Harlandale High School - Redskin Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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Nik Mrs. John Gonder, left and Mrs. J. H. Moore, pres- idenf ol llwe l-larlandale P-TA Council, look on as Mr. Gender presenls a speeclw eller receiving llwe Nalional Life Mernberslwip Award. Mr. Ronnie Gassiol, business manager, and lnis secrelary. Mrs. Lucille Dickey. al a board rneelinq. Members of flue '67-'68 school board: lSlandinql-Mr. Esfeban Sosa: Mr. Jesse Dunn, assislanl secrelary: Mr. Sam Paclc, lreas- urerg lSealedl-Mr. Wiley l-lowry, Viceepresidenfg Mr. W. Braslwears, presidenl of ll1e sclwool board: and Dr. Homer Ulz, secrelary.

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Mr. Charles Boggess, curriculum coordinaTor and Mr. Callie SmiTh. assisTanT superinTendenT, conT'er aT a board meeTing, wiTh Mr, John Gender, superinTendenT. Adminish-ation Mr. Gonder Reiires As Superinfendeni Mr. John Gender, who has been superinTendenT oT The Harlandale lndependenT School DisTricT Tor Tive years, announced ThaT he will reTire This year. Mr. Gonder became superinTendenT oT The Har- landale disTricT aTTer Mr. Dillard McCullum's deaTh in l962. He was a principal OT Harlandale Junior High prior To becoming superinTendenT. Among The imporTanT awards Mr. Gonder has received in The pasT year is The NaTional P-TA LiTe Membership Award. AnoTher award was The Silver Beaver Awarcl, which is The highesT award a local scouT can conTer upon a scouTer Tor exceplional service To boyhood. Mr. Callie SmiTh, who is presenTly assisTanT super- inTendenT oT This disTricT, will Tollow Mr. Gonder as SuperinTendenT oT The Harlandale lndependenT School DisTricT. Mr. SmiTh became assisTanT super- inTendenT aTTer Mr. McCollum's deaTh. Mrs. J. H. Moore, presidenT oT The Harlandale P-TA Council, presenTs NaTicnal Life Membership Award To Mr. John Gender.

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l Mr. Charles RiTTiman, vice-principal, adiusTs bell schedule. Adminisiraiion ExeouTives Weaiher Through The Weaiher Hardly had The school year begun when Hurricane Beulah sTrucl4 savagely aT The coasT and SouTh Texas. AlThough spared direcTly Trom The Tragedy, HHS TelT iTs impacT. The school became a disasTer area Tor reTugees, and The Red Cross Tools charge. How To geT back on an organized schedule and To malce up The Time losT Trom classes oc- cupied The aTTenTion oT The adminisTraTion and The Teachers Tor a while. ln TacT, unusual weaTher was The sTory OT The year, aTTecTing aTTendance, aThleTics, and programs, and presenTing more Than The usual number OT decisions To The adminisTraTors. ln his second year as principal. Mr. Douglas Sheedy, soon Tound ThaT liTTle Things some- Times made The biggesT problems. LiTTle Things lilce mini-slcirTs The girls wore and The long hair The boys preTerred. Mini-slcirTs and maxi problems did noT malce The enTire school year however. There were The brighTer momenTs when Mr. Sheedy could announce disTricT and sTaTe wins in aThleTic evenTs oT a senior Trip To HemisTair. There were also The sad momenTs when he announced The deaThs oT pasT sTudenTs who had died TighTing in VieTnam. AlTogeTher iT was a good year. There was never a dull momenT. The school spiriT was aT iTs pealc and The sTudenTs seemed To Talce an inTeresT in all The exTra acTiviTies The school had. ri 'J 'iff' ,Muff Mrs. Geraldine Mullins Mr. James Gosdin Mrs. ElizabeTh Vakey Girls' Counselor Boys' Counselor RegisTrar 1 -4 T Mrs. Willie Way Neill Bookroom Supervisor