Memories

                “The Class of 57”

                          Presented by

                                    Elizabeth Perry Fugatt & Bubba Nelson

                         April 14, 2007

WELL, CLASSMATES, WIVES,
HUSBANDS AND SIGNIFICANT
OTHER OF CLASSMATES AND
SPECIAL GUESTS. THIS IS IT, THE MUCH ANTICIPATED “50th REUNION OF
THE CLASS OF 1957”

BEFORE I TRY TO BRING BACK MEMORIES OF THOSE “GOLDEN DAYS” I
WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SEVERAL PEOPLE.

KAY AND TOM, THANKS FOR HAVING US IN YOUR HOME YESTERDAY.

LATER IN THE PROGRAM NUMEROUS CLASSMATES WILL BE RECOGNIZED
FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO MAKE THIS REUNION A VERY SPECIAL OCCASION..
THERE IS ONE PERSON WHO IS NOT A CLASSMATE, BUT HAS DONE MORE
THAN ANYONE ELSE. SHE IS KNOWN AS “THE REPORTER” ALSO KNOWN AS
JOEY “KEEP SMILING” SONNIER.

JOEY, I THINK I SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE CLASS WHEN I SAY “THANK YOU”
FOR KEEPING US TOGETHER EVEN THOUGH WE ARE MILES AND MILES
APART. PLEASE KEEP OPEN THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION.

THEREFORE, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE YOU AN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE
CLASS OF 1957.

TO YOU TEACHERS WHO WORKED
TIRELESSLY TO TRY TO EDUCATE US, THIS PRESENTATION IS NOT
TO BE GRADED. I’VE WANTED TO
SAY THAT FOR AT LEAST 50 YEARS.

YES, 50 YEARS SINCE SOME OF THE BEST DAYS OF OUR LIVES

I WOULD LIKE TO PREFACE MY
REMARKS BY SAYING MOST OF
MY PRESENTATION IS ABOUT THE BOYS OF OUR CLASS, ONLY BECAUSE I
KNOW LESS ABOUT
THE GIRLS.

SPEAKING OF THE BOYS, WHEN WE WERE IN SCHOOL THE HAIR
STYLE WAS THE CREW CUT. TODAY, SOME OF US JUST WISH WE HAD HAIR.
GUYS, HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT WE WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE IN
1957 WITH LONG HAIR.

WONDER NO MORE

IN ORDER FOR THE GIRLS TO BE A MAJOR PART OF “THE CLASS OF 57” AND
RIGHTFULLY SO, I HAVE SOLICITED THE AID OF SOMEONE WHO POSSESSES
THE RIGHT STUFF ABOUT THE GIRLS.

SHE WAS A MAINSTAY IN OUR CLASS AND HELPED ME GRADUATE.
ELIZABETH PERRY FUGATT,
COME TO MY RESCUE ONE LAST TIME.

BUBBA – WE HOPE THIS PRESENTATION BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF WHEN
WE LAUGHED, CRIED, SANG, DANCED, GOSSIPED, PLAYED SPORTS, PLAYED
MUSIC, EXPERIENCED FIRST LOVE AND SOME OF YOU
STUDIED.

LIB -   WHILE PREPARING OUR REMARKS WE QUESTIONED IF THIS IS THE
BEST TIME TO REMINISCE ABOUT THE CLASS OF 57. WOULD IT BE BETTER
FOR OUR 100TH REUNION? THAT WOULD BE YEAR 2057 AND WE WOULD BE
117 OR 118 YEARS OLD, EXCEPT BLANCHE OWENS TRUMPS AND GLYN
HOWELL WOULD BE 130 YEARS OLD.

BUBBA -WE THINK WE BETTER REMINISCE RIGHT NOW APRIL 14. 2007 AT
8PM IN SULPHUR, LA.

BUBBA -WE WANT TO WARN YOU. THIS IS AN “X” RATED PRESENTATION.
YOUR GOING TO HEAR THINGS YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD OR HAVEN’T
HEARD IN 50 YEARS.

LIB -              THE CLASS OF 57

19l GRADUATES

97 GIRLS

94 BOYS

  5 INTERCLASS MARRIAGES

      BUTCH & MARY LEE ROBERTS
      HOBBIE


      FRED & NELDA JOHNSON
      KRESSMAN

      RAY & FAYE PENDARVIS
      BENOIT


      TROY & LINDA WOODS
      ANDERSEN

      JOHN & KAY HANEY
      STRODERD

BUBBA - THE CLASS OF 57 HAS
PRODUCED SO FAR, 815 CHILDREN, 1009 GRAND CHILDREN AND 456 GREAT
GRAND CHILDREN AND THAT’S ONLY THE JUDY TROSCLAIR GREGORY,
LAYNE ALLAIN AND MARTHA BERGSTROM PRITT FAMILIES.

LIB -THE MAY 31.1957 ISSUE OF THE SULPHUR HIGH CYCLONE GAVE THE
FOLLOWING LEGACIES.

FOUR OF THE HONOREES ARE NO LONGER WITH US BUT THEIR LEGACIES
LIVE ON.

MR. & MRS. SULPHUR HIGH -
FREDDIE MCLEMORE & SHIRLEY
GARY.

LEADERSHIP – SUE WHITAKER & RUDY KOFOET*

MOST INTELLIGENT – BARBARA
JEFFCOAT & KENDRICK COOPER

MOST POPULAR – MARY LEE ROBERTS & PAUL HYNES

MOST TALENTED – JANICE TROSCLAIR & CHARLES TATE

BEST SPORT – CLARICE MORVANT & TROY ANDERSON

BUBBA – BEST PERSONALITY –
ELIZABETH PERRY & ARVIL LeDOUX*

PRETTIEST – SALLY LINKER

MOST HANDSOME – BUTCH HOBBIE

FRIENDLIEST – LARRY GARDNER & FAYE MORGAN

BEST DANCERS – JUDY TROSCLAIR & BUD VIATOR

MOST UNDERSTANDING – LENDA YOUNG & DONALD LAND*

MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED -
NEDRA YOUNG & TOM BERGDSTEDT

BEST DRESSED – BOBBY JO KELLY & BUBBA NELSON

WITTIEST – GLORIA ANDREPONT & JAY KOONCE*

NOISIEST – KAY HANEY & BOB LOOMIS

QUIETEST – SHARON KRAMER & FRED KRESSMAN

LIB - AS A “SIDEBAR” I WOULD LIKE
TO ASK IF ANYONE CAN NAME THE BOYS QUARTET OUR SENIOR YEAR.

BUBBA – BUD, LARRY & DUTCH
VIATOR.

LIB – BUBBA, THAT’S A TRIO.

THE BOYS QUARTET WAS JAY
KOONCE, DALE DROST, CHARLES
TATE & FREDDIE McLEMORE.

LIB – CAN ANYONE NAME THE GIRLS’ QUARTET -

BUBBA – McGUIRE SISTERS

LIB – THE GIRLS QUARTET WAS LOTTIE PALOMBO, KAY COOPER, NELLIE
JOYCE BROUSARD & JUDY HOFFPAUIR.

LIB -WHILE WE’RE WALKING DOWN “MEMORY LANE” :

1. WHAT ARE OUR CLASS COLORS. -   THE COLORS OF THE RAINBO/W

2.WHAT IS OUR CLASS MOTTO -
TONIGHT WE LAUNCH, WHERE SHALL WE ANCHOR?

3. WHAT IS OUR CLASS FLOWER
- GLADIOLA

BUBBA - THE CLASSMATES

BUBBA – LAYNE ALLAIN

LIB – BUBBA, JUST A MINUTE.
DO YOU REMEMBER OUR SENIOR YEAR THERE WERE 40 GIRLS AND ONLY 15
BOYS IN NATIONAL BETA.

BUBBA – LIB, DO YOU REMEMBER
OUR SENIOR YEAR THERE WERE
42 BOYS AND O GIRLS ON THE
FOOTBALL TEAM.

BUBBA - LAYNE ALLAIN – THE REAL REPRODUCTIVE CLASSMATE WITH FIVE
BOYS AND TWO GIRLS.

LIB - GLORIA ANDREPONT(BREEN)
WAS A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL CLIPPERS

BUBBA -PHILLIP ANDREWS – EDITOR OF THE TORNADO AND MASTER OF
CEREMONIES FOR OUR COMMENCENT. PHILLIP IS THE CLASSMATE WHO
DID A GREAT JOB DEVELOPING THE WEBB SITE ILLUSTRATING JUNIOR
CLASS AND RECENT PICTURES WITH BIO’S.

I’VE BEEN TOLD PHILIP AND MARY ANN ALSO KNOWN AS “MISS QUILT” RODE
THEIR BICLCLES ALL THE WAY FROM
CALIF.

LIB – CHARLOTTE BEADER                         (LOGAN) – THE REUNOIN
COMMITTEE WAS GOING TO PUT CHARLOTTE IN CHARGE OF THE CASH
UNTIL WE READ HER BIO.
CHAROLETTE WAS A MARDI GRAS MAID AND VERY ROWDY IN
CHURCH.

BUBBA -TOM BERGSTEDT – WAS A CHEERLEADER, VICE - PRESIDENT OF THE
SENIOR CLASS AND VERY ACTIVE IN SCHOOL. TOM JUST RECENTLY
RETIRED FROM A VERY SUCESSFUL LAW
PRACTICE.

KAY BERGSTEDT YOU MIGHT
RECALL I SAID THIS IS AN X
RATED PRESENTATION? YOU MIGHT WANT TO LEAVE THE
ROOM FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES.
I ALSO SAID YOUR WERE GOING TO HEAR THINGS YOU HAVE NEVER
HEARD.

TOM BERGSTEDT IS ONE OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST POKER PLAYERS.

TOM’S LAST POKER GAME WAS IN LAS VEGAS. FOUR PLAYERS

THAT WAS A JOKE, THIS ISN’T

I REMEMBER MY MOTHER ASKING ME WHY I COULDN’T BE MORE LIKE TOM?
SHE SAID TOM MADE GOOD GRADES, NEAT, POLITE AND WOULD NEVER GET
IN TROUBLE OR DO ANYTHING WRONG.

OUT OF RESPECT I NEVER TOLD HER TOM WAS THE CLASSMATE WHO
TAUGHT THE GUYS HOW TO SMOKE, DRINK AND DRIVE CARS OVER THE
LAKE CHARLES BRIDGE AT 100 MPH.

LIB –CHARLOTTE BAHNSEN           (WILLIAMS) - MARDI GRAS MAID.

BUBBA -CARL BERTRAND –         WAS IN THE BOYS CHORUS AND ON THE
BASKETBALL TEAM IN 56 & 57
LIB – CAROLYN BERGERON (MIRES) – WAS ON THE CYCLONE
STAFF, STUDENT COUNCIL AND
MAKE-UP EDITOR

BUBBA -CHARLES BONNIN – WAS
ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM IN 1955

LIB – MYRNA BERNARD    (SIMMONS) – MARDI GRAS MAID
.
BUBBA – I REMEMBER MARLIN BRIGHT TO BE A LOW KEY, POLITE
CLASSMATE WHO WOULD NEVER MAKE FUN OF ANYBODY OR EMBARRAS
SOMEONE, SO I THOUGHT. DURING OUR THE 40TH REUNION I WALKED UP
TO A GROUP OF CLASSMATES AND ONE OF THEM ASKED WHO I WAS. I SAID
“BUBBA NELSON” AND I ASKED WHO HE WAS AND HE SAID “MARLIN
BRIGHT”.

HE THEN SAID “YOU USED TO HAVE MORE HAIR” AND I SAID “YOU USED TO
HAVE BETTER MANNERS.

LIB - JAN BOWDOIN (HOFFPAIR)          WAS THE FIRST EVER GYMNAST AT
SULPHUR HIGH. SHE WAS AN
ALTERNATE IN GYMNASTICS FOR THE 36 OLYMPICS IN BERLIN.
WE ALL REMEMBER JAN COMING
TO SCHOOL IN ROLLERS

BUBBA – ROBERT BROUSSARD
WAS A MAINSTAY IN THE FFA FOR
FOUR YEARS

LIB - CAROL BRANNON(STETZ)
MEMBER OF ROYAL CLIPPERS

BUBBA - JACK COLVIN WAS A
MEMBER OF THE BAND ALL FOUR
YEARS

LIB -NELLIE JOYCE BROUSSARD(PARTIN) -   HEAD MAJORETTE OF THE
CLIPPERS AND MAR DI GRAS MAID

BUBBA -KENDRICK COOPER –
WAS IN EVERY ORGANIZATION
IN SCHOOL EXCEPT FUTURE
HOMEMAKERS.

LIB - HELEN COLEMAN(NOWLIN)
WAS ON THE CYCLONE STAFF
AND A MEMBER OF THE RECEPTION COMMITTEE.
BUBBA - E. J. ELLENDER WAS A MEMBER OF THE FFA.

LIB -SONDRA COLLINS(FOX) –
MEMBER OF ROYAL CLIPPERS AND A VERY GOOD DANCER

BUBBA - DANIEL EVERETT
WAS A MEMBER OF THE SPANISH CLUB AND CLAIMS TO BE THE PERSONAL
ADVISOR TO HUGO CHAVEZ.

LIB - BARBARA DEVER –     (GUTIERREZ) VOTED
SEXIEST GRIL AT THE SENIOR
“COME AS YOU ARE” GRADUATION
PARTY. BARBARA WAS THE BEST AUTHOR IN THE CLASS OF 57. SHE HAS
WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED THREE BOOKS AND HAS RECEIVED 20 NATIONAL
JOURNALISM AWARDS. ALSO, BARBARA WAS A MARDI GRAS MAID.

BUBBA - WILLIAM FULLER – WAS
ON THE VARSITY TRACK TEAM

LIB - CONNIE DUPUIS(ROMERO)WAS A MEMBER
OF THE CLIPPERS

BUBBA -TERRY GRIMBAL WAS
IN NATIONAL BETA AND RECEIVED THE “S” AWARD.

LIB - SHIRLEY GARY(HOFFPAUIR) – ONE OF MANY HONORS SHIRLEY
RECEIVED WAS VICE PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL BETA.   I CHECKED THE
TORNADO AND FOUND SHIRLEY TO BE THE MOST ACTIVE IN OUR CLASS. OF
GREAT
INTEREST, SHIRLEY AND HER
HUSBAND BILLY DO MEDICAL
MISSIONS IN CENTRAL AMERICA. ALSO, SHE WAS A MARDI GRAS MAID

BUBBA -CLAYTOM HEYSE WAS
IN THE FFA ALL FOUR YEARS

LIB – NELLIE RAY HENNINGTON –
(HARPER) WAS ON THE OFFICE STAFF AND A MEMBER OF THE FUTURE
NURSES.

BUBBA -BUTCH HOBBY – CHEERLEADER AND PRES. OF FUTURE BUSINESS
LEADERS OF AMERICA.

LIB - MARY LEE ROBERTS (HOBBIE) – HOMECOMING QUEEN,
MARDI GRAS MAID, BEAUTY, CHEERLEADER & PRESIDENT OF THE
THESPIANS. MARY LEE DATED JIMMY ARDOIN BEFORE
BUTCH. JIMMY WENT INTO THE
ARMY TO DEFEND OUR COUNTRY
AND ASKED BUTCH TO WATCH
MARY LEE FOR HIM. I GUESS YOU CAN SAY BUTCH DID A GOOD JOB.

BUBBA - I REMEMBER BUTCH WALKING ON CRUTCHERS IN GRAMMAR
SCHOOL, JUNIOR HIGH & HIGH SCHOOL. ALL THE GIRLS FELT SORRY FOR
BUTCH. ALONG
CAME A GIRL NAMED MARY LEE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CHUTCHERS
DISAPPEARED. WHAT A GIG.

LIB - BUTCH ASKED US TO REMIND YOU THAT TOMORROW (APRIL 15) IS
INCOME TAX DAY. HOWEVER, TAXES ARE NOT DUE UNTIL MONDAY.

BUBBA - BUTCH WAS A “BIG MAN” IN THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. HE
IS USING THIS FUNCTION AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A LIST OF
CLASSMATES TO BE AUDITED THIS YEAR. ARE THERE ANY VOLUNTEERS?
COME ON, BUTCH IS A FRIEND AND CLASSMATE. LETS HELP HIM.
NO VOLUNTEERS. O K, I’AM GOING TO VOLUNTEER EVERY
CLASSMATE WHO WAS IN NATIONAL BETA.

BUTCH, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN AUDITED? PUT YOUR NAME DOWN SO YOU
CAN SEE HOW IT
FEELS.

BUBBA - GLYN HOWELL – ONE OF THREE CAPTAINS OF OUR FOOTBALL
TEAM. HE RECEIVED THE KPLC SPORTSMANSHIP TROPHY AND THE BEST
ATITUDE TROPHY. ALSO, GLENN WAS ON THE TRACK AND BASKETBALL
TEAMS.

LIB - SISSY GORUM(PERKINS) – GREAT DANCER AND MEMBER OF
THE ROYAL CLIPPERS. ALSO,
SISSY WAS KNOWN AS THE
QUEEN OF SLUMBER PARTIES

BUBBA -IT IS MY HUMBLE OPINION. NO, THERE IS NOTHING
HUMBLE ABOUT THIS STATEMENT. PAUL HYNES IS THE BEST FOOTBALL
PLAYER TO EVER COME OUT OF SULPHUR HIGH.
AFTER GRADUATION HE PLAYED AT LA. TECH WHERE HE MADE LITTLE ALL
AMERICAN. HE WENT ON TO PLAY FOR THE NEW YORK TITANS FOR
SEVERAL YEARS.

THE SATURDAY NIGHT OF OUR
40TH REUNION BUD VIATOR TOLD
ME PAUL MIGHT HAVE BROKEN A RIB OR TWO. I ASKED WHAT HAPPENED
AND THEN MY MIND
STARTING WONDERING. DID PAUL HIT A MACK TRUCK. I DID
NOT SAY DID A MACK TRUCK HIT PAUL.
DID PAUL JUMP FROM A SPEEDING TRAIN? I ASKED BUD WHAT HAPPENED
AND THEN SAID I DID’T WANT TO KNOW.

LATER, I TALKED TO PAUL ON PHONE. WE AGREED TO MEET FOR
BREAKFAST AT THE PITT GRILL THE NEXT MORNING. WHEN I WALKED IN
THE PITT GRILL PAUL WAS SITTING IN A BOOTH AND GAVE ME A LOOK OF
DISBELIEF. I SAID TO MYSELF, “HAS HE LOOKED IN THE MIRROW IN THE
LAST 40 YEARS?”

BUBBA – PAUL, THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN OUR CLASS WOULD LIKE TO
APOLOGIZE FOR THE WAY WE PICKED ON YOU FOR 4 YEARS. THE PAIN AND
PSYLOGICAL EFFECTS FOR THE LAST FIFTY YEARS MUST HAVE
BEEN UNBEARABLE.

FOLKS, IF YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU BELIEVE IN THE TOOTH
FAIRY.

LIB - KAY HANEY(STODERD) WAS THE STUDENT CONDUCTOR
FOR THE BAND AND RECEIVED
THE “S” AWARD.

BUBBA -RONALD ISTRE – WAS
A MEMBER OF THE RADIO CLUB.
DID WE HAVE RADIOS IN 1957?
LIB - RUTH ANN HENRY(PHELPS)
WAS ONE OF VOICES IN THE
SCHOOL CHORUS.

BUBBA - EARN JOLET – PRES. BIOLOGY CLUB AND ON THE
FOOTBALL TEAM IN 54. EARN
WAS THE SECOND MOST HYPER
PERSON IN OUR CLASS

LIB – BARBARA JEFCOAT(MOORE)
WAS OUR VERY QUITE VALEDICTORIAN OF OUR CLASS. SHE GAVE THE
FAREWELL ADDRESS AT OUR COMMENCEMENT. ALSO, SHE WAS
A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL CLIPPERS.

BUBBA - TOM JONES WAS
ONE OF THOSE SMART GUYS IN
THE PHYSICS CLUB.

LIB – MARJORIE JOHNSON
MEMBER OF THE ROYAL CLIPPER

BUBBA - FRED KRESSMAN – SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENIOR CLASS AND
HALFBACK ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM.

LIB – NELDA JOHNSON (KRESSMAN) – PRESIDENT OF FUTURE NURSES AND
TREASURE OF THE SENIOR CLASS.

BUBBA - THINGS HAVEN’T CHANGED WITH NELDA AND FRED IN FIFTY
YEARS.   I REMEMBER SEEING THEM WALK DOWN THE HALLS AT SULPHUR
HIGH HOLDING HANDS. THEY VISITED ME IN CALIF. A YEAR AGO AND GOT
OUT OF THE CAR HOLDING HANDS. THEY ARE SO BLINDLY IN LOVE THEY
TRIED TO PULL THEIR BIG MOTOR HOME WITH THEIR SUBURBAN. BOTH THE
SUBURBAN AND MOTOR HOME BURNED TO THE GROUND. WHEN THE POLICE
AND FIRE DEPT. GOT TO THE SCEEN, GUESS WHAT FRED & NELDA WERE
DOING. HOLDING
HANDS.

BUBBA - ARKY LEVENS – ARKY CAME TO SULPHUR FOR HIS SENIOR YEAR.
HE FIT RIGHT IN ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM BUT NOT TOO WELL HUSTLING
ALL OUR GIRLS. IT WAS SO BAD WE SENT R K TO GERMANY TO FIND A GIRL
AND HE FOUND A GOOD ONE

LIB - BETTY JEAN JORDAN (JOHNSON) – SALUTATORIAN OF
OUR CLASS AND A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL CLIPPERS

BUBBA - BOB LOOMIS – NOT
ONLY WAS BOB THE NOISIEST
IN OUR CLASS, HE WAS THE
NOISIEST IN THE ENTIRE SCHOOL. BOB WAS ALSO A HELL-0F-A-FOOTBALL
PLAYER. BUT, I KNOW
ONE TIME HE WAS NOT AT ALL NOISY(TELL THE STORY ABOUT PLAYING
(BATOB ROUGE).

BOB WAS ONE OF SEVERAL FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO THREATENED TO
THROW THE CHEMISTY TEACHER (MR. SAUCIER) OUT OF A SECOND
STORY WINDOW IF THEY DIDN’T
RECEIVE A GOOD GRADE.

BOB, WHY DID YOU THROW A ROACH AT FAYE MORGAN IN
MRS. NAIL CLASS?

LIB – SHARON KRAEMER - WAS
A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL CLIPPERS AND HOMECOMING MAID

BUBBA - BOBBY RAY MARTIN-
CHEERLEADER AND 1 OF THOSE
15 BOYS IN NATIONAL BETA.

LIB – BETTY LAVERGNE (WHETNALL) WAS IN THE CHORUS
AND ON THE OFFICE STAFF

BUBBA - ROGER McILWAIN WAS
ON THE TORNADO STAFF AND A
MEMBER OF THE QUILL AND SCROLL.

LIB - BETTY LEGER(HANCHEY) –
MARDI GRAS MAID

BUBBA - FREDDIE McLEMORE – FRED WAS A MARDI GRAS MAID AND
REPORTER OF THE SENIOR CLASS.

LIB – FRED WAS NOT A MARDI
GRAS MAID.

I THOUGHT MR. SCHUMACHER
MADE FREDDIE BE A MARDI
GRAS MAID BECAUSE HE, BOB
LOOMIS, JERRY POLLARD, ARVIL
LeDOUX AND NOAH REON DUMPED 20 – 30 GARBAGE CANS
ON MR. SCHUMACHRT’S FRONT
YARD

LIB – PAT LAUNDRY (MOORE) –
WAS A MEMBER OF THE FBLA,
CHORUS AND FUTURES HOMEMAKERS

LIB - SALLY LINKER – WAS TOP BEAUTY OUR SENIOR YEAR. ALSO. SALLY
WAS A MARDI GRAS MAID AND HOMECOMING MAID. BUBBA, DO YOU
REMEMBER SALLY?

BUBBA – DO I EVER.   I ALSO REMEMBER SALLY NEVER
RETURNED MY FOOTBALL LETTER JACKET.

BUBBA – LIB, SINCE SALLY AND
GLYN HOWELL’S BIRTHDAY AND
SHIRLEY GARY HOFFPAUIR’S ANNIVERSARY IS TOMMOROW I THINK WE
SHOULD ADD THEIR NAMES TO BUTCH’S LIST OF CLASSMATES TO BE
AUDITED.

BUBBA - JERRY POLLARD – IN MY 68 YEARS I HAVE NEVER SEEN A MORE
HYPER INDIVIDUAL. ALL THE COACHES HAD TO SAY WAS
“P” RATHER THAN POLLARD AND JERRY WAS IN THE GAME,
SOMETIMES WITHOUT HELMET.
LET ME GIVE AN EXAMPLE. (TELL THE STORY ABOUT PLAYING ORANGE
HIGH SCHOOL IN ORANGE)

BUBBA - JIMMY POTTOROFF
WAS A TRANSFER FROM DeQUINCY

LIB - MARLENE LOPEZ(LILES) –
WAS A BASKETBALL MAID AND
MARDI GRAS MAID. SHE WAS THE
DAUGHTER OF THE MOST FEARED
MAN IN SULPHUR.

BUBBA - JAMES PROVOST WAS IN
THE SPANISH CLUB AND IN THE
BOYS CHORUS.

LIB - FAYE MORGAN(VEAL) –
HAD HER RED PETICOAT TAKEN
OFF HER BY BILLY WILHITE AND HUNG FROM THE FLAG POLE BECAUSE SHE
WORE IT THE DAY WE PLAYED LAKE CHARLES.
FAYE WAS A HOMECOMING MAID.

BUBBA – LIB, I REMEMBER AN
ENTIRELY DIFFERENT VERSION.
I THOUGHT BILLY WILHITE TIED
FAYE TO THE FLAGPOLE BY THE ANKLES, PULLED HER UP THE FLAG POLE
SO HER RED PETICOAT WOULD SHOW.

BUBBA – NOAH REON WAS KNOWN AS “WILT THE STILT”
IN BASKETBALL CIRCLES. NOAH
HAD A CARPET COMPANY HE SOLD TO HIS EMPLOYEES AND
RETIRED AT 25 YEARS OLD.

LIB - CLARICE “PAPOOSE” MORVANT – EVERYBODY IN THE CLASS THOUGHT
PAPOSE WAS A INDIAN. ALSO, SHE WAS THE SCHOOL’S CLASS FAVORITE

BUBBA - HERSHAL SCHARRIER –
WAS IN THE BOYS CHORUS AND
RODEO CLUB. HERSHAL WAS THE
FIRST EVER SINGING COWBOY.

LIB - BLANCHE OWENS(TRUMP)
WAS THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF
OUR CLASS AND HAD A LOT OF
SLUMBER PARTIES AT HER
GRANDFATHERS HOUSE.

BUBBA - CHARLES SIRMAN WAS
ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM AND IN
THE BOYS CHORUS

BUBBA – ELIZABETH PERRY (FUGATT) – LIB WAS A BEAUTY OUR SENIOR,
SECTETARY OF THE SENIOR CLASS, MARDI GRAS MAID AND HOMECOMING
MAID.
LIB IS THE CLASSMATE WHO COLLECTED MONEY FOR THIS WEEKEND. THE
COMMITTEE HAS INFORMED ME THAT WE MAY HAVE TO PASS THE HAT
BECAUSE MONEY IS MISSING.

LIB, DO HAVE ANY IDEA WHERE
THE MONEY IS?

LIB – TOM BERGSTEDT GOT THE MONEY.

BUBBA - PIE SONNIER – AKA EDITOR-IN-CHIEF AND THE
WOOD MAKER.

POUND FOR POUND PIE WAS THE TOUGHEST PLAYER ON THE FOOTBALL
TEAM.

HE IS THE ONLY 68 YEAR OLD MAN I KNOW WHO HAS GROWN TWO INCHES
IN HEIGHT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. YOU THINK
NEW KNEES HAD SOMETHING
TO DO WITH THAT PHENOMENON.

I HAVE IT ON GOOD AUTHORITY PIE IS GOING TO TEAR DOWN THE
“REMINISCING PORCH” . IT SEEMS THE PORCH IS VER VERY TIRED AND
ABOUT TO CRATER UNDER THE WEIGHT OF MANY HOUR OF
CONVERSATIONS BY THE LADIES
AND B S BY THE MEN. BUT, THERE IS GOOD NEWS. HE IS GOING TO
REBUILD.

LIB - WYNELL PERRY(WIDCAMP)
ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE NATIONAL BETA PEOPLE AND
A RECEPIENT OF THE “S” AWARD.

BUBBA – O K LIB, SINCE YOU KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT MUSIC AT SULPHUR
HIGH, TRY THIS. AT A HIGH SCHOOL ASSEMBLY A CLASSMATE CAME ON
STAGE, WITH WALKING AIDS, TO SING A SONG. WHO WAS THAT CLASSMATE
AND WHAT SONG DID
HE OR SHE SING?

LIB - CHARLES TATE SANG “YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE.

IF SOME OF YOU DON’T REMEMBER, THAT WAS OUR CLASS SONG.
BUBBA - CHARLES WAS PRES. SULPHUR HIGH SCHOOL
CHORUS.
ALSO, CHARLES TAKES CREDIT FOR KNOCKING OVER MRS. BAGGETT’S
STOOL WITH MRS.
BAGGETT SITTING ON THE STOOL.

LIB - EVELYN RAY PERRYMAN
WAS KNOWN AS THE PERMANENT
BAT GIRL. ALSO, SHE WAS A MARDI GRAS MAID.

BUBBA – LIB, I’VE BEEN WANTING
50 YEARS TO ASK. DOES EVELYN RAY DYE HER HAIR? IF SO, I ESTIMATE
SHE HAS USED 150 GALLONS OF RED DYE IN THE LAST 50 YEARS.

LIB – BUBBA, EVELYN RAY DOESNOT DYE HER HAIR. AT LEAST SHE HAS
HAIR TO DYE.

BUBBA – THANKS LIB

BUBBA - KENNETH STREATER
WAS IN THE BOYS CHORUS AND
ON THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

LIB -CAROLYN SUE PLATT – WAS
A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL
CLIPPERS.

BUBBA - MAURICE STUTES
ANOTHER ON OF THOSE COONASSES IN THE SPANISH CLUB AND CAN’T
SPEAK
SPANISH.

LIB - GERTRUDE PEVOTO (ROBINSON)- WAS THE RODEO QUEEN AND A
MEMBER OF THE CLIPPERS

BUBBA - CARL TENNISON WAS
ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE RODEO CLUB WHO TRIED TO MILK A HORSE.

LIB - BETTY JO POTTER(JORDAN) –WAS A HOMECOMING MAID OUR SENIOR
YEAR. ALSO, BETTY JO
WAS A MARDI GRAS MAID.

BUBBA - MORRIS VAN – WAS ONE OF THE BEST ATHLETES IN OUR
CLASS AND DEFINITELY MARRIED UP.

LIB – PATRICIA PREJEAN (GOODFRIEND) WAS A MEMBER
OF THE FBLA.

LIB - MARLA GWYN SAVANT (FRENZEL) – THE ENVY OF ALL
THE GIRLS BECAUSE OF HER CLOTHES AND DOLLS. ALSO,
SHE WAS A HOMECOMING MAID, MARDI GRAS MAID & HEAD DRUM MAJOR
FOR THE BAND.

BUBBA – JOEY, WE MIGHT RUN
OVER OUR ALLOTED TIME.   NELLIE JOYCE AND MARLA GWYN ASKED IF
THEY CAN DEMONSTRATE THEIR BATON TWIRLING PROWESS.

MARLA GWYN YOUR FIRST
BUBBA – WE NEVER SAW HIM
PERFORM, BUT I HAVE IT ON GOOD AUTHORITY DUTCH WAS
A HELL-OF-ATHLETE

LIB - MARILYN ROBERTS(PEKAR)
WAS IN NATIONAL BETA AND
RECEIVED THE “S” AWARD.

BUBBA - BUD VIATOR – ONE OF
MY DISAPPOINTMENTS IN HIGH SCHOOL WAS BUD DID NOT PLAY FOOTBALL
BECAUSE HE HAD TO WORK TO HELP SUPPORT HIS FAMILY AND THE COACH
WOULD NOT LET HIM ON THE TEAM. BUD WAS PRESIDENT OF THE RODEO
CLUB AND A MAINSTAY ON THE BASKETBALL TEAM.

LIB - CHARLENE SAVOY(LAWSON)
WAS THE COPY EDITOR AND EDITOR OF THE CYCLONE.

BUBBA - LARRY VIATOR – CAPTAIN OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM, THE ALL-
ROUND ATHLETE OUR SENIOR YEAR AND PRESIDENT OF THE SENIOR CLASS.
WE DIDN’T GET BUD ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM BUT WE GOT
LARRY.

BUBBA - THE VIATOR FAMILIES PRODUCED SOME OF THE BEST ATHLETES
LIKE DUTCH, BUD, LARRY & NOLAN.

BUBBA - THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF OUR CLASS HAD THE PREVLIDGE OF
PLAYING, FOR ONE YEAR, FOR THE BEST COACH OF OUR GENERATION, JOE
B. MOUNT.
IT IS INDEED A SHAME COACH
MOUNT COULD NOT HAVE STAYED TWO MORE YEARS.

LIB – JANICE TROSCLAIR (SWENNY) – MEMBER OF THE ROYAL CLIPPERS

BUBBA - DR. DICK WEBER –
I THINK DICK IS THE ONLY
MEDICAL DOCTOR IN OUR CLASS

LIB – JUDY TROSCLAIR – CHEERLEADER, GREAT DANCER
AND A REPRODUCTIVE MACHINE.

LIB - IMELDA WALSH(WILHITE) – MARDI GRAS MAID AND FIRST BASKETBALL
SWEETHEART.

AMELDA, I REMEMBER BILLY WILHITE ESCORTED YOU FOR YOUR CROWNING
AS BASKETBALL QUEEN. WAS ESCORTING YOU THE MAIN
CRITERIA FOR MARRIAGE?

LIB - THE CLASS OF 57 WAS MOST FORTUNATE TO HAVE OUR OWN SET OF
IDENTICAL TWINS:
BRENDA YOUNG TODD & LENDA
YOUNG KHOURY. NOT ONLY
WERE THEY GREAT FRIENDS AND
CLASSMATES, THEY CAME FROM
A GREAT FAMILY. LENDA, IT WAS
A GREAT SEEING INEZ THURSDAY.
BUBBA – IN ADDITION TO VITALIZING US, CREATING EXCITEMENT IN THE
CLASS AND SEEING SOME CLASSMATES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIFTY
YEARS, PHILIP ANDREWS’ WEBB SITE
IS A GOOD ILLUSTRATION OF THE AGING PROCESS.

WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, THAT IS ONE OF LIFE’S EXPERIENCES.

THE FACT REMAINS WE ARE WHO WE ARE. WHO WOULD NOT WANT TO BE IN
OUR GENERATION? WHO WOULD DENY THAT WE LOVE OUR HOME TOWN,
FAMILY, TEACHERS, FRIENDS AND CLASSMATES.

LIB -ON 11/9/06, FAYE MORGAN VEAL SENT A EMAIL TO SOME OF US IN THIS
ROOM. IT WAS ABOUT SOME LITTLE PEOPLE WRITING TO GOD. ONE LITTLE
GIRL WROTE AND I QUOTE “ DEAR GOD, INSTEAD OF LETTING PEOPLE DIE
AND HAVING TO MAKE NEW ONES WHY DON’T YOU JUST KEEP THE ONES
YOU GOT NOW?”

BUBBA -WE FEEL THE SAME ABOUT 34 OF OUR CLASSMATES.

LIB - BUBBA, BEFORE WE END THIS PRESENATATION, WHERE
DID WE GO MOST SATURDAY NIGHT’S JUST LIKE TONIGHT?

BUBBA – WHO COULD FORGET
“SATURDAY NIGHT TEENERS”.
LIB - AND THE LAST SONG WE DANCED TO?

BUBBA - GOODNIGHT, SWEETHEART, GOODNIGHT. ISN’T
THAT A GREAT AND LASTING
MEMORY THEN AND NOW.

LIB - FROM “A” LAYNE ALLAIN TO “Z” KATHERINE ZERGER AND EVERYBODY
IN BETWEEN, WE
ARE THE CLASS OF 57. THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER BECAUSE OF
YOU.

BUBBA - THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES