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  1. I seem to remember having a home version of this contraption, although on a much simpler scale. I came with plastic sheets which were heated and then it used a vacuum to cause the plastic to form over the mold. I don't remember what it was called, but I think as soon as we ran out of the plastic sheets we lost interest.

    I had one of those too. Ahh, the smell of melting plastic. I think it was called Vacu-Form or something like that.

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  2. Susan...do you know the name of the girl with the pixie haircut?

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    I'm thinking it's Connie Wood. I emailed Olga Campos and she mentioned Connie as being one of the cheerleaders. I wrote to her to tell her about the cheerleader pics. She came to HAIF and saw them and said "What a blast from the past!" Her parents still live on Weaver right there by Jackson. I think Lynn Ayers might be the other one in that pic. Olga also mentioned she was still in touch with Lynn. She recently went to her birthday Party.

  3. I hope we dont have our stadiums mixed up? Barnett is the one over off of Telephone Road & 610 not far from Gulfgate Mall (behind Frank's Grill) . It seemed very old to me back then. I know Jackson had some games way over at the stadium off of Mangum Road at 610 & 290. This was around 74 though I used to go to see friends in the football team play there. Was it Butler Stadium?

    Again I am almost sure that Barnett was made way before 1976. I could be wrong though. Last I saw there were just hundreds of school buses parked on the land.

    I checked on the Texas High School Stadium Database Texasbob.com and it has Barnett Stadium as being built in 1976. I graduated in 1975 and never went to a game at Barnett. I think thats where Austin ended up playing their home games. Glad I was NOT there for that. Jeppesen Stadium was so very cool. I remember I was going to go to Austins homecoming game in 1977 but found out it was held at Barnett stadium and chose not to go. I drove by the stadium and was very disappointed at what I saw. It was just another stadium. No history like Jeppesen.

  4. Most games were played at Burnett Stadium.

    Whats funny about the photo of Mr Skaines is that everyone is sitting far away from him. Told you he was intimidating to some.

    Mrs Blair was the admin or asst princ I recall she was tall with the brunette beehive, then Mr Morgan came later? he was like a playboy asst principal.

    Wonder if anyone recalls the Woodshop teachers name? Remember the building was all glass all round. They could open each pane one by one. We always made the simplest projects. Mine always came out warped. :wacko:

    I remember a Barnett stadium but it didnt open until 1976. I remember all of Austins home games were played at Jeppesen Stadium, at least until 1976.

  5. I was in 10th grade at Austin when those pix were taken. My running buddy Louis Trevino had asked Olga Campos to homecoming so me and another friend of mine went to the Jackson game to see Olga cheerleading. Bonnie Kruse and Kathy Seeber sound right. Donna Phillips sounds familiar, but I don't think I knew her. For homecoming we went to Valian's. It was a fun night, but I don't think Louis and Olga dated much beyond that night. I knew Adrian quite well. He was in the same class as I was.

    Louis Trevino

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    I never went to a single football game at Jackson. Where did they play? Oh, Donna Phillips became a majorette at Austin and was the drum major her senior year 1974 right after Tracy Bloomfield in 1973. She was one of the sweetest people I have ever met not to mention very very pretty.

  6. Olga Campos Then

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    Olga Campos now

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    Where in the world did you come up with these pics? They are incredible. In the cheerleader pics was one of the blondes Bonnie Kruse and the other Donna Phillips?The one with the brown hair looks kinda like Kathy Seeber and the other one with long dark hair looks like Sylvia Lamas. I remember Olga but I was friends with her sister Edna and her brother Adrian. I had forgotten what Mr. Skains looked like. I still have a orange and white trash can that says Jackson Leopards on it. I bought it during gym class. Its nice to have someone remember the same places and people that I do. Like Bob Hope said.. Thanks for the memories.

  7. Susan...I think I was just a few years ahead of you at Jackson, but I have a much different memory of it. For me there were plenty of knives and guns and gangs. There were hispanic gangs that we called Pachucos back in '67-68 that used to rob me of my lunch money all the time at knifepoint. I think the Pachuco look was left over from the 40s and 50s and was like the Zoot Suit look without the suit. I knew someone who refused to give up his lunch money and got slashed across the face with a razor for it.

    There was a large gangfight in either '67 or '68 that we called the Eastwood Park Fight. I knew a guy named Cowboy (don't know what his real name was) that got stabbed in the back with a butcher knife in that fight. I knew more than a few people that brought guns to school on more than one occasion. Coach Herman showed me a box up in the coaches office once that was full of all the switchblades, brass knuckles, pipes, and chains that had been confiscated. There were a few kids at Jackson who's parents were Bandidos and the kids would wear the colors around the school. Maybe things quieted down after you got there. Many people I knew used metal shop to make knives. Drugs were also quite common.

    I was there from fall of 69 til spring of 72. It was pretty quiet for the most part. My first year there was when intergration started. I remember the first morning the bussing started. We were pretty nervous and those kids getting off the busses were more nervous than we ever thought about being. Some kids got into fist fights but for the most part it was calm. I remember the drugs but it was mostly pot. I cant remember anyone taking heroin or cocaine and crack was still far in the future. I lucked out. My time spent there was very mellow, same as with Austin.

  8. Does anyone remember the old yellow pages from the 50's 60's and 70's? The front covers were all done by the same artist and they were so much fun to look at. They had quite a few characters they would use over and over every year, along with some new ones. There was the cat with the litter of kittens, the alien, the buffalo, the oil derrick, the herd of cattle and tons more. They were all hidden somewhere in the sketch of Houston. I couldn't wait for the yellowpages to come out so I could try to find them all. I tried to find something on the internet about it but came up with nothing. Does anyone remember the artist? Wish I had some of my grandmas old yellowpages.

  9. Starting July 1, going to the Houston Zoo will cost more.

    The zoo's board of directors voted to increase adult general admission from $8.50 to $10 and children's admission from $4 to $5.

    Zoo officials also announced a discount ticket program with Fiesta Mart. Tickets will be available at the 33 Fiesta Mart locations for $8.

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    They need more money but announce a program to sell them cheaper than they currently are selling them for?

    Wow, I remember when dad would take me there and it was free. I had to drink out of the lions head fountain even if I wasnt thirsty. I always got a helium balloon on the way out. It had a colorful mickey mouse head shaped balloon on the inside of a clear round balloon.

  10. That shows how long it's been since I've bowled. I've only known wooden lanes. Are synthetic lanes made out of some kind of hard plastic?

    It amazes me how fast you and a lot of other people on this forum can come up with things so fast.

    That's what I'm wondering, how can someone clearly see the floor when they are getting ready to roll their ball?

    At the end of the alleys right over the pins the pinsetter gave off plenty of light. Its the same place that lights up when you get a strike. The concession lights were very bright.. especially the lit up white overhead menus. Way more than enough light for teenagers.

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  11. Depressing is an understatment... really.

    I don't think it's been mentioned yet, if it has forgive me... the old Gilley's site was purchased by the school district. I haven't really been keeping up with PISD, but I believe they're building another high school there.

    Don't quote me on that, though.

    I always wondered what they were going to do with that land. I stood there years ago and watched Gilleys burn. Lots of people thought Sherwood Cryer was the cause of the place going up in flames.

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    Yeah, this is one tough dude. When Grease came out we really got queazy. Oh God, and he actually has a Lone Star in hand. :wacko: Rumor had it he went to Mary's bar while in town. Kids at school had a field day with it.

    I think one of the cheesier moments in this movie is where Sissy asks Bud.."Are you a real cowboy?" And Bud answers in the most awful Texas accent ever.."Well that depends on what you think a real cowboy is." Oh my gosh.. it had a cheese factor of at least 9. Question for myself.. "Why do you watch this every time its on tv?" :blush:

  13. There's definitely a wet side and a dry side to Pasadena. I used to live there...but I don't recall how things were divvied up...

    I lived in Pasadena for many years and I do recall a dry and a wet side but I cant remember the dividing lines either. I do know the Phillips 66 on Pasadena and Preston was dry but the Cheries on Preston just a block or 2 down was wet. The 7 elevens on Red Bluff south of Pasadena Blvd were wet but the ones to the north were dry. The Caffeys on Spencer close to Deer Park was wet but if you went to the west on Spencer the stores were dry. And Pasadena had quite a few hole in the wall bars dotting the entire community. They had a joke back in the 70's that there was a church for every bar in Pasadena so the drunks wouldnt have far to stumble for forgiveness.

  14. I still can't believe that this film was made. I am only glad as the years pass that this film starts to fade away from my memory at least. Maybe it was the timing it was made?

    I was in high school and every guy I knew simply hated John Revolta. Even some of the smarter girls thought he was just tooo fruity. He was so type cast as Vinny Barbarino as a hip NYC high school Sweathog, I mean come on. Not to mention Saturday Night Fever. Yuk! So now he is put in a macho image tough-cowboy in Paserdener? They may as well had Richard Simmons play the part. :wacko:

    His Texas swagger has to have been one of the worse ever. In some of the scenes he even forgets he is from Texas and the Brookyn dialects is clearly heard.LOL :lol: We used to check out Gilley's only out of pure curiousity and this was BEFORE the movie was made. It was just a ramshackle tin roofed beer joint and had numerous additions to the main bldg. Basically it was just a oversized beer dive. Rarely did you ever see any minorities in there. The Klan was still running most of Pasadena at the time. Texas proud huh?

    Any how, this film has to be one of the main one that stereotyped Houston for ages, and the TV show Dallas. Ok, Iv'e vented. Much better now. Talk amongst yourselves. Any old subject will do. :)

    Oh by the way, the only thing that was cool about Gilleys was the big sign out front. I think Mickey G saved it somewhere. Yeahahhh! Time for a Lone Star!

    A friend just gave me the synopsis for the entire movie. ok, here it is.... Sissy cleans the trailor. The End.

  15. There was a very popular Bowling place on Lawndale near 75th street called The Tropicana Bowling Lanes. The building still stands but is a dime a dance joint. What a waste. The place was gigantic or so it seemed as a kid. It was the place to be for local middle class folks that used to live throughout this area on Near East End. The place finally closed doors around 1976. Only the huge concrete base for the sign remains.

    There was once another huge bowling place in the Near North Side on Fulton street directly across the street from Moody Park. It was renovated and turned into the now infamous Stardust Ballroom as it was known to long time local residents of that nabe. Whole new topic, but that dance place became a launching pad for numerous local Houston dance bands in the 1950-1960's. It fell into disrepair and was eventually razed. The times got rougher so it had to be put out of its misery.

    PS, I have a feeling this topic is going to be merged. Yikes! :ph34r:

    There are still some good old fashioned bowling alleys in old Pasardener. One on S Richey I think?

    Ah yes, the Tropicana. My dad took me there to bowl when I was little and as I got older I had many fridaynight dates there. I guess the last time I bowled there was in 1973 my sophomore year.

    When I moved to Pasadena I went to Rock n Bowl at Fairlanes on Spencer. That was a blast. All the overhead lights were off and rock n roll was blaring. The only light was from the concession stand and the pin setters.

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  16. I've seen this bar/club mentioned on this site, in the "Montrose" section.

    Lynn Hornaday was one of the owners of the bar, and I worked with Lynn at a downtown stockbrokerage house, during the period when she and Marion were getting the bar up and running.

    I moved to Australia early 80's and had lost contact with Lynn long before that.

    Does anyone know Lynn's whereabouts? Is she still in Houston? She was from South Texas originally, if memory serves me correctly.

    Thanks!

    Mick

    I lost track of everyone right after Marion was killed. Very sweet people.

  17. I'll trade you a suede fringe vest, some chukka boots, and a soap on a rope for your oils.

    Who could pass up a deal like that??? SOLD!!.. ok now on a serious note.. I went to HEB last weekend..we have one of those huge HEB stores on 528 and 518. Anyway they now have a section with OILS!!! yes, OILS!!! I must have stood there for 45 min. sniffing oils. They're the good kind too. Kinda pricey but wow what great sniffs I had. They have all the old ones we used to sniff at The Chemist place. Check it out. Give yourself a trip to the past.

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  18. Last time I was at Westbury Square was in the late 70's. My nextdoor neighbor had decided to start brewing his own beer and we went there to some shop that sold all the things you need to bottle your own brew... including labels. We ended up in a shop that sold all kinds of stuff. I bought a foot long curved knife in a hard leather case for my brother. I remember it cost me 5 dollars. I just loved the feel of Westbury Square.

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