Brownwood High School - Pecan Yearbook (Brownwood, TX)

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Board of Education W. S. Semple, W. Lee Lamkin, Lindsay Dublin, R. M. Belcher, Chairman; Joe B. Rushing, Vice Chairman; Ernest Morris, Secretary; Conner Scott. The Board of Education of the Brownwood Schools is composed of seven active and highly respected lay citizens. Each of the individuals has been engaged in worthwhile community, church, and civic enterprises over a period of years. A list of these activities would be much too long for these pages; thus we can give examples only: Mr. R. M. Belcher has long been a leader in community affairs in Brownwood. He has served as chairman of the Draft Board many years and is an active worker in the Masonic Bodies. He now holds the position of District Deputy Grand Master of the Masonic District and is the executive secretary of the Brownwood Masonic Bodies. Mr. Conner Scott is a former member of the City Council. He served as County Attorney for a period of time and is a past president of the Brownwood Lions Club. Mr. Scott is a well-known attorney and president of the Brown County Abstract Company. Mr. Lee Lamkin is past president of the Brownwood-Brown County Community Chest and has given much of his time to the service of his community. He is an active Mason and a Past-Master of the Brownwood Lodge. He is a member of the firm of Lamkin Brothers that manufactures range feed and livestock minerals. Mr. Ernest Morris is a panner in the Harry Ford Men ' s Store. He has been most active in the Brown- wood Kiwanis Club and the Brownwood Jaycees. Mr. Morris is well known for his active participation in Church and civic affairs in Brownwood. He is now serving as chairman of his Church Board of Stewards. Dr. Joe Rushing is the executive vice-president of Howard Payne College. He is the president of the Brownwood Lions Club and makes an important contribution to the worthwhile activities of his Church and community. As a professional educator, he is well known and highly respected in the field of education. Mr. William Semple is an architect by profession. He has served in many civic organizations since he has been in Brownwood. He is an active Jaycee and Rotarian. His leadership has been most helpful in many civic and community enterprises since he moved to Brownwood. Mr. Lindsey Dublin is manager of the firm of Dublin ' s. He is past president of the Chamber of Com- merce, the Kiwanis Club, and has held official positions in most of the civic organizations in Brownwood. Mr. Dublin has served this community in many positions of leadership.

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The Pecan Brownwood High School Presented by the Annual Staff Brownwood, Texas Introducing our little Texan who will be your guide on this tour of high school memories. All aboard!

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Mr. J. D. King Superintendent of Schools Mr. James D. King received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Southern Methodist University. Before coming to Brownwood, Mr. King served as band director, teacher, high school principal, and superintend- ent of schools at Ennis, Texas. He has been Superintendent of Brownwood Public Schools for the past eleven years. Mr. King is a life member of the National Education Association, Texas State Teachers Association, and the Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers. He is a member of the Texas Association of School Adminis- trators, American Association of School Administrators, and the State Executive Board, T.S.T.A., and is past president of the Mid-Texas Education Association, District XI, and the Mid-Texas School Ad- ministrators Association. In 1955, Mr. King was an official delegate from Texas at the White House Conference on Education held in Washington, D. C. Since coming to Brownwood, Mr. King has taken an active part in civic and church affairs. As a member of the First Methodist Church, he served as chairman of the official board. He is a Mason and has served as president of the Brownwood Rotary Club, Brownwood Community Chest, and the Brownwood Knife and Fork Club. He has also served as chairman of the Brownwood City Planning Commission, as council training chairman of the Comanche Trail Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and as a mem- ber of the Brownwood-Brown County Child Welfare Board, the Brownwood Library Board, and a director of the Brownwood Chamber of Commerce.