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The block of stone shown in the picture was over the front door of the original 1908 classroom building. Right above it was the original name of the school -- Elizabeth Messick County High School. The area where Messick was (and is) was annexed into Memphis in 1930, and Messick became part of the Memphis City Schools at that time -- but the "County High School" remained on the front of the building until the building was town down in 1981.
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Posted by chiz]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:59:36 -0600 Memphis Flyer
So can I fill in when you go on vacation?
Posted by Devin Greaney]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:01:46 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by Jeff]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:42:41 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by Vance Lauderdale]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:42:56 -0600 Memphis Flyer The restaurant became a Roy Rogers roast-beef place. I remember that from the early '70s, then a Pancho's Taco, then a Starbucks.

Posted by Devin Greaney]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:37:09 -0600 Memphis Flyer Dang, you "heard" these things? I thought you were older than I am. The MUS school bus used to stop at the Tropical Freeze every day on the ride home.

Posted by Wintermute]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:53:06 -0600 Memphis Flyer I think it is terribly sweet. I still have mine from the '70s complete with "Welcome Back Kotter" bubblegum cards taped inside.

I just wonder if little Robert ever got married.

Posted by julie noir]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:15:40 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by vwbug521@myway.com]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:46:00 -0600 Memphis Flyer I sure have fond memories of the Tropical Freeze. I wish it was still there.

Posted by Poon]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:01:36 -0600 Memphis Flyer Skipchip, if you will get in touch with Vance, I would like to talk to you about a segment on WKNO-TV's "Southern Routes". Hope to hear from you! :-)

Posted by bkourvelas]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:05:10 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by Jeff]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:27:14 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by Jeff]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:24:07 -0600 Memphis Flyer "Tiny" Knee was a coach for Ripley High School back in the '30s or so.



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Posted by Shane of Memphis]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:27:17 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by vwbug521@myway.com]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:39:50 -0600 Memphis Flyer
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Posted by critter42]]> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:08:46 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by Jeff]]> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:03:13 -0600 Memphis Flyer
Many thanks!!!!!
Posted by Vance Lauderdale]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:16:15 -0500 Memphis Flyer
We of course needed neither of the Hinton services, preferring to plant our departed between the atrium and the servants quarters.
Posted by CL Mullins]]> Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:29:33 -0500 Memphis Flyer Posted by chipskip]]> Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:47:09 -0500 Memphis Flyer
"Excuse me, young man, what is the thread count of the sheet you're pulling over my face?"

Posted by Jeff]]> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:41:49 -0500 Memphis Flyer This is absolutely hilarious! I love the "available by private appointment only." I suppose one could and should check their busy social calendar to schedule the exact moment they would fall down their gold-gilded winding staircase or plunge into the raging waters of their private pool after tripping over "Fi-fi." Thank-you, Vance, for starting my day off with a good laugh!

Posted by vwbug521@myway.com]]> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:13:58 -0500 Memphis Flyer Posted by AllisonJones]]> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:03:43 -0500 Memphis Flyer I had a Ms. DeShazo in the county school systems back in the 1960s. She would visit the classrooms once a week, as I recall. She played the auto-harp while the class was supposed to sing along. Since she was our music teacher, and since she played an instrument, and since her name was "DeShazo" I'm banking that she was somehow related to this family. This was at Scenic Hills Elementary.

Posted by MbDb]]> Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:22:51 -0500 Memphis Flyer Don't get into that taxi ... you know where it's headed!!!

Posted by bkourvelas]]> Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:47:00 -0500 Memphis Flyer