South Garland High School - Sabre Yearbook (Garland, TX)

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Attendcince Office, Librdry Both Tommie Narene Crenshaw Skelton Attendance Visiting Secretary Teacher RIGHT: Attendance girls, Delores Forsythe, and Patti Stone, check attendance cards daily. BOTTOM: Delores Forsythe aids Mrs. Narene Skelton in one of her many tasks. A1 tt' 1- e .. lg ,....m.,., .. 'lst R,OW:,Mrs. Tommie Crenshaw, Shirley Brown, Barbara Holton, Melinda Wyatt, Kathleen Hall, Marsha Cawdle, Vicki Nelson, Debbie Jackson, Sheri Carnes, Jeri Rollins. 2nd ROW: Muffet Russell, Patti Stone, Patsy Jones, Mary Forsythe, Denise Dorman, Mrs. Narene Skelton, Terry Ander- son, Gayle Richards, Cile Davis, Connie Finney, Jill Starling, Rhonda Smith, Kathy Hopson, Willa Petty. Checking attendance, delivering such things as messages and tennis shoes tostudents, writing tardy and absent slips compose only a small por- tion of the activities in the attendance office daily. Under the direction of Mrs. Tommie Crenshaw and Mrs. Narene Skelton, student assistants be- gin each day with keeping up with attendance or tardies of all students, plus notify parents of ab- sentees. The attendance office handles correspondence to the assistant principals, Mrs. H. E. Turrentine and Mr. Bob Owen. 20

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Provide Leodership MR. H. E. TURRENTINE MR. BUD OWEN Serving as assistant principal takes a large amount of past time as illustrated by Mr. H. E. Turrentine. A graduate of Texas A. and M. University, Mr. Turren- tine obtained his Master's of Education Degree in 1958. As an instructor at Gold-burg il.S.D.1, Monteg County, he taught agriculture for nine years. From Gold-burg Mr. Turrentine moved to Garland. After teaching six years at Garland, Mr. Turrentine's ca- reer brought him to South Garland where he has served since 1964 as assistant principal. Mr. Turrentine's wife, Erma, is employed as a sec- retary at Texas instruments Incorporated. His family includes two sons, Mike, 17, Charles, 15, both are currently attending Garland High School. South Garland's expansion added Mr. Bud Owen to the administration staff. As second vice-principal of South Garland, Mr. Owen assumes the same type of responsibilities as Mr. H. E. Turrentine. A graduate of Delta State College, Cleveland, Mississippi, he re- ceived his Bachelor of Science Degree in 1953. Mr. Owen got his Master's Degree from East Texas State University in 1966. Mr. Owen has coached at Gar- land High School, Tascosa High School, and South Garland High School. After serving two terms as as- sistant principal at Stephen F. Austin Junior High, Mr. Owen came to his present position at South Gar- land. Mr. Owen's wife, Mary Alice, is a fourth grade teacher at Freeman Elementary where his daughters attend. His daughters are Pam, 11,Julia, 8.

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Sources of Activity, Informotion CHELK Ol T BOOKS ,lf ,W-T.- . T .ft 321 ft ' ' Mia., . f Q Diane Sue Dickson Nichols North Texas East Texas B.A. M.Ecl. Librarians Librarians The library is the information center of the school. Mrs. Diane Dickson, Mrs. Sue Nichols head the library with students who work in the library one period each day. The South Garland library contains 6,600 books to help students with book reports and research projects as well as a current magazine and reference section. New books are continually added to the shelves, and students have found the library a hideaway for serious study or casual magazine browsing. The library also stocks film catalogues for the teachers' convenience and aid plus all audio-visual equipment. E 5 Maw ta-11 help Cathy Cook catalogue new books i TOP LEFT: David Brawley assists Cheryl Capehart in checking out a book. LEFT Mrs. Sue Nichols and Mrs. Diane Dickson