From the second Choir scrapbook, '85-'86
The Choir (and Orchestra) presented Hammerstein's Carousel
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
11/4/14 Election Day
undated, from Leader files
Must've been a Tuesday.
Tuesday as Voting Day is as antiquated as Daylight Savings Time:
Ever wonder why Americans always vote in federal elections on Tuesdays? According to NPR, there are a few reasons—including a little something to do with the horse and buggy.
Between 1788 and 1845, states decided their own voting dates. Senate historian Don Ritchie told NPR that strategy resulted in chaos, a “crazy quilt of elections” held all across the country at different times to pick the electors—the white, male property owners who would cast their votes for president on the first Wednesday of December. In 1792, a law was passed mandating that state elections be held within a 34-day period before that day, so most elections took place in November. (Society was mostly agrarian; in November, the harvest was finished but winter hadn’t yet hit, making it the perfect time to vote.)
The glacial pace of presidential elections wasn’t a huge issue in the late 18th and early 19th centuries—communication was slow, so results took weeks to announce anyway—but with the advent of the railroad and telegraph, Congress decided it was time to standardize a date. Monday was out, because it would require people to travel to the polls by buggy on the Sunday Sabbath. Wednesday was also not an option, because it was market day, and farmers wouldn’t be able to make it to the polls. So it was decided that Tuesday would be the day that Americans would vote in elections, and in 1845, Congress passed a law that presidential elections would be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
And finally, a few quotes throughout our history of American democracy on Election Day:
Monday, November 3, 2014
Dobie Choir 1984 -1985
Photos from the first yearbook still in existence at Dobie High School.
Thanks go out to Wendy Sharpless for access to all the choir scrapbooks and giving up her office all morning for me to scan them as she directed classes through early readings of Christmas selections, chewed people out for talking (brought back so many memories!), handed out choir shirts to freshmen who complained they wanted a difference size than they'd ordered, brought me a drink, and discussed song options with the other directors for Christmas.
She's guessing the books start in 1984 with the advent of the Debbie Tidwell years and that prior choir teachers didn't keep them. If anyone is aware of older books/historians for choir, please let me know. We can add it to the mysterious disappearance of many, many band scrapbooks.
The bulk of the photos from the first year came from a roll of film shot at the Back to School/Freshman initiation get together held at Camp Manison:
Back Row L to Right: Pam Johnson, Tammy Liepens, Robby Ogden, Brian Sharpless, Angie Davis, Joel Quade behind Marian Shinpaugh, ?, Kristi Zimmerman, Terri Hunter ?, Kathy Lee, Jared Jackovich, behind unknown nun, Joe __, Milt Eichler almost out of sight behind Joe, ?, Tricia Breedlove, Rosalind Foreman, Angie Woodley
Center row (starting towards the middle): ?, ?, ?, ?, Jan Duport?, Debra Hanrahan, ?
Front Row: Lisa Bronkema, ?, ?, Linda Urschel, Christine Waling
Tricia Breedlove, Laurinda Robinson, Carole Epps
Debbie Tidwell, Carole Epps, Laurinda Robinson, Kim May, Joe ?, Cathy Jory
Milt Eichler and Jared Jackovich
Sonya Simmons, Richard Hiers, ?, ?
Joel Quade, Ritchie ?, Brian Sharpless, Dawn, ?, Brett Morris, Lynn Etheridge
post concert at Sweet Dreams
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Saturday, November 1, 2014
1977 Houston Aeros Gordie Howe, PISD's favorite
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At last week's Houston Aero's Pasadena Night, Gordie Howe voted by PISD students as their favorite Aero, presented Eddie Frances, P.E. supervisor of PISD with an Aero jacket. Ian Water of Atkinson is shown here with Frances, also shown is M.C. Terry Le Witke. ~Leader Front Page photo, Jan. 1977.
Mr. Hockey, having played for the Detroit Red Wings for 25 years and going on to be VP in the organization, came out of retirement in 1973 for the chance to play with both of his boys, who were also taken by the Aeros of the newly formed WHA. He led them to two consecutive championships in '73 and '74 and stayed with Houston until the year of the photo above, in 1977.
Legacy
Howe was also referred to during his career as Power, Mr. Everything, Mr. All-Star, The Most, The Great Gordie, The King of Hockey, The Legend, The Man, No. 9, and "Mr. Elbows" (for his tough physical play).
Over the years Howe became good friends with [Wayne] Gretzky, who had idolized Howe as a young player, and who would later break many of Howe's scoring records and milestones.
Another milestone in a remarkable career was reached in 1997 when Howe played professional hockey in a sixth decade. He was signed to a one-game contract by the Detroit Vipers of the IHL and, almost 70 years old, made a return to the ice for one shift. In doing so, he became the only player in hockey history to compete in six different decades at the professional level, having played in the NHL, WHA and IHL from the 1940s to 1990s.
His most productive seasons came during an era when scoring was difficult and checking was tight, and he never scored 50 goals in a single season, yet Howe ranks third in NHL history with 1,850 total points, including 801 goals and 1,049 assists. When career regular season goals from both the NHL and the WHA are combined, he ranks first in goals with 975.
At the time of his retirement, Howe's professional totals, including playoffs, for the NHL and WHA combined, were first. He finished with 2,421 games played, 1,071 goals, 1,518 assists, and 2,589 points.
Gordie Howe suffered a stroke this past week, and the Detroit Redwings made certain to send him their best wishes for a full recovery.
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