Carrboro Elementary: Mrs. Fishman's 5th Grade Class
From the treasure chest of Paula Wright Pressley
Mrs. Fishman's 5th Grade Class at Carrboro Elementary School
On a Field Trip to Long Meadow Dairy
Dec. 15, 1964
Roll Call
Back Row: Mrs Fishman Grade Mothers: Mrs. Downey, Mrs. Edna Lloyd, Mrs. Moore
Middle Rows: Lucy McMahan Mays (behind Marvin), Willie Johnson, Kay Pendergraph Tapp (behind Willie) ,Unk, Frankie Suttles, Paula Wright Pressley, Warren Womble, Susan Downie, Kenny Mann, Pam Cheek Wagoner, Richard Watts, Unk, David Williams, Nancy Atwater Heaton, Kathy Jewell Firth, Unk, Emily Carnes
Front Row: Beverly Sturdivant Martinez, Marvin Cheek (head between Beverly and Mike), Mike Smith, Janet Clark Wood, Carolyn McGhee RIP, Chris Riggsbee, Keith Caraway, Kenny Hewitt, Jerry Ashworth (head between Kenny and Ronald), Ronald Colville, Steve Barbee RIP, Judy Petty, Sherry Moore, Sheryl Lloyd
For another of the many Twin Spins "Where Are They Now?" looks in on the Caldwell brothers. David and Larry's Father, David Caldwell Sr., was the first African-American Police officer hired in Chapel Hill. Both played standout basketball and football throughout their school days and were admired and respected for their character and leadership off the field as well.
It's another Triple Play! This trifecta from the class of 1972 is the Council siblings. Mildred and Joe Council had eight children in all including the Class of '72's own Joe, Lane and Bon. These three Councils are or have all been involved in Mama Dip's Country Cooking Restaurant from its very beginnings as a small take out shack on North Graham Street. On a Sunday in November 1976 Mama Dip (Mildred Council) opened her restaurant with $64, $40 dollars went toward food and $24 was used to make change. The morning's take was used to fund the lunch meal and lunch to fund the dinner. At the end of the day Mama Dip took home $135, and the rest is history.
Do you still get in the kitchen very much?
Mildred Council: Yeah, I do some, you know. I don’t do a lot because now I just can't get around that much. But Della is right there and has been here 27 years, you know, and on her 28th year, and she can do everything back there. And my daughter, Lane, is back there. And then [my son] Joe, the baker ...
Joseph Nathan Council Jr.
Native Son: 13 January 1952
Joe left school after 9th grade and went to work. He makes his home in Pittsboro these days and works in the kitchen at Mama Dip's.
David Louis Caldwell Jr.
David has raised five children and still lives in the same neighborhood in Chapel Hill that he grew up in. So far David has been too busy with more pressing matters than to grant an interview for this chapter of "WATN?".
These days David and his neighbors have their hands full addressing the needs of their neighborhood. Check it out. They have been and are getting a raw deal and they are doing something about it. In the first article it's David voice narrating. David has been nominated for a Chappee Award.
David's Neighborhood Under Seige
Community Organizer
Chapel Hill, NC
Food & Beverages Professional
BA Recreation Admin.
N. C. Central University
Class of 1976
CH Police Officer
(Retired)
Savior of Damsels in Distress
BakerMama Dip's
Country Cooking Restaurant
School of Hard Knocks
Heartbreaker
Sandra Elaine Council
Native Daughter: 24 July 1954
CHHS Vanguard
Lane has worked all the positions at Mama Dip's for years. These days she focuses on cooking and the catering gigs. She lives in Durham.
April 27, 2011
Seven slated for CHHS/Lincoln hall of fame
INDUCTION SLATED FOR SATURDAY EVENING AT CHAPEL HILL HIGH SCHOOL
BY W.E. WARNOCK, CHN SPORTS EDITOR
CHAPEL HILL - Sherry Norris, who has guided Chapel Hill High School teams to state championships in both girls basketball and volleyball, will lead a group of seven new members into the CHHS / Lincoln High School Athletics Hall of Fame this weekend.
Six former players are scheduled for induction into the hall: David Caldwell (basketball and football); Caroline Hill (tennis), Jerry Neville (football & track), Tony Riggsbee (football & basketball), Subir Roy (football and basketball), Chris Saffelle (football and track).
Caldwell, who played collegiate ball at N.C. Central, is the second member of the CHHS basketball class of 1972 to reach the hall, which includes a display of trophies and other mementoes outside the main entrance to the CHHS main gym. He will join Vadnay Cotton, who went on to become a top scorer at Howard. ...
Larry Torain Caldwell
Larry did a tour in the Marines. Like many in his family he took up law enforcement. Depending on who you ask Larry recently retired after serving more than 30 years as a police officer with either the NC Highway Patrol or the UNC Department of Public Safety or both. As soon as Larry checks in "WATN?" will update this episode.
Hack for Hire
NC Central University
Class of 1979
US Marine Corps
Officer NC Hwy Patrol
(retired)
This just in: Free lance reporter Bill Culton reported sighting Larry picking up Richard Drogos in his cab! Funny idea on the meaning of retirement. MacEntyre Videos catches up with Larry at the August steering committee meeting.
Michael Warren Smith
CHHS Vanguard
North Carolina Highway Patrol. Michael did a stint in the Navy as a submarine. Mike also worked with NASCAR for a while.
Beverly Kaye Sturdivant-Martinez
Yet another classmate that "Where are They Now?" has located in Chapel Hill/Carrboro. Kaye lives in Carrboro and works for the Chapel Hill/Carrboro City Schools at Grey Culbreth Middle School as a media specialist. Kaye reports she traded in her first husband for a younger, sleeker foreign model~ Luis. She has one grown son, Tyler.
Cook
Caterer
Mama Dip's
Country Cooking Restaurant
Julia Yvonne Council Smith
Native Daughter: 11 June 1953
CHHS Vanguard
Julia goes by the handle Bon these days. "WATN?" had its hands full getting Julia to slow down long enough for an interview. Bon branched out from Dip's and started her own business as a personal chef for special occasions. She has a daughter, Tori.
Bon got on board CHHS Reunion boat early. As a member of the Reunion Steering Committee and now the LOC her experience in food and beverage and at pulling off events like this has proven invaluable. Bon also delivered the contact information for over 30 classmates placing her 3rd behind Phil Webster and "the man" for anyone who's keeping track.
Personal Chef
Jet Setter
Julia, Joey, Tori, Lauen, Victoria
From Esau: Peggy had moved into a rental house with some friends that were students at UNC, Brian and Bill. It was a big white house at 110 North Graham Street in the summer of 1976. One weekend that November they noticed some goings on across the street and they came came back with what was probably one of Mrs. Council's first sales. Julia and one of her sisters were working the register and cooking. I remember it being strictly take out at the time. Brian and Bill became quite popular at Dip's as we picked up a lot of our meals there and often, early in the morning, they walked across the street barefoot in nothing but their white boxer shorts to get a couple of Pepsi's and good southern cooking to deal with a hangover. Who would have guessed?
David Neil Kirkman
David is keeping lawyers over a three state area busy defending scam artists. The write up for this chapter "WATN?" is borrowed from Kirkman's online family tree. Dave has been nominated to receive a prestigious Chappee Award to be presented out at the reunion.
NC Attorney General
Consumer Protection
Paula Wright Pressley
CHHS Vanguard
Paula and Billy may have the longest marriage going out of the '72 class (38 years) from which sprang two daughters, Crystal and Courtney, and two granddaughters. They live in Zebulon and love to hit the trail on their horses whenever possible.
Administrative Staff
38 Years of Happy Trails
Davidson College
Class of 1976
UNC School of Law~1979
One of the Kirkman family’s most eminent late 20th century personalities is David Neil Kirkman of Chapel Hill, NC, a North Carolina Assistant Attorney General who is the scourge of con artists, swindlers and tricksters. He’s the Tarheel State’s "Mr. Consumer Fraud." In the world of crime he is simply known as "The AG Man". David’s forte is tracking down and prosecuting scammers, home repair cheats and hustlers who prey on the poor, elderly and disadvantaged.
During the past 12 years, he has become North Carolina’s foremost expert on consumer racketeering. He’s best known for coordinating a task force of 36 law enforcement agencies that smashed a multi-million, Maryland-to-Florida home repair scheme which mostly preyed on the elderly. Sixty con men were indicted and all but one convicted. He then drafted North Carolina’s 1997 telemarketing law which many states are emulating. He was appointed a North Carolina Attorney General in 1987.
David married the former Debra Skinner of Marshfield, MO, after an unusual courtship. Debra was involved in a three-car accident in Chapel Hill and the two drivers who mangled her car refused to pay damages. David sued in Debra’s behalf, won the suit, and shared a victory dinner with her which blossomed into romance. David credits Debra with getting him involved in his astonishing avocation: mountain hiking.
From Mike Esau:
It's a funny 'ol world. I remember when David was working at the gas station at Eastgate across from WCHL in the summer of 1970. I had to go in there all the time to put brake fluid in the blue green '53 Chevy I bought from Mark Powell for $50.00. One day I made off with a gallon of brake fluid while Dave was distracted but later he sold me five pounds of"racing air" at twenty cents a pound. Hard to say who came out ahead.
David Kirkman with the "Rest of the Story":
Funny indeed! Mike doesn't realize all the ways that Reid Moore and I got him back for that expensive gallon of brake fluid. There were multiple times when we told Mike he was low on oil, then poured "oil" from an empty oil can into his engine and charged him 95 cents. It's so easy to scam a scammer.
Paula has been, is and will be one of the driving forces in getting this gathering together. She was a valuable member that volunteered for the original Reunion Steering Committee in April and continues as a member of the LOC. From everything this "WATN?" reporter can gather, the reunion bank could not be in better hands. Paula's other full time job is as a member of the Administrative Staff at Petway Mills & Pearson, PA.
Crystal, Billy, Paula, Courtney
Twin Spin. Alice and Carlyle are siblings. Sadly, the flip side to this twin spin, Carlyle Greg DeGraffenreidt, passed away in 2006.
Alice DeGraffenreidt McClain
Child Nutrition Services
Alice hails from Durham these days with three daughters and their children to keep her busy~ Serphina, Decie and Kicoma and five grandchildren.
Serphina, Kay Kay, Alice
Evangaline Carey Jones
CHHS Vanguard
This episode of "WATN?" takes us back to Washington D.C. You could call Evie another early graduate by a slightly different route as she skipped 4th grade. The reunion outreach owes a special thanks to Evie for her help in locating about a dozen of our classmates.
BA Duke
Class of 1976
M.A.
The University of Chicago ,
Juris Doctorate
University of Texas .
Evie: I've had several different jobs in law, teaching and nonprofit organizations. I devoted most of my adult life to being a full time mother of four. I'm currently working in the nonprofit sector at a public policy organization.
Maybe we can keep interest going by posting photos and stories about our class ... maybe inviting those who aren't coming to share with us something of what they would have had they been able to attend: photos, memories of high school, updates on their lives, etc.
As you probably know, "Evie" is a nickname. At a slumber party in 9th grade at my house, my mother called out "Evangiline" and Irene Treml, not knowing my actual name, replied, "She isn't here!".
Interesting Facts:
1) Evie was on the 1972 Hill Life staff, yet somehow her picture did not make the final run.
2) Evie was one of about a half dozen classmates born outside the US in Jordan (Rebel Umphlett~Germany, KANEDA Maru~Japan, Kirsten Wilhelmson~Denmark, Jean-Paul Minod~Luxembourg, Tom Loddengarrd~Afghanistan, Alicia Fernandez~Mexico, Wicca Paull Jampolsky Davidson~Montreal, Canada, Heiner & Margot Lieth~Germany).
John MacEntyre Allen
Native Son: 18 July 1954
CHHS Vanguard
MacEntyre is married with one daughter and makes his home in Jamestown, NC. He has been instrumental in providing support and brainstorming ideas at the steering committe meetins held over the summer. In hunting down MacEntyre the outreach team came across several businesses Mac had started up but were no longer in operation. Mike Sanford eventually located Mac and things have not been the same since.
Venture Capitalist
Salvador, Chan, Kicoma, Maria, Cary(brother), Alice, Allison, Pamala, Kikoma
Martha Karen Cansler
Native Daughter: 24 February 1954
Artist
NC School of the Arts HS
Art School
Graphic Designer
Film and Computer Animator
Funeral Director/Embalmer
Miracle and Inspiration
Martha Cansler. Give it up to Wicca for finding Martha. After former "WATN?" employee Mike Esau spent hours and hours of fruitless searches in phone and address data bases; Wicca simply googled "Martha Cansler" and 'Voilá'; Martha and her husband, Danny Rosenberg, living in Portland, Oregon.
Esau: These "Where Are They Now?" episodes are a lot of fun. Then we come across a story that transcends the whole deal, knocks your socks off. Martha is a shoo-in for a Chappee Awardbetter known in the industry as a "Holy Cow".
Since "being found" in plain sight Martha has really gotten into the swing of things by helping to locate several classmates from back in the day, sending in newspaper stories and other memoribila all the way back to elementary school days
From Martha:
I remember a little about Skip, but haven't kept up with him. Curiously, I did hear about where he is recently. I have a dear cousin who is schizophrenic. Last time I was in Chapel Hill she was telling me about a clubhouse (Nova Club) they have for folks with similar problems and she mentioned Skip...that he worked there.
Another guy I've always wondered about was named Danny Miller. He was going with a girl named Phoebe that I really liked, too.
Oh, well, I lead a very quiet life now, albeit an insanely busy one. I'm currently working like a maniac on a bunch of educational materials for mortuary colleges. I had to quit my job as a funeral director. It was a VERY hard job. People assume it's the sad stuff that gets you ... yeah, that can be a challenge, but what kills you is the physical stuff. I had to be available at all hours of the day and night and to pick up folks where ever they died. You don't think about it, but some
poor soul has to gently carry that 300 lb fellow who's died on the floor in a back room in a mobile home with no ramps out to a van and cart them away. It was back breaking and I was always just barely averting a physical disaster. Sooner or later my luck would have run out. So now I'm using my design skills (much better than my weight lifting skills) and my mortuary knowledge to help students out and I stand to make a tidy living at it. The amusing thing to me is this: who
thinks that someday they'll grow up and be the world's greatest designer of funeral education materials? I love the lunacy of that...
I wound up going to the NC School of the Arts and I
occasionally see a student I went to school with in some part in a TV show or something (she was a drama/acting major) Her name is Jeanetta Arnette - I haven't spoken to her since 1972, but I do see her. It's been fun getting Jeanetta sightings. I can gauge how old I must look by seeing how old Jeanetta looks. I've seen her on a soccer field with Rodney Dangerfield, on a Star Trek space ship, holding onto an iceberg in the Potomac River after a plane crash and being a harried nurse in a NYC hospital. Ain't life marvelously absurd?
Best wishes
M
Independent Documentarist
and Film Maker
MacEntyre was busy making videos documenting the run up to the return of the brothers and sisters from back in the day to Chapel Hill next Memorial Day weekend. The first two seasons of CHHS 72 Videos received rave reviews. Nothing more has been uploaded to YouTube. There are rumors swirling concerning the lull in this very popular show and supposed bad blood between "WATN?" and Mac.
Dagny Taggart's statement to the press (Owner/President of "WATN?" Studios): "There is no truth to the rumor that "WATN?" has been ordered by the Federal Communications Commision or NC Attorney General D. Kirkman to profile MacEntyre. I instructed J. Galt to cover as many Class of '72 alumni as possible regardless of circumstances. Mac's CHHS 72 Videos are a great distraction to supplement what we have going on here. There is also no truth to the rumor that we tried to buy him out."
MacEntyre's response: "Who is John Galt?"
John Blair Embree Burch
On the surface, CHHS alumnus Dr. John Burch appears to be the Scientific Review Officer for the Cellular Mechanisms in Aging and Development Study Section in NIH, someone we could definitely use for this shindig.
The more time we spent shooting this episode the more mysterious things became. He is all over the Internet as being in high level government meetings behind closed doors. Hmmm
Who is John Burch, really? The name and associated picture appear all over the world as attending "meetings behind closed doors". "WATN?" has unearthed several possible aliases attached to the man behind the glasses including John B. E. Burch, John B. Eburch and John B. Nyborg. And lately, evidence that ties him to the "Goose" Family Syndicate has surfaced.
Scientific Review Officer
Cell Biology
Bach. of Science
Brown University
Class of 1976
Ph.D. in biochemistry
UCLA
More from the man claiming to be John:
I did my postdoctoral from 1981to 1985; at the Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle. Then as a faculty member at Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA worked in developmental biology, molecular biology and molecular genetics (what could be more fun?)
I married Ingrid Nyborg who has worked for The Nature Conservancy since 1990. We have a daughter, Erika.
My wife and I enjoy living in DC where we can walk to the metro, cafes, bookstores, etc. After many years in the suburbs of Philly complete with dog, cat, yard, gardens, etc., we seriously downsized (still renting storage space in Philly) and moved to the city after Erika graduated from college.
Is David Kirkman part of the cover story for "John"?: "I've kept in touch with John. He's a Big Dog at the National Institutes of Health just outside of Washington, DC., a Major League scientist. He has a nice family. They are all very smart, of course. John had a really good camera in H.S. and I bet he's got some great photos of us somewhere. Come to think of it, he's got my slides of several of us re-enacting Homer's "The Odyssey" in the halls of Guy B. Phillips. Great photos of Jackie Pascarella as Penelope, Goose Waters as one of the evil suiters, Mrs. Harry as one of the Sirens, Mr. I.C. Yagle as the Cyclops. Burch, of course, was Odysseus."
William Elliot Warnock Jr.
Native Son: 7 July 1954
CHHS Vanguard
Elliot is the second of the newspapermen from the '72 class. He strings for the Chapel Hill News reporting and opining on local and statewide sports. Elliot and his wife, Shannon, are living the dream right there on Davie Circle.
Chapel Hill News
AB Journalism
UNC at Chapel Hill
Class of 1976
Governor's Executive Management Program
This week's "Photo Caption" Contest
Mark Langden Ayer
"WATN?" once again delves into the world of the veterinary sciences and animal care with Mark Ayer. Mark was an Eagle Scout from Troop 9 along with Fred de Friess.
It's all right here: AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY
[Excerpt]
I grew up in Chapel Hill. NC. At the time, it looked like Barbie’s college town. It wasn’t pink, but it sure was precious. As a teen, I started having some problems. It seems I have some mental malfunctions that can be troublesome (see The Wack) ... Things began to get difficult for me. My mother was in a quandary and did the only thing she could think of. She had me committed to Butner, the state mental hospital; a situation that came to be viewed as a farce by the staff. I languished there for about a year, in a peculiar brand of hell that defies succinct analogies. Eventually I was rescued by a dedicated psychologist ...
I graduated from the NC School of the Arts High School with a focus on visual arts. After one year in art college, I went to work in the graphic arts, where I learned all the lettering skills that show up in my personal art work ... I moved to NYC to pursue a career in animation. I worked in film, and later computer animation, for over 20 years, ...I moved to Portland, OR in 1986 ...Eight years ago I gave up my media career with a desire for more meaningful work. After several years of training, I’m working part-time as a licensed funeral director and embalmer ...
You can't make this s*** up!!!
Marsha Michelle Edwards
Marsha has dedicated her life to helping others through nursing. She became involved in her profession through her innate willingness to care for and nurture others, which she learned from her grandmother. She lives and works in Durham. She has one son, Christian and has plans of soon publishing a book. Her fans can't wait to read it.
Clinical Nurse II
Duke University
BS Nursing
NC Central University Class of 1977
MS Health System Leadership and Outcome
Duke ~2001
Marsha likes to relax in her spare time by refurbishing furniture, sewing, catching up on her reading and travelling.
George Foster Melton
This episode might be better titled "Where In The Hell Are They Now?" George is happily married to Mary and they live in Fort Collins, Colorado when they are not helping the farmers of Afghanistan.
Agricultural Adviser
USDA-FAS-PRT
Mazur~E Sharif,
Afghanistan
BS Soil Science & ForestryNC State University
Class of 1976
MS Public Education
University of Kansas
AB Chemistry & Zoology | School of Arts & Sciences
UNC at Chapel Hill
Class of 1975
MS Veterinary Sciences
NC State University
Doctor Veterinary Medicine
Iowa State University
Mr. Galt,
I don't have a clue what you are looking for. I attended 3 universities and got degrees (UNC, NCSU, and Iowa State) as I was on the bankrupt the parents collegiate plan. I spent a year in Charlotte, 8 years as an associate vet in High Point and now own a 2 1/2 man small animal practice, the Archdale Animal Clinic in Archdale (Archdale is to High Point what Carrboro is to Chapel Hill).
Unmarried, I am into golf, dupllicate bridge and getting out of town every now and then. Hope all is well with you and I'll see you in May.
Mark L. Ayer
Marsha Michele Gallagher Stallings
Michele came to Chapel Hill from Greensboro in 6th grade. After graduating she tried working in several fields always returning to retail sales. She has been a manger with Hudson Belk for over fifteen years and recently transferred to the Hudson Belk @ Cary Towne. Michele has raised one son, Drew, who just did a stint in the Marines including a tour in Afghanistan and has started college.
Small world: Michele comes to find out one of her sales associates is none other than Tori Smith, Julia Council Smith's daughter. "WATN?" was unable to get get either Michele or Tori to speak on or off the record concerning Julia.
Manager
Hudson Belk
Mr Galt,
I'm working in Afghanistan this year and can’t arrange to be in Chapel Hill for the reunion. I really wanted to be there. I’ll stay in touch and want to thank Michael for tracking me down. I've included a few pictures of the area. I’m the Anglo guy in the rug market. ~~George
You can't make this shit up!!!
Lawrence Craig Lindahl
Larry left to attend Durham Academy as part of the Class of '72 and returned as a member of the Class of '73. Durham Academy would do that to a student. He moved to California with his family and lived there for a time and now is back in the area living in Hillsborough. Larry has generously donated some of his handcrafted belts and jewelry to be sold on site to raise funding for the reunion.
Dental Technician
Durham Tech CC
Master Ceramist
California CC
at Santa Barbara
Jewelry Artisan
Rock n Roller
3 point machine
Restaurant/Food Service Industry
Flipping Houses
This is the get up that Marcia says she wore for inspiration when looking for classmates in the Little Bo Peep Contest. It must have worked since she won. Marsha found over 15 brothers and sisters from back in the day since March, 2011. Baaaa !!!
Gregory Scott Foushee
Native Son: 7 January 1954
CHHS Vanguard
Lawrence Craig Jewelry Designs
Hillsborough, NC
Phone: (919) 619-6301
Lawrence Craig designs unique jewelry. He incorporates conventional silversmithing techniques as well as lost-wax techniques in his designs. His earrings and necklaces are primarily crafted from silver, bronze, and copper. He also has extensive experience using gold due to his involvement in the dental profession as a certified dental technician and Master Ceramist since 1979. Check it out here.
Greg just moved from Falls Church, VA to Laurel, MD. We may have lost contact. If you can reach Greg, ask him to check in.
GregoryFoushee@yahoo.com
Gary Herion Delivers From The Sports Beat
This photo was taken in 1969 when Chapel Hill Pony League All-Stars went to a tournament in Greensboro. I remember David Lane pitched on of the games and we won. I remember because the last out was a rountine fly ball to me in center field.
Batting Order
Back row: Dick Tyndall~coach, David Lane, Shawn Slome, Mark Kozel, David Kolbinsky, David Poythress, Alan Roberson, Dusty Butler, Robbie Edgar, John Herion~assistant coach, Jan Storey, Steve Bawden, Mr. Kassaris~coach
Front Row: Robbie Coulter, Gary Herion, Ray Craft, David Canada, Andy Kozel, Andy Brown, Al Ward, Nat Tyndall
Ace Reporter, Martha Cansler, delivers another blast from the past
These are the four sixth grade classes (1965-66) from Estes Hills with Peggy Spivey Hackney taking part in the North Carolina Symphony Workshop for teachers directed by Adeline McCall.
Express Yourself
John Galt is all the way back in the top left hand corner.
Column one: moving towards back from Danny Miller (laying in front of Ms. Hackney), who is behind Danny?, Martha Wall (in her girl scout uniform), Devon Schneider, Is that Kevin Taylor holding up the imaginary giant beach ball?
Next column: who is the kid with the back of his head to us?, Is that David Lane laying in front of Martha?, Martha Cansler (front and center reaching for the sky), Is that Michael Esau praying toJanet Tysinger?, behind Janet is Al Ward doing his best zombie imitation, C.B. Everts is to the right of Esau, Is that Caroline Smith to the right of C.B. with her left arm extended?, at the end of that extended arm is Peter Hardy on one knee
Mark Suskin is the one kneeling in the bottom right hand corner.
Can you identify anyone else?