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Some Stuff I Wrote (2001) H. Morris Williams
team in one of the Wolves’ rare losses.
The old CIIS red-brick building on West Duval Street across from Quincy’s is undergoing
major renovation. It is a shock to see the interior of the building so stripped. The auditorium has
no seats in it. The floors and walls are bare. From the second floor you can look up and see the
underside of the roof. All lockers have been removed from hallways and all toilet facilities from
restrooms. The balcony in the auditorium is visible again. But all this is necessary to convert the
building into administrative space and the outside will look the same way it always has.
A brand new school is on the drawing boards for the Columbia City community. Marguerite
Hunt (CHS, 1934) remembers when she went to school in Columbia City many years ago in the old
building. “Fannie Hobbs was our principal and she would light into you if you misbehaved. She
checked on personal things like whether your hair was washed or you finger nails were clean. One
year I was there was the first year the county started providing us school buses to get to school.
Before that, you had to walk or get there the best way you could.”
Bits and Pieces
January 26,1993
Former Lake Citian Scott McCaleb has been named the president of the Gator Bowl
Association.
CHS grad Ray Kirkland recently retired after 19 years as public relations manager at
OxyChem. One of Ray’s greatest contribution has been to coordinate OxyChem’s generous support
of public education in Columbia County. You can be sure the entire school system wishes Ray a
happy retirement.
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Gladys Daugherty celebrated her 80 birthday recently. Several years ago, Gladys bought
a brand new car. Incredibly, all four tires on the car blew out, one by one, within a month. When
she had the fourth tire replaced and was driving home-Pow!- the spare tire blew out.
I mentioned last week that General Van Fleet’s sister used to teach at CHS. I should have
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