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Some Stuff I Wrote (2001) H. Morris Williams

A running start... Lt. Colonel Lemuel Thomas and Sgt. Roscoe Mansfield started the first

Junior ROTC program at CHS some twenty years ago. They did such a successful job of motivating
student interest in JROTC that two-hundred fifty-four students, including thirty-seven girls, enrolled

immediately.
Calling Dr. Burns ... Matthew Lynwood bums (CHS, 1953) played quarterback two years

for Louisiana State University’s football team. He was also a standout student. When he graduated
from LSU, the New Orleans Quarterback Club honored him for having the highest grades on the

football team during his time at LSU. Matt is now a heart surgeon in Atlanta.
“Cool Hand” Levy... Alfonso Levy is always gracious and humorous, even under pressure;

make that ‘especially’ under pressure. I saw this several years ago when Alfonso was rushed to the
hospital with chest pains. We are fidends so I rushed to the hospital to be near him. As they rolled

his stretcher by me on the way to the emergency room, Al reached out, touched my hand, winked,
and said, “Morris Williams, thank you for being here. You are almost too good to be white!” This

coming weekend, the LCCC will officially name its arts center “The Alfonso Levy Performing Arts
Center.”

The Swami Was Correct On This One

October 19,1993

Happy birthday to an angel...Wanda Bond was an angel of a secretary at Lake City Junior

High School for 25 years, from 1959 until her retirement in 1984. If there are front row seats in
Heaven, Wanda Bond will be in the first pew. TV sportscaster Pat Summerall once taught at the

school and he appreciated her so much he once left a TV event early to attend her retirement party.
Wanda and her family will celebrate her birthday, October 20. If you were one of her students or

faculty, give her a congratulations call on that special day.
Something in common—What do all these distinguished Columbia County citizens have

in common? W. W. Douberly, J. H. Melton, Horace J. Witt, P. M. Sandlin, Robert F. Bedenbaugh,
James R. Tison, Clifton Little, Robert Hancock, Robert Capell, J. B. Hunter, Rodney Dicks, James

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