Mr. Hamilton taught 7th grade math.

Our 8th and 9th grade math teacher got us into Number Sense and Slide Rule Competition at the UIL contests.

I was ‘in love’ with Janis Gray, but she never knew it.

We had sock hops in the gymnasium. Edgar and Johnny Winter {google them} had a band and played for assemblies and for dances. Both went on to highly successful music careers. I tutored Edgar in math.

I recall refusing to turn in my spelling book at the end of one year and paying the fine instead. I then destroyed the spelling book – pretty juvenile. I guess I did poorly on spelling tests.

My junior high years pretty much paralleled my working at the Tyrrell Library.

Band was prominent in my life. Started band in the 5th grade and I cannot, for the life of me, recall the band director at Edwards Elementary. I had a cornet at the time that seemed to always have a dent in the bell pipe.

Putting the case on my bicycle handlebars put the instrument at risk, but I was too proud to walk to school.