Letter to the editor

Hello:

My name is Gary Roberts, and I graduated from CCHS in 1952. The purpose of this notice is to pay tribute to the fine teachers I had at the high school in the late forties and early fifties.

These teachers were: Miss Driscoll, Miss Schied, Mrs. Buck, Coach Ed Short, Mr. Lambert, and the principal, Mr. Rowley. There were other good teachers, but these, in my opinion, were the best. They gave me the background and the discipline to go on to college, get some degrees, and then teach at the University of Nebraska and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

I also want to thank my classmates during that period - they tolerated a rather smart-alecky and immature kid.

Thanks also to the athletes that I played with, especially in 1951-1952. We won four out of five football games that year (eleven man teams), mostly by five or six touchdowns. A great line: Dillon, Cridland, Dell Dague, Loren and Dick Turbiville, Ed Rutledge, Peterson. We beat Baker 40-0; I got lucky and passed for two touchdowns and ran for three more.

In basketball, we were in Class B, and thanks to Bob Lasater and Owen Stieg we won 24 games out of 28. I was the point guard, and they were the heroes. We beat Baker four times.

Baseball saw us going undefeated and winning the district championship against Forsyth. We beat Baker three times.

Not a good year for Baker!!

(Hi to JoAn, Norella, Audrey, Betty, Virginia, and Dell.)

With appreciation,

And great memories,

Gary