Texas School for the Deaf - Towers Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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The 1ef1eshments were C0nIfO1t1Hg' Aft6lW31ClS Ll1Clll0 told me about MINNIE LEE HOLST N1Sltll1g' the11 place once ln a wh1le Vxe started on to Gomales anel a1 11xed thele ln a short t1me NX hen I ehoxe up to her house I saw a fam1l1a1 figune walklng ahead of us but I lllilllt know unt1l she st 1ted NSObbl1IIg' along that It was Mlllllll hexself prepaung., te go shxppmg I got out dllil lan 11p t h 1 1 l wl11stled loudly She Wl'llI'l6el a1ound anel gut 1eaely to slap me bllt s I was too fll she lTllSSQCl She 16C0gI'llZQfl me and calmed down We ate dlnner w 1th he1 anel le irneel she was happllx n1a111eel My w1fe wanted to geo to Austm to see ou1 old sch mol ae, un The fi1st DQISOII I thought of whe11 we got lIltO Aust111 was M1 G Butle1 ou1 ell ela s sponsm We drove to h1s ho1ne He w s outs1ele mowme the 1,119 I was gr 'tel to see h1 1 1ay lidllell now but happy as always He illllCtitl me to BEVERI Y W ILSOV S Pefore I cwuld get llltO F6Xl1l5 s d111eway a l1ttle cotton headed glll 11d1ng a tllCyCl6 peddleel 1n f1ont of us 1rak1ng faces fo1 LS to get out In a mlnute a p1etty voung ladv eame out and caught the P001 ch1ld by tl1e ea1 XX hen she saw IIN w1fe nd me she 1nx1ted us mto th house We found Bexe1lv Xhlson IH a com fO1 able a111cha1r wlth a plpe anel hot 1oel book 1n hlS hands He neally h1t the mg when he saw us II lllVltLll us to spend the nlght We dee'1deel to you to mo 1e befole 550111 to heel As we d1one down CODWICSS I x as 1no1e than su1p11sel tm see nn olel upe1y SOI J1111 Reynolds w 1t1ng at the bus stop Xie p1ckeel h1111 up anel he expl IIIQG he was gomg to tux II to g h1 w 1fes car It was a 196 Iackznd She had hael a flat Jllll told us th t we h el just m1s ed IIICGUIIQ., JERRY MORRIS w ho w as playme basel ill fo1 the P1onee1s a11d w as on a tllp w 1th them to Beaumont LYNX ROSE s1tt1ng closely together holdmg hands They ereplamenel they had been 1na111ed only a month ago a'nd Rlchalel was manager of the Coca Cola Company Ca1olxn w as a secreta1v 1n the office of the p1es1dent of Zales Jew elry Company The next day we left fOl CdIlSlJ3.fl CAYQIHS New MQYICO and on ou1 way we stopped somewhere 111 a XI est Texas tOWIl to look axound My lldlljshtil saw a fu1111y lookmg, eloll 111 a store NNlIIdOW a11el wanted lt baellv I hld to get lt to make her qulet dow II XI e Wlllt III a11el found XX ESI EY I I UYIJ be lfllllll the Cflllllttl wo1l lllf., on 1ele 1 fo1 IIGXXQI anl l,ette1 toys He gave my g11l the doll We left fOI Ca1lsbad Caye1ns 1n a short t1me and a1r1weel there 1n n11el afternoon XX hen we we1e 1eadv to 5,0 111 we couldn t keep f1om bemg nosey about a pa1ked car w 1th soap and l1p stlck all OYEI It I kept looklng et It and late1 found out the people 1 e ee I walked Uhtl to tell the1n I was eleaf too a11el fou11d they we1e Textns One of them was a n1en1be1 of my elass MARTHA ANN HAKEI They were on tlllll honeymoon QOIIII., to Callfilrllld t 1 XISIUIIQ the Caye ns we set out fo1 hone It had been an excltlne, tllp We got back hm IL to find oa1 yillll tull of tall 42,1335 to be mowed new SpapEIS tl11ow II xll OXQI the pl 1ce a11d Zelma my NVlfQ had forgotten to elose 1 wmdow III the llhllf., muse was 1 IIILSS S lollee up IIIV s eexes and got musy cle lllllfl' fu o n1en1o11e ou1 am y eeause l 111 seen 1 o IIIX oe e '1 Sllll es d1e 1d the X We settlee CONXII o 1117 1e1 ten years of w lltlll tol ou1 nex t11p '7IOLl1tl the state 111 197s .V . v . 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66L5f5pl l0 QC? Gus Cm bello Ten years have passed smce the members of the Class of 1913 were gradu ted and left therr beloved school I am now lrvrng rn Fort Vt orth On my vacatron I decrded to traye around the State of 'Iexas for the first trme srnce 1953 From Fort Worth my wrfe and I first went to Dallas Texas y here we met BILLY GUMM who lrves a few blocks from my wrfes parents We were glad to see hrm agarn He rs a bachelor wrth a Cadrllac and a unron prrnter s card He was strll carryrng on wrth hrs basketball career at the trme I saw hrm That nrght we went to the Club of the Deaf rn downtown Dallas There I met BARBARA JOHNSON flndrng she was marrred and had two sets of twms The first were three and a half years old and the second only four months old 'I'he next day we thought of gorng to Gladewater to see how good LARRY STEWART was gettrng along and go fishrng wrth hrm Upon enterrng Gladewater I requested a fillrng statron operator to drrect me to hrs address To my surprrse Larry was half owner of the place wrth hrs brother The nran I talked to called Larry out He was covered w rth so much grease that I could hardly recognrze hrm untrl he gaye me hrs fayorrte greetrng and then I knew rt was he Larrv told me he was the best grease monkev car washer and polrsher rn the whole town After gabbrng wrth Larry for some trme we left for Houston to see my w rfes aunt That nrght we went to the Houston Srlent Club There I met VIRGINIA ANDREWS It was easv to spot her rn the mrddle of a lot of boys grgglrng and hrttrng., them as she had done rn school The former JEANETTE FITCH also was there but I drdn t notrce her untrl she came up to me wrth a really cute baby rn her arms We had a great trme talkrng about our school days I found out Jeanettes husband was a skrlled mechamc The next dav my wrfes aunt rnvrted us to Beaumont to go fishrng VS hen we got there I started to drop mv hook rnto the Gulf to try my luck but I was stopped bv a man on the dock He found out I was deaf and took us 'to hrs office to get a pencrl and pad I was amazed to learn that BILLY JEAN GRAHAM was hrs w rfe I could spot her a hundred feet aw ay wrth that red harr of hers She and her husband were the owners of the dock I was fishrng from We got together and had much to talk over I drdnt learn anvthrng except how Brllre was getting along The day after that we left for Skrdmore mv old home town to see my father After stayrng there a few days we went to Sun Antonro Arrrvrng there earlv rn the mornrng I was thrrsty and stopped for a cool drrnk As I approached a cafe I saw a famrlrar name Lupe s Place I told my wrfe al out LUPE MERCADO So we went rn lmagrne our surprrse' 'Ihere was the former LUCILLE FLORES srttrng at the cash regrster l walked up and surprrsed her She got seared and gaye off the same old scream but recognrzed me rust rn trnre I saw a shotgun barrel porntrng out of the cook s wrndow and looked closer behind rt to find Lupe Mercado hrmself He dropped the gun qurckly came out and nearly shook mv hand off as rf rt were a prece of meat from a quarter of beef We sat down and ordered our drrnks findrng Lupe and Lucrlle were owners of the cafe and Lupe had a g rage bv the srde of hrs cafe He had gotten trred of workrng aw ax from hrs wrfe Lucrlle v . . .4 1 , V . . YA. A - . v - r ,. b . . . .' . , ,sv . . v ' y 1 v ' -' Y 7 . , . . . . V. . . .. -, U V . . Q. . . v . , , , , , , , . . . , . . I ' I ,Q - v - . . ., - . Y V Y v ' v' ' ' v ' . .' ., ' v ' .y , , , . 1 ' v' Q - v u ' y v -' , s I . , ' . v . .' I Y . . Y . . V ' nf n I . . Y . . ' V , . u I 7 ' l Q ' v' . v ' u f 1 . T ' ' , v . X . , ,- v ' ' ' . xv . p 7 Q ' 1 . 1 5 ' v v v ' v' . - y v v' ' . . . V v ' - 7 . . , . . v . . v . v I I Y , . ' ! ' 1 . y s . ' . , v , - 1 Y K I . . .' ' ,A A , ' ' , I ' v . . .' , , x 9 . ' . ', ' ' , rx xx sy ,' , 4 , , , . . . . ' . ' L . .' ,, ' ., , L , . I . I L 'x V, ' , , . .' , . - g ' - ' I .I D V ' . I ' ' r - r ' ' ' . , . , , , , . y . . 9 ' . r . ' , v . , . .' ' - v ' . . v . r 5' ' ' . 4 v . , - .v . . , '

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