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Special Memories...Kats Kave

Posted by Kaye ‘63 on July 11, 2018, 7:26 pm

Last year...after cleaning up following Nabs Party (thank you so much for lending a hand; you know who you are!) we were discussing how maybe KK is not the most COMFORTABLE place to have the Nabs Party...could we find another venue?....and, yes, we probably could. That would bring on a different set of issues and would certainly be more work for Kel and me from a distance....but I would seriously consider moving if not for one thing: Kats Kave MEANS so much to so many. Every year someone says to me how wonderful it is to be back in that building. Maybe these words come more often from Bearcats who live a distance away and don’t see it very often, but it’s a fact. Just last year, one emotional Bearcat, a few years younger than I am, said...”I met my husband standing right over there” as she pointed to the corner near the stage. Another one told me “I had my first dance back there by the door.” Remembering that (and LAR’s recent nostalgic post about Anchors Aweigh’s words being altered...lol) started me thinking about special memories of Kats Kave.

Do you have any?? Please share. What about how it came to be? How it got it’s name? I know we talked about this YEARS ago on this site, but there are probably readers who were not with us then. And the rest of us forgot...lol...so, as Nabs Weekend approaches, go on, break the ice, start some conversations and let’s hear what your memories are.

By the way...one thing I for sure do not remember is why/how the spelling came to be. I prefer the K version to the C version. And I prefer the plural Kats instead of the singular possessive Kat’s. But that’s just me. Not sure which was used when it was officially named.

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Posted by Carol Johnston Lindley on July 16, 2018, 12:23 pm, in reply to "Special Memories...Kats Kave"

Bob is nearly 90^ homebound, so my live revolves around him driving me to Walmart once a week and he drives me to church on Sunday and lets me out.
I am lining up drivers for church.
Sorry I can't be there but I will be thinking of all the good times I have had in Forest.
You are very special to me.

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Posted by carol johnston lindley on July 16, 2018, 1:11 pm, in reply to "Re: Special Memories...Kats Kave"

I wish.....oh how I wish I could come. I will never forget my Forest friends.

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Posted by Carol Johnston Lindley on July 16, 2018, 12:24 pm, in reply to "Re: Special Memories...Kats Kave"

Cant come.

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Posted by Steve70 on July 12, 2018, 3:28 pm, in reply to "Special Memories...Kats Kave"

Saturday night dances and girls from Mortonand that's all I'll say.

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Posted by Gene'65 on July 13, 2018, 8:50 am, in reply to "Re: Special Memories...Kats Kave"

Steve, AGREE! For some things there is just no statue of limitations..................

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Posted by Scooter on July 13, 2018, 9:15 pm, in reply to "Re: Special Memories...Kats Kave"

Many many many good memories mostly good some not so much.

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Posted by Kaye ‘65 on July 13, 2018, 9:04 am, in reply to "Re: Special Memories...Kats Kave"

Gene...I was trying to protect the guilty, but for some things...”nuff said” (Steve’s solution to a lot of things...lol)

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Posted by Dana '66 on July 11, 2018, 10:26 pm, in reply to "Special Memories...Kats Kave"

Tap dancing classes..."shuffle, step" and recital. Back then, boys took dance classes. Separate from girls, of course. I have a picture to prove it. Jeff Mayo, Becky Anderson, Freddy Gaddis, Betty Ezelle, Dewane Boutwell on stage in costume.

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Posted by Kaye ‘63 on July 11, 2018, 10:59 pm, in reply to "Re: Special Memories...Kats Kave"

Dana...we may have that photo. I definitely remember it.

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Posted by JOHN ROBY on July 12, 2018, 12:45 pm, in reply to "Re: Special Memories...Kats Kave"

Pool table back room, ping pong table on front porch, dancing, talking main room, ball room dancing lessons. Fun times

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Posted by Kaye ‘63 on July 13, 2018, 7:09 pm, in reply to "Re: Special Memories...Kats Kave"

As young girls, we would gather in a group and hide out in the pool room when no one was using it. That didn’t last long. After a few months we ventured out and hoped someone would ask us to dance.

Does anyone remember paying to get in? Or maybe a ticket system?

Re: Special Memories...Kats Kave

Posted by Robert '62 on July 13, 2018, 7:48 pm, in reply to "Re: Special Memories...Kats Kave"

The name was selected in a contest. It would have been around 1957 or so. I THINK - THINK! - it was suggested by Geo. Gray Townsend but I could be completely wrong there.

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Posted by Kaye ‘63 on July 13, 2018, 8:06 pm, in reply to "Re: Special Memories...Kats Kave"

We should ask George. There were several entries in the contest. I seem to remember Joe Rex Dennis submitted “Kats Kave” (not sure which spelling) I don’t remember the others. Then the Student Body voted. The winning entry was announced in Friday assembly.

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Posted by David Singleton on July 14, 2018, 11:49 am, in reply to "Re: Special Memories...Kats Kave"

Robert, you are right on the date. I was president of the student body '56-'57, and there was an opportunity for suggested names. I have no memory of who entered Kats Kave, and probably I had only a list of the names to be offered to the student body for voting. An "election" was held, and, as I recall, Kats Kave won hands down. Personally, I though/think it was a great choice. In my day there was no pool table. Just a dance floor and the stage. However, that did not prevent us having some great dances and much fun. Also, there were various city, social, civic events there. My favorite memories are of dances on Friday nights after home football games.

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Posted by Carol Johnston Lindley on July 15, 2018, 3:43 pm, in reply to "Re: Special Memories...Kats Kave"

Amen to that David!

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Posted by Kaye ‘63 on July 14, 2018, 1:24 pm, in reply to "Re: Special Memories...Kats Kave"

Great memory, David. It confirms what we were thinking. Thank you for posting that. I would have been 6th grade that year; therefore not part of the HS assembly and not allowed to attend KK that year. But I do think Kelly and Robert were 7th graders. That made them the youngest to attend KK dances that first year it became an official teen hangout. That sounds about right.

David, you made me think of something else: Student Body Presidents.

You were in ‘56-‘57. Can you name any Student Body Presidents before you?
Who can pick up with those who followed?

Sonny King...1961-62
David Warren...1962-63

Others??

Re: Special Memories...Kats Kave

Posted by David Singleton on July 14, 2018, 7:17 pm, in reply to "Re: Special Memories...Kats Kave"

Kaye, Jimmy Noblin was '54-'55, Jimmy Wilkerson '55-'56, I was '56-'57, and I think Mart McMullin was '57-'58. Glinda and Eugenia will know about '53-'54 and probably '52-53. I seems to me that Slyvia Howell may have been in either '54-'55 or '53-'54.
I need to pull out some old annuals to check the earlier years...counting on Glinda and Eugenia to fill us in.

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Posted by Tony 60 on July 15, 2018, 4:37 pm, in reply to "Re: Special Memories...Kats Kave"

Larry Johnson 1959
Sonny Lott 1960

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Posted by Glinda on July 14, 2018, 2:26 pm, in reply to "Re: Special Memories...Kats Kave"

1952—Troy Henderson
1953—�Tommy Huff
1954—�Billy Stroud
1955—�Sylvia Howell

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Posted by David Singleton on July 14, 2018, 7:23 pm, in reply to "Re: Special Memories...Kats Kave"

Glinda, I almost mentioned Billy Stroud, but couldn't recall his first name. He was the first one for me as only 9th grade and up attended then...that was my freshman year. Kaye, Jimmy Wilkerson was the prior to me.

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Posted by Glinda on July 14, 2018, 3:09 pm, in reply to "Re: Special Memories...Kats Kave"

The question mark appeared after I previewed the post. Have no idea why, who, how!!

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Posted by Kaye ‘63 on July 14, 2018, 3:34 pm, in reply to "Re: Special Memories...Kats Kave"

The internet gremlins did it, Glinda.

Does anyone remember who was President of Student Body in school year 1955-1956...between Sylvia and David?

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Posted by Lynn"66 on July 15, 2018, 8:21 am, in reply to "Re: Special Memories...Kats Kave"

The Checkmates!! Glen Weaver's band (why does that name escape me??)! All those dances after football games where the music was too loud (yeah, hearing aids now) and we had oh-so-much fun. Waking up one morning after a dance and realizing I could read the calendar on my wall without my glasses. Oops. Slept in my contacts. Off to see Dr. Wright. And Bubby would add, The Roadrunners!

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