EMERY HEUERMANN

Christ Lutheran, 53/54, 54/55, 55/56 (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
James Bowie, 56/57 (4th grade)
Scarborough Elementary, 57/58 58/59 (5th & 6th grade, in the original wood buildings)

Fonville Jr. High all the way:
7th grade: 59 Burbank/60 Fonville (Low 7th was held at Burbank because Fonville was still under construction)
8th and 9th grade: Fonville in 60/61 61/62

2534 Warwick, Houston

No but it is still standing. My parents bought it in '57 for $3,500 as I recall. I was going to buy it in 1995 for $40,000.00, then came to my senses and passed. I may buy it yet, burn the house, and turn the lot into a neighborhood park. The one caveat is what I see today in 2015 is not what I remember from 1957 to 1965.

Several. Many more friends on Facebook. Have breakfast from time to time with several.

Everything turned out okay!

Considering that during my time at Sam Houston High School 62/63 63/64 64/65, and that time period being some of the darkest days of my life, everything seems to have turned out okay after I joined the real world. I think I could write a book about that time period and my days at Sam Houston High School of being a reluctant onlooker without financial resources to participate instead of being an active participant.

Princes Drive-In on Jensen Drive.
Prices hamburgers, six for a dollar.
Baileys from time to time.

Three brothers, two sisters.

Not much to tell. Grew up at 2534 Warwick Street in a terrible situation. Came from the wrong side of the Hardy Road tracks. Too poor too do anything or participate in school activities as I would have liked to. Survival was the order of the day. All of my brothers and I worked before and after school. Without exaggeration, the street I grew up on had three suicides, one dead by a car wreck (Nancy Wilson, real name, great friend), two fathers had been in or went to prison, two girls raped, with what seemed to be an alcoholic father in every family, to include mine. All this on one street that only extended from Halls Bayou to Westfield. It was a hard life.

I wanted to go to college after high school. Didn't get to do that until later in life. So I joined the Army six months out of high school to learn a trade. Joining the Army was one of the best decisions I ever made. Three hots, a cot, and a shower every day . . . who knew such things existed.

Selling donuts after school for 50 cents per baker's dozen, going door to door. Made 10 cents per dozen. On a good Saturday morning, I could take home $3.00.

Moved on to selling Houston Press subscriptions door to door after school and then for more money moved over to the Houston Chronicle selling subscriptions door to door. Commission was $1.35 for each 6-month subscription sold. I could sell 8 to 12 subscriptions per night and 15 to 20 on Saturdays. Pretty good money as I recall just didn't get to keep any of it.

Ended my high school days working before and after school by pumping gas and checking oil levels in peoples cars at TexGas Gasoline Station on Little York and playing poker with people 3 times my age and winning. Actually made more money playing poker in the back of the TexGas station than I did working there.

1. Murphy's Law is never to be forgotten. by Mr. Murphy.
2. Chess teaches one how to make decisions. by Mr. Bobby Fisher
3. Do what you have to do here and now if you want to live to go home to your family. Now fire that weapon soldier...now. by Sgt. Oscar Gomez, 101st Airborne, 1st Logistical Command, Vietnam.
4. Dammit Emery, you can do better. Working hard and working smart is two different subjects. by Mr. Arthur LeBlanc, Sr., Lebco Construction, Houston.

Famous people? none that I know of. Does Kitirik count?

May I add a category?
Interesting people who inspired me:
1. Sgt. Oscar Gomez, U S Army, Vietnam, taught me how to handle fear and the unknown.
2. Mr. Mike Cloud, master journeyman carpenter. A lifesaver for me if there ever was one in my life. Early on, he taught me how to swing a hammer. Those days have been over for many many years but it was the gateway to the rest of my professional life in residential and commercial construction. God Bless you, Mike, may you rest in peace.
3. Ms. Jean Cloud, I could not have asked for a better mother in law.
3. Mr. Arthur James LeBlanc Sr. owner of Lebco Construction Company in Houston. He granted me many opportunities to learn the commercial construction industry from 1968 to 1985, to include investing in my company after I left his employ. Showed me that youth can be trusted. Mr. LeBlanc, an Aggie, served in the Army, fought in the Battle of the Bulge, died in 2002 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

No. have been in the newspaper several times. Speaker at numerous events and several conventions.

Genealogy, camera, computers, maintain several websites to include the 1965 Alumni site. http://www.shhs1965alumni.org

Member of Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, Vietnam Veterans of America, Disabled American Veterans.

Family History. I am mindful of what courage it must have taken my immigrant ancestor, at age 22, to cross the Atlantic ocean from Bremen Germany to New York in April 1865 to establish the Heuermann family line. I am mindful that we are here today because of his decision to emigrate.

We are here today because of the decisions our ancestors made. Conversely, our descendants will be here tomorrow because of the decisions we made. That and all that it implies is heavy, in my opinion.

My life has been touched by so many good people. I could probably write a book about the influences of each. There are a few stinkers along the way too.

When my time comes, I pray to have the strength my mother had in preparing to meet her maker in 1986. If there is a heaven, she will surely be there. She was the glue that held our family together growing up and deserved better than what she got. She could have left at any time but didn't. Thank you to my stepfather Louis Boykin for taking her out of that hell hole in 1968 and loving and providing for her as my father should have.

Words Of Wisdom . . . hmm . . .
1. Believe in others until they demonstrate differently.
2. If money is involved, get it in writing, notarized and file the instrument at the courthouse. No exceptions!
3. Believe in Murphys' Law. Mr. Murphy will not let you down.
4. Assume the worst and prepare for it.
5. Idealists, bless their heart, can get you killed.
6. Be leery of any Zealot.
7. Desperate employees will do desperate things. Be aware.
8. Be a realistic optimist.
9. Save 10% of everything earned. Money comes hard but spends easy.
10. Don't drink and drive.
11. People who show they don't care, don't care! Believe it!
12. Blood is always thicker than water, regardless of situation.

There are several moments in my life that I believe define who I am today. Here are two of the more prominent:

1. On the night of my nineteenth birthday in Vietnam. I became a man. I learned how to overcome fear and paralysis, thanks to Sgt. Oscar Gomez. I also learned that God will not step in to save you OR the enemy. The soldier will make that decision, usually in a split second under horrendous conditions.

2. Mr. Arthur Leblanc Sr. chose me to manage construction of the largest high rise building that Lebco Construction had ever built up to that time. The experience taught me in detail how to handle budgets, meet schedules, process masses of paperwork, coordinate people, adhere to specifications, work with a kaleidoscope of public officials and myriad other logistical details. It gave me the self-confidence to enter the business world and later on to manage large groups of people and 3000 projects thru out the USA while at Bank of America.