Alton Tatum

Queens Vocational And Technical High School

Class of 1978

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Alton Tatum - Class of 1978 - Queens Vocational And Technical High School

First Name	Alton
Last Name	Tatum
Graduation Year	Class of 1978
Gender	Male
City	N/A
State/Province	FL
Country	United States
Occupation	Security Officer And School Teacher; Logistics Management
Married	Yes
Favorite School Memory	The prom with the often quiet and graceful Ms. Gail Smith Where can she be now?) (and almost escorted the lovely Ms. Nina Peterson), Our no-win season of the '78 Basketball team, Haydee, Naomi, and Nancy's friendship, being shy and eating alone in our auditorium, because we did not have a caferteria or a gym! Dancing at our '78 luncheon, voted as the school's best writer, Graduating at Aviation HS, riding the Q 19 bus to Queensbridge (or running down 30th Ave to catch the RR train to QB), and then taking the No. 7 train to Sunnyside for QVHS, the fashionable clothing, the diversity of ethnic groups, the tough vocational classes and teachers (like Mr. Dempsey in Electrical Installation and practice), not making the basketball team at first and I was very dissappointed, but finally was put on the team because my grades were good whereas some of my fellow team-mates grades were failing...the tasting of the different and delicious foods--especially the hot pizzas, sicilians, kanush (poket-potatatoes, hot dogs (with everything on it), Chinese-takee-outee, Mr Softees, Italian Ice, the Knicks, Going out to dance the Disco, Rap/Break Dance, The Hustle, The Robot, The Bus Stop, The Bump at Justines, The Hotel Diplomat, The Constellation, Bonds International, Studio 54, Club Seseme,House Parties, Fun House Disco, The Loft, Broadway International in Manhattan and the Bronx, and Encore in Jamaica, Queens, Summer Basketball Tournaments at Rucker Park, Rangel Projects, Corona Park, M&M Park, The Polo Grounds, Working for Martin DePores Day Camp, Swiming at Astoria Park, Playing sports at The Boys Club on 21st Street, and basketball at PS 171, Shopping at Alexanders, Macy's, Bloomingdales, A&S, on Steinway St., going to the movies, attending and singing in the church choir at the First Reformed Church of Astoria, playing stick...(read more)
About Me	Served in the military for 22 years (USMC--11 1/2 yrs. infantry; US Air Force, Logistics, 10 yrs.), earned a Masters degree, ran 3 marathons, raised a blessed family, traveled to California, Hawaii, most of the Far East, Okinawa, Thailand, The Philippines, South Korea, Hong Kong,...(read more)