Douglas MacArthur High School - MacArtair Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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218 phones ,L- i Y if .. 4. -VI? ' i' 5' is ge-: i W A I got to go, there's a .waiting line over here, Diane Duron tells her friend while Sherri McKinley gets her 2095 ready and Sharon Turner, Bobby Machamn and Veron Johnson move up another step closer to the phone. l lil 1- F-'ff' 'ff ',,,, --r--..g,. 'U--uv-....,.. gg 'Ns I m in plains to N his mother ex aide Cynthia George fc N tries to be an inconspicuous eavesdrop- U Q. per. lim T to up, says Reed to John who is struggling to hear in the midst of the cafeteria screaming. ls. ' A sl E I ll ff-.I 'I I I 'Q I mal in fu' I Hello? Nope, no one's here Hello. Hi, where is Kathy Lemorenhead? Who? I don't know, hold on l'll yell for her. KATHY SOME- BODY! TELEPHONE! . . . KATHY! Would everyone in the cafeteria just shut up? . . . l'm sorry but she's not in this lunch call back in 20 minutes and you might catch her. Sound familiar? If you were anywhere near the lunchroom phone when it rang you may have been the one pulling your hair out trying to help the poor fellow on the other end of the phone. Maybe you wanted to use the phone yourself. All it involved was a pair of cotton balls and a tiny head that you could squeeze between the phone and the divider so as to hear your screaming friend on the other end of the line. Well, if you didn't have 205: or you got a pass to phone your mother, then you were really in for a runa- round. The administration got tired of being taken advantage of and finally required all would-be phone users to get the all-clear from an assistant principal. Then, it was up to you and your coordination abilities as to whether or not you could wind yourself and the cord around the corner or remain stationary and let the students eavesdrop. The frustrated students who didn't care to put up with the cafeteria or the office preferred the phone by the library for their more intimate calls. Aunt Lucy, this is Connie. Can you sign me out? As a last resort and only available to students with connections were the gym, homemaking, band, choir, nurses, Cosmetology, assistant principals and the counselors office phones. All aides and friends had tc do was convince their counselor that their mother was having a baby and they'd agree to let them use it. Regardless of who they were calling it always proved humorous to eavesdrop. Hi, mom, this is Judy, your daughter . . . l'm at school. l have to come home cause l'm wearing flip flops . . . yes the shoes you said you didn't like and not to buy . . . cause I didn't have any other shoes . . . the black ones have holes in the toes and the heel fell off the brown pair and tennis shoes are only made for gym. OK, l'Il be out on the front porch.

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Do you like my shoe? Reporter Rhonda Fudge takes a break from the hectic schedule of being a reporter. 4- 1 L 0-Q58 W? x N X Says who!?! First female photographer for the Yearbook and Paper Staff, Debbie Hughes questions the assignment given to her. 15 Go Away! Camera-shy photographers James Knigge and Debbie Hughes are appalled at the idea of having THEIR picj ture taken. interviewing and Leading a busy life as a reporter reporters Tim Tur- functions like 50's Day. A YN, . ' A if 4. 1 Ashley finds time to participate in , ley from having fun or meeting new people! Fudge, and Beth Hessler, 4. 'f K1

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I can t talk long Robert DeLoach into Ms. SummerIin's office to a quick check on his mother. l 1 . ff!! 442-4222 dials Jeanette Villalpando Iwhile being aide Ms. Olds for a day in the ' s Sy' ,. r'--1 B is N 9 -g L . Just a minute l'llpur you on hold. Coach Gaylord Finley takes Ms. Heinze's place while she steps into the vault for a min- 19' 2 ,.4-v ' ute. lui MacArthur Senior High! answers trained aide Kathleen Lucas in the front attendance office. :annual , -unassu- she needs 3 credits, Victor Her' answers questions for counselor X office. She's busy. Aide Pam answers the honef M .J k' M p or s ac ie ayes U in the counselor's office. I f walk phones 219