{"id":1589,"date":"2023-08-14T18:16:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T18:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/?page_id=1589"},"modified":"2024-10-21T17:15:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T17:15:59","slug":"class-of-1964-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/index.php\/class-of-1964-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Class of 1964"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1589\" class=\"elementor elementor-1589\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c8ddeb6 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"c8ddeb6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a5337e\" data-id=\"6a5337e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-feefb6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"feefb6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 22-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1964<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-57bd6e6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"57bd6e6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f95719\" data-id=\"4f95719\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ddf5c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7ddf5c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 22-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"638\" height=\"261\" src=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/flyingA.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1667\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/flyingA.png 638w, https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/flyingA-300x123.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b9f850d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b9f850d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fa1c998\" data-id=\"fa1c998\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6efcc8e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6efcc8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">THE FLYING A\nBy\nJim Freeman<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a09070c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a09070c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a9844f\" data-id=\"5a9844f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ac4b99 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ac4b99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 22-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0 As everyone probably knows, our Class\u2019s gift to Avondale High School was the famous \u201cFlying A\u201d. It was a work of art, crafted of blue and white mosaic tiles by a local artistic glass shop in Avondale Estates (Llorens Glass Company, I believe). As with all such projects, there first has to be a plan. My contribution to this effort was to design the Flying A and make the drawing that would be used to make the finished product. Lucky for me, at that time I was taking a Mechanical Drawing class which was taught by Coach Bobby Allen. I had taken this class as a sophomore, when it was taught by Coach Collins, but when I became a senior, I needed another class to fill up my day, so I decided to take Mechanical Drawing again, sort of as a refresher, and to enhance my drafting skills. Anyway, apparently someone on the Flying A Committee must have been familiar with my drafting talent, so I was asked if I would be interested in designing the Flying A. Of course, I accepted, and came up with the design drawing that was used by the glass shop to make the Flying A. Since that was a half century ago, I honestly don\u2019t remember how and when the Flying A was presented to the school. My guess is that it would have taken place during an assembly just before we graduated. What I do recall is that the Flying A somehow made an untimely disappearance from its place of prominence, high up on the exterior front wall of the gym, where it had hung for only two or there years. The legend was (although never proved) that some hooligans from our arch rival over in Decatur somehow removed it from the gym and absconded with it to parts unknown. I don\u2019t believe it was ever recovered, or was it?\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); color: var(--ast-global-color-3);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); color: var(--ast-global-color-3);\">\u00a0 \u00a0 Fast forward to 2006, out of the blue one day, I received a call from Stephanie Strand Blomeyer. She recalled that I had designed the original Flying A, so when she learned that someone else wanted to give the school a new \u201cA\u201d, she called to see if I might be interested in participating in the project by designing a new one. I truly felt honored to be offered this opportunity, so I eagerly accepted the task. I figured that the original drawing that I had made 42 years earlier had long since been destroyed or lost, so I started looking around for a \u201cmodel\u201d that I could use for the new version. The best and only one that I could put my hands on was in the gold seal that is on the front of the 1964 \u201cAvonues\u201d. From that small image, I scaled the Flying A up to a size that would be suitable for viewing from Clarendon Avenue in front of the gym. Also, for this design, I decided to utilize a \u201cComputer Aided Design\/Drafting\u201d program (AutoCAD) to make the drawings from which the Flying A would be made. Having only limited amounts of spare time available for working on the drawings, it took a couple of weeks to finish them. When I finally had the drawings completed, I emailed them to Perry Stringer, who was the organizer of the new Flying A project. He and Flem Mitchell took the drawings to a plastics shop where the new Flying A was made from a thick sheet of Lexan, and painted Avondale blue with a white border. On December 21, 2006, Perry, Flem and I made the presentation of the Flying A to the school in a small ceremony in the gym. A couple of days later the Flying A was mounted on the front wall of the gym, in about the same location where the original had once been. I took some photos, one when it was on display in the gym ceremony, and a few more on December 24 just after it was installed.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b1fc938 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b1fc938\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-832db0b\" data-id=\"832db0b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3a18a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d3a18a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-165911.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1668\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-165911.png 724w, https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-165911-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-78bd87a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"78bd87a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b57110d\" data-id=\"b57110d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4539d7f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4539d7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe experience of having designed and drawn both versions of the\nFlying A means a lot to me. The first one was special because it\nwas the original, albeit only short-lived. I feel more connected\nto the second one, though, because it was such an honor to have\nhad the opportunity to be of service to my Alma Mater once\nagain. It was my pleasure!\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c31e483 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c31e483\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52d215a\" data-id=\"52d215a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e0aac9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0e0aac9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"291\" src=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170042.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1680\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170042.png 438w, https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170042-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-71f73f5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"71f73f5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a193800\" data-id=\"a193800\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fad9986 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fad9986\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I encouraged Jimmy to document his design and production of the<br \/>\u201cFlying A\u201d for our 50th Reunion! He graciously consented; but,<br \/>only with the understanding that his purpose in telling the<br \/>story was NOT to spotlight his role; but, to express his<br \/>gratitude for this opportunity! I am so glad he did! I continue<br \/>to be amazed at his very special gift! Stephanie<\/p><p><br \/>Our Class of l964 excelled in our athletic endeavors!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-454e1de elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"454e1de\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73f783e\" data-id=\"73f783e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42c834e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"42c834e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"252\" src=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170101.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1679\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170101.png 625w, https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170101-300x121.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7c75fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f7c75fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"563\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170116.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1678\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170116.png 563w, https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170116-300x177.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a42db7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a42db7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170130.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1677\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170130.png 646w, https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170130-300x294.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c0b89ba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c0b89ba\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-05acc61\" data-id=\"05acc61\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52e4987 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"52e4987\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"609\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170144.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1676\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170144.png 609w, https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170144-300x165.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">We celebrated!<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-941ca1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"941ca1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170159.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1675\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170159.png 629w, https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170159-300x143.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">We cheered!<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ccea51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0ccea51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"114\" src=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170208.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1674\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170208.png 629w, https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170208-300x54.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">We marched!<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-578718a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"578718a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"607\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170216.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1673\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170216.png 607w, https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170216-300x184.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">And the band played on!<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a1a6bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7a1a6bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170223.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1672\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170223.png 668w, https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170223-300x140.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">We graduated with high honors! Excellence was celebrated!<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1535114 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1535114\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"631\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170243.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1671\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170243.png 631w, https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170243-265x300.png 265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">We were future Teachers, Homemakers, Business Leaders! We worked in the Office, took Attendance and worked in the Ditto Room! And, we \u201cclubbed\u201d! Debate, A-V, Calculus, Science, Art, Pep Club; and, \u201cA\u201d Club!<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f863d2b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f863d2b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bbbe649\" data-id=\"bbbe649\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d564a16 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d564a16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrom our 1964 \u201cAvonues\u201d: \u201c . . . we close another year at\nAvondale High School. And yet it cannot be called just \u201canother\nyear\u201d, for it has been an unusually satisfying time. It has been\na year in which we at Avondale have made remarkable progress in\nmany areas.\u201d We were accomplished in academic, athletic and\nother school-related endeavors! But, more importantly it was our\npride in belonging, our \u201cesprit de corps\u201d, our school spirit!\nWhen we attended a pep rally, a play rehearsal, or walked a\nhallway between classes, you experienced a touch of the drive\nand enthusiasm which motivated us!\nAnd, today, we cherish those shared good times and precious\nmemories! We have come together over these years to work\ntogether, to laugh together; and, to truly enjoy one another!\nWe have enjoyed reunions at 10, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55\nyears! Also, enjoyed our shared 50, 60 and 75-year Birthdays!\nWhenever we gather, it is always a party!\nWe mourn those we have lost and continue to look for those who\nare missing! We cherish our long-standing friendships and look\nforward to many more happy times together!\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8649bf1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8649bf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"628\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170252.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1670\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170252.png 628w, https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170252-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">FRIENDS 4-EVER! Cheers! Stephanie<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d57d164 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d57d164\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0e4260c\" data-id=\"0e4260c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-777a80f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"777a80f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"352\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170258.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1669\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170258.png 352w, https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-21-170258-300x290.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30b3b30 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30b3b30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMay 20, 2001 The correct and definitive details as to the \u201cshot&#8221;\nthat went around the courts, Cecil Clifton, Class of \u201964 writes:\nI have been an interested reader of A-mail for sometime and,\nlike so many others, appreciate all the hard work that makes it\navailable to us readers. My interest has been especially piqued\nrecently by the recollections of several readers about the shot\nI made at the Georgia Tech Coliseum. There are apparently as\nmany memories of the shot as there were spectators present. Here\nis mine.\nI was standing on the opposite side of Interstate 85 and threw\nthe ball toward the Coliseum. It ricocheted off the gym at the\nold O\u2019Keefe High School next to the Coliseum. It bounced through\nthe parking lot and found an open door through which it sailed\nand then bounced down the steps of an aisle, which was opposite\nthe open door. It picked up speed as it rocketed toward the\nColiseum floor. Upon reaching the floor, it took three huge\nbounces to reach the basket at the other end where it tickled\nthe cords as it swished through. Unfortunately, there were no\n3-point baskets at the time so it only counted for 2 points.\nSeveral years ago, I was contacted by some advertising people\nwho wanted details of the shot. I understand that it was the\ninspiration for the Michael Jordan commercials a few years back\nwhen he made impossible shots from thousands of feet from the\nbasket.\nThat is my recollection. The fact that the basketball (which I\nstill have) says that it was only 76 feet and was made in the\nAvondale-Griffin game of 1963 (consolation game of the region\ntournament) doesn\u2019t change my recollection. Just because I\ncouldn\u2019t hit the backboard in practice on Monday from the same\ndistance doesn\u2019t change my memory.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3030537 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3030537\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a3257d4\" data-id=\"a3257d4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af477b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"af477b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"638\" height=\"261\" src=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/flyingA.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1667\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/flyingA.png 638w, https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/flyingA-300x123.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5e0cf6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b5e0cf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_3050.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-1853\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_3050.jpeg 212w, https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_3050-199x300.jpeg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b30ba45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b30ba45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_2981.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2001\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_2981.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_2981-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1964 THE FLYING A By Jim Freeman \u00a0 As everyone probably knows, our Class\u2019s gift to Avondale High School was the famous \u201cFlying A\u201d. It was a work of art, crafted of blue and white mosaic tiles by a local artistic glass shop in Avondale Estates (Llorens Glass Company, I believe). As with all such &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/index.php\/class-of-1964-2\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Class of 1964<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"enabled","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"connelly.kay","author_link":"https:\/\/ahsbluedevils.org\/index.php\/author\/connelly-kay\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"1964 THE FLYING A By Jim Freeman \u00a0 As everyone probably knows, our Class\u2019s gift to Avondale High School was the famous \u201cFlying A\u201d. It was a work of art, crafted of blue and white mosaic tiles by a local artistic glass shop in Avondale Estates (Llorens Glass Company, I believe). 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