100th English and Classical Football Game

Sue Rummel wrote this nice little piece which I hope you enjoy. Feel free to respond to Sue’s request for comments.

Did you know that 2013 marks the 100th time English and Classical High School met on the gridiron for Thanksgiving Day football. What a milestone for these two great schools.  After almost 50 years since graduation I can’t remember a year without checking the Thanksgiving Day football scores to see if English won.  Little did I know that this was the 100th rivalry game with English victorious over Classical 13 – 12.

I’m sure everyone has special memories of the games at Manning Bowl.  As a cheerleader, I remember arriving at the school on game day and marching in formation with the high school band from the school to Manning Bowl.  What a thrill marching through the streets and onto the field before games.  We also practiced with the band in order to take part in the halftime shows.

Our football stats over the years show Classical with the winning edge, but it’s nice to know that during our years at English in 1963, 64 and 65 the Bulldogs held the Northeast Regional Conference title for basketball (see photo below).

For more information about the 2013 Thanksgiving game and to see the football history between English and Classical click HERE.

As we approach our 50th reunion in 2015 it would nice to hear some of your memories about our years at LEHS.  Comments are welcome.

Sue Rummel

Gym banners... check out basketball
Gym banners… check out basketball

A Pictorial Tour of Lynn English Today – Fifth Installment

This is the last of the 5 installments of the Pictorial Tour of Lynn English Today.  This installment highlights the interior of the Paul Cavanagh Field House where the new gym, locker rooms, work out rooms and coaches offices are located.

To get to this installment from the home (or blog) page, just click on this link (fifth installment) or click on the page at right (Lynn English Today – The Paul Cavanagh Field House).  To get to the other installments of the photo essay, just click on the appropriate page on the right of this page.

I will repeat the paragraph from last week’s blog to help you become familiar with navigation.  If you are reading this post while you are on the website, you are on the home page.  All blog posts go on the home page.  If you subscribed to the blog (do that at the top of the right column) you may receive this post as an email.  If you are reading your email and  you click on the links for the fourth installment, you will go directly to that page and bypass the home (blog) page.  If you want to make a comment on something on one of the pages (like photos), you have to do that from the blog (home) page.  There are links on the page for the fourth installment to get you back to the home page.  Just go the home page and to the bottom of the posting you want to comment on.  Each posting on the home page has a spot to comment on that posting.  I have noticed that sometimes people comment on one posting, but they click the “comment” on the bottom of a different posting… and their comment goes there instead of where they intended for it to go.  If you make a mistake, you can always use Contact (in the right column) and send me (Bob Maleszyk) a note and I can help you fix the problem.

We would like to thank our fine tour guides.   LEHS Class of 2012 alum, Shaday Imadiyi, and LEHS senior, Claudia Buruca, spent most of a fine summer morning showing us the school from top to bottom.  Also many thanks to Matt Wilkins of the LEHS Guidance office for his efforts in setting up the tour.

So, continue your stroll around the old school.  Don’t forget, click on the photo to see it full size.  When you are done looking at it, click on “close” on the bottom of the photo.

 

Our Tour Guides (Claudia and Shaday) with The Bulldog

A Pictorial Tour of Lynn English Today – Fourth Installment

This is the fourth installment (of 5) of a pictorial tour of Lynn English Today.  This installment shows the new cafeteria, kitchen and balcony (link between the old building and the Paul Cavanagh Field House.

This installment is also short (only 11 photos).  To get to the fourth installment just click on this link (fourth installment) or click on the page at right (Lynn English Today – The New Cafeteria).  To get to the other installments just click on the other Lynn English Today pages (exterior photos, general interior photos, old gym and cafeteria) on the right.

A little about navigation on this website.  If you are reading this post while you are on the website, you are on the home page.  All blog posts go on the home page.  If you subscribed to the blog (do that at the top of the right column) you may receive this post as an email.  If you are reading your email and  you click on the links for the fourth installment, you will go directly to that page and bypass the home (blog) page.  If you want to make a comment on something on one of the pages (like photos), you have to do that from the blog (home) page.  There are links on the page for the fourth installment to get you back to the home page.  Just go the home page and to the bottom of the posting you want to comment on.  Each posting on the home page has a spot to comment on that posting.  I have noticed that sometimes people comment on one posting, but they click the “comment” on the bottom of a different posting… and their comment goes there instead of where they intended for it to go.  If you make a mistake, you can always use Contact (in the right column) and send me (Bob Maleszyk) a note and I can help you fix the problem.

That said, continue your stroll around the old school.  Don’t forget, click on the photo to see it full size.  When you are done looking at it, click on “close” on the bottom of the photo.

another view of the new cafeteria

A Pictorial Tour of Lynn English Today – Third Installment

This is the third installment of a series of photos of Lynn English High School today.  This installment is the beginning of the photos of things that are NEW.  But, this installment shows what happened to the old.  The old gym and old cafeteria have changed.  The gym is now the library.  The cafeteria is now classrooms including the new art room.  I made the comment in the opening statement for the third installment that I can’t remember where the old library was IF we even had one!  I hope someone can remember.  I also stated the old art room was in the front center of the building on the second floor.  Does anyone remember?  Feel free to comment by clicking on the “add a comment” just below this blog posting.

To get to the third installment, just click on this link (third installment) or click on the page Lynn English Today – The Old Gym and Cafeteria to the right.  Click on the other Lynn English Today pages (exterior photos and general interior photos) to go to those pages.

So, continue your stroll around the old school.  Don’t forget, click on the photo to see it full size.  When you are done looking at it, click on “close” on the bottom of the photo.

The door to the new library (our old gym)

 

A Pictorial Tour of LEHS Today – Second Installment

This is the second installment of the series of photos of Lynn English Hish School today.  This installment has photos you may recognize.  The main office, the principals office, the auditorium, the little theater and a few class rooms and corridors.  Plus some things we didn’t have… a TV Department, ROTC, a bronze bulldog, and a few other things.  We hope this installment brings back some memories.  I remember I was in the language lab on November 22, 1963.  The language lab is still in the same room as it was back then.

Just click on the link, Lynn English Today – General Interior Photos, to go to the page containing the photos.  Remember, you can click on any of the pages to the right of this blog to go to that page.  To get to the first installment, Lynn English Today – Exterior Photos, either click on the link (highlighted) or click on the page to the right of the blog.

So, continue your stroll around the old school.  Don’t forget, click on the photo to see it full size.  When you are done looking at it, click on “close” on the bottom of the photo.

LEHS Bulldog GRRRRRRRRRRRR

A Pictorial Tour of LEHS Today – First Installment

Quite a few people have wondered what the old school looks like today.  Unfortunately, it is difficult to schedule a tour for everyone who wants to go.  To solve this problem, Sue Rummel and Bob Maleszyk took a tour of Lynn English on July 25, 2012. The tour allowed us to take numerous photos of the school both inside and out.  We will post the photos in a series of installments over the next few weeks.

The first installment of photos are the exterior shots of the school.  Future installments will include interior shots showing how our alma mater has changed (or not changed) since we graduated.  We hope you enjoy strolling in and around the school via this photo gallery.

To see the photo gallery of the exterior of LEHS today, go to the Lynn English Today – Exterior Photos page.  To see each image full size just click on the image.  When done viewing the larger image, just click “close” on the bottom of the photo.

 

Drive way and Front Entrance of LEHS

LEHS on Facebook

Lynn English High (the 60’s) is a group on Facebook that was started by Jim Prendergast.  Jim wrote in the description of the group:

“Let’s see how many of the L.E.H.S. Baby Boomers we can get to join this group. This era was when muscle cars ruled, gas was cheap, and life was good…..really good.

The 60’s were the BEST! Join & share your memories, pictures, videos, etc. and enjoy the site.”

Jim has done a great job setting up the group and we should give him a lot of credit for a job well done.

Here are a couple of photos of Jim (yesterday and today):