Do You Remember

Stan Sholar, NASA scientist extraordinaire and CHS '51 graduate, found this great site....featuring the Statler Brothers singing their hit song (about us!)......."Do You Remember These."

Click HERE, turn up the sound...scroll along with the lyrics...and enjoy!

Thanks, Stan!

-Ed

Do You Remember

Stan Sholar, NASA scientist extraordinaire and CHS '51 graduate, found this great site....featuring the Statler Brothers singing their hit song (about us!)......."Do You Remember These."

Click HERE, turn up the sound...scroll along with the lyrics...and enjoy!

Thanks, Stan!

-Ed

Navigating the Site

NOTE: All of the older features, such as the 54 Snip and Cuts and all the reunion pictures, Myrtle Beach Pics, etc.......are still here on the website. However, you have to do some looking to find them. Simply click on one of the stories in the archive box (to the right of each page) and it will take you to another page...with more archives. Keep clicking til you find the story you're looking for.
Voila! (That's one of two French expressions that I remember from Miss Reynold's class. The other one is "la plume de ma t'ant." ....which means something like "My aunt wears a red hat." I've been waiting a long time to use that one.)

Navigating the Site

NOTE: All of the older features, such as the 54 Snip and Cuts and all the reunion pictures, Myrtle Beach Pics, etc.......are still here on the website. However, you have to do some looking to find them. Simply click on one of the stories in the archive box (to the right of each page) and it will take you to another page...with more archives. Keep clicking til you find the story you're looking for.
Voila! (That's one of two French expressions that I remember from Miss Reynold's class. The other one is "la plume de ma t'ant." ....which means something like "My aunt wears a red hat." I've been waiting a long time to use that one.)

Conversation Stoppers

According to the Mecklenberg County Register of Deeds, the most popular names for kids born in 1936 were:

Top 20 Names of Children Born in 1936
Name: Gender: Count:

JAMES M 104
MARY F 95
JOHN M 77
WILLIAM M 77
ROBERT M 64
BARBARA F 60
BETTY F 51
SHIRLEY F 42
CHARLES M 41
NANCY F 40
JERRY M 29
. F 28
GEORGE M 28
MARGARET F 26
THOMAS M 26
DOROTHY F 24


Top 20 Names of Children Born in 2004

Name: Gender: Count:
WILLIAM M 152
JACOB M 121
JOHN M 110
EMMA F 108
JOSHUA M 108
ANDREW M 102
HANNAH F 91
EMILY F 89
ETHAN M 88
MICHAEL M 83
JOSEPH M 83
NICHOLAS M 83
OLIVIA F 82
ASHLEY F 81
JAMES M 80
CHRISTOPHER M 80
MADISON F 79
RYAN M 78
SARAH F 76
CAROLINE F 75

And, your humble award-winning webmaster's point?

I have no point. It's a slow news day.

-Ed

Conversation Stoppers

According to the Mecklenberg County Register of Deeds, the most popular names for kids born in 1936 were:

Top 20 Names of Children Born in 1936
Name: Gender: Count:

JAMES M 104
MARY F 95
JOHN M 77
WILLIAM M 77
ROBERT M 64
BARBARA F 60
BETTY F 51
SHIRLEY F 42
CHARLES M 41
NANCY F 40
JERRY M 29
. F 28
GEORGE M 28
MARGARET F 26
THOMAS M 26
DOROTHY F 24


Top 20 Names of Children Born in 2004

Name: Gender: Count:
WILLIAM M 152
JACOB M 121
JOHN M 110
EMMA F 108
JOSHUA M 108
ANDREW M 102
HANNAH F 91
EMILY F 89
ETHAN M 88
MICHAEL M 83
JOSEPH M 83
NICHOLAS M 83
OLIVIA F 82
ASHLEY F 81
JAMES M 80
CHRISTOPHER M 80
MADISON F 79
RYAN M 78
SARAH F 76
CAROLINE F 75

And, your humble award-winning webmaster's point?

I have no point. It's a slow news day.

-Ed

It's Still There! Almost

In the ongoing effort to serve our CHS54 grads who don't live in Charlotte, the staff here at the CHS54 website recently launched an eye in the sky satellite to check on what's left of our old city.

Our skycam revealed that, much like Francis S. Key's tribute to our flag that "was still there," our old Central High School is "still there." Kinda. It's face looks like it's been worked on by Michael Jackson's plastic surgeon, and it's now called Piedmont mall bar and grill, or Piedmont arts and crafts center.....or something like that.

But.....technically, it's still there! Look closely and you can still see the old music room and the old track and football practice field. I don't think the field house is there any longer, but I did notice that my ' 36 Chevy that I couldn't get started again after I had bragged about "how much better old cars are than new ones..." is still parked on the street beside the school.

Orbiting with the satellite is our own Sam Salamander who is actually taking the pictures with his 1939 Brownie, so if there are any other sites you'd like to see just let me know.

-Your humble award-winning webmaster

It's Still There! Almost

In the ongoing effort to serve our CHS54 grads who don't live in Charlotte, the staff here at the CHS54 website recently launched an eye in the sky satellite to check on what's left of our old city.

Our skycam revealed that, much like Francis S. Key's tribute to our flag that "was still there," our old Central High School is "still there." Kinda. It's face looks like it's been worked on by Michael Jackson's plastic surgeon, and it's now called Piedmont mall bar and grill, or Piedmont arts and crafts center.....or something like that.

But.....technically, it's still there! Look closely and you can still see the old music room and the old track and football practice field. I don't think the field house is there any longer, but I did notice that my ' 36 Chevy that I couldn't get started again after I had bragged about "how much better old cars are than new ones..." is still parked on the street beside the school.

Orbiting with the satellite is our own Sam Salamander who is actually taking the pictures with his 1939 Brownie, so if there are any other sites you'd like to see just let me know.

-Your humble award-winning webmaster