Stephen Ray Puckett

1959:

1970 Buddy and Miss Charolais:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-VOvmrU6CI

    Video of the Buddy Brock Big Band in 1982

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Bandleader-Buddy-Brock-kept-Houston-entertained-1532694.php

    Buddy Brock obit

His CD:

Jacquie Campbell (Biggs)

I think Woody is right.  Buddy Brock.

Anita Marbury (Marbury)

I went with Mike Pipkin. I remember my pretty dress. I remember the place and thinking it was magical.

I thought he drove his car.  I think now that there would be no way any school would have a prom on  a site that far away from parents.

The school at that time was very trusting and naive. After all we were "good kids." Mrs Kahala told me that after I asked her about room checks not happening on an out of town debate/drama trip. Joe brought the booze in his debate  cases, Debbie Hill  brought the Egyptian cigarettes, and we smoked until we were green.

As a drama teacher I was ruthless about room checks because I remembered what the "good kids" did on that trip in the 60's. Oh pity the poor sponsors of overnight trips with teens. No sleep, awful food, and always on duty. I should write a book about the stunts some of mine did on trips. Neddless to say they were all caught.

Thank you Mrs. Kahala.

Linda Webster

At least we had a live band at our prom, because we're not having one at our 50th reunion. It's getting down to the wire to be told where we are having the reunion.

I hope a contract has been signed with some venue, because I don't know about everyone else, but I think 50 years is kind of a big deal....

Webster

Patricia Bissonnet (Bissonnet)

I remember those speech and drama trips, too!  I remember ice in the bathtub of a hotel room, and a lot of booze being available.  I remember Randy Quaid showing up at tournaments intoxicated, and still winning.

 I remember Mike and Joe smoking cigars, and Joe's dry laugh. (Did any of that really happen, or do I suffer from Brian Williams syndrome?)

And why is it so many of us remember the after-prom party better than we remember prom?  Is it that 18 year olds really prefer to just hang out, and the formality of prom swept away all memory of the details? 

Stephen Ray Puckett

I don't remember going on a bus so must have driven down to the prom, etc.  I think I would have remembered that...but I really don't remember driving either.  Oh, well. 

Speaking of out-of-town trips, one year the band had a trip to Corpus Christi (Buccaneer Festival) and one of the rooms got trashed with fireworks so we all caught flack afterwards for that. I remember talking to some police (not about the room problem) - they had just come from another motel.  They had come from a problem with groups of drunk boys & girls running around naked outside.  They called their parents who weren't too concerned (per the police) because drugs were not involved.

Susan (Suzi) Smith (McMillian)

I attended your prom with Tam Siedow.  Such a sweet boy and the only reason I passed Physics as a Junior.  I had a bizarre dress made of white linen with a large blue satin bow. ( no telling what poor sweet Tam thought) It had a high neck and long sleeves but a plunging back down to the waist.  I had seen it in a fashion mag and had it copied.  Way out there, but the norm for me. 

I, too, remember drama trips.  Steve Jones and his portable bar in a leather briefcase! My duet was with Bill Logan, and, of course a weird Arthur Kopek selection.  Our competition was Cindy Pickett and Skip???  We would swap firsts! 

Bill is still my treasured friend since we met in home room at Black!

Woodrow Wilson Traylor

This really sucks!!!  Now you tell me about all the fun the speech and drama people were having.  I was obviously hanging out with the wrong people.  I never had a drink until one night over at John Luton's house, while his parents were out of town, in the spring of "65.  I have since caught up with you.

Congrats to Sweetie for being Mayor of Durango, CO. 

Ingrid Sears (Spiteri)

I'm with you Woody.  I always thought there was another "click" that were the "wild kids."  Who knew speech and drama kids were having such a good time...guess those drama classes came in handy.  I remember my date at the prom brought a flask and I had to be talked into having a sip...I was such a "goody two shoes" in high school...very naive and shy. 

Anita Marbury (Marbury)

Remind me to tell you about the time Steve Jones drove from the Bellaire Speech Tournament with me in the back seat changing clothes to get ready to march with the Guard.

I'm sure  he kept his eyes on the road.

Jan Barnes (Nimtz)

I'm with Woody and Ingrid.  Having not been in either speech or drama I am surprised to hear that those groups were such party animals when I probably had you all pegged as straight-laced.  I too had the "wild" kids in mind, and I will never divulge who was on that list of classmates.  Like Ingrid, I was so naive in high school.  Had I been on one of those drama or speech outings I would probably have thought I would surely rot in hell.  I did not have my first alcoholic beverage until after I was married.  My first smoke was forced into my mouth at a New Years party in 1964 and I thought I would die either from nausea or from a guilt trip. (This, from a standard US made cigarette).  Thanks to the friends who forced me as I have not smoked (anything) since then.    Anyway I was not allowed to date until I was 16.  Prior to that all my "dates" had to be in groups of other couples.  (Thank goodness for church young peoples organizations.)  Then at 16 I had to undergo a trial period of double dating before I was allowed to "single" date.  I started out dating several of my future husband's friends from Spring Branch HS before I made it to him, although I knew even before I started dating that he was the one I had my eye on.  I was asked on a date maybe four times from Waltrip classmates and turned them all down as I had been "going steady" with my future husband.  So now I have exposed some of my deepest and darkest secrets which I guess at age 67 is okay to do.

Michael Bell

Now all of these stories come out from such a seemingly straight laced group. How interesting. Kids from the sixties were good. Thank goodness we are still here to reveal some of the memories. Having a great time reading the comments. Thanks to all. 50th is a big deal. 

Eileen Caudel (Key)

What? Y'all were drinking? Like Jan, I would've thought I was going to hell for sure!! 

Carolyn Johnson (Blake)

Jan and everyone talking about the terror of going to Hell for drinking or otherwise acting out, it actually probably saved us a lot of suffereing. I was raised to a great extent by my sainted grandmother who took care of me while my mother worked. She was a Primitive Baptist and we were at Garden Oaks Baptist church every time they opened the doors! I too had the fear of God about drinking, smoking and other dangerous things. It served me well and I think we all got through high school with a degree of safety largely not present today for so many kids. We never even heard of drugs!

Susan (Suzi) Smith (McMillian)

Sweetie, do share.  I bet we have a million SJ stories.  What a wonderful character!  

Donald Hampton-Jones

Funny after all these years the Drama kids are tagged as the willd ones...we always thought the jocks and cheerleaders were were the wild crowd.  Of course, being a Jones and in the same class with Steve Jones, I had a lot to live up to.  His version of Hefner was nothing short of amazing for high school and I think it kept at least some of the guys in drama from beingt  tagged  "fag".  Its interesting hearing these stories now...look forward to the 50th.

Jan Barnes (Nimtz)

Good to hear from you. Don.  Any wild stories about drama outings or prom you'd like to share?

Patricia Bissonnet (Bissonnet)

You are right, Mike, 50 years IS a big deal.  All of us need to take responsibility for finding those people with whom we shared our teen years, and encourage them to show up!  Woody, your job is to get John Luton there.  I went all through elementary school with him, and have great memories.  Sweetie and Don, your job (and mine) is to locate all those good kids who were in speech and drama, and get them there!  I have heard a lot of folks mention the names of old friends--you have about 5 months to find that person and get them there, and get them to get someone else there.  Prom without the Pressure. 

Patricia Ann Sirvello (Younger)

My senior year, I had three drama classes- gee, had no idea we were considered the "wild" group but I have lots of Steve Jones and Tommy Britton stories I could tell! Glad my Dad never heard we were the "wild"group.

Joanna Hinton (Garrett)

My first date in High School was in my Junior Year.  It was a double date with Marilyn Wolf, her love of her life and married him, Gary Jordan.  It was a blind date with Marilyn's  brother Roger, who graduated in an earlier class at Waltrip.  Roger and I went steady and can remember going to a home coming game against Reagan where he parents went with us - they graduated from Reagan.  Marilyn, Roger, Gary and me were going to the drive in movie one night and Marilyn got my mother off to the side when they came to pic,k me up and ask her if we could borrow a can opener - for beer of course.  On the way out the door my father said "you can drink only one and no more."  All this time I thought he did not think that we had beer.  Then, at the '64 prom when I went with Chuck Dent, we joined a group of other people to have Chinese food prior to the prom.  The guy sitting across from me just stared at me all night long - put me into a bad sweat.  His date had the three day measles and really was not into her for some reason - she was a doll.  His name was David Zarring and we became boyfriend and steady.  I always wanted someone in our immediate class to ask me out but one one was interested.  I guess I just did not fit in with the the immediate groups and my father said I could not join in any squads with the exception of the swimming team.  I even remember someone pushing a naked kid (McPherson?) out of the boys' locker room into one of the swim team's workouts.  Darn - this is just too much - but unbelievable that 50 years later I can still remember some things.  I'm going to pack some prom dress pictures - from 6th grade, 2 Waltrip proms, and one A&M winter balls.  John Mitchell and I were puppy love 6th graders but we did not go to our graduation party at Garden Oaks CC.   If I keep on remembering all those days and write it all down - I'd really have a huge book of memories.  HERE IS TO ALL THE  GOOD MEMORIES AND WITH ANTICIPATION OF THE 50TH!!

Stephen Ray Puckett

Oh, Joanna.  I thought you were so cute but, alas, you didn't even know I existed.  Oh, well...

Life often has a way of turning out for the best anyway. 

Ann Robin Trimble (Haney)

Oh dear Lord, the things I'm finding out about my speech/drama team friends. I must have been a real prude in high school, as I never knew about any of the drinking or smoking. How come I was left out of the fun?!?!? Didn't have a drink until my senior year in college and didn't like it at all! Smoking!?!? No way. That was disgusting, and only "punks" smoked. Did we even have any "punks" in our school?? By comparison to today's teens, we were indeed good kids. :-)  And we certainly have good memories of those days. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the 50th.

Austin Duane Zent

There were a few times when I remeber meeting some parents for the first time at one in the morning or so because I drove a classmate to home due to the inability to drive his/her car safely. I didn't drink at that time but there was a few of us who did. There was also some motel parties in our senior year where a few of the drama group was there and I remeber some beer and wine. But compared to today we were such a good group of kids and it was not that wild. 

Hilda Carol Smith (Godell)

Patricia Bissonnet (Bissonnet)

Interesting commentary on the "wild" speech and drama kids. When I read back over it, I see no one who confesses to having anything to drink on those out of town trips--only that it was available. For the most part, my memories of speech and drama was that it kept me OUT of trouble, and allowed me to flap my wings in a safe environment.  Mama Duck and Ms. Kahla are to be commended.  Managing a bunch of teenagers was as much a challenge then as it is now.