Midland High School - Catoico Yearbook (Midland, TX)

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Out where the world ' s in the making. Where feiver hearts in despair are aching. That ' s where the West begins . . . The summer of 1968 brought disputed boundarv changes in the Mid- land School District. This problem was skQlfuliy handled by the ex- ceptional administration guided bv Dr. James Mailey. the new Super- intendent. He is familiar with this school system after serving as principal of MHS m 1958-1960. Dr. Mailey traces the new city bus routes for the Asst. Superintendents Mr. Harry Stanford. Mr. Je- rome Snyder, and Dr. Douglas Brown (below). Assuming major responsibilities are Mr. Jack L. Russell. Mrs. Mar- garet Cowden, Mr. Eugene M. Knight. Mr. Gilbert C. Thompson. Mr. Jack Matthews, and Mr. George Landreth who comprise the School Board (ri hlj- ot pictured is Mr. Robert Northington who replaced Mr. Martin G. Brown. Equally important are our counselors who help ease our aching minds. Mrs. Pat Balko. junior counselor takes notes on her patient (upper right). Odessa College lost a wonderful counselor in .Mrs. Balko. 16

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All work and no plav? Mr. Jack Mashburn and Mr. Glen Neswick, Assistant Principals (center) discover there is at least one moment of pleasure in a day of student problems. Mrs. Billie Perry (left) finds the daily job of a bookkeeper to fulfill the idea that happiness is a bank full of money. In the main office, Mrs. Ruth Erskine and Mrs. Minnie Faye Vaught (above) pause in their work to plan Mash- burn ' s Memo for the week.

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The loss of Mr. Dakil to Windecker Research Company was the sen- iors gain of Mr. Bill Wells (left) as counselor. Mr. Wells finds bv talking with Linda Steinman how confusing it can be in choosing a college. Mrs. Margaret Williams, new sophomore counselor (above) Ijeams as she comes to the fifteenth correct page of computer grades. Her work is never ending, however, for there seem to be twice as many schedules to be changed as there are sophomores enrolled. 17