[Choir] Here's to Harris!!

[Mary Alice Bisbee]

Who would have ever guessed it, Renee!

On Wed, Mar 1, 2023 at 1:16 PM tom--- via Choir <
choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:

> Very cool connections!
>
> On Mar 1, 2023, at 12:31 PM, Renee Lagala <renee.lagala at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello, all.
> Even though I am not a member of the choir yet (I was a member many years
> ago and would like to return - waiting for health issues to clear up), I
> wanted to share that Harris Webster and I go way back! He was my social
> studies teacher at Everett High School in Lansing, Michigan. (I think it
> was my junior year - 1970 ish ). He and a language arts teacher decided to
> teach an integrative course combining history and fiction. (They were way
> ahead of their time). They asked students to help figure out a name for
> this course. I came up with Hi-Fi, using the first two letters of History
> and the first two letters of Fiction. My name was chosen, much to my
> delight.  (Remember stereo being called hi-fi?) He taught for 40 years in
> Lansing, even though he is originally from Vermont.  Harris was doing a
> sermon about Mother's Day at the church years ago after he returned to
> Vermont, and I didn't hear much of it, due to me racking my brain trying to
> figure out where I knew this familiar-looking man. Before seeing him in
> church, I saw him near the post office and almost said hello, but held
> back. He looked that familiar because he didn't change much!  When I
> finally figured it out, I approached him after church. What are the odds?
> Better for him than me, after teaching thousands of kids through the years.
> I told him about the intimidating dreaded oral test he facilitated and how
> badly I did (history was NOT my forte, but the fiction part of the course
> was more to my liking). I just wanted to share this because I think he and
> his teaching partner were trying to make history come alive with the
> combination of courses. I still didn't do well in history, but as I look
> back, it was fun being in that class. He and Mr. Hal Hines had a great
> rapport and worked well together. If someone had told me my social studies
> teacher and I would cross paths and I would be wishing him a happy birthday
> 53 yrs down the road, I would have asked them what they were smoking. HAPPY
> BIRTHDAY, HARRIS! (I still want to call him Mr. Webster, but I guess I can
> be more informal now).
>
> Renee Lagala (thankfully on the email list)
>
> On Wed, Mar 1, 2023 at 11:25 AM MaryJean McKelvy via Choir <
> choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:
>
>> It’s been fun watching this thread of accolades re: Harris, who by all
>> accounts is a kind, classy man and an awesome human being… Also,
>>  I don’t think even this barrage of compliments on line will change his
>> humility or his barely concealed love of women… He’s truly one of a
>> kind  among men…Love, MJM
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 1, 2023 at 9:51 AM tom--- via Choir <
>> choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Ginny mentioned Maeve McBride in a story about Harris, and Maeve McBride
>>> is preaching this week.
>>>
>>> On Feb 28, 2023, at 4:42 PM, Brenda J Bean via Choir <
>>> choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> These are all wonderful descriptions of Harris!  Harris, you set such a
>>> high bar for life – modelling what ordinary people can do yet being kind to
>>> those of us who fail to do all we could.  I’m grateful you are in our
>>> lives.  Happy birthday!  Love, BB
>>>
>>> *From:* Choir <choir-bounces at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> *On
>>> Behalf Of *Lindsay Wade via Choir
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 28, 2023 8:06 AM
>>> *To:* Harris Webster <hewebster at comcast.net>
>>> *Cc:* UCM Choir <choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Choir] Here's to Harris!!
>>>
>>> Happy birthday Harris.  You are an adventurer, positive thinker, funny
>>> and definitely a doer.  Best wishes to you!
>>>
>>> Lindsay
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 28, 2023, at 7:08 AM, Catherine Lowther via Choir <
>>> choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Happy Birthday, Harris!
>>> Catherine
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 28, 2023, at 7:07 AM, Mazi Marie via Choir <
>>> choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> HaPpY BiRtHdAy ��Harris!!!!
>>>
>>> Diane
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 28, 2023, 6:03 AM Vamarie via Choir <
>>> choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Happy birthday to my movement brother!
>>>
>>> Let me share a little story. In December 2012, Harris and I were seat
>>> mates on an early morning departure/late night return bus to Boston for an
>>> environmental march and rally. It was cold. We marched through a shopping
>>> district and got a lot of stares. Maeve McBride was one of the speakers.
>>> Food was served -- food that was scrounged from food that had been thrown
>>> out by restaurants.and grocery stores. Harris and I both ate it, and it was
>>> delicious. It was a long, amazing day. That was when we decided we were
>>> brother and sister in the cause.
>>>
>>> Harris never gives up working for a better world! Plus, I think he's
>>> been in our choir longer than any of the rest of us. He's a great bass, a
>>> great citizen of the world, and I hope he has a great birthday!
>>>
>>> Ginny
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