Brackenridge High School - La Retama Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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MRS. ONTEE BELL ROBERTSON MRS. B. L. D. ROSELLE MR. R. V. RUST MISS OLGA SCHOLZ MISS STELLA Q. SMITH MISS MIRIAM SPRATT MISS OLLIE STRATTON MRS. MYRIL SUMMERS MR. THOMAS B. THOMPSON MR. IOHN W. TODD MR. FELIX H. ULLRICH MISS LUCILLE WHARTON MISS BLANCHE WILLIAMS Page 21 MISS ALYCE WIMBERLY MR. OTTO ZOELLER 6+ FACULTY

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FACULTY MR. C. H. KELLAM MISS ABBIE KING MISS ELIZABETH KOCH MISS LOUISE LANCASTER MISS CECILE LAWRENCE MISS CHRISTINE LAWRENCE MR. ALFRED LEHMBERC. MISS EFI-'IE LEWIS MRS. ZORA MELTON MISS MARY ELIZABETH MILLER MRS. MATTIE MITCHELL MRS. GRACE NORMAN MISS LYDIA PAC-EL MISS MARIE PESSONEY MRS. MARGUERITE PLUMMER MR. MANOR PUCKETT MAJOR BERNARD j. REILLY MISS LEILET RICHTER Page 20

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