The Underground in Huntsville April 1975

My brother Richard and I were recently at mom's house in Huntsville, and he found this newsletter while exploring some papers from his days at Grissom High School. This tongue-in-cheek publication seems to be a one-off issue for April Fool's in 1975. But who knows?

The long item on page 1,"Suspenders Snap at Students for Illicit Literature"  includes a call for submissions from students and faculty and mentions "here at Grissom." In the piece on the upper left of the back page, meant to be an acknowledgement of "Our Infectious Staff", the names Tom Watson and Marc Smith are given. Watson was one of Richard's best friends in high school.

Between these two bits of reality, high school humor abounds. Some of it is actually funny. Read and decide for yourself! 

This publication came forth at the old Grissom High School; I've done a blog post on that facility. I've  also written one about April Fool's at Auburn University in 1962. The things these high school and college students of yore get up to!

T

Old Grissom High School in Huntsville

My younger brother Richard graduated from the original Grissom High School in Huntsville in the 1970's. The school opened in 1969 and was named after Virgil "Gus" Grissom, one of three astronauts who died in the Apollo 1 fire at Cape Canaveral in 1967. Other Huntsville schools were named after Ed White and Roger Chaffee. A new Grissom High School opened in August 2017; you can see a number of photos here.

Plans call for the old site to become a community center; some of the old school will be used in the new facility. A new branch library, meeting rooms, a theater, athletic fields and a gym will be included. 

Much of the original school has been demolished. The photos below were taken in August 2019 and show what remains on the site. 

The photos below were taken in the seniors parking lot. I wonder if it or the tiger paw markers will survive.