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There is something remarkable about a teacher who can still invoke pleasant memories almost 60 years after we left his class. Some would call him eccentric, but I have come to the realization that he knew very few of would be chemists, but he did know that some things would stick if presented with a bit of mischievous humor.
Eccentric? no Authentic YES!
Commented: Friday, April 9th, 2021 @ 11:24 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Wow. What great fun his classes were! Such a prankster! My brother and I were in the same class and he called us Double Dumbness. Typically I scored in the 50s and 60s on his tests, but somehow I passed. I remember him making a stink bomb of some kind and holding it near the HVAC intake to stink up the school.
Commented: Friday, April 9th, 2021 @ 10:53 am
By: James Dingman
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And Thank-you Gordon for the reflective, thoughtful comments on an issue that is very important to the betterment of society - the praise for what is noble and good and worthwhile.
If you still are located in northwest Georgia, BCN welcomes another addition to what I like to refer to as our Georgia Mafia.
Commented: Saturday, April 15th, 2017 @ 5:17 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Mash taught me Chemistry, Physics, and Advanced Chemistry at Clarkston High School graduating class of 1964. He was one of the best teachers I ever had, but was also the scariest to begin with. But after 3 years I learned what a fascinating man he was and knew he really was on my side. He just did not put up with any foolishness, at all. He fueled a love in science that took me through Dental school. When I got to college I was amazed and thankful that I had the same text book for my first two quarters of college chemistry that I had used for my year in Advanced Chemistry. Think that did not make it easier? Yes, it did. I am sure Mr. Marsh touched many lives in a very positive ways and I have always been thankful for his influence on my life. I know he is gone but just want to say "Thank You Mr. Marsh".
Commented: Friday, April 14th, 2017 @ 12:24 pm
By: gordon jay davis
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By way of an explanation on why I would continue to update this post on BCN. I often give a link to the Teacher series to people who are not on Facebook as tribute my past teachers. While I realize that a majority of the readers are residents of North Carolina, there are more than you might suspect that are not residents. It is one of the great things about the Web. Stories can expand beyond the geographical boundaries of a local print publication.
The Comments are still being updated on face book. Here are the latest. I will revise the post to include these later. One of the posters found his headstone. I note that he was 57 years old when I was in his class in 1963. Below are the additional commnets as of this date: • Looking at my old CHS yearbooks, his full name was Ralph Palmer Marsh. I found a burial plot in McIntosh County for a Ralph Palmer Marsh, Jr 1907-1978. •  • I remember the story that he was a farmer in S. Ga. he was crushed in a tractor accident and was a convalescent for several years. He self taught himself Chemistry and Physics. That's the story he told us anyhow. Mr. Marsh was a genius. I look back on him now and realise that he was the best teacher I ever had. • He worked many jobs...he got hit with a roofing joist when he was young and it tore his nose off..he talked about how he held it in place while on the way to the doctor...he also told the story of this kid (forgot his name) that stole phosphorous from the lab and put it in his pocket...he got half way out of the class before it burned into his leg...Mr. Marsh loved that story! I had him for Chem. And Physics...never had to crack a book at UGA in either class series (not like I ever did in anything else either) to make good grades in science...failed everything else at lease once...HA!
Commented: Wednesday, March 15th, 2017 @ 2:44 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Mr. Marsh told us to eat sulfur to have natural insect repellent. He forgot to tell us that Body Odor would be a problem. I do not think he ever failed a student and used his own grading system. I never saw him upset. He started college at 35 if memory serves.
Commented: Saturday, August 15th, 2015 @ 6:52 am
By: Ted McDonald
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Now, that is what I am talking about. I never really got to know him but he was a true character. Good story Ted and under 80 word max.
Commented: Saturday, August 15th, 2015 @ 6:42 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Mr. Marsh was a pulp wood worker loading pine trees on trucks to drive to the mill. He was a very powerful man who sometimes carried unruly guys to the principals office. Once a gave a boy an A when he cheated on a test using a homemade walkie talkie with a smart girl in the class. The A was for making the device.
Commented: Saturday, August 15th, 2015 @ 6:38 am
By: Ted McDonald
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