Myrtle Samples:  

CLASS OF 1953
Canton High SchoolClass of 1953
Canton, GA

Myrtle's Story

OKAY, YOU ASKED FOR MY STORY, SO HERE IT IS - HOPE YOU WON'T BE BORED TO DEATH - GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1953 FROIM CANTON HIGH - ( YOU KNOW THAT ALREADY) - MY FIRST JOB WAS IN THE OFFICE OF THE CHICKEN PLANT ( DO YOU REMEMBER THE CHICKEN PLANT?) - ONLY WORKED THERE SIX MONTHS AND A JOB BECAME AVAILABLE WITH THE LAW FIRM OF WOOD & TALLANT - IIF YOU ARE OLD, YOU WILL REMEMBER THEM, IF NOT YOU WON'T. WORKED THERE FOR FOUR YEARS (MARRIED JOHN SAMPLES FROM ALPHARETTA IN 1956) HE THOUGHT I COULD MAKE MORE MONEY IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA SO HE CARRIED ME DOWN THERE - I GOT THE JOB WITH A LARGE LAW FIRM (SMITH, FIELD, DOREMUS AND RINGEL) - RICHARD CARR WAS THE SON-IN-LAW OF MR. DOREMUS. I WORKEWD THERE IOFF AND ON UNTIL MY CHILDREN WERE BIORN - STAYED AT HOME TEN YEARS UNTIL MY CHILDREN WERE IN SCHOOL - HAD TWO CHILDREN - DWAYNE AND LISA - DWAYNE IS A CPA; LISA WENT TO SCHOOL ON A BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIP - SHE PLAYED BALL FOR TRUITT McCONNELL AND UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (MONTGOMERY) - THE FIRST TIME I EVER FLEW IN A PLANE - WE FLEW TO KANSAS TO SEE HER PLAY BALL IN THE NATIONAL TOURNAMWENT (THEY DIDN'T WIN IT. ) WHEN LISA WAS 12, I GOT A JOB WITH BOVIS, KYLE & BURCH, A LAW FIRM AT PERIMETER MALL. I WORKED FOR THEM UNTIL I RETIRED IN 1995. JOHN H...Expand for more
AD RETIRED THE YEAR BEFORE, SO WE HAVE JUST BEEN HOME ENJOYING OUR GRANDCHILDREN EVER SINCE. DWAYNE HAD TWO CHILDREN (EVAN - HE GRADUATES FROM AUBURN IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, AND BAILEY - SHE GRADUATES FROM ROSWELL HIGH SCHOOL IN MAY, AND PLANS TO GO TO AUBURN IN THE FALL. LISA HAD TWO KIDS - ASHTON AND CARSON (REMEMBER LISA WENT TO SCHOOL ON A BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIP) - (ASHTON DIDN'T HAVE AN ATHLETIC BONE IN HER BODY - SHE EVENTUALLY TOOK UP CLOGGING AND IS VERY GOOD AT IT )- CARSON WAS BORN WITH A BALL IN HIS HAND - HE LOVES BALLS - ANY KIND - LISA IS COACHING HIS LITTLE 6TH GRADE TEAM AT THIS TIIME - THEY ARE PLAYING IN THE TOURNAMENT NOIW - THEY ARE DOING VERY WELL - WE DON'T EXPECT THEM TO WIN IT BUT THEY ARE DOING WELL - THEY PLAY THEIIR THIRD GAME TONIGHT - HOPEFULLY THEY WILL WIN THAT ONE. ANYWAY, THAT'S ABOUT ALLL I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT ME - HOPE SOME OF YOU WILL RESPOND AND TELL ME WHAT YOU ARE UP TO NOW - JOYCE BAILEY AND JACK HESTER, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. MAS WE WON THE CHEROKEE COUNTY BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT THREE YEARS IN A ROW - TRAMMELL CARMICHAEL WAS OUR COACH.
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