Robert E Lee High School - Lee Traveler Yearbook (Baytown, TX)

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Our Leader Leaves tX rq ha 24 yeas os prropd Mr Armstrong hoi groducred tl.023 vjjerv, from Robert £ lee Knowng Mr Armstrong, he hoi raked wrh everyone of them or some porn n the f gh «hoc yeas A greo» mony yudenrs return a «me port to vw w h hm 5pr« Ooy during Srertng Week Onngs our pomaponon even from Mr Armstrong He Weeds maroon fjv »e everyone die or lee and neve hides ha devotion for he «hoot, espeocrfy dung pep rdtes for the Ronger gome Robet? £ lee ha gone trrough mony changes cAmg tne «87 «8 «hoot yecr Probabty me fcrgesr one mow expensive change come on Arfy 1 «88 (X prrcpa Mr Henry Armstrong. retred one timed over arm ro scmea-e no Somehow me buibng wd iri be the some. n so e of me devastomg frre met cfrroir destroyed rbur me oss of oa leader w4 be me hardest ahead ro overcome v Mr Arm-rrcng has led on repress »e He has otwoys been on omtere Us career oegcn w n o foorbo» scnotaryio to Rce hy 'i«e He entered ai o freshman n 1941 JVe Vjrfa retred Athi f Dreaor of GCC6D tecofc The frv tme I m Henry wos when rhefoorbci ream ar Rice wcsomngoirtxx for the hasng They shoved ou har ot over we the excepnon of o design efr on me too cf eoch erf us We were borh on foorberf schdanhes or Rce In 1942 ofriK Peon Harbor the err re foarbe team poed me mdrofy Scab ond Armstrong chose tne More Corp They w e both see to Southwestern lousono Immw to receive box 'tor ng Offerent dorms were assigned ro me two men become assignments were mode afphcbercaTy They corrrxed ro cwy toorbot whrfe rromg ond we-e mdefecred Upon compie on a S i U. they were sepenyed ond Armstrong s choce rooK hm to Poms ttond ond urfimarefy ro 0 no 1 rhrk he wodo hove mode o coreer of me marory hod ha assignment oeen dfferenr He loved me cap odoedSura He was dsenorged os a Fry Ueu en on ond returned '0 Rce n 194b In 1948 he momed ha cotege sweetheart, Mery Margcrer Vfcon (Xmg hujurwr yeor cr R«e. he woi AKorrference Todrfe and me Rce team was CoChomoons erf the Southwest Conference A rmtrong i fry job took hm ro ASce Terca. wne e he coocheo for o coupie of years Surfa remembers Armstrong os beng ve»y very mean ► ddn'r roke much to me e hm fgn although ne never provoked o fry ' The foo was probotfy due ro ho heavy we« r boung experence whie wrvrig ha coumy n me Mames Dumg the Korean Wcr. Arrratrong wav CCrfeb bOCk to the Mornes Xffls remembers. He wes mode o Ccc o ond gven on cerre company of «-experienced men ro take to Korea Once agon he woi dsenorged ond took on ooenng or 0e« Mcr Amor Coiege n Corpus Owi CAmg ma penod, he coocned Ron Krome» ore Oobby Wtgfv among ethers Wngh» emembers Mr Armstrong as The onry cooch i ev r sow come to the pnxrxe w h o swagger sick ond then use h 1955. lee became r jorer Vd ehomp ra one Gecrge Arm strong. Henry's brother was cooping here On o scoumg up. the cooches were reremng to Baytown ond O cow ran nro the rood vrfcng me cor AI passengers survived wrh the cxcepnon of George leovng o cooehmg post on open Surfs remembered hs dose friend from Rce ond cerfed ond offered Henry me openng At fry he timed me down l rhrk he wonted ro be sore me joo was offered become he was o good cooch ond nor o fnend He wonted me joO on ha own mem In the spring cf 5b Mr Arnarrong occcpred the coochmg posnon ond come to Bayfown ro sroy kr.1960 Mr Armstrong wos opprooched by Prndpof Maemore to be o port-rme ossotore pnrepo The become o permonerr orrongemenr n «61 He a remembered os berg. “ A yno daoprfxnon mot hod good ropport wrh the focury ond the communry He hod o woy wrh people In 1963, he tock the pmcpohnp cr lee ond hos successfurfy ne«d thcr post for 25 yeors He a me orty pmcocf n rhs oreo to hefd the cmccohho 'or mot mony yeors « me some «hoof t George Wolmyey onome Rce dassmare rd cirrenriy o medeef doctor n Baytown desebes Armstrong as. ' A mon wrh o greet deal of ntegrry ond honesty He has me ob fy ro see me base problem one a never confused by window dresong He comes up wrh prochccfsoAnonj too problem ond a very cope » of mplerneomg those soMons He bcsvccrfy tekes rhngs os mey come He a on oggresme crhlenc person rhor has remaned n good phyycd condnon On Arfy 24 Mr Henry Armstrong edebrered ha 65 brrhday ond we look bock on ha 32 years of service to Goose Oe k wth pro He wrf be screfy meeed or Robert E lee He hos proved to be supportive of the daw ond ha focurfy one me hofa w seen- efferent wrhou me fomto wd groomed gtoy nor pdssng through them We wrf mas you Mr Armstrong — rrme oety 19

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Cwinq «56 V» Amwong was o defensive »ne cooeh for rhe Gaxlers He helped cooch five members of rhu ream ro A» $rae Lremeo rries ma year ond monoged ro hove o wmnrtg season as we He was consdered o rough cooch 0a 90« me job (3ooe After servng as a pen time assistant pmapd r »C0 Mr Armsrrong became 0 Mrme ossaiarr proopcf onb r cooch r»g He dd on oursondong job and was consdered 0 wa deeptraners Vudonr remorfc «ha he has o qc»e» dgney AH Armstrong's firs yea as Prncpa of Robem I Lee was «64 He roc over rhe dunes of pmapot after me rerremerr of Mr MCLemae Hs abtres of berg o good cooch pod off when he became pmapof ond moroged on enrre foa y ond srudeor body 18

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T THt Do you remember the first day school when you just knew that you he the one teacher that everybody rak about? You were nghr. bur now you an that teacher are very dose friends I be you never thought that rhts would hefi pen? Thar is what Academics ore c about ThB section rook a lor of hard wot The biggest problem was trying ro people to be together or the some rim With domg interviews, getting quotes or assigning pictures, the Academic secnc was breaking their bocks ro make rti best yearbook possible Through the next few pages you will see the time on legwork bur hopefully nor the problem Academics ore about the classes at dubs that ore associated with rhai dosses This section dso indudes the occ demte honor students and honor sooefid We ore proud ro know that ocodemtcal, we ore above the norm