Overton High School - Los Tejas Yearbook (Overton, TX)

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Teachers Can Be People Too . PERSE Sting” is a regi: tered Palomino Quarte horse. Mrs. James said, “I'v been riding horses eve since 1 can ‘temember an aw ham Coach-Math Mary Fleming Administrative Secretary Pat Gardner Business Corine Gieb Plan A-Aide Linda Gladney Plan A-Aide Dennis Goff Maintenance Jo Green Drama-English-History Don Hall Maintenance Bye Harper h School Secretary Billie Jackson Home Economics Dorothy Jackson Cafeteria Manager Jimmie Jackson Cafeteria Patty James Second Grade Sandy Job Girls Coach-Science Wayne Kirkpatrick Math Frank Lothridge Maintenance-Bus Driver Billie McLane Elementary Secretary Sheila Merchant Special Education Judy Mitchell Speech Therapist James O’Donnell History Mrs. Lila Roberson finally gets a visit from Santa Claus after so many years of trying to be good. 66 Faculty “We couldn’t have school without them,” remarked Skip Stanger, rather tongue-in-cheek; but, as Tracy McCartor pointed out, “The faculty is the base”’ on which our school is built. They’re dedicated,” said Russell Hughes and Cheryl Elliott pointed out that “Even when we think they’re being mean, giving us too much homework, it’s because they don’t want us to leave school knowing only what we did when we started.” Our teachers not only helped us in class, making sure we understood the material, they also were always available to help with personal problems or just be someone with whom to share our dreams and give us that extra push to succeed. Because we are a small school, students and staff had a much closer relationship. We got to know our teachers as individuals in all their roles: teacher, guide, counselor, example, and friend. As Theresa Chiles said, We've got to have had the best bunch of teachers any school could have,” and Dianne Fergason echoed, ‘They’re great!

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a A ee The.School..Board Virgil Beene Band Director Mary Alice Brown Third Grade Paul Burch Elementary Principal Pat Butts Fourth Grade Gerry Cagle Sixth Grade Andy Chiles Kindergarten Thelma Cohagen Second Grade Bill Davis Superintendent Elizabeth Dipprey Special Education Thelma Ector Cafeteria-Maintenance Coach Talkington very proudly shows off his new “Green Ma- chine” t-shirt to Coach Welsh and Coach Roy. People 65

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Sabrina Parish Sixth Grade Tony Price Vocational Agriculture Melinda Ray Librarian Terry Ripka Fifth Grade Lila Roberson English-Spanish Louise Roberson Secretary Assistant Sharlot Rouquette Fifth Grade Chester Roy Coach-Health Suzanne Shamburger Speech-English Harold Stanger High School Principal Adrienne Stern Counselor jean Stroud Science Arthur Talkington Coach-Science Pam Vetsch Third Grade Babara Wall School Nurse Lula Mae Wallace Cafeteria-Maintenance Nita Watson First Grade Daniel Welsh Coach-Science Patsy Williams Fourth Grade Kathleen Wright First Grade OV SO : Rs ; Even Mr. Wayne Kirkpatrick par- artistic ability, Mrs. Green creates a character for her play. ticipated on Western Day during Homecoming. People 67 nn ea