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DEAR SMART DOG

Posted by Fred Walker on March 14, 2010 at 1:21am
THIS IS JUST A THOUGHT COULD WE HAVE A DEAR SMART DOG,WITH A CONCEPT SIMILAR TO DEAR ABBEY.SOMEONE WRITE TO SMART DOG AND WE ALL GIVE OUR SMART DOG OPINION.CATERING TO FUN AND SERIOUS QUESTION.LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.
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The "STATE THEATER" Brick & Mortar Removed....But Fond Memories Forever!

Posted by Charles Richard Wilson on March 19, 2010 at 7:30pm

11164103099?profile=originalThe State Theater provided motion pictures all ages enjoyed..seven days a week. On certain Saturday's, kids would be admitted for six pepsi-cola tops to see chapter-series flicks,like Flash Gordon or some Western. This was called Matinee Saturday's, and you held on to your ticket to see if it matched the Grand-Prizes number(bicycle-wagons..)

As we matured, that was a place to take a date or just meet friends, and have fun. Someone seated at the rear of the theater seemed to always let a empty glass soda bottle roll several rows toward the front stage. A lot of giggling and HA!HA's! followed until someone stopped the roll or the seat leg.

This is what I remember......What are your memories of the State Theater.....anyone with pictures to include,please do.

I have searched, with no success, to find photos of the State Theater.

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SAVED AND SINGLE!!!

Posted by Gloria D (Toliver) Freeman on December 16, 2010 at 5:14pm

SAVED & SINGLE

by Gloria Freeman on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 6:29pm
What makes you think that just because I am an attractive woman of Godly intelligence that I'm incomplete?

Who told you that without a man something's missing from my life? And if so, what would that be? LOVE?
I love myself and more importantly I love the Lord. He told me that when I delight in Him, He will give me the desires of my heart. SECURITY? I have everything I need according to His riches in glory. INTIMACY?
Now, how's a man going to get to know me when he doesn't even know who he is in the Lord. See my Father told me I'm above a ruby's worth, and a gem does not seek, it is sought. I'm single and that's all-
right with me. See, It's not that I oppose relationships, It's that I detest co-dependency. As a woman I know it is not my role to chase after any man. Esther 2:14 says that I am to wait on my king and when he's delighted in me, he will call me by my name. My Lord does not intend for me to be needy or desperate. I am to be cherished, relished, valued, and honored. It's not my job to convince him or convict him of that,
my mate will already know it and will consistently show it. And he will stay on his knees daily not just to adore me, but to praise the Lord for the virtuous woman he has found. So, when you see me by myself
I'm not alone,I know what I have coming to me. I'M SINGLE AND SAVED, AND RIGHT NOW... THAT'S ALL I
NEED!!!!!

 

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The Genesis Idea, God's plan for man.

Posted by Milton Bolds on March 13, 2011 at 9:00pm

This blog is very timely as we observe the state of the world today. What is taking place is the result of mans action and God's divine judgement. It is as it was in the days of Noah. Sin is out of control and that great Nation or civilization has fallen. As one world passes away another is on the rise. The intent of this blog is to foster harmony through dialog. My eternal prayer is that we share and learn from eachother in a spirit of brotherhood. We are called to build God's Kingdom here on earth. It has been a long time coming but the time is at hand for the Genesis resurrection.

My suggestion is that we all read Genesis Chpt. 1,2,3 again and consider what we were taught, before we comment. We should search for common ground rather than focusing on our differences. So my dear brothers and sisters let the dialog begin and pray that the Holy spirit will guide us. Shalom, shalom!

 

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The 45th REUNION of the CLASS of 1966 !!!

Posted by Galen Ollison on August 29, 2011 at 12:52am
The 45th REUNION of the CLASS of 1966 !!! 
"REUNITED"
 August 27th-28th, 2011

Conceived after our delightful 40th Reunion 5 years ago, the Reunion of the Class of 1966 Celebrating 45 Years of continued blessings and lifetime friendship since graduation takes place

August 27th-28th, 2011 
at the 
 
Holiday Inn Express & Suites North Dallas at Preston
6055 LBJ Freeway
Dallas, TX 75240 USA
Tel: 972-404-4500 ext. 500

*** Rooms at the  Holiday Inn Express & Suites re available at our special reunion rates, and should be reserved early.

 To easily book rooms online click here:
 or call 972-404-4500, extension 500 to guarantee your rooms. 
  
(((  SAVE THAT DATE !!!  )))
And CALL NOW to Get Your Reunion Reserved Tickets or GET THEM ONLINE by credit or debit card!  
Favorable events moved our initial Fall date to a great Summer's End time, near the time of our very successful 20th reunion. 
SEND YOUR FEES RIGHT AWAY TO INSURE ALL REUNION COSTS ARE COVERED ON TIME!! 

 *** With our August reunion date fast approaching Reunion fees for all who are attending are needed as immediately as possible, and no later than the August 1st deadline.  

 PLEASE PRINT AND FILL OUT THE REGISTRATION FORM ON THIS PAGE, THEN SEND IT RIGHT AWAY WITH YOUR CHECK OR MONEY ORDER MADE PAYABLE TO "Sandra Redmond", TO: 

Sandra Redmond
10209 Brockbank Drive
Dallas, Texas 75229

YOU MAY ALSO PAY EASILY AND SECURELY ONLINE BY CREDIT CARD OR DEBIT CARD BY GOING ->-> HERE. 
 
I am excited to tell you that we know you’re going to have a wonderful time! 
Our theme for this 45th gathering is “Reunited”, and this reunion is all about having fun and seeing old acquaintances and reliving the days gone by.

 

The Weekend's Itinerary includes --
  • The Gala 1966 Ballroom Dinner Banquet with dancing at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites North Dallas at Preston!! 
  • Morning Church Service at 

    Salem Institutional Baptist Church

  • A Sunday afternoon Farewell Luncheon

 

The 45th Reunion Souvenir Book will be a great keepsake! 
Place an ad with picture in it for your business or to create s special, long-lasting Congratulations greeting to  1966 classmates and friends!

Ad fees are affordable for lifetime memories:


Reunion T-shirts can be ordered. Be sure to specify your T-shirt sizes when sending your Registration Form and fees.

Should you run into or talk with a classmate who doesn’t know about this please pass on the information and the contact phone numbers. 

TELEPHONE CONTACTS

  • Janyce Kennedy (214) 381-8918
  • Johnny or Jean Thomas (214) 663-6635
  • Galen Ollison (214) 864-6776



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RESERVATION FORM ~ CLICK and PRINT THIS FORM TO FILL OUT AND MAIL IN WITH PAYMENT
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MISS BOOKER T / OUR QUEENS

Posted by Cassie Richey Robinson on September 3, 2010 at 12:54pm

OUR QUEENS


IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED

MOZELLE "JORDAN" BLAIR

WAS THE 1ST MISS BOOKER T.

(THE CORRECT YEAR SHALL FOLLOW)

1938-39


1939 MOZELLE JORDAN

1941 VERNE RUSSEAU

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44 ODETTA SPENCER

45

46

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48

49 PATSY RUTH BENSON

50

51

52 PATSY HODGE

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54 RUBY NELL ALBERT

55 MARY ANN ALLEN

56 ALETHA REYNOLDS

57 PEGGY WEDGEWORTH

58 CHARLOTTE YOUNG

59 THURLINE LIVINGSTON

60 MARY E THOMAS

61 CATHERINE PYBURN

62 JACKIE D JACKSON

63 DORIS BUSH

64 GLORIA YOUNG

65 DIANE MILES

66 GWENDOLYN JONES

67 CHERYL BUTTS

68 FANNIE BEAVERS

69 MARGIE REYNOLDS












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BTW School Colors - Did Crimson & Gray change to Red and White??

Posted by Galen Ollison on September 28, 2011 at 7:30pm

Deborah Young asked: "Galen do you or anybody remember why the school colors were changed? Was it maybe too hard to find/get the Crimson and Grey colors?"  That's a good question to start a discussion on. 

To my knowledge the school colors were never officially changed, it was just the displayed colors on uniforms and award jackets that varied.

We still sing in our Booker T. Washington Alma Mater, "Gray and Crimson we adore ...".
I recall seeing Red and Gray BTW letter jackets in the neighborhood all of my pre-BTW days until about 1960. After that, and certainly after my September 1961 8th grade enrollment at BTW, I never recall seeing gray in an award jacket again. It was either red and white, or solid red as my '66 varsity track jacket was. 

It seems that most schools who state their colors as "crimson", like the colleges Harvard and Alabama, actually use a slightly-darker than medium red color like ours on their team uniforms and in published school materials. I've never seen on any teams colors the same "crimson" that comes up in my web graphics work, which looks like (as the Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines it) a "deep purplish-red".

Help us out .... What do YOU think -- or know -- about the history of our school colors?? 

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Same Old Song - Or Is It?!!

Posted by Eugenia Thomas on November 29, 2010 at 10:00pm
I thought that it would be fun to create a story using song titles and lyrics. Anyone can join in and when the responses slow down, I'll add the comments together and we'll have a story! Just a little something to have some fun with. Let's see how many titles we can utilize in this story. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
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I'm sitting here with an ocean of thoughts and dreams (The Dramatics). I'm wondering (Stevie Wonder) can this be real (Natural Four)?

In the still of the night (The Five Satins), I touched a dream (The Dells).



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Carl Sidle Art Show.

Posted by Thomas M. Chambers (MicalC) on May 4, 2011 at 2:56pm

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1 – July 8   + The Mesquite Arts Council presents an exhibit by Carl Sidle in the Main Gallery. Hours are M-F 8a-5p and during performances. Call the Arts Council for information at 972/216-6444.

 

4      Carl Sidle reception in the Main Gallery from 4:30 to 6:30p.

 

7      + The Mesquite Arts Council presents JazzBreaks on the Plaza with the MJRE (Mesquite Jazz Repertory Ensemble) Big Band and Curt Bradshaw. The show begins at 7:30p and it’s FREE! Picnic dinners sold on-site from Go-Diva Catering [reservations required]. For more information visit our website atwww.mesquiteartscenter.org or call 972-216-6444.

 

5      +Texas Area Artists will host their monthly meeting and artist demonstration at 2p. The public is invited. Call 214-566-8269 for information.

10 -25 Mesquite Community Theatre presents Proof by David Auburn. Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician. Now, following his death, she must deal with her own volatile emotions. Call 972/216-8126 or visitwww.mctweb.org for more information. Performances are held at the Mesquite Arts Center: Black Box theatre Friday and Saturday, June 4 and 5 at 8p, Sunday, June 6 at 230, Friday, June 11 and 12 at 8p, Sunday, June 13 at 230, Thursday, June 17 through Saturday, June 19 at 8p.

 

6      +The Mesquite Symphonic Band, under the direction of Dale Coates, has scheduled their outdoor summer concert series entitled “Music in the Park”. The band invites everyone to bring their families and friends, lawn chairs, and blankets and relax to the sounds of marches, show tunes, classical numbers and contemporary music.  Door prizes will be awarded by drawings to both adults and children of items donated by area merchants and businesses.   Concessions will also be available for purchase with proceeds benefiting the band’s sheet music fund.  For more information on “Music in the Park”, call 972-216-8125, or visit www.MesquiteSymphonicBand.com.   311 Gross Road Mesquite, TX 75149-3201

 

14      The Mesquite Arts Council presents JazzBreaks on the Plaza, the Mike Morrison Trio at 7:30p FREE! Picnic dinners are sold on-site from Go-Diva Catering [reservations required] or bring your own! For more information visit our website atwww.mesquiteartscenter.org or call 972-216-6444.

 

13-15+Mesquite Community Theatre will hold auditions for THE OCTETTE BRIDGE CLUB by P.J. Barry at 7p-9p in the Black Box Theatre. Call 972-216-8126 or visit www.mctweb.orgfor more information.

 

13    + The Mesquite Symphonic Band presents Music in the Park at Westlake Park at 7:15p. Admission is FREE. For more information call 972/216-8125.

 

13    The “Monthly Paint-In” begins at 10a. All artists are invited to bring their projects and share successes with others. Free! Call 214-566-8269.

13     Mesquite Creative Arts Club monthly meeting begins at 7p and features an artist demonstration. Call 972/463-6004 for more information.

21    + The Mesquite Arts Council presents JazzBreaks on the Plaza with the Mike Drake Trio at 7:30p FREE! Picnic dinners are sold on-site from Go-Diva Catering [reservations required] or bring your own! For more information visit our website atwww.mesquiteartscenter.org or call 972-216-6444.

20    +The Mesquite Symphonic Band presents Music in the Park at Westlake Park at 7:15p. Admission is FREE. For more information call 972/216-8125.

 

27    + The Mesquite Symphonic Band presents Music in the Park at Westlake Park at 7:15p. Admission is FREE. For more information call 972/216-8125.

 

27-2    Missoula Theatre Camp – Cinderella will be presented by the Mesquite Arts Center: Grades 1-12 (must be at least 6 years old). Led by two professional tour actor/directors from MCT, this intensive week-long camp culminates in a full-scale musical theatre production, featuring campers as actors or assistant directors. The production is designed with suitable parts for every age, skill and experience level. IMPORTANT: If your child is selected, he/she will be expected to be available EVERYDAY (unless otherwise notified) beginning right after the audition through the two (2) Saturday performances. A ticketed performance will take place on Saturday, July 2 at 3:30 and 5:30  Camp is Monday through Friday from Noon – 4:30 p.m. Maximum camp enrollment 25 kids - $70.00 payable immediately following auditions for those who are cast.

 

Who may audition? All children kindergarten through grade 12. Previous experience not required, just a lot of enthusiasm, a great smile, the ability to sing on key and most importantly, good listening skills. No prepared material is required. The audition takes about two (2) hours during which time the participants MUST be prepared to stay quietly in their seats without their parent(s).  The names of those selected to participate will be announced at the close of the audition, and the first rehearsal will begin after a short lunch break and announcements.  Parents must provide their children with lunch on audition day if they are chosen and there after.      

 

28    + The Mesquite Arts Council presents JazzBreaks on the Plaza with the MJRE (Mesquite Jazz Repertory Ensemble) Big Band and Curt Bradshaw. The show begins at 7:30p and it’s FREE! Picnic dinners sold on-site from Go-Diva Catering [reservations required]. For more information visit our website atwww.mesquiteartscenter.org or call 972-216-6444.

 

  Local Cultural Grants Deadline is August 1st

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Jet Magazine....What Was Going On....

Posted by Bonita Titus Alford on March 18, 2010 at 3:00am
This truly is a treasure for someone interested in Black History..
THIS....

IS WAAAYYY Cool !

You can ACTUALLY see every edition of JET AND read them !!!!

This is Black American History at its best!!!

This was forwarded to me and I knew I had to share. Check it out when
you have time. This e-mail contains copies of Jet Magazine going all the
way back to 1950s copies.

Not only do you get the covers of all the issues of Jet Magazine, but
you can actually read the issues. Good tool for your children and
grandchildren.

I browsed through some of them and the emotional changes I went through
is; I don't know how to describe it. This is definitely a keeper!

http://books.google.com/books?id=Db4DAAAAMBAJ&hl=En&source=gbs_all_issues_r&cad=2_2&atm_aiy=1950#all_issues_anchor

The words above were written by the person who sent the email with the Jet Magazine link to me. My thoughts are the same as hers so I'll only add this:

When we received our weekly Jet Magazine it was passed around until it was pretty much falling apart. The magazine was at that time the only way we found out what was going on in the black comunity. In it we could find out what people of color (Negroes back then) would be on TV/radio that week among other things

After browsing through the first Jet I found myself thinking, "Oh my God, how far we have come". And then reminding myself that the same discrimination that Josephine Baker endured, and that black men and women are imprisoned for on trumped up charges (drugs found in back seat of police car), continues to exist in 2010 in America and elsewhere in the world.

My consolation is in knowing that God already knew that things were going to happen.

Tell me what you think, how you feel, Bulldogs.....

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Johnny Mack Brown

Posted by Fred Walker on August 23, 2011 at 11:38am

URGENT HELP NEEDED, BTW FAMILY!!!

- by Fred Walker -

11164101300?profile=originalHello Bulldogs ... a fellow Bulldog is in need . Let me start out by saying it's Johnny Mack Brown. If you knew Johnny Mack from high school, you know he was a bad fellow. Fast forward and you might call it a miracle . I call it the grace of God, to witness such a turn around in one's life is amazing. 11164101666?profile=originalA few years back Johnny Mack Brown, went into a burning apartment and saved the life of his childhood friend and my 1960 classmate James Johnson. This week the apartment where Johnny reside caught fire, a Dallas fire fighter lost his life, Johnny lost most of his belongings. We know that cash is king , but if you can help in any way it will be greatly appreciated. The Gifts of love don't have to be new, Johnny needs Shoes size 9-1/2 , Shirts Extra Large, Pants 40/30 (40 inches in the waist, 30 inches in length), Suits Forty-Two Regular. Furniture and all household items are needed. Do what you can for this man of God and our dear beloved classmate. A Trust Fund in his name will be set up soon. Feel free contacting me at ---captwalk@yahoo.com

Bulldog family and friends, please make this as important as new reunion attire, and anything else God would smile at us for putting aside or on hold briefly to help rebuild a precious life from tragedy today with those funds instead, and doing it for one who is already a part of our collective family even though you may be meeting Johnny for the first time. Thank you for your love. This could be one of our stories some day.
-= God Bless Us All =-
~ Galen
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