305 Comments Posted by John

Here is some more information that people may not know.
Behind this place is a play ground of sorts, and yes we did get to go outside and we did get to take hikes and "Field Trips" into town.
There is also a path that runs by the big water tower, that was the path that we took hikes on.
Out in the play ground area we also planted sunflowers.
I did find some pictures of the exterior if the admins here would like I can send them and they can post them.

One thing I would like to see if Motts, and anyone else who is up for it. is more pictures, document every nook and cranny.
Tak complete pictures of every room and try to get some nice pictures of the main hallways.
With those pictures I can tell you where they are and give a "tour" of the place.

Are you done guessing???
Let me tell you that nothing happened. I was scared to death! LOL
So what happened was we started to talk and someone woke up and screamed!
I was already scared to death to begin with and now I thought I was going to die!
All of a sudden we heard keys and running and so I hid long enough to be missed by one of the night counselors and took off to my bed.
Needless to say the following morning we was in big time trouble.
I think back on that now and I just laugh so hard.

"The Races"
When I was on B-Ward (1973 or 1974) they used to have races.
We would race from one end of the ward to the other and back again.
I remember during one of these races a kid got his left arm caught on the water fountain.
The water fountain was right at the "elbow" of the hallway on the left hand side.
The kid tore his arm wide open and was taking to the hospital.
Needless to say the races was over and we could not run in the hallway anymore.
Sorry about my ramblings, memories surface and just trying to share them.
I have both good and bad memories from this place.
In 1981 or 1982 when I was on D-Ward there was a beautiful chinese girl who was on E-Ward, who I met going to school in the classrooms down on the first floor.
We was an item for awhile.
She taught me a little chinese.
And there was another girl named Kim (last name withheld) who was my girlfriend on D-Ward, and that got us into trouble!!
One night while the 3rd shift staff was asleep by the doors, me and another friend left our beds and went to the girls rooms at the end of the hallway on D-Ward, and, well, you can guess what took place.
Let me tell you, that got us into big, big trouble!
LOL

Back in 1981 or 1982 when I was there, on D-Ward, the 2 "counselors" that I remember, other then Mr. heathwood, was a big guy named Jack. Hestood about 6'4' or 6'5' and weigh about 245+ with black curly hair and glasses.
The other was a female who had lost her right arm?
She had a hook.
Back in 1973 or 1974 when I was on B-Ward people from the outside would come in to sing and play music for us in the long hallway.
I don't recall any of the "counselor's names", but there was one guy who was leaving the place and he got permission from Mr. Heathwood to give me a pair of radio walkie-talkies.
If anyone else remembers, love to hear from you.

The rooms I just described above for B-Ward was where my room was back in 1973 or 1974.
My room was at the end of this hallway on the right hand side.
My second stay was back in 1981 or 1982, then I was a teenager and again, like back in the 70's, Mr. Heathwood was in charge of the place.
When you approach D-Ward there is a door on the left, this is the tv room. Straight ahead is the main door to D-Ward.
When you enter D-Ward there is a door on your left, this door is the office.
A door on to the right, which has 2 seclusion room.
up the hall you have another door on the left, this was where I stayed, in this room and all the way to the back on the left was where my bed was at.

Not sure about this one.
I think it might be a room on B-Ward.
Right before you step onto B-Ward there is a door to the left that has a mid length hallway in it.
Doors line the right side with a door at the very end of the hallway.
This looks like one of the rooms in that location on B-Ward.

Considering that they never re-painted the place, I'm willing to bet my name and date is still in the room up on B-ward.

these are 2 pictures taken from 2 different areas, so I'm not certain where they could be, Ernie I think was on B-Ward.

This room could be 2 things, 1). It could be the sub room coming off the office on D-Ward or E-Ward , with a door on the left just out of the picture that leads into the tv room.
Or 2). It is an observation room up on the 4th floor.
The 2 plug sockets lead me to think this was an observation room on the 4th floor.
I can only thank god that I was never part of the experiments that took place up there.

Not sure, but this is either looking into the tv room from the office or looking from the tv room into the office.

I would love to be a part of a documentary on this place.
I've been staring at this photo and I'm 99% certain this was the cafeteria.
It's been a long time since I was there, first time was 1973 or 1974, I was 6 or 7 years old then, and the second time was 1981 or 1982, was 13 or 14 then.
If anyone wants to do a doc on this place, I'm game for it.

These slots in the walls was to look in on us when we was watching tv in the tv room.
If memory serves correct.

hmmm, I think this was an office on the 4th floor, not on the first floor, too small for the first floor.

I was a patient there in the late 70- early 80's the children unit was a hell hole, with many lost soles. I think they should bring all of the child abuses who called thenselves staff and blow them all up with the childrens unit