See the new, revised instructions below for your comment submissions.

 

Submission of Comments  Send an email to: LAHS@trdudley.com  with your comments. Be sure to add your first-name, last-name and graduating class.  Optionally, you may add your e-mail address, phone number, street address, city, state and zip code.  

  

The following rule applies to the comments section below....

 

    Rule 1:  Only  your name and, optionally,  graduating class will be posted in the comments Name is required.  ( I will not post un-signed comments.)

 

    The following rule applies to updates to my unpublished database of Addison graduates. 

 

    Rule 2: If you voluntarily provide additional information such as e-mail address, phone number, street address, city, state, zip, etc., I will automatically add that  information to my unpublished database, which I maintain for the use of class officers.

 

    The following rule applies to additions to the school Address Book  ( accessed via Square 9 on the LAHS home page.  )

 

    Rule 3: Only if you add a statement giving me expressed permission to publish your e-mail address, street address, city, state or zip, I will homor your request by including  in the Addison contact list. ( I will never publish this info without your written permission

 

Example  : Sample e-mail to LAHS@trdudley.com

            I think the LAHS website is great!                                              ...Line 1

     Jon Doe,  LAHS Class of 1929                                                     ...Line 2

                jondoe@hisweb.com                                                                ...Line 3

                123 Main Street                                                                       ...Line 4

                Histown, Me 11111                                                                  ...Line 5

           

                You may publish my e-mail address, and street/city/state/zip   ...Line 6

           

          A. Under Rule 1, Lines 1 and 2 will be added to the comments section (below) with or without any additional lines in your e-mail.

            B. Under Rule 2 , information in Lines 2,3,4 and 5 will be added to my unpublished LAHS graduate database ( permission is implied for lines 2-5 )

            C. Under Rule 3 , selected, specified information in Lines 2,3,4 and 5 will be added to the published Addison contact spreadsheet / table (expressed permission in line 6). 


After you submit your comments, it may take several days for me to process submissions and post to this website.  My apologies for this new, cumbersome.format. After many months of trying, I concede that I am unable to find a way to prevent the volumes of spam, often vulgar pornagraphy, in the form of web links that was being posted to the guestbook  by unethical web hijackers. This new approach should allow me to filter out garbage and append only comments suitable for my intended audience.               Thomas Dudley, Editor  12/19/2006

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Thomas: What a great idea for a LAHS web site. You are doing a great job! Keep up the good work and I look forward to the completion of this project. Gloria Jean Cooper Adams, CLASS of 1961

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Thomas, I think this is great! Willie Waddell P.S.-remember me?

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I am Mrs.Elaine Taylor Neal, Class of '47, living in Denver, Colorado. The website is great. I would like to know if these are Addison's colors. ....black and gold? When I went, they were blue and white. I think a more colorful presentation would be awesome. Keep on keeping on.....

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Thomas, Thanks for starting this website and keeping "our" alma mater alive! I will be sending this to all the members of my graduating class (1969) whose e-mail address I have. One of your former neighbors, Becky Hall and I keep in touch often and she has other e-mail addresses so hopefully this will help add to this site. Thanks again and keep up the good work. Sincerely, Dianne Morton Suydam 11432 Honeysuckle Court Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 (formerly lived on Patton Ave. NW) E-Mail: Suydamb@aol.com

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To Elaine Taylor Neal '47...Believe it or not, the color scheme that I used is, in fact, Blue and White (with Gold trim). My sister, Marilyn Dudley Lovejoy '65, insists that some of the athletic teams had yellow (not gold) trim on their uniforms. I think she may be right - I am contemplating changing the gold to yellow. When I visited the site from my office computer, I was surprised to see the background color appears to be black as you pointed out - not the blue background that I see on my home desktop where I design and maintain the website. I can't explain the discrepancy, but I'll investigate and correct the problem. We definitely want the color scheme to be as close to Addison Blue and White (with or without gold/yellow trim) as I can get on standard monitors. Thanks for the "catch".

Thomas R. Dudley, Class of 1961

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Great job on the design and makeup of this website. However, you left out one of Roanoke's most prominent attorneys from the civil rights era. In fact, he used the U.S. Supreme Court Decision, Brown v. Board of Education to integrate the school systems in Southwest Virginia, including Roanoke and Farmville. If you have no clue, it was my dad. Take care, Reuben Lawson, Jr., Esquire

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Let's try this again! Great Job! Even thinking of doing this is a great and long overdue idea. Michael A. Cooper Class Of 1970

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To Reuben Lawson:

My purpose in creating this website was to provide a vessel for LAHS family members like yourself to recognize mentors and heroes the school produced. I will gladly recognize your father - please send a photograph and brief biography (class,law degrees,colleges,achievements,etc but be brief.). I don't doubt that he and many other graduates that I know little about belong there. That is precisely the point of the website. My role is to facilitate that information coming together in a meaningful way.

To Michael A. Cooper:

Two questions....(1) Are you the Michael Cooper from the 800 block of 7th Avenue NW and grandson of a Mrs. Turner? and (2) Were you principal of LAHS Magnet School? If yes to (2), please give me advice on where I can get copies of more LAHS (Old School) memorabilia/building history,etc. Can the city school administration provide?  If so, whom do I contact?

 .....Thomas Dudley, Class of 1961 Editor        E-mail: TRDudley@aol.com

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Hi Thomas, God Bless you. This is an awesome task you have undertaken and my hat is off to you. Diane Morton Suydam emailed me this website, thank you Diane, and I am really thrilled to know that there is a website we can go to, to keep up with our friends, reminise about the past, learn about some history that slipped past us and to reunite with our friends. This is a perfect venue. Thanks Carlin Walton Smith, Los Angeles, California Carlin.Smith@fox.com

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Hi Thomas, I forgot to mention that I am a Lucy Addison High School graduate of 1966/67. Carlin Walton Smith

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Thomas: This website makes my day. Thank you so very much and all that are contributing to it keep up the good work. Thank you again.  Carolyn Witcher Vance, Class of 1961

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Words cannot express how impressive you are making this web site the "Masterpiece of our High School History". Not only is it well designed and informative, it shows the realization of your commitment to preserve that which we cherish -- our memories. I accept your challenge to assist you as the Secretary for the Class of 1959 and provide information about this class. Keep up this wonderful project. A job well done! Rebecca L. Francis, Washington, DC.

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Thomas, Thanks so much for this GREAT site! You have done a terriffic job! Will pass it on to other Addisonians. Walter & Rachel Henderson Wheaton LAHS Class of '65 My email is wlwheaton@cox.net, Walter

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Thomas, Many thanks for the time and effort you put into this project. I think it is absolutely wonderful. Carolyn Murphy Perry, Class of 1961.

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LAHS is moving on up, thanks to you Thomas! This website has been what we have needed for years. It's so nice to have a vehicle that we can go to keep up on what's going on. I've enjoyed what I've seen so far. Keep up the good work. Melva Booker Baker, Class of 1965

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To Thomas Dudley; Yes I am that Michael A. Cooper. Are you Mrs. Dudley's (700) block of Rutherford) grandson and are you also Vernon's brother? I would be glad to help you with memorabilia, just email me at coop@rbnet.com (that goes for anyone else too). michael

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Dear Thomas, You have done a wonderful and most taskful job in setting up The Addison Website. It is truly an amazing and definitely time consuming and I am going to email every Addision I know so they can enjoy all the beauty, memories and joy as I, in rememberance of every moment I had the pleasure of reading it. Praise you for all of your hard work and thank you very, very much for putting us one step at a time together! Your Friend and Classmate, Carolyn Law Wyche-James, Class of 1961

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Dear Thomas, Thank you for all the hard work and timeless hours you put into making the Addison Website extraordinary. It is a joy to read all about Addison and its history. You are to be commended for bringing such joy to our hearts! Your Friend and Classmate, Carolyn Law Wyche-James, Class of 1961

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FIRST, I MUST SAY THAT IT IS A WONDERFUL SITE AND THAT I'LL BE SPREADING THE WORD TO ALL IN THE ADDISON FAMILY. IN CLASS WORK YOU WERE SMART AND NOW THIS SITE SHOWS YOU ARE TALENTED. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. THERE NEEDS TO BE A PHOTO SECTION FOR THIS SITE. IT WOULD BE NICE. RICHARD A. DEANE,(DD),CLASS OF 1961

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From: Walter L. Wheaton '65 Rachel Henderson Wheaton '65 Hi Thomas! Thanks for all of your terriffic work in putting this great site together. You have done a great job. I notice that you have included a few of the pictures from my classmates.com page. I am glad you did, since I want as many people as possible to enjoy them. I have a few more: Class of '42, some '65 reunion photos, and a few other oldies. As for the picture of Saundra Curtis Eaves 4th birthday party, here are a few identities: low (your)left corner with ball Don Shovley striped shirt), next to him with the baloon is Frank Lynch; Saundra Curtis, the birthday girl is just left of the flowers on the table; Don Shovley's little brother(striped shirt) is standing just right of the table; standing on the hill to your right in the white sunsuit with the fade haircut/part cut in, is me Walter Wheaton. I can name others and will be glad to email you a better copy so that other people can enjoy them. Same goes for the other photos on my webshots.com album. I would also be interested in having our '65 yearbook set up on your page, as has been done with '61. Please write me at wlwheaton@msn.com Thanks again! Walter Wheaton '65 retired and happy to back in Roanoke again after 30 years!

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Is there anyone out there from the class of 65 to send Tom our class pictures? Willie Waddell wwad199054@aol.com

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The LAHS web site is an excellent idea and an important avenue through which we may begin or continue communicating with our former classmates.  I am very excited to learn that you have undertaken this endeavor.

I am a graduate of the LAHS Class of 1966, retired military, and contemplating retirement from the US Department of Agriculture where I am employed as a Civil Rights Program Manager.  I have practically devoted all of my career(s), military and civilian, to the achievement of civil rights and equal opportunity for minorities, women, and individuals with disabilities.

Thomas, please extend my appreciation to Reuben Lawson, Jr. for remembering his father "Lawyer Lawson" as a pioneer in integrating the schools of Southwest Virginia.  My sisters and I are products of the Prince Edward School System (Farmville, Virginia) and my family was affected by the 1959-1964 school closings in Prince Edward County, VA.  That is why we, the Fergusons (Bessie (Hunter), Delores, Gloria, LaDene, and Hermania) were relocated to Roanoke and enrolled in public schools (Loudon, Harrison, Booker T., and Addison) to continue our education.  I remember Mr. Lawson but I did not know about his efforts in civil rights at that time.  Thank You Mr. Lawson, and all of the other Civil Rights Attorneys who pleaded the case for desegregation in public schools - especially in Virginia.

God Bless You and thank you very much for your dedication to fellow Addisonians.
 

Gloria H. Rogers
 

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Thomas R. Dudley, Class of 1961

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On a recent trip to Roanoke, I scanned portions of eleven Addison yearbooks. These included years 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953,1955,1957,1958,1959,1960,1964 and 1965. Together with year 1961 already published, I now have in hand yearbook images of 12 of the 45 total graduating classes. So far, I have captured all senior photos and a generous selection of team, band and club photos. Years 1948 and 1960 were published in the last two weeks; 1949 will go online in the next several days. Limited resources, i.e. web space and time, prevent me from reproducing more of each yearbook. My goal is not quantity but quality - capturing the "feel" and "flavor" of each graduating class and school year.  I challenge fellow graduates to help me achieve those goals by completing the  "story" of each such class with  names and pictures of undocumented class presidents, valedictorians, salutatorians and Miss Addisons from 1929 through 1973. If you don't have photos, names would be appreciated - so long as you are certain of the information and not guessing or relying on faulty memories. I don't want to publish disinformation or offend fellow graduates with mistakes; I  prefer to err on the side of caution. I am also soliciting photos and accurate biographies of Who's Who nominees. For example, I would treasure an old (or recent) photo and biography of former Ambassador Edward Dudley, who, I believe, was in the Class of 1929 and who died in New York last year.  My attempts to contact his son, a New York lawyer, have been to no avail. Just last week Rod Claytor sent me a prized photograph of Addison graduate, Tuskegee Airman and Who's Who nominee Ralph V. Claytor. (HINT: Now if only one of the Claytors would provide Ralph's biography). I really shouldn't  pick on the Claytors, though; they have been very strong supporters.

THE GUANTLET HAS BEEN THROWN. Contact me at trdudley@aol.com if you would like to make  a contribution.

Thomas R. Dudley, Class of 1961

 
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8/11/2006
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I think this website is absolutely fabulous! Thanks to whomever thought of it, designed it and updates it! Great Idea and execution! Diane Cunningham

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8/12/2006
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Outstanding! I am grateful for your work. Lloyd Hackley

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8/13/2006
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I am overwhelmed with this website...Thomas, I'm not sure if I know you or not, but I congratulate you on a job well done. I am Deborah Beale Benton, class of 72' retired teacher in Atlanta, and I attended Addison before moving away with my mom (Hazel Beale - who is now living in AL - and still spunky). My brothers; Calvin class of 64'lives in Hawaii and William (W.D.)class of 68' lives in Atlanta. We always talk of the times we had growing up in Roanoke and now we can begin to keep in touch with some of you to help relive those times. Thanks for your dedicated work, Thomas!

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8/13/2006
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I forgot to include an e-mail... dbbenton@bellsouth.net Thanks Deborah Beale Benton

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8/14/2006
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HI THOMAS, YOUR WEBSITE IS A BLESSING TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. I KNEW THAT YOU WERE SMART BUT YOU ALSO ARE VERY VERY TALENTED TO COME UP WITH SUCH A WONDERFUL IDEA IN KEEPING THE LUCY ADDISON HIGH SCHOOL STILL IN MOTION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND PLEASE CALL ON ME FOR ANY HELP THAT YOU MAY NEED. GLORIA JERNIGAN, CLASS OF 61

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8/29/2006
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Anyone experiencing difficulty with adding comments to this guestbook shuld send an e-mail to me at trdudley@aol.com. Please include (1) any comments you wish me to add to the guestbook and (2) your name, class and the operating system (Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP,etc.) on your PC, if you know it. - Thomas Dudley '61, Editor

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9/17/2006
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The website information was sent to me from a classmate. I am so excited to see this and I have really enjoyed the site. I have already been contacted by classmates because of the contact page. Thank you over and over for providing such a beautiful site and a venue for keeping LUCY ADDISON HIGH SCHOOL alive.

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9/17/2006
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Thomas, I was so excited to share my feeling about the website that I forgot to give my name. I am Sherlene Green Bowles, Class of "64. Thanks again for your wonderful insight and for the great job.

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9/19/2006
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Dear Thomas, A great web site, keep up the good work, you make the class of 1961 proud that you are one of us.

Faye Brammer Reid, Class of 1961   

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1/1/2007
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I have been following the progress of the website for a while now. God bless you and thank you from my brothers(3) , my sister and myself for under taking this project. We all graduated from LAHS. Keep up the the good work and if I can help, let me know. Please enter my info in the address book. Thanks again ! 
 
John F. Reynolds - Class of 1964
Roanoke, VA

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