Hi My name is Lisa Garza I was 12yrs when at Bethesda in Mississippi 1981 Maybe 82. Dk brown hair short 5'1 Hispanic. from Montana. Does anyone remember the riot? It was crazy. Left side inner bedrooms where destroyed even toilets pulled up walls punched in, and writing all over the walls. I remember one wall was knocked down or through. My email isargent2@yahoo.com
Hi it is Marjie, are you referring to the riot of 84 that happened during a choir tour? If so I was falsely accused of helping plan the riot and you and Kimball Parker and Betsy and a few others came to my aide and stood up for me. I still got put on new girl status even though they were told by the organizers that I had nothing to do with it. It didn't matter at that point. One of the workers, Christine, didn't like me and had a campaigned tirelessly for Mrs. Wills to stop trusting me. She never did like me from the time I was put into Bethesda. She allowed me to be in bell choir and choir, but she did everything she could to be sure I never got a leg up while I was there. She was even part of the reason I was kicked off my role as Lead Kitchen Cook/Staff. Ah well, not everyone is gonna like you in this world. Maybe she let her hair down more after her wedding to Bobby...
I hope this is the same Lisa who was my friend. She had ezema or soriasis, can't remember which? My Lisa was tall, hispanic, and beautiful. I don't remember her last name though so I am not certain it is you. If so, I have pictures of us together in the front hall of the new campus and think of you often.
I was at Bethesda from December 1982 - September 1984.
I started out my stay there in the old campus with 10+ girls to a room and a huge and horrid shower room. It never had enough hot water, we would stand in line with nothing but a towel around us all waiting to take a cold shower and would place a wash cloth on the floor so you wouldn't get athlete's foot on your arse while you shaved your legs with an old razor. Then later the bliss of only 3-4 girls to a room with an adjoining bathroom you shared with only one other room of 3-4 girls.... LOL. At least we had private 10 minute showers and the hope of getting a hot shower if you were one of the first 2 girls in.
If this is you or if anyone else out there was at Bethesda, you can find me and lots of other girls from there on Face Book's Group : Bethesda Home for Girls.
PS. I also remember and have not been able to locate, Regina (Reggie), Michelle Boudreax, Nina (who I think was part Indian), Betsy (who I think was from Dallas Tx and who's sister came to join her in 1984), Kimball Parker, Colleen Sherman, Donna Jean Chitty and a few more.
