Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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THE SCHOOL BOARD, BOTTOM ROW: John Holloway, Charles Meeks, Billy Dean Walker. TOP ROW: Dr. Leo Bradley, Earl Gilbert, Peggy Woodward, Arthur LeBlanc, Kenneth Wind. Photo by Trent Rosenthal. THE SPRING BRANCH DlSTRlCT'S FOUR SUPERINTENDENTS are Mr. Les Tucker, Dep- uty Superintendent for Personnel, Mr. Wade Pogigue, Superintendent for Administration, Mr. No an Morgan, Superintendent for Business, and Dr. Syl Rains, Deputy Superintendent for instruction. The superintendents all help Gen- eral Sueprintendent-Dr. ,Leo Bradley in their respective areas. Photo by Trent Rosenthal. X xX XX l x llllllillil r llllllllilll. 1, ', , - r - wi mx for iz iii, fri' 'Y AS A FORMER BAND DIRECTOR, Mr. Les Tucker feels he can help students more in his present position. He is now a superintendent in SBISD. Photo by Trent Rosenthal. Faculty Les Tucker - a teacher at heart e went to North Kansas City High School. He played the trum- pet and ran track and played freshman football. Later, he had his own band. He grew up and became the band director at Memorial Junior High and is now the Superintendent of Spring Branch Independent School District. He is Mr. Les Tucker. Besides being superintendent, Les Tucker likes to hunt deer, squirrels and doves, fish for bass and raise plants. Some people think I have a hobby of plants, he said, but,it,s, just because we have a townhouse and instead of taking care of the yard, I take care of the plants. However, his favorite hobby is for he and his wife, Stacy, to entertain guests. My biggest hobby is people. Love to have people over. It sounds like I'm running for a political office but I'm not, he said. Mr. Tucker enjoyed being band director but had a desire to help stu- dents on a wider basis. He said, The main reason I left Memorial Junior High is that I wanted to help students on a broader scope, and be able to make better program for students. Whenever Tucker is asked what his occupation is, he replies that he is a teacher. I feel it is extremely impor- tant that teachers and administrators maintain a closenessj, he said, I think we fadministratorsj all should remem- ber that we were once teachers and teachers should remember that also. -30.- - Nancy Wright

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IN SUPPORT OF HER TEAM, Mustang fan and Chemistry teacher Mrs. Linda Andrews applauds at the Westbury game in the Astrodome. Photo by Scott Waughtal. - iqg I Part-time classy car enthusiast rebuilds engines omewhere around the University of Oklahoma's campus is a 1947 Ford with a Skull-and-Cross-Bones painted on the front doors that was abondoned and has been sitting there since 1957. Counselor Tom Lewis lost his 1947 Ford his freshman year at the University of Oklahoma. I parked it fthe carl and went to a party. The next day I forgot where I left it and I never found itg explained Lewis. Lewis has graduated from losing cars to rebuilding the engines of cars. He has rebuilt around 207 cars over the years, including a Porsche, an Alpha Romeo, a couple of Mercedes and M.G.'s and even a Morgan, which is a car that looks the same as it was made 50 years ago in Britain. Love at first sight has a different connotation for Lewis. I have always liked sports cars and that has put me in touch with people with similar inter- ests, he said. Hanging around mechanics, you naturally pick up things, I don't ever remember learning how to take apart an engine. It was a gradual thing. I just look at a car and sort of fall in love. I look at the exterior of the car, and I won't fool with a car with a bad body, said Lewis. I think it is as important to work with your hands as well as your head, justifies teacher turned counselor Lewis. My wife doesn't.mind my rebuilding cars at home,'in her garage, it saves on repair bills. I still donit have a car without any problems though, said Lewis. Buying cars to fix is not the cheap- est hobby but Lewis has even gotten around that minor drawback. Selling the cars that he has rebuilt might not turn in a profit for Lewis, but it makes his hobby a lot easier to afford. -- 30 - Cynthia Cangv EXAMINING THEIR BROKEN WATER PUMP, Junior Counselor Tom Lewis and son John try to figure out what to repair next. Lewis collects antique cars and John seems to be following his dad's footsteps. Photo by Scott Waughtal. Faculty ' l 87

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