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Some Stuff I Wrote (2001) H. Morris Williams

Congratulations to the CHS Class of 1959. Have a great reunion!
THE COLUMBIA COUNTIANS’ REWARD FUND ... After CHS left the building on

West Duval Street, it moved to a new building on Pennsylvania Avenue and got off to a successful

start. But then, in April of 1961, the new building - “the pride of the community” - was seriously
vandalized one night. Furniture and equipment were wantonly damaged. Windows were broken.
Animal “guts” were strewn throughout the offices and classrooms.

The community was outraged at the damage done to their new high school building. An
intensive investigation followed but officials were unable to identify the vandals. The inquiry

continued. Citizens started a reward fund to try to buy “information leading to the arrest and
conviction of the guilty.” The reward fund grew and was widely publicized but still there were no

arrests. Community anger did not cool. Two years later, reward money was still being added but
to not avail. To this date, no one has ever been charged. Even now, 33 years later, the case remains

an unsolved mystery.

Tiger Quiz

August 2, 1994

Here is a short quiz on CHS Tiger football.
1. Three athletes who played for the 1992 CHS Tigers are now attending Division I colleges

on football scholarships. Two of them are Reinard Wilson (FSU) and Antonio Bradwell (Louisville).

Who is the third and what is his college?
2. Two former CHS Tigers are now on the roster of the University of Florida Gators. One is
punter Shane Edge. The other is a defensive back. What is his name and what position did he play

in high school?
3. Who was this former CHS Tiger running back who played under Coach Bob Simmons?

Clues: His jersey number was 33 and two of his greatest games were against Raines High School.
He was attending Bethune Cookman College on a football scholarship when he was tragically killed

in a car accident while he was home visiting his family in Lake City.

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