Galena Park High School - Jacket Yearbook (Galena Park, TX)

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By candle glow and stardusted leaves. this couple looks familiar in the setting of the Senior Prom. Drawing nearer we recognive our principal and his wife, PRINCIPALS 35'-t .. tt :low fa' 'Y . .. 451 'Ls' wr X Mr. Robert R. Bartay began college on the campus the University of Texas after graduation from Iimir Consolidated High School as talcdictorian His honors at college included being elected a member of the Student Legislature. of the Cow ows ting chosen Goodfellow, which is an outstanding student on campus. After receiving his Bachelor ot -Xrts degree 'Vlr Bartay came to Galena Park as a teacher of goternment and history. In September of l9D5 he was promoted to assistant principal. As faeultv sponsor ot the -XBGPHS and the Student Council he has done much for the betterment of our school You see him here t h favorite hobby. Mr. John Holte, the principal of Cialena Park High School. is shown here at his home in Galena Park. lle was salutatorian of Huntsville High School. :alter graduation from Sam Houston State Teachers College. Mr. Holes went to A. if M. where he QOI his Xlastets degree. He Once wanted to become a minister hut didnt feel he was called. Now he is a lax' leader in the Galena Park Methodist Church. Since he was particularly interested in English it was natural that he should enter this field of teaching. He taught fifteen vears before becoming our principal. Mr. Holeeis hobbies are garden- ing and carpentry. but most of his time is snent in trying to raise his two little boys into fine upstanding voting men. 12

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5 'ic 4-v '91--W-A f ew N or ssx sw The man responsible for the free time on Vv'ednesdays of each month. giving the teachers an opportunity to meet together and dis- cuss newer methods of teaching. is Mr. R. J. Free, Director of Curri- culum. His main duty is to assist teachers. in selecting what to teach and how to teach it. Since information is continually being added to our store of knowledge and must be transferred to teachers to help them in their jobs. Mr. liree tries to improve the quality and work with all intangibles. His home is almost like a library because of the fact that he loves to read and collect newspaper and magarines from all over the country. Another of his interests is in traveling. Any service over and above regular scnool administration comes under the guidance ol Mr. lf. li. McGahan, Director of Pupil Personnel. He has the respon- sibility for the specialiied education of some nine hundred students in the eighteen different types of classes. which include the mentally retarded. arthritic. hard of hearing or seeing. those with brain injuries. and the emotionally disturbed. In his charge there are forty-three schools. His outside interests include working with children and keeping track of his stock farm in North Texas. 'N education. Eierv vear property must be evaluated to find out how much monev should be for gghool taxes, In order to keep sufficient monev in the district. our tax assessor and collector. Mr. Charles XV. Garret. collects these taxes and keeps the records on the transactions.. Beiritl a good family man occupies most of his time outside ot his wOrli- bu! he does DBFUCIPMQ ln spectator sports. especially football. l l Her hobbies being her grandchildren. gardening. and reading. Mrs. Eliyabeth Hubach. our consultant in elementary education. is enjoyably occupied either on or oft' the scene of her job. Her title of Consultant in Elementary Education includes working with teachers and principals in grade school and committee meetings. lirom state agencies and publishers come other consultants with which she discusses textbooks and other items needed to assist in if 'S 5 VJhat's for lunch? That familiar cry is answered by our Cafeteria Supervisor. Mrs. Avis Brand. Following the federal lunch program, she plans the menus and does all the buying for the snack bar and personnel equipment. Therefore. supervising everything from problems in personnel management to dessert on must also keep records for to spend her weekends at sewing. tomorrow's menu. she is kept quite busy. She the state as well as the school. Mrs. Brand likes her farm in Crockett, playing the piano and AS Q55 . 3 f fc- . . gi fi g K . s. -AX S xc elementary ..LA,r w S' R

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SCHCDOL BOARD CITIZFNS OF TODAY 'SHAPING CITIZENS OF 'IOVlORROVJ Members of the School Bo1rd receue the hxghest complx ment p1rents em bestow md th1t IS entrustmg the welfare of thexr ehlldren to thelr ludgment Since hxs lS such 1 gre1t undert1k1ng we would l1ke to polnt out a few of the mlllxon dutles thxt come under thexr supervlston 1nd show why the school board ns often referred to as the seed bed of democracy Fxrst of all few people eyer re1lx7e when they see 1 newly flmshed school that the most mmute detanl rs carefully taken mto consnderatnon from 1 partxeular type of door knob to the structure of a lnght switch Before buxldmgs can be constructed surveys must be taken to see what ns needed ln the way of educa t1on factlntxes tn each area and what lands can be converted All thxs costmg money taxes must be assessed from our commumty 1lthough 60 of all expendntures ts pand by the state As soon as a school IS completed there IS the problem of transportatxon for routes must be mapped buses obtamed and the routes are followed sends two or three each year unan nounced If condxtlons are found unsatisfactory the State refuses to asslst nn the money department And money bemg the vttamms of the plant of educatxon the spendmg of every penny of the four mllllon dollars lt' takes to fmmce our school system each year ls meticulously 1ccounted for 1nd recorded It must be IH compltanee wxth the budget set by the state or nsk prosecution of law 'I hree hundred thousmd doll1rs of thls sum ns spent ln the oper1t1on of tl1e cafeterns tn our school district 'end p1rt of the money goes for the spec11l17ed tramlng of some mne hundred bllnd deaf mentally retarded 1nd blrth defected students bestdes the usual amount of money spent for bulldlngs equlpment and teachers An extremely xmportant yob of our school board ns the selectxon of well tratned te1chers for xt IS these mstructors who plant the seed of knowledge Ind assxst IIS growth mto becomxng c1t17ens of tomorrow T hats why the school board IS called Seed bed of democracy It takes care of the material needs and the responsrblllty for the basxs of our Amencan Herxtage educatnon These people are st1rt1ng from left to rxght Mr R I Whxtehead Mr CarlR Watson secretary Mrs Loma Koehler secretary to Mr Cunnrngham Mr W L Wheeler presxdent Mr G C Fuller Vlr J M Haugland Mr Kenneth Tlce lStandmgl Vlr Harold Dement ass1stant supermtendent of schools Mr W C Cunnmgham supermtendent of schools 'Vlr P I. Steveson and Mr Sam Adams uce pre xdent fnot pxcturedj FU' M-.W -I' ,,,fv WV y Avg V 1 a ffLa,Qg'y,b --u-np...-. -1----, -li- 9--' , 1 . . S '- ' c l 1 , , L A L ' , ' A '- ' L A - K 1k 1 1 11 'K 1 I - X 4 y S L . -A ,- Yr lc 1. ts ' e 4 1 Y, w L 1 . ' 4 I - Y- T '1- 5 4 f 7. ' ' I ' I I I 1. . e 1 c ' 1 e , 1 -Q I N K 1 1 1' ' ' L K , ' Q I ' ' t K 1 1 1 x 1 K 'h y 1 j .1 3 - . K 'L ' 41 ' ' 1 ' 1 1 ' . 1 , 1 1 I 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 y 1 -, 1 ' 1- 1 4 1 1 v1 ' 1 1- - . . . - ' ' ' x ' A 1 ,' ,. , ' ' -- ' 1 1 ' . , . , S , - e 1 . H H ' A D K I v 1 B , . . K - 1 t ' ' 1 - . . . . I ' ' 4, ' ' ' , 1 ' - I , - ' 11 ' 11 - If v 1 v 1 , I ' . I 1 5 I . l,,7 L X' . 1 sa e rnvers enlisted. The State, checkxng perlodncally to see- that ' - ' 4 ' ' ' - - . , . , 1 . . . Z , 'i ' l , . 1 1 1 , , 1 . . . , . . ' ' 9 , .., , ,Q 1 A y fd 1' ' ' ' ' 3 ' , 1 ' ' I , t x 1 , Q 'Q-----A --...... c,,,1t,,a .... , '-'-- ..........,,,.M - - --'.......,.. -......,...,, - --.............,, - --......... AT l , U I Il A I ' - . erfum-.WWA W'