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Some Stuff I Wrote (2001) H. Morris Williams

concerned about the plight of black schools throughout the USA. So, the family created an
endowment fund to finance the training and work of specially selected black teachers who would

then visit and assist black schools. This program was highly successful and many improvements
in black-only schools resulted. Two of our county’s “Jeanes teachers” were Minnie J. Niblack

(namesake of our sixth-grade center) and Mary Lightfoot, both of whom were pioneers in working
in black education under difficult conditions. Were there other “Jeanes teachers” working locally?
Let me hear from you. Call 755-8183.

James and Pat.. James Chasteen (CHS, 1947) and Pat Summerall (CHS, 1948) were good

friends and football teammates in high school. After graduation, James pursued a career in music
and Pat eventually went into CBS-TV sportscasting. Both were highly successful. For 14 years
James sang the national anthem before every Washington Redskins home football game. Pat, of

course, has broadcast some of the major sports events of our time. One day several years ago, the
two old friends crossed paths just before a Redskins game. James sang the national anthem and CBS

carried his marvelous voice nationwide. But when James finished, Pat had a little joke waiting. He
told the nationwide audience, “The man you just heard sing was a high school teammate of mine -

and I can tell you, he sings a whole better than he played football.” We don’t know what kind of
comeback James had the next time the two met but you can be sure the quick-witted James held his

own!
The Courthouse Clocks. . .There hasn’t been any feedback yet on my request for

information on where our old courthouse clocks are now, but Nettie McColskey called to say that
local dentist, Dr. Reveire was the man who hand-wound them. At least, he did on Sundays. Nettie

remembers the good doctor, a somewhat smallish man, coming to church huffing and puffing after
making the long climb to the top of the courthouse each Sunday morning to wind them.

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