Petition Drive April 14, 2007

We will have another Petition Drive on April 14, 2007 at Travis Brothers Hardware Store, 625 Washington Blvd. Hours are 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. At 3:00 PM we will have a meeting at St. Paul's Methodist Church on Woodrow. Everyone is invited to meeting and to help at petition drive. If you can help at petition drive either call me 899-1879 or email me (MiriamDnls@aol.com). Our voices are being heard all over so lets not stop. Be sure and pass the word on. Miriam

Every true South Parker needs to thank Miriam Nichol for the work, sweat, and effort she is putting into preserving the old South Park High School building. I know there are many, many others working also, but Miriam has this fire in her eyes when she talks about South Park and it is inspirational to others. People don't understand unless they are one of us. I was out recently holding a sign at Highland Avenue and Woodrow to get people to sign a petition to keep the old building. This may sound corny, but I could kind of feel an approval coming from the bricks and mortar of that old place. I could see, in my minds eye, a different time with impressionable young people being molded by tradition, by teachers who cared, and by a school. Now, these people, not so young anymore, are coming together to try and keep a tangible piece of their past intact. I hope it works, I really hope it works...

Chuck Sherman SPHS Class of 1976

ps An ex-Greenie, like an ex-cop, ex-Marine, or ex-priest, just does not exist.

Thanks Chuck. I have really enjoyed working on this project and everybody really cares about "Saving South Park High School"

I have been getting calls and emails from GREENIES that will come and help at Petition Drive.

I am hearing from GREENIES in all classes. They are mad and they are all signing petition. You can help by passing the petition form on to GREENIES, family , friends, etc.

Miriam, I need to get some more petitions from you as there are several people at work who want to sign it

Nice article in the paper today

We have had several good articles in the paper in last few days. Hope everyone gets a copy of petition, signs it, mail it in or bring petition to Travis Brothers Hardware on Washinton Blvd. April 14. 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Email me and I will get you a copy or come to petition drive or come to meeting at 3:00 PM on April 14 at St. Paul's Methodist Church on Woodrow.

If you can't make petition drive or meeting. You can go to: http://www.lumoto.com/southpark/petition.htm

Just found out that we can have petition drive at Dollar Store on Ave. A on the 14th of April.So you can go to either place and sign petition.

The name of the Dollar Store is Family Dollar Store.

Found out this afternoon we can have petition drive at Family Dollar Store on Highland plus Family Dollar Store on Ave. A and Travis Brothers . So we need more workers.

Come on GREENIES I kmow that you can help Save South Park High School. REMEMBER GREENIE FIGHT NEVER DIES.

Secured another petition site. Area Impressions on Highland .Right across from High School.

We are in need of having more GREENIES to help us with Petition Drive. Shifts are 2 1/2 hours. 9-11:30 and 11:30-2:00. Please HELP us.

Greenies are special people. Save South Park High School is growing everyday but we are not "rolling in the dough". This campaign is being supplied with the help of GREENIES. Who beleive in this crusade. Several of us have been paying for copies, stamps, ink for computers, postage, paper. And it is adding up. But we have been blessed by the help of GREENIES that want us to win this "FIGHT". If you would like to help we need copies of petition. You can go to http://www.lumoto.com/southpark/petition.htm. Print out a copy and some more copies and send them to me. Miriam Cade Nichol, 5799 Western Trail, Beaumont,Texas 77713. There are several businesses we intend to see about leaving petitions there.We have to check at places that already have petitions and replenish their supply. I thank everyone from the bottom of my heart that is helping in "Saving South Park High School" for being so generous and helpful. Like the slogan says "GREENIE FIGHT NEVE DIES"

If you would like to really help besides passing petition form around, signing petition form, working petition drive you can donate a realm or two of paper(8 1/2 X 11)and send it to Jonathan Juhan, Attorney at Law, 985 I-10N, Suite 110, Beaumont, Texas 77706. We have received some petitions form from Jonathan. He and wife both graduated from SP. Please help us.

Was told yesterday evening we could hold petition drive at Mobil convenience store on the corner of Highland and Pipkin.Right now I need bodies to do that. Need 2 people to work 9-11:30 and 11:30 to 2. PLEASE VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME FOR THIS. JUST CALL ME OR EMAIL ME TO LET ME KNOW. All you need is a card table and a lawn chair. I have petition copies.

Yesterday we received 2000 printed petitions from Mike Bass class of 75. This is a blessing.Thank you Mike. We can make some more businesses in South Park and have a good petition drive. BUT WE NEED GREENIES TO ALSO HELP AT PETITION DRIVES, PASSING OUT PETITIONS TO CLASSMATES , FRIENDS, FAMILY MEMBERS, NEIGHBORS,CONCERNED CITIZENS, CHURCH MEMBERS. Just show up at Petition Drive on April 14 at any of the places and you will be put to work.

Thumbs up to Mariam, Mike Bass, and to all the many other volunteers working at the Petition Drives. God Bless.

Bakery on Washington called and said they were out of petitions. So I took them some and checked on Travis Brothers since they are next door to one another and they were out to. Picked up 61 petitions. They were GREENIES and concerned citizens that signed petitions. We are getting the word out. Also got some in the mail.

Sherry and I went to check on businesses that have petitions and we picked over 300 signed petitions yesterday. They were all wanting more and the people in the stores were telling us they want South Park to stay where it is. We told them to write the school board and newspaper and tell them.

I have talked with candidate (Jamie Smith) for Beaumont City Council and was told he is behind us all the way.His wife is a graduate of South Park.

Hearing from South Parkers young and old. Everybody is signing petition. At meeting we will have several guest speakers so everybody please make an effort to attend.

Zane Bledsoe class of 61 is on bond committee

We might have several speakers at meeting.

Have had several phones today asking about Petition Drive. The calls are from GREENIES who share our concern about "our" high School.

The Petition Drives were successful as was the meeting. Ideals were passed out on how we can keep our high School. T-shirts were ordered. If you want a T-shirt call me or email me. You can bring or mail your payment in. The fastest that is done the faster the T-shirts will be ready. I want Thank All that helped since we have started our Conquest. It is a great to know "GREENIES" who want to keep "our high School " so that other generations know what kind of friendship that comes out of South Park High School.

The petition drive was a success. We signed up over 200 Greenies, parents, concerned citizens, aunts , uncles, etc. Everybody wants to Save South Park High School. If you haven't signed petition please either email me, call me or go to http://lumoto.com/southpark to get a petition. I hear from GREENIES, concerned citizens, aunts, uncles, everyday. They want South Park preserved. T-shirts that we have are to defray the expenses that we have incurred. The meeting was a good one. Two city Council candidates were in attendance and they are in our corner.

Petitions are still available. I get one also everyday.