Gene's responses to the questionnaire:
1. Current name you go by.
Gene Dammon
2. If you are a female, please include your maiden name while in school.
n/a
3. Did you have a nickname in high school and if so what was it?
no
4. Your email address. If you have more than one, give only the one you
want to be published online. The email address page will be password
protected online but please only include one email address.
genesan@ev1.net
5. Where do you live? City and State please.
Port Neches, Texas
6. Your occupation or if you are retired, what was your occupation?
retired accountant
7. If you are retired, what are you doing now?
writing, being Grandpa, teaching Bible study
8. Your hobbies and/or pastimes.
writing, reading, gardening
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9. How many children do you have and where do they live?
three: Johnny in Nacogdoches, Debby in Port Neches, Becky in
Orangefield
10. How many grandchildren do you have?
Emily, Erin, John; Jordan, Haley, Isaac; Robby, Carly (eight total)
11. Did you hold an office while in high school, participate in sports,
the band, the Hussars, etc.?
Cheerleader in 56-57, JCL, Treasurer
12. What were your aspirations when you were in high school?
Have fun, be cool
13. Did you accomplish most of the goals you set for yourself back then
or did you alter your direction?
High school was a blast; reality bit fast
14. What was your favorite song during your high school days?
Loved all R&R, R&B
15. What was your favorite movie back then?
The Thing
16. What were your favorite hangouts? i.e. The Beehive, the movies,
the drive in, Pleasure Pier, the skating rink on 9th Ave, etc.
The drag; Don Drive-In
17. Do you have photos of any of these events?
Only in my mind
18. What was your favorite subject in high school and why?
Lunch. We would jump in a car and go to the Cue Ball Club and
shoot pool while we ate our lunches
19. Who was your favorite teacher or was there a teacher who inspired
you?
Several tried, but I resisted
20. What was your most embarrassing moment or your worst nightmare
during high school years?
Chemistry with Charles McBee.
21. Where did you meet your mate if you are married? (not necessary
to include previous mates if you are divorced or separated).
I met Sue Carol at TJHS and we got engaged in HS.
22. Do you know of any classmates who are deceased? If so, please relay
the information so it can be added to our memorial page.
J.L. Nickleson (JL was a close friend of mine too, he is already in our
site on the Memorial page)
23. What are your favorite websites. Please list no more than three and
please no “Adult” sites.
n/a
24. If you could change history, what would you do differently if
anything at all? Keep it brief and you do not have to share, you don’t
have to have anything you would do differently either.
I would take HS more seriously, learn how to study, and date every
girl in our class
25. If you could go anywhere in the world and be any thing you wanted
to be at this stage of the game, where would you go and what would you
do and why?
I would be here, married to Sue, enjoying my family
26. If you could go back to our high school days, which year would you
go back to and why? Considering our high school days were 1954 to 1958
including Woodrow Wilson Jr. High years.
(no reply)
27. Is there anything in particular you would like to see on this website?
Good Job, Bigler (Gosh thanks!)
28. Do you have any photos of yourself then and now? If you don’t know
how to scan or don’t have a scanner, would you be willing to send copies
of the photos so I can scan them for use in the website?
(no reply)
29. How computer literate are you? Do you need help with any of this
computer stuff? I won’t mind helping.
(no reply)
30. What is your favorite color, number, and movie of all time?
Blue, three, "Revolution" (Al Pacino, Natasha Kinski)
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