Remember Those School Plays

Sometimes things stick in our minds that we'd like to forget. I remember a couple of school plays. One I think was in the fourth grade. I played a pilgrim complete with black costume, cloth covered cardboard hat and shiny tin foil buckles on my shoes. I don't think I had any lines to say in this one. If I did it was probably "here come the Indians" or something like that.

But I guess the one I really hated was I think in the second grade. I played Humpty Dumpty. I stood on the stage with a cardboard egg on a wall in front of me and recited the "Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall..." nursery rhyme. I don't know why I was embarrassed, but I was just the same.

Besides reading a little ditty about the high school lunchroom at graduation assembly, my acting career had come to a close.

The Ride to State

Next year it will have been (are you setting down?) 45 years since since the 1965-66 Plano High School Wildcats took the road to the state AA football championship. It was a journey I imagine most of us remember fondly.

I watched a movie the other day entitled "Vantage Point" where the same story was told over and over but from the eyes and actions of different characters. It made me think about how life is the same way for all of us.

Each of us had a different view as the school headed to the state title. It was just the football team that enjoyed the trip. The band, cheerleaders, teachers and student body all were a part of this moment in our history.

Take time to share your memories from this time from your vantage point.

Revisiting Old Plano

What do you remember about places to go and things to do in the Plano in which we grew up? Share your thoughts. I've thrown a few in the first comment to get you thinking.

Summers in Plano

As I remember summers in a small town like Plano when we were growing up brought a lot of experiences that were fun to remember. Little League, the Texas shaped swimming pool, scrub ball games to name a few.

What are some of the stories you remember about summers in Plano in the 50's and 60's?

Junior High and High School Teachers

Tell us about your Junior High and High School teachers and what you remember. Feel free to come back and answer this as you remember different things that come up.

Who was your favorite? What was special about some of them? Which ones did you drive batty?

Any story or thought you want to share.

Don't be too hard on them they may read this.

In fact if any teachers read this feel free to comment on your students!!!

Elementary School Teachers

Tell us about your Elementary school teachers and what you remember. Feel free to come back and answer this as you remember different things that come up.

Who was your favorite? What was special about some of them? Which ones did you drive batty?

Any story or thought you want to share.

Be careful some may still read this and make you sit out recess!

Russell Albert Steindam PHS Class of 1964

The President of the United States
in the name of the Congress
takes pride in presenting the

MEDAL OF HONOR

posthumously to

RUSSELL ALBERT STEINDAM
First Lieutenant United States Army

for service as set forth in the following

CITATION:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. 1LT Steindam, Troop B, 3d Squadron, 4th Cavalry, while serving as a platoon leader, led members of his platoon on a night ambush operation. On the way to the ambush site, suspected enemy movement was detected on one flank and the platoon's temporary position was subjected to intense small arms and automatic weapons fire as well as a fusillade of hand and rocket-propelled grenades. After the initial barrage, 1LT Steindam ordered fire placed on the enemy position and the wounded men to be moved to a shallow bomb crater. As he directed the return fire against the enemy from his exposed position, a fragmentation grenade was thrown into the site occupied by his command group. Instantly realizing the extreme gravity of the situation, 1LT Steindam shouted a warning to alert his fellow soldiers in the immediate vicinity. Then, unhesitatingly and with complete disregard for his safety, 1LT Steindam deliberately threw himself on the grenade, absorbing the full and fatal force of the explosion as it detonated. By his gallant action and self-sacrifice, he was able to save the lives of the nearby members of his command group. The extraordinary courage and selflessness displayed by 1LT Steindam were an inspiration to his comrades and are in the highest traditions of the U.S. Army.

Honor Roll Website:

http://www.virtualwall.org/ds/SteindamRA01a.htm

I Started Out...

When was the first time you started to school in Plano. Was it in the 1st grade or as a senior. What do you remember about that first year? Who were your friends. Who was your first teacher?

Tell us when you first became a "Plano Wildcat".

If you have a topic you want posted for people to comment on, let me know.

Danny