Megargel High School - Mustang Yearbook (Megargel, TX)

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and travelled as an mternal audltor I-Ie worked for them 41 years untxl retlre ment 1n 1975 Our daughhter Mary Lynn was born 1n August 1936 We 11ved 1n Denton untll 1937 when we moved to Dallas and resmded there for three years In 1940 we moved to Shreveport Loulslana In 1943 we moved back to Denton Mary Lynn marrled Melvm AUSIIH ln June 1957 They had a wonderful daughter Cheryl Lynn ln October 1958 They l1ved ln Ft Worth Melvm and Mary Lynn were dlvorced at Christmas 1965 We moved to Colorado rn September 1966 L D Mary Lynn Cheryl and myself We bought a home ln October 1966 ln whlch we stlll reslde 2485 Klme Lakewood Colorado L D and I lost our daughter Mary Lynn 1n February 1975 due to dlabCI1C comphcatlons Our granddaughter marrled Davld Kowxng 1n October 1976 They have three chlldren Dan1e1 Patrlck, and Shella We enjoy our granddaughter and her husband and our three great grandchlldren We attend the Country Dmner Playhouse regularly flrve mus1cal dlnner showsj and are actlve ln 50 Plus a senlor s group and have a pleasant 11fe w1th our frlends 1n our church the Lakewood Umted MCIhOd1SI Church I keep busy also w1th my mvolvement wlth the Woman s Club I ve been a member of the Federatxon smce 1933 when we canvassed the nelghborhood back ln Denton to collect books so as to start Denton Llbrary on the campus 1n Clty Park We are very much looklng forward to agam seelng my classmates of 1929 1930 9 9 9 - 9 - 9 9 ' 9 , , . . . , . 9 9 9 -9 9 . , , . 9 9 - - - 9 9 9 , . 9 9 - - 9 . . . . . , 9 9 9 . . . , , 9

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JIM J. TAYLOR Jim J. Taylor was born to Jim J. Taylor, Sr. and Grace Taylor, in Olney, Texas December 25 1908. Jim J. Sr. died in 1909. Moved to a farm at Megargel at age four with mother and stepfather Joe and Grace Dunnam Megargel schools were only schools attended He went to work in the oil fields after graduation He married Irene Crawford May 15 1931 and they have three children Mur1elCG1bsonJ Donald and Keith 12 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren J 1m lived and worked in Wichita Falls and Archer City until 1952 He moved to Monahans with Reno Oil Company and retired in 1975 Jim s address IS 101 Nevada Monahans Texas 79756 Phone 19151 943 5624 MARY FRANCIS WALSH I am Mary Francis Walsh Thompson I was born March 30 1911 in Murray Texas Young County My father James Sherrod Walsh was a farmer and my mother Allie Clark November ll 1918 My father bought our property in 1917 and it had a school on this land So that was the first school I attended Later the school was consolidated into the Megargel School District In 1919 I attended school in Megargel with my two brothers Sherrod Thompson Walsh who passed away in December 1979 and Silas Lee Walsh who still lives ln Megargel I finished high school in May 1929 In September of the same year I attended North Texas State University In January 1931 I met L D Thompson in the library at North Texas We became engaged later on that year In 1931 1932 I taught expression Cspeechl and had 20 23 students in my class in Megargel L D and I were married June 20 1932 At the time of our marriage my husband was a fireman In 1934 L D began working for the American Na tional Insurance Company out of Galveston. He worked both as a salesman 9 9 9 9 9 Q - ' . , . . , , . . ' 9 9 l 9 , . 9 9 9 9 ' Thompson Walsh, was a housewife. We moved to Megargel Community on , . 9 9 9 9 9 ' , . , , . . . D . . , i . . y . , . . ' 9

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4 -is CQ' l A L 's,. - T B W Bradshaw Aus n Jim Taylor, Houston B'shop, Homer Rag e C ephane Cross C ea Cotkre Rue, ht: Baxter ig Left to r C Kunk Cl' Ha e, Turn F. Harmel, O. V. Hampton, Ernest g: H Sittin