Some Things to Brag About

When we were kids, our moms told us it was "not polite to brag on yourself". That was then. This is now. We've made it through 50 years after graduation, and judging from the bio information you are sending in for the Memory Books, you've been doing things that deserve applause.

Here are some samples:
Susan Goree Noyes, now living in Tallahassee, FL, was appointed to the Florida Recreational Trails Council, the Florida Greenways Commission, the Florida Greenways & Trails Council, the Florida Agriculture Center and Horse Park Authority and the Friends of Florida State Forests.

She lists as three achievements in her life that she's proud of: Helping to create the greenways and trails system in Florida....playing a major role in establishing the paint horse as a viable breed in Florida...working to create the Florida Horse Park in Ocala.

Her favorite faculty members at Northeast were Mr. Nimroth and my typing and shorthand teachers, but I can't remember their names.

Her advice to the graduating class of 2008 is: Follow your dreams. Never give up and success will follow.

Clarissa Rogers Hamilton, now living in Whitney Point, NY, has lived in Maine, California (Santa Ana), and Springfield, MO. She was an administrative assistant in a drug/alcohol rehab hospital in California, a factory supervisor, and is now working in public relations in the emergency room of a hospital in Whitney Point.

One of her personal victories was conquering agoraphobia, which involves anxiety attacks and fear of going outside one's residence. She says, "Unless you have been there, you cannot understand what an achievement that is!"

What she remembers most distinctly about her years at NEHS is "the good times, good clean times. We had friends, we had fun and we learned. I may not have been a scholar but I learned a lot about life from the teachers and my classmates. It was a wonderful time of my life."

David Britner, who lives in St. Petersburg, is proud of his role as co-inventor/founder of the fire sprinkler systems found in today's hotels, motels, and high-rise residential buildings. He is a retired Assistant Fire Chief of the City of St. Petersburg. His work resume is awesome, including the following: 2 years in engineering, 20 years in fire service, two years in code enforcement, and eight years in housing. He spent 10 years as a private investigator, specializing in arson, fatality fires, and insurance fraud. He has also been an author, poet, arbitrator, mediator, guardian ad litem, professor, and appointee to committees and boards at all levels of government and in the private sector.

More classmate profiles will follow in later blog postings. If you haven't submitted your bio information for the Memory Book, send it to Pat Teague Fulton at patful01@msn.com If you need a copy of the questions, just send an email to Pat, requesting them.