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the two older Columbia City schools — and photographs -1 would be glad to talk to you. Call 755-
8183. The “official” open house for the new school will be held Sunday, Oct. 16, from 1-4 p.m.

LARRY ADAMS MEMORIAL ... Larry Adams was one of our great Tiger players who
stayed in Lake City after graduation and became one of our most dedicated and inspirational

community leaders. Larry died recently of cancer but up until the very time of his death he was still
working on community projects. To honor Larry’s memory, the Larry W. Adams Memorial

Scholarship Endowment has been established. The scholarship monies will never be spent. The
interest will be used to fund a yearly scholarship for a worthy CHS student. Donations may be sent

to the Columbia County Bank (attention Marcia Dow), P. O. Box 1609, Lake City, FL 32056.
Questions should be directed to Jim Register at 752-2556.

Odds and Ends

September 27,1994

Thanks to Bob Oppermann for donating his personal collection of Columbia High School

yearbooks to our school museum — a most valuable contribution. . . Dr. James Yopp, former
director of Elementary Education here, is now the director of Management Information Services in
Putnam County... Old Tigers’ captain Doug Littlefield (CHS Captain, 1936) has announced that

the club’s next meeting is Wednesday, Oct. 12, at noon at the Wayside Restaurant... CHS graduate
and Gator punter/place-kicker, Shayne Edge, has been on the All-Southern Conference team each

of his three years as a starter at University of Florida... CHS graduate Frank Broome is president
of the Columbia County Gator Club. . . Connie Knotts tells us that the Wellborn High School
nickname was “Wildcats” and their colors were purple and gold... Most people remember retired

educator P. A. Browning as an agriculture teacher and junior high school principal but he was also
head basketball coach at CHS in 1943-44.

THIS AND THAT... There used to be a movie about Lake City called “My Home Town.”
Are there copies still around somewhere?. . . A newspaper writeup of the 1938 CHS football

banquet says a color movie was shown during the program showing the highlights of the football

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