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Joyce
Edwards, Class of 1950, "Kewpie of the Month for November 2007"
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Kewpies Never Lose the Look!
See 1962 Basketball Champs,
Record Still Stands - Honored @ HHS in
2002
Two
at Hickman advance toward ‘Junior Nobels’ - January 19, 2002
Old
Empire Roller Rink (Being
sold in 2007)
"CRAZY
CHARLEY" Blackmore, Volunteer DJ @ Annual "Seniors
for Seniors Prom" at
Hickman
2007
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Past Kewpies of the Month and other Kewpie Stories
Barbara
Duggar, Class of 1965, "Kewpie of the Month for July 2007"
Russ
Sloan, Class of 1956, "Kewpie of the Month for April 2007"
Bill
Griffin, Class of 1963, "Kewpie of the Month for January 2007"
Freddie
Garver, Class of 1964, "Kewpie of the Month for September 2006"
Dave
Curtis, Class of 1963, "Kewpie of the Month for May/June 2006"
Ann
Lowrance, Class of 1956, "Kewpie of the Month for March/April 2006"
Joe
Forsee, Class of 1943, "Kewpie of the Month for February 2006"
Mistie
Hardt, Class of 1996, "Kewpie of the Month for December 2005"
David
Henry Hickman, "Kewpie of the Month for November 2005"
Dorothy
Sappington, Class of 1922, is Sept/Oct 2005, "Kewpie of the Month"
Jane
Fleeman & Jim Crowell , Class of 1965, are August 2005, "Kewpies of
the Month"
Larry
Bedford, Class of 1963, is July 2005, "Kewpie of the Month"
Pat
Tapley, Class of 1971, is May/June 2005, "Kewpie of the Month"
Charlie
Cottle, Class of 1962, is March/April 2005, "Kewpie of the Month"
Harold
Lynch, Class of 1947, is January/February 2005, "Kewpie of the Month"
Vincent
Williams, Class of 1955, is December 2004, "Kewpie of the Month"
Richard
Montgomery, Class of 1962, is Oct 2004, "Kewpie of the Month"
Roy
Jeffries, Class of 1937, is Oct 2004, "Kewpie of the Month"
Waldo
Palmer, Class of 1930, is Aug & Sept 2004, "Kewpie of the Month"
Luke
Chase, Class of 1945, is July 2004, "Kewpie of the Month"
Jeanne
Taylor, Class of 1940, is June 2004, "Kewpie of the Month"
Jim
Winscott, Class of 1959, is May 2004, "Kewpie of the Month"
Stephanie
Burger, Class of 2004, is April 2004, "Kewpie of the Month"
Sabra
Tull, Class of 1945, is March 2004, "Kewpie of the Month"
John
Lumb, Class of 1954, is February 2004, "Kewpie of the Month"
Lesley
Sapp, Class of 1990, is January 2004, "Kewpie of the Month"
Mathukumalli
"Sagar" Vidyasagar, Class of 1961, is December 2003, "Kewpie of the Month"
Garnett
Sailor, Class of 1976, is November 2003, "Kewpie of the Month"
Claire
McCaskill, Class of 1971, is Sept & Oct 2003, "Kewpie of the Month"
George
Poehlman, Class of 1963, is Aug 2003, "Kewpie of the Month"
Tom
Fleetwood, Class of 1953, is July 2003, "Kewpie of the Month"
Zay
Winscott, Class of 1963, is June 2003, "Kewpie of the Month"
Kent
Fewell, Class of 1968, is May 2003, "Kewpie of the Month"
Bob
Roark, Class of 1935, is April 2003, "Kewpie of the Month"
Jack
Nowell, Class of 1936, is March 2003, "Kewpie of the Month"
John
Kurtz, Class of 1965, is Feb 2003, "Kewpie of the Month"
Zac
Schlader, Class of 2002, is Jan 2003, "Kewpie of the Month"
Heath
Meriwether, Class of 1962, is Dec 2002, "Kewpie of the Month"
Cecil
Estes, Class of 1983, is Nov 2002, "Kewpie of the Month"
Burnham
Holmes, Class of 1960, is Oct 2002, "Kewpie of the Month"
Mike
Weir, Class of 1973, is Sept 2002, "Kewpie of the Month"
Charlie
Cottle, Class of 1962, is Aug 2002, "Kewpie of the Month"
Tim
Garro, Class of 1982, is July 2002, "Kewpie of the Month"
Curtis
Brown, Class of 1953, is June 2002, "Kewpie of the Month"
Bill
Trumbower, Class of 1963 is May 2002, "Kewpie of the Month"
Frank Kurtz, Class of 1929 is
April 2002, "Kewpie of the Month"
Virginia Graves, Class of 1931
is March 2002, "Kewpie of the Month"
Kenny Lay, Class of 1960 is
February 2002 "Kewpie of the Month"
Matt Hood, Class of 1997 is
January 2002 "Kewpie of the Month"
Leon McCorkle, Class of
1932 is December 2001 "Kewpie of the Month"
Brian DeFoe, Class of 1977
is November 2001 "Kewpie of the Month"
Leslie
Green, Class of 1936 is October 2001 "Kewpie of the Month"
Bill Ellzey, Class of 1963
is September 2001 "Kewpie of the Month"
Jim Bryan, Class of 1963 is August
2001 "Kewpie of th Month"
Etta May Graves, Class of 1928
is July 2001 "Kewpie of the Month"
Linda
Sublett, Class of 1967 is June 2001 "Kewpie of the Month"
Rob Blackmore, Class of 1986 is May
2001 "Kewpie of the Month"
Carl Meadows,
Class of 1963 is April 2001 "Kewpie of the Month"
Sam
Walton, Class of 1936 is March 2001 "Kewpie of the Month"
Dale Bittle, Class of 1963
is February 2001 "Kewpie of the Month"
Judd
McIlvain, Class of 1960 is Dec/Jan 2000/2001 "Kewpie of the Month"
Katie Keith Hanley, Class of
1961 is Oct/Nov 2000 "Kewpie of the Month" No
longer has a webpage
David
Neenan, Class of 1960 is Aug/Sept 2000 "Kewpie of the Month"
Jake
Whitesides, Class of 2000 is June/July 2000 "Kewpie of the Month"
This entire webpage is dedicated
to the memory of
Deborah Burks Smith, Class of 1969
is April/May 2000 "Kewpie of the Month"
Bob
LeMone, Class of 1961 is March 2000 "Kewpie of the Month"
Ethel
Lloyd Harris, Class of 1929 is February 2000 "Kewpie of the Month"
Steve
Simon, Class of 1961, New ExxonMobil VP, update 2006-02-08 Board
of Directors
"Tom
Hourigan, Class of 1965 "On Track"
Hickman
coach had unequaled success in three sports
After graduating from Hickman High School in 1963 Dale entered the United States Navy and reported to the US Naval Training Center in San Diego, California. Upon completing training Dale was stationed aboard the USS CABILDO LSD-16 where he served as a Radarman. During his navy service Dale served three West-Pac tours in Vietnam and was discharged from the Navy in 1966.
Shortly after returning to Columbia Dale moved to Springfield, Missouri where he started school at Southwest Missouri State University. In July of 1967 Dale married the former Maureen Talty of Springfield. In September of 1968 Dale begin, what turned out to be, a 28+ year career of service with the Springfield Missouri Fire Department. Along the way Dale managed to graduate from Drury College in Springfield, Missouri with a degree in Fire Science. Dale retired from the Springfield Fire Department in January of 1997 as the Assistant Fire Chief.
Dale and Maureen were blessed with three children, two daughters, Michelle and Shannon, and a son Shawn who has followed his father as a career firefighter in St. Louis Missouri Fire Department. Dale has five grand children who are the focal point in his life and proudly strives to be the nightmare all parents fear. He wants fear in the heart of his children when the grand kids say lets go to Pa Pa’s house.
Since
retiring from the Fire Service Dale has moved from the city and into the
National Forrest South of Springfield where he is an avid woodworker.
Dale also serves as the President of the USS CABILDO LSD-16 Association
and is active in Christian County politics.
Rob's
son, Jacob (my
grandson) takes the field for his first season of baseball!
By IRENE HASKINS of the Tribune’s staff
Story ran on Thursday, May 10 2001
’Tis the season when our town is blanketed with boutonnieres and bouquets. Following the crowd, a special prom took place April 24 when the senior class of Hickman High School hosted their seventh annual Seniors for Seniors Prom held to honor the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program. Forty members of the Class of 2001 joined more than 70 RSVP seasoned citizens in enjoying a meal provided by area restaurants and dancing the night away to the music of Charley Blackmore.
Some escorts wore tuxes — one even wore tails — and every "young lady" had flowers, courtesy of Hickman’s student government.
John Shepter and Kathryn Baldwin cut quite a rug, cutie Polly Dunavant and Kewpie Patrick Brooks were a big hit demonstrating swing dancing, and Brian Weaver and Tiffany McCracken entertained the group with their Salsa routine. And Julie Smith’s long red dress seemed to be a hit with all the guys. 1951 Kewpie grad Bonnie Arnold and her grandson Steve Arnold of the Class of 2001 were a couple of smoothies gliding across the floor. Keeping it in the family, Steve’s mom, Laura Arnold, is RSVP director, who coordinated the event with Hickman’s Jami Thornsberry.
In a generous gesture, Irene Minnick won a quilt as a door prize, then donated it back to be given to a family who had lost their home in a fire. A fun evening spanning the generations.
Because I received an award I was the first girl to receive a diploma from Hickman High, the first was Lane McCullough. We were the first Class in the new school and it was wonderful, although the first 3 years going half days and other things weren't so good.
After graduation I was employed in the President's office at MU. Stratton D. Brooks was president, and I stayed l0 years and worked for Walter Williams and Frederick A. Middlebush, quitting for the birth of my son. When he was three I went to Jefferson City to work for our Senator Whitworth, and later became secretary to the Lieut. Gov., Frank Harris, who died in office and I stayed on with Walter Naylor Davis. I loved the work I did and the men I worked for, and being the only one in a beautiful office.
My second son was born in l946, and by that time my husband had established himself in business, and from that time on I worked for him. The Central Brace Company established then is still in operation, being run by our youngest son, Jerry. Norman has his own business in advertising and public promotion.
I have been blessed with a wonderful family and good health and recently celebrated my 90th birthday.
Yo
Charley,
Check
out my first National Geographic magazine cover (September 2001).
I made the photograph while in Egypt teaching a photo workshop some years
ago.
The second image that I'm attaching, the one with the moon, was made the
same night. I double exposed the moon on the spot in an effort to
come up with a photograph that was different from those of the photographers
who had set up tripods to my right and left. (I arrived at the "light
and sound show" early to find a spot where the sphinx was directly lined
up with the background pyramid).
Because
so many shooters were there I looked around wondering how to make my image
different and noticed the moon rising behind us. As inconspicuously
as I could I clipped the camera off the tripod, stepped back a few paces,
put on the 300mm lens, shot the moon, then returned to the 80-200 zoom
and tripod and, since the pyramid and sphinx were sometimes lit one at
a time, waited for them both to be lit to make the second exposure.
Voilla! Geographic has used the moon version 4 times prior to this
cover useage (book, film strip, poster, in-house mural).
Although Geographic was aware that I double exposed the moon, I think they opted not to use it as the magazine cover because a few years ago they caught flack for altering a cover image, coincidentally a pyramid photo. They probably decided that using "straight" photographs is the only way to avoid such problems.
Anyway, it's been a dream for 30-some years to have a photograph in National Geographic Magazine. And here it is on the cover! Yee-haw! Would you post this to my fellow classmates? Thankee much.
Best,
Bill
After
being away for 25 years, the Rev. Jim Bryan returns to Columbia to follow
in his father's footsteps as pastor of Missouri United Methodist Church.
His
white robe and golden wedding band gleam in the light flooding the stained
glass windows. His deep voice echoes slightly off the sanctuary's lofty
beams. His gray hair shines above the carved wooden pulpit, as he reads
Scripture from Luke.
He
is no longer Jim, the preteen pastor's kid who once brought a snake to
church. He is the Rev. Jim Bryan, senior pastor of Missouri United Methodist
Church.
Forty-four
years ago, the bishop chose his father, Monk Bryan, to serve as the senior
pastor of Missouri United Methodist Church on Ninth Street. Now Jim Bryan
has returned to lead the members of his father's old flock and its new
generations.
Jim
Bryan was 12 years old when he first came to MUMC. The seasoned pastor
remembers himself as a skeptical adolescent who was difficult to teach.
Although he said he was not intentionally defiant, Bryan remembers constantly
challenging the claims of his elders.
"I
just didn't accept anything without deep and thorough challenge and question,"
Bryan said. If a Sunday school teacher told him the story of Noah and the
ark, Bryan said he would immediately counter, "Wait a minute. You're telling
me he brought two moths?" But Bryan added that his rebellion never led
him into deep trouble. He avoided drugs, alcohol and other teen pitfalls,
and he never left the church.
During
the years his father was minister at MUMC, Bryan accumulated many fond
memories of the church. He married his wife, Caryl, there in 1966, with
his father officiating the ceremony. Two years later, Bryan left Columbia
for the first time, when he was drafted to serve in Germany during the
Vietnam War. He was gone for two years. A year after he returned, Bryan
again stood with his wife and father at the altar of MUMC, this time to
baptize Bryan and Caryl's son Andy.
In
1972, 16 years after he came to MUMC, Bryan said goodbye to his home church
and moved to Salem to work as a health information specialist in the University
of Missouri Extension Service. Four years later, Monk Bryan also left MUMC
to serve as a bishop in Nebraska. It would be 25 years before Jim Bryan
would return.
Last
August, MUMC lost its senior pastor when the Rev. Rhymes Moncure was elected
to serve as a bishop in Nebraska. In September, Bryan returned to lead
his childhood church.
"This
church has meant a great deal to me ever since I started here in junior
high school," Bryan said, sitting at his father's old post behind the senior
pastor desk. "It's a great place filled with wonderful memories."
Still,
Bryan admits he was a little nervous returning to pastor in the church
where he grew up. He questioned whether the people who had known him as
an inquisitive adolescent would be able to accept him as an authoritative
adult.
"Some
of them were actually my Sunday School teachers and others were adults,"
Bryan said.
Sitting
among the other worshipers during Bryan's first sermon as senior pastor
of MUMC, Catharine Twitty, who has been attending the church since 1957
- the same year Monk Bryan came, had no trouble accepting her new pastor.
After the service, she called Monk Bryan to praise his son's work.
"I
said, 'I just wanted to tell you he did a great job, and everybody's glad
to have him,'" Twitty remembered.
Monk
Bryan was thrilled to see his son return to MUMC.
"I
love that church very greatly, and I love that man very greatly, and I
think it's a great team-up," he said.
Although
Jim Bryan has followed his father's footsteps to MUMC, he said he has not
felt pressure from his family or his church to lead like his father.
"The
main thing is not the history. The main thing is to pastor this church
to the 21st century," he said.
To
succeed, Bryan thinks the church must be open to change and willing to
talk about current controversial issues.
"There
are too many churches where the teaching and programs are not keeping up
with questions people are having today," Bryan said. Stem-cell research
and homosexuality are two topics he said he wants to address, but he added
he does not necessarily want to give set answers for the questions he raises.
Instead, he hopes to present both sides of issues and let individuals decide
for themselves what is right and wrong.
"I
want this church to be the kind of place where issues can be talked about,
explored and people are cared for - no matter their position," he said.
Leading
the people who were once his mentors supplies Bryan with extra motivation
for overcoming the challenges of his work.
"I
feel like they're still my surrogate parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles,
and that's just filled with grace and joy," he said. "What a privilege
now - to come back and give back - because of what they did for me."
Here is a link to the
web page... just click on the picture............ to your right!
Best regards,
Brian J DeFoe (1958
- 2005)
Class of 1977
Seniors for Seniors Dinner &
Dance
at the Hickman High School Cafeteria
April 23, 2002
Jenna Isaacson photo
David Colborn and Maxine Thomas, right, cut a rug last
night as Trent Hubbard and Luci Dannar, left, sway to the music during
a "Seniors for Seniors" beach party dance last night at Hickman High School.
Hickman students hold the annual dinner and dance to honor senior citizens
who do community service through the Retired Senior Volunteer Program.
Charley Blackmore once again provided music featuring beach sounds as well as hits from the ’40s and ’50s to draw dancers to the floor to cut a rug and do the obligatory bunny hop. A special treat was a "Grease" medley performed by cast members of Hickman’s recent production of that old Broadway hit.
Had there been an award for "best old smoothie couple," it would have gone to Lucy Danner and Norman Lenhart, who really showed the kids how to trip the light fantastic. Also swinging and swaying were Kewpies Sam D’Agostino, Cale Sadowski, Rachel Coble and Trent Hubbard with their RSVP partners Betty Staats, Ruth Starman and newlyweds Howard and Mildred Bennett. Usually in the thick of things, this year Vicki Calvin enjoyed watching from the sidelines, except for a few jumps in the bunny hop. Local artists and participants Polly Dunavant and Mary Alice List donated their handiwork for door prizes, as did many businesses. The early evening affair ended at 7 p.m., in time for the seasoned seniors to get home and go to bed at their regular time, which is when, after cleaning up, the young seniors started their post-prom pizza party.
Traditionally, prom is a once-in-a-lifetime occasion, but for many of these attendees it was a repeat performance — for Ralph Johnson it was the fifth. To keep the numbers manageable, only individuals who have documented 100 hours of volunteer service, along with new RSVP members, are invited. As many Hickman seniors as are interested are encouraged to participate, and every one of them said they would like to do it again. Sorry, they’ll have to wait about 40 years until they’re eligible once more.
Young or old, upcoming "seniors" had better keep those
dancing shoes handy. RSVP director Laura Arnold and Hickman faculty coordinator
Bill Morgan say plans are already in the works for next year’s prom.
Click Picture to see story by
Irene Haskins in "The Columbia Daily Tribune"
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