Cortez High School - Cortesians Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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Acting os usher for the night ot the foll ploy is freshmon Bob Strohoto. Wropping it Up As the yeor rolled to on end, the school sow mony foces for the lost time. Mr, Binghom, the school principol, retired this yeor ofter be- ing in the district for 30 yeors, ten yeors of which were spent here. Another person who left wos Mrs. McConn of the Attendonce Office. She first storted working in the cofeterio for the first yeor ond o holf. She wos then promoted to working in the Attendonce Office. Mrs. McConn stoted, l'll miss the contoct with the students and my 'visitors' to the Attendance of- fice. Another member of the foculty thot olso left this yeor wos Mr. Woltz, who spent 20 yeors here teoching government ond 17 of those yeors os senior closs sponsor. When students returned from Christmos vocotion, they were foc- ed with cn broken P.A. ond bell system. Over vocotion the 20 yeor old wiring for the systems finolly gove out. lt took opprox- imotely one month to reploce the wires ond to get the systems bock in order. I liked it o lot better without the bells, stoted Lori White, senior. As o whole, the school hod its shore of lickin's ond tickin's. But in the end the school come out oheod, os usuol. Short pep tolks before the gomes between the two teommotes olwoys helped sophomores Jim Robinson ond Sontos Leon. Closing 235