Oak Grove High School - Hornet Yearbook (North Little Rock, AR)

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,QQCQ 4.14: b s Better Than Ever Office Staff Maintains Order Students went and came as they pleased. Papers were carelessly thrown around the office. My Girl Wants to Party All the Time, by Eddie Murphy, slowly seeped into the classrooms, mixing with the uncontrollable shouts of the students. Put all together it caused mass confusion. This kind of chaos was not found, luckily, thanks to the ex- pert scheduling of our administra- tion and faculty. Mr. Charles Green had the job of scheduling the master plan. This was the routine that was fol- lowed everyday by students and teachers alike. Assistant principals, Mr. loseph Presley and Mr. Bob Allison, had different responsibilities. Mr. Presley did everything from as- signing lockers to patrolling lunches. Mr. Allison's duties started with one third of the teach- ers' evaluations but didn't stop there. He was kept busy with scheduling detention halls and seventh, eighth, and ninth grade discipline. He even took on the job of scheduling fire and tornado drills. The development of a smooth running office didn't end with the principals. Mrs. Cheryl Howey made sure students weren't running in and out. Her duties in- cluded posting all absentees, and monitoring the whereabouts of students. Mrs. Denis had the job of keeping Oak Grove financially stable. She scheduled every school related budget imaginable and kept up with all club funds. Mrs. Katherine loseph assumed the responsibility of school secre- tary. She scheduled meetings and conferences for the principals and buses for field trips. Even with their busy schedules, the office staff usually had time for students, whether it was a punishment, compliment, or word of advice. I'll always listen to a student's or teacher's request, even if I have to say QNo.' The school belongs to everyone-staff and students. That's always been my philosophy, said Mr. Charles Green, principal. As Mrs. Colleen Mays explains her predica- ment, Mr. Bob Allison listens with patience and understanding. The principals faced problems every day and handled them to the best of their ability. Mr. Charles Stratton PCSSD, Board President Mr. Mack McAlister PCSSD Board Vice- President Mildred Tatum PCSSD Board Secretary Sheryl Dunn PCSSD Board Member Mac Faulkner PCSSD Board Member Bernie O'NeaI PCSSD Board Member David Sain PCSSD Board Member 1 l 63 i

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NI Q, Q Q i From Student to Secretary Reflections of the EJ-0'Ls The ticking-of a typewriter, the ring of the telephone and the aroma of coffee began a busy day for Oak Grove secretary, Mrs. Katherine Ioseph. This was unlike the beginning of a day in the 50's when she was a student at Oak Grove, then a wooden building, located where the elementary school is. It began at 8:15 with no intercom system, and ended at 3:15, with the ringing of a real bell that hung in the hallway of the elementary school, the high school was not built until 1962. During the 50's Oak Grove was a very small school. Mrs. loseph said . . . in grades one through nine, there were maybe 500 stu- dents. Everyone knew everyone. The school was so small that the buses ran for various occasions such as the Halloween Carnival, the graduation of the sixth and ninth graders, the Tuesday night skating, and the Livestock Parade. The students had a lot of spirit and attended all of the basketball games to help the cheerleaders cheer our team to victory, said Mrs. loseph, who was a member of the basketball and softball teams. The other activities offered by Oak Grove were the Dance Club, which cleaned the school yard, the Honor Society, sponsored by Mrs. Lavone Henderson, and the Glee Club. Mrs. Joseph recalled an inci- dent where she was in a rock throwing fight with a boy named Larry Wise. One of the rocks thrown by him hit her and chipped her tooth. She said, . . . but I didn't check out of school because nobody left school unless it was an emergency. School was not the only thing Mrs. loseph remembered from the 50's. She said The big thrill for us was to go to town and see a show at the Capitol Theater. When asked how Mrs. loseph liked the school, she replied, I loved it, but I like the atmosphere now much better.' I Vera Bowie Paraprofessional Sonny Bull Science Bettye Chase English Dora Chrissonberrey Staff L. C. Corbitt Band Cathy Digby Science, Athletics Robert Downing Social Studies, P.E., Athletics Floyd Dunn American History Penny Elliott SpeechfDrama, English Marilyn Eudy English, Yearbook Tomi Evans Spanish, English Rita Fielder Math v- Faculty v 165