tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005543662967756662.post4177973141302595698..comments2008-08-18T16:59:37.881-05:00Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05840479818099362754noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005543662967756662.post-8171155208485266992008-08-18T16:59:00.000-05:002008-08-18T16:59:00.000-05:00Aaron,<BR/>I too hated to see the gym and auditorium come down. I don't have a lot of great memories of playing sports in there, but I remember the back hallways that we'd take to get to art class. Remember that? I loved the stairs and the turns in the hallways (I don't think the hallways were straight, where they?) I would sometimes get lost while I was exploring back there. But that's what I loved about those buildings. And of course the good times we had in the auditorium. Remember seeing the high school play Holly Matchet while we were in middle school? They took the name of the musical group Molly Hatchet and transposed the first letters. I don't remember what grade we were in but I remember the high school kids making a big deal over that play. And did we watch "Where the Red Fern Grows" in there? I remember Mrs. Averitt read that book to us in our 5th grade reading class. Seems like we had to watch the movie in the auditorium too. That class was where I met Kristy Evans and we became friends. Kristy was always applying lip gloss! Good times...<BR/>Kathy Flynt JamesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005543662967756662.post-60183371522610136122008-08-16T12:47:00.000-05:002008-08-16T12:47:00.000-05:00Thanks Melissa, that's interesting. My papaw helped build one of the buildings on that campus... either the gym or the old agri building. Seems that he lost his watch sometime during the construction and believes it's somewhere in the foundation of the building.<BR/>Good memories!Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05840479818099362754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005543662967756662.post-23046473796883470422008-08-16T11:17:00.000-05:002008-08-16T11:17:00.000-05:00Hey Aaron, here's a bit of my family history with Kelly-Williams Gym. (And personally I do remember having P.E.--my most dreaded class--in that building. I remember thinking it would fall in on us at any moment!) I was always told that the building was partly named after Dr. O.R. Kelly who was married to my papaw's 1st cousin Ellen Forrester Kelly. Though I never knew Dr. Kelly, I've seen some of his medical items in the Grant Co. museum. I have fond memories of visiting Cousin Ellen's house on Oak St. near the high school. Before I started kindergarten, my mom and I would pile in the car and head down to Sheridan from East End to see my brother and sister in the homecoming parades which always passed by Cousin Ellen's house. I don't know the people who live there now, but I noticed that they have a "National Register" marker on the house. I used to love playing with all the cool antique toys she had tucked away there. Guess I was always meant to be a history nerd. Melissa NesbittAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com