Mount de Sales High School - Salesian Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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Now in her 7th year at Mt. de Sales, Mrs. Jackie Fry borings a wealth of professional experience to her Spanish students. She taught Spanish and English at North- east High School in the late 1960’s, and also worked in elementary education, teaching Spanish at five different elementary schools in Bibb County as part of a special program known as “Foreign Language in the Elemen- tary Schools.”’ She returned to teaching when she came to MDS in 1980. Mrs. Fry graduated with honors from Waycross High School, and studied Spanish and Psychology at Mercer University, which she attended on an academic scholarship. She was chosen as the Outstanding Student in the School of Education in 1968. She co- pleted her Master’s Degree, also at Mercer, in 1984. Mrs. Fry’s husband, John, is a textiles trader by profession. They have two chil- dren: John, Jr., currently an MDS sophomore, and Alice, who will enter MDS next year. A native of Macon and a gradu- ate of Mt. de Sales, Coach Tony Pierce returned to his alma mater as a teacher in 1984, after earning his Bachelor’s Degree from Mercer Uni- versity. The second of six brothers to graduate from MDS, Coach Pierce lists his high school interests as “sports, sports, and sports.’ He played football, basketball and baseball, was captain of the football team, and part of five different re- gion and state championship teams. In his senior year, he won outstand- ing student awards from both his classmates (the McAuley Award) and the faculty (the Senior Award) Before coming to MDS, Coach Pierce worked for Proctor and Gam- ble, Cherokee Farms Dairy, and as a sportswriter for the Macon Tele- graph and News. He and his wife Bunny have three children. Their twin daughters Mary and Nettie are in 3rd grade at St. Joseph’s, and their son Nigel is an MDS 8th grader. Mrs. Simonne Gray is in her second year at Mt. de Sales, teaching biology and advanced biology to sophomores and seniors. Mrs. Gray is a native Georgian, hav- ing graduated from St. Pius X High School in Savannah, where she was Pres- ident of the Senior Class and captain of the basketball team. While in high school, she was active in the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) at St. An- thony’s Church. Mrs. Gray earned her Bachelor’s De- gree from Savannah State College in Bi- ology, where she was an Honor Roll stu- dent. She also earned a Medical Techno- logist’s Degree from Memorial Medical Center. She completed her education with a Master’s Degree in Education from Cleveland State University in Ohio, in 1982. Mrs. Gray is an active member of St. Peter Claver Church; her husband, Dr. Wilson Gray, is a practicing pysician at the Medical Center.

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Mrs. Mary Frances Peery came to Mt. de Sales in 1981, and has taught En- glish, Writing, and Typing. She is a native of Emory, Ga., and graduated from De- catur High School where she was a mem- ber of National Honor Society and Beta Club. She graduated with Honors from Auburn University where she was active in four different honorary and social so- rorities. She earned her Master’s Degree from Mercer University in 1984. She taught for two years at Kendrick High School in Columbus. Mrs. Peery and her husband, Bill, en- joy the outdoors and particularly like to hunt quail and dove. They have two daughters: Ann, a fifth grader at T.D. Tin- sley, and Beth, an MDS freshman. Coach Mike Garvin has the longest continuous tenure of any- one on our faculty. He came to MDS in 1967, after several years at Willin- gham High School, where he taught math and coached football. He comes from a large Macon family; in fact, his younger brother Minter was on the first Mount de Sales football team. Coach Garvin graduated from Lanier High School, and Mercer Uni- versity; he has his Master’s Degree from Georgia College. Coach Garvin is our Athletic Di- rector, and in his time here MDS has won championships by the dozen. Mrs. Jane Claxton is a native of McDon- ough, Georgia, where she graduated from Henry County High School. In her senior year, she was chosen Miss Congeniality. She graduated from Wesleyan College with a de- gree in English, and earned her Master’s De- gree from Mercer University in 1981. Before coming to Mt de Sales in 1981, she taught at Jackson High School, and worked at the Classical Studies Department at Duke University. Mrs. Claxton’s husband Joe is presently the General Assistant to the President at Mercer University, and was formerly profes- sor and Dean at Mercer’s Law School. She has two children. Her son Joe at- tends boarding school in South Carolina, and her daughter Anne Margaret will be entering MDS as a freshman next fall. Mrs. Claxton has taught English and Writing at MDS, and is well-known for her gentle guidance of our 8th Grade classes.

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Miss Anne Rigby is in her second year at Mt. de Sales, and teaches French and directs our drama productions. She graduated with honors from Niles High School in Niles, Michigan and majored in history and anthropology sociology at Albion College in Albion, Michigan. She taught for a year at South- western Michigan College, and then came south, spending four years at Put- nam County Middle School, where she taught French. English, reading, Georgia history, and 7th grade social studies. She also worked with the marching band at Putnam County. Miss Rigby was very active in drama in her high school and college days. She directed two one-act plays in her senior year, and was a lighting and sound tech- nician at her high school’s auditorium. Miss Rigby lives at Rose Place, and says, ‘| have no spouse, but | do have a cat.” Mrs. Mary Boyd, our Study Class Moderator, is a native Macon- ite; she graduated from Ballard- Hudson High School (now part of the Southwest complex), where she was involved in sports, chorus and cheerleading. She studied at the Bronx Comunity College in New York City and has taught at Ballard A and St. Peter Claver, where she was a teacher’s aid for seven years, be- fore coming to MDS in 1982. Mrs. Boyd, and her husband Fred, an ex-Marine, have four chil- dren. Their eldest daughter, Dineen, graduated from MDS in 1982, and currently works at WGXA-TV. Their son Fred, Jr., who attended MDS and graduated from Northeast, is cur- rently in the Marine Corps and sta- tioned in California. Their youngest son Jason is a current MDS senior, and Jason’s twin sister, Jasonya, is a junior at Northeast, where she is a first sergeant in the ROTC program. Sister Pat Coward, R.S.M., is a native of Baltimore, where she graduated from Mercy High School. Sister Pat was active in basket- ball and field hockey; she was President of her junior class and Vice-President of the Student Body. She graduated from Salisoury State Col- lege in 1975 and entered the Sisters of Mer- cy. Sister Pat has taught in Baltimore, Savan- nah, and Mobile, Alabama. While in Savan- nah (at Nativity Elementary School), she coa- ched basketball and track at St. Vincent’s Academy, where her teams played in two state championship games. Did you know that Sister Pat’s sister is a Sister? yes; her sister Donna is also a Sister of Mercy.