. I knew you'd make something great with your life because that was what your type did, of course your crowd would all become doctors or lawyers or CEO's of airlines or something wonderful. I even actually thought our state was named after your mother! That's how important I thought, in my youthful ignorance, your family was. So you probably knew who my sister was as we all went to school together for a while, but to make you remember someone who's much better off if the "kids" of her past don't have to think of her, everyone's better off. We don't need to be a Maury Povich show. And I don't have any grudges against anyone. I'm just glad she doesn't have access to the internet or this web site. I do enjoy reading your comments here in tigerden and on classmates. Take care and keep posting.

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Re: Memories

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Robert J. (Bob) Cubitto
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Date Posted: 03:28:11 12/06/03 Sat

This is too hard to figure out, 35 years later. I do remember Patty Sowden and Elaine Bosse, whom you mention (and their sisters Kathy and Mary, respectively one year senior to me and in my GHS graduating class, whom I knew better), and I am racking my brain trying to remember who you were, Susan, as a freshman in 1967. (I suppose if I had the Wigwam handy I might be able to figure it out.) Karl Foerster has my e-mail address, and is hereby granted permission to disclose it to you. I'd love to hear from you, because I probably did know your sister, but I can't remember anyone whom I would describe as the "school's designated person to pick on and be mean to." I can't believe that anyone who writes as well as you do didn't get something out of Mr. Crawford's class (I know that I did, mostly from reading Great Expectations and having to do that blasted poetry notebook). Trust me on this: "elite set," "rich," "good-looking," and "popular" were not words that I would have applied to myself in high school ("smart," well, yes) -- and I failed in every attempt to be elected to the student council. I'd say that you have the wrong guy, but my mom's name was indeed Arizona (however, I don't believe for a moment that you thought "our state was named after [my] mother"), so that can't be it. So, please refresh my memory through a private e-mail.

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Susan
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Date Posted: 10:19:43 12/06/03 Sat

Hey, Karl - read Robert's message? Sure, I'd write to him if you feel like sending me his address - you have mine. Thanks for this forum. I'm on it at least every other day because it's my only connection to "home". Well, maybe there's another slight connection, but... And Robert, yes, I do remember you, just maybe didn't have all my facts right about the student council -- remember, I was just a little bitty freshman. And it was HONORS English and I did ACE it, yes I did get a lot out of it! And Skip Cochran, thank you, too.

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