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

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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.

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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. Brenda Timms came to MDS in 1983, after teachng in Macon, Mil- ledgeville, Sylvania, Ga., and Kings- port, Tenn. Mrs. Timms graduated from high school in Hackettstown,New Jersey, where she was active in music, gymnastics and cheerleading. She was recording secretary of her school’s student council, and was a member of the National Honor Society. Mrs. Timms graduated from East Tennesse State University and was originally a P.E. teacher; she later earned recertification to teach math. She is currently working on her Mast- er’s degree at Georgia College. Mrs. Timms’ husband works in fundraising for Reader’s Digest; their children, Christa and Chad, are stu- dents at Springdale Elementary. Among the MDS student body, she is best known as Moderator of our Pep ae Coach Randy Davis is a native of Macon; he has lived and worked here all of his life. After graduating from Central High School, he earned his Ba- chelor’s Degree in Psychology (with Honors) from Mercer University; He also earned his Master’s degree from Mercer; he completed it in 1981, with a major in Social Science Education. Coach Davis did his student teach- ing at Mt. de Sales, and taught at River North Academy before coming to MDS in 1980. Aside from coaching football, basketball and golf, Coach Davis is a great music fan. He has a large record and tape library, and he loves to talk about music. i ili Sister Helen McCreary, R.S.M. is a Mt. de Sales alumna; she attended MDS in the years when it was a boarding school for girls only. Sister Helen comments that “Sisters of Mercy were the only teachers | had from grade one through the end of my undergraduate degree.” Sister Helen has studied at Mt. St. Ag- nes College in Baltimore, the University of Dayton, and Fordham University in New York City. Before returning to her alma mater in 1973, Sister Helen taught at 7 different schools; at three of those schools she was principal. Her keenest interests are politics and service to the Church. Sister Helen works tirelessly for the needy, and is vitally con- cerned with world-wide issues such as hunger and nuclear war. Sister Helen is a quiet and prayerful teacher, and is well-known for her efforts in organizing our annual Ash Wednesday Memorial Mass.