He would bring his electric fry pan to school and make pancakes and sausage for his first-period class at least once a year.

It didn't take much of an occasion to get another pin in my box at school. He made hundreds of them.

I graduated with my ninth grade class (Langdale School) in the spring of 1941. Our graduation exercises were held in the Langdale Theater. After that, we gathered at the gym. It was pretty simple. It was a fun time. But it was a sorrowful time because we realized we would never be students at LaFayette Lanier School again.

Thorpe said they were bad swims, but for anyone else, that's a world-class performance ... Thorpe has been below 1:46 only four or five times in his life.

Thorpe said they were bad swims but, for anyone else, that's a world-class performance. You don't swim 1:46 consistently unless you're in good shape.

During the last 20 years or so, the so-called 'middle class' -- read the top five per cent of the income scale -- has become rich beyond its wildest dreams.