Saturday, September 26, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Life After LHS by Duane Johnson
After graduating in May and working at the gin all summer, again, I went to SWTSC for four years and graduated with a BBA, majoring in accounting. In 1963 was a great year - in May - I graduated from SWTSC, in August I married Jerry Beth Wheeler a 1962 graduate of Raymondville, in September I entered the Air Force Officer Training School at Media AFB near Lackland and in December I became a 2nd Lieutenant.
We spent time in Colorado, Mississipi, North Dakota and South Carolina. I resigned my commission in 1968 and moved to Austin. After working for an accounting firm for 3 years, I opened my own accounting practice in 1972 and am still going strong. I enjoy getting up every morning and going to my office to do something I enjoy (helping people) and I even get paid for doing it, most of the time.
While we were in North Dakota we had a daughter (Lesa) then after moving to Austin we had a son, David. Lesa has two kids (Larissa and Collin). Lesa is a single mom with a growing career as a sales rep for a skin care company calling on doctors and spas. Davis is married to Ronda and they have two kids,
(Madisen and Jake). Jake was born on my birthday 5 years ago. David is a real estate broker with three offices in the area. Ronda works part time in HR.
I started my accounting practice in our home for a year then moved into an office building where I still have my practice, now in my 35th year. The office is across the street from our church (Woodlawn Baptist Church) where Jerry Beth and I spend many hours. Jerry Beth is the Mother's Day Out Director there.
We are very, sometimes overly, involved in different groups and committees at Woodlawn. We just enoy serving our Lord and doing things we really enjoy.
Jerry Beth and I are also on several boards of non-profit organizations (Rotary, Mary Harden Baylor University, VinCare, South Austin Pregnancy Resource Center, Del Valle Jail and Early Education Center).
My mom still lives in Austin and keeps us supplied with baked goods which is part of the reason for my
slight weight gain since high school.
During our Air Force years, we traveled and continue to do so as much as possible. We have been to
Japan and over half of the states. We visit Dallas, San Antonio, Branson, Vegas, Louisiana, Colorado and New Mexico on a regular basis. We have also been cruising to Alaska, the Panama Canal and the Carribian. We just thoroughly enjoy being together where ever, when ever with who ever (especially our kids and grand-kids).
If you're in my area, stop by sometime.
Duane Johnson
4515 Menchaca Road
Austin, TX 78745
Look forward to seeing everyone next month.
We spent time in Colorado, Mississipi, North Dakota and South Carolina. I resigned my commission in 1968 and moved to Austin. After working for an accounting firm for 3 years, I opened my own accounting practice in 1972 and am still going strong. I enjoy getting up every morning and going to my office to do something I enjoy (helping people) and I even get paid for doing it, most of the time.
While we were in North Dakota we had a daughter (Lesa) then after moving to Austin we had a son, David. Lesa has two kids (Larissa and Collin). Lesa is a single mom with a growing career as a sales rep for a skin care company calling on doctors and spas. Davis is married to Ronda and they have two kids,
(Madisen and Jake). Jake was born on my birthday 5 years ago. David is a real estate broker with three offices in the area. Ronda works part time in HR.
I started my accounting practice in our home for a year then moved into an office building where I still have my practice, now in my 35th year. The office is across the street from our church (Woodlawn Baptist Church) where Jerry Beth and I spend many hours. Jerry Beth is the Mother's Day Out Director there.
We are very, sometimes overly, involved in different groups and committees at Woodlawn. We just enoy serving our Lord and doing things we really enjoy.
Jerry Beth and I are also on several boards of non-profit organizations (Rotary, Mary Harden Baylor University, VinCare, South Austin Pregnancy Resource Center, Del Valle Jail and Early Education Center).
My mom still lives in Austin and keeps us supplied with baked goods which is part of the reason for my
slight weight gain since high school.
During our Air Force years, we traveled and continue to do so as much as possible. We have been to
Japan and over half of the states. We visit Dallas, San Antonio, Branson, Vegas, Louisiana, Colorado and New Mexico on a regular basis. We have also been cruising to Alaska, the Panama Canal and the Carribian. We just thoroughly enjoy being together where ever, when ever with who ever (especially our kids and grand-kids).
If you're in my area, stop by sometime.
Duane Johnson
4515 Menchaca Road
Austin, TX 78745
Look forward to seeing everyone next month.
My Life After LHS Patsy Kajs Gonzales
After graduating from Lyford High School, I went to Durham's Business College in Corpus Christi, TX., where I got my Associate Business Degree. I returned to the Valley and got a job with Easterling Motors in
Harlingen, TX. as a receptionist and bookkeeper. I worked there for two years and since my sister Bonnie lived in San Antonio, I decided to move and live with her. I got a job at Superior Pontiac in the Parts Department and stayed there for nine months and than applied for a job at Southwestern Telephone Co.,
where I worked for 27 years in various jobs which also required me to do a lot of traveling to train people in the Network Special Services Circuit Group.
During this time, I met my husband Rode Gonzales who was a coach at Brackenridge High School and later a Principal at Jefferson High School, we got married in 1970. We have a daughter, Stefanie Patricia who was born in 1982. She received her Master's Degree at Texas A&M University in College Station and now works as a DARS Claims Examiner with Social Security in Austin, TX.
After 27 years, I retired from SBC in December, 1991 and was involved in my daughter's numerous school sports activities and also helped in various charity organizations.
I am looking forward to seeing everyone at the reunion after all of these years.
Patsy
Harlingen, TX. as a receptionist and bookkeeper. I worked there for two years and since my sister Bonnie lived in San Antonio, I decided to move and live with her. I got a job at Superior Pontiac in the Parts Department and stayed there for nine months and than applied for a job at Southwestern Telephone Co.,
where I worked for 27 years in various jobs which also required me to do a lot of traveling to train people in the Network Special Services Circuit Group.
During this time, I met my husband Rode Gonzales who was a coach at Brackenridge High School and later a Principal at Jefferson High School, we got married in 1970. We have a daughter, Stefanie Patricia who was born in 1982. She received her Master's Degree at Texas A&M University in College Station and now works as a DARS Claims Examiner with Social Security in Austin, TX.
After 27 years, I retired from SBC in December, 1991 and was involved in my daughter's numerous school sports activities and also helped in various charity organizations.
I am looking forward to seeing everyone at the reunion after all of these years.
Patsy
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Roger Marroquin & Elvira Cavazos Marroquin - Life After The Last Reunion
This is just a brief summary of our life after the first reunion in 1979. Roger and I were engaged on November 10, 1979. We were married on September 6, 1980.
Roger was stationed in Ft. Hood, TX. I lived in Harlingen and continued to teach in San Benito, TX. Roger was later transferred to Illesheim, Germany on his last tour. I joined him soon after school was out in May 1981. Roger was in charge of Housing, so we were required to live on base. I taught in Germany for two years. We would travel to the different countries every chance we had.
We returned to Texas and Roger retired in 1983. I continued my teaching career at the same school that I taught at before leaving to Germany until my retirement in 1996.
In 2004, Roger and I visited our daughter, Anelies in Alaska before her retirement from the Air Force. Roger and I travel as much as possible. We take frequent trips to Austin, TX as our youngest son, Brian and our only grandson, Brian Joseph live in Austin. Brian Joseph has made the "All Star" in baseball the last three years, so we are very proud of him. We also enjoy our trips to New Mexico. Anelies made Albuquerque her home. Rogie, our middle son lives in Santa Fe.
Roger's hobbies are hunting and fishing. We take at least three trips to Lousiana every year. My hobbies are reading, doing aerobics, yoga and doing volunteer work.
At home, we usually watch all kinds of sports on TV, visit with family and enjoy each other's company.
Roger was stationed in Ft. Hood, TX. I lived in Harlingen and continued to teach in San Benito, TX. Roger was later transferred to Illesheim, Germany on his last tour. I joined him soon after school was out in May 1981. Roger was in charge of Housing, so we were required to live on base. I taught in Germany for two years. We would travel to the different countries every chance we had.
We returned to Texas and Roger retired in 1983. I continued my teaching career at the same school that I taught at before leaving to Germany until my retirement in 1996.
In 2004, Roger and I visited our daughter, Anelies in Alaska before her retirement from the Air Force. Roger and I travel as much as possible. We take frequent trips to Austin, TX as our youngest son, Brian and our only grandson, Brian Joseph live in Austin. Brian Joseph has made the "All Star" in baseball the last three years, so we are very proud of him. We also enjoy our trips to New Mexico. Anelies made Albuquerque her home. Rogie, our middle son lives in Santa Fe.
Roger's hobbies are hunting and fishing. We take at least three trips to Lousiana every year. My hobbies are reading, doing aerobics, yoga and doing volunteer work.
At home, we usually watch all kinds of sports on TV, visit with family and enjoy each other's company.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Life After Lyford High School by George Teetes
After graduating from Lyford High School I entered Texas A&M College (became University in 1963) in September 1959 as an "air crapper" in corps' Squadron 5. At the time, A&M was all male and compulsory military and the highest-ranking officer with five stars was (and still is) a female dog. Not being real interested in the military stuff, although marching came easy probably because of band practice. I didn't take an air force contract (the powers to be were probably glad) and stayed and got a M.S. degree in 1965. My class, 1963, was the last one to have college on our Aggie ring. I took a job as an entomologist for the Texas Department of Corrections for two years then went back to A&M in 1967 as a research associate and instructor to work full time and get my last degree, which I completed in 1971. I then went to Lubbock as an assistant professor with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station (TAES), which is the agricultural research agency for Texas A&M University. In 1975 I moved back to campus at College Station and continued research on integrated management of sorghum insect pests with emphasis on genetic plant resistance, and taught a senior level course on field crop insects. Much of my time was spent trying to get research funds or traveling to the worst places in the world to justify them. I retired in 2000 as Professor Emeritus and TAES Faculty Fellow after working for 36 years.
I have three sons and each graduated from Texas A&M University, and I have five grandkids. My wife Ellen also has three sons and five grandkids. In 1994 Ellen and I bought an acre lot and a small cabin on a private 800-acre lake northeast of College Station. We have enlarged the cabin and made major improvements and spend a great amount of time there. Basically, I spend the spring and summer fishing and the fall and winter hunting. I love being retired and I am really good at it. My wife and I travel some too. I get to the valley at least twice a year as my friend Roy Stanley (Raymondville High School class of 1959) and I fish at Port Mansfield every spring and fall.
Other than that, I just got old. But, I have been very fortunate.
George L. Teetes
I have three sons and each graduated from Texas A&M University, and I have five grandkids. My wife Ellen also has three sons and five grandkids. In 1994 Ellen and I bought an acre lot and a small cabin on a private 800-acre lake northeast of College Station. We have enlarged the cabin and made major improvements and spend a great amount of time there. Basically, I spend the spring and summer fishing and the fall and winter hunting. I love being retired and I am really good at it. My wife and I travel some too. I get to the valley at least twice a year as my friend Roy Stanley (Raymondville High School class of 1959) and I fish at Port Mansfield every spring and fall.
Other than that, I just got old. But, I have been very fortunate.
George L. Teetes
Lela Cash Adams Life After High School
After graduating from Lyford High School in '59, I enrolled at Texas A&I in Kingsville in the fall. I graduated with a BS in Secretarial Science in '64. I got a job teaching typing and shorthand in La Joya in the
fall of '64. I stayed there two years and moved to Palacios for one year.
In '67, I married Larry Adams and moved to Brenham where he was teaching history at Blinn Jr. College. We have a son Matthew who lives in Arlington.
In '72, we moved to Denton so Larry could work on a Ph.D in history. In '74 we moved to El Paso to teach at El Paso Community College. After 30 years we retired and moved to Jasper.
I look forward to seeing everyone in October.
Lela
fall of '64. I stayed there two years and moved to Palacios for one year.
In '67, I married Larry Adams and moved to Brenham where he was teaching history at Blinn Jr. College. We have a son Matthew who lives in Arlington.
In '72, we moved to Denton so Larry could work on a Ph.D in history. In '74 we moved to El Paso to teach at El Paso Community College. After 30 years we retired and moved to Jasper.
I look forward to seeing everyone in October.
Lela
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Julio's Life After Lyford High Graduation
After graduation I enrolled at what was then Texas College of Arts & Industries, now Texas A&M University at Kingsville. Due to lack of funds and a job I was only able to attend 4 semesters.
So, in the summer of 1962, I decided to fulfill my military obligation by joining the US Air Force where I trained in Security/Law Enforcement and in November I was shipped to Tainan Air Station, Taiwan for a period of 16 months. It was during this time that Kennedy was assassinated. Upon returning to the United States, I was stationed at what is known as Americas's Most Beautiful Military Base, Randolph AFB, near
San Antonio. It was there that I had the honor of guarding Air Force #1, when Lyndon Baines Johnson was President
Before reporting to Randolph, I married Carolina Rios in March 12, 1964. It was also while I was stationed there our first two girls were born at Ft. Sam Houston in San Antonio. We remained there for the rest of my military career.
We moved back to Lyford and with the aid of the GI Bill and a full time job at Lyford CISD, I was finally able to get my BS in Education from UTPA in 1970 and a MEd. in 1975. We decided that Carolina would go to college also at UTPA where she got her BS in Bi-lingual Education.
Our daughter's names are Vidala Ximena (works for Raymondville ISD) and LaMar (works for Robstown ISD) both are teachers and Donella Marisol works for XRIO-TV station as an administrator. We are also the proud grandparents of six grandchildren, 2 girls and 4 boys. The oldest grand-son was named after me and is an audio engineering instructor at a technical college in Nashville, TN. Amanda Jewel, our eldest grand-daughter is attending West Texas A&M University. The rest of the grandchildren are elementary age or younger. Their names are Mya Marisol, Pablo III, Mathew Torivio and Marco Julian.
We have two sons-in-law, Ric Ortiz who works for the Nueces County Medical Examiner's Office in Corpus Christi and the other son-in-law is Paul Alvarado who is a law enforcement officer in Georgetown.
Besides, my work I have been involved in community service. I served as a Lyford City Commissioner for 8 years, on the WC Housing Project Board for 8 years and this is my 26th year as board member at South Texas ISD.
I retired from Lyford CISD in June 1995 with 32 years of service, where I had worked as a janitor, bus driver, instructional aide, teacher and administrator working my way up to Lyford High School Principal. After, retiring I worked at the WC State Prison for another 5 years and then worked as a substitute teacher until my health started to catch up with me. In 2003, I became a full time unemployed old man. Now, all that my wife and I do is stay home and take care of each other.
Thanks,
Julio
So, in the summer of 1962, I decided to fulfill my military obligation by joining the US Air Force where I trained in Security/Law Enforcement and in November I was shipped to Tainan Air Station, Taiwan for a period of 16 months. It was during this time that Kennedy was assassinated. Upon returning to the United States, I was stationed at what is known as Americas's Most Beautiful Military Base, Randolph AFB, near
San Antonio. It was there that I had the honor of guarding Air Force #1, when Lyndon Baines Johnson was President
Before reporting to Randolph, I married Carolina Rios in March 12, 1964. It was also while I was stationed there our first two girls were born at Ft. Sam Houston in San Antonio. We remained there for the rest of my military career.
We moved back to Lyford and with the aid of the GI Bill and a full time job at Lyford CISD, I was finally able to get my BS in Education from UTPA in 1970 and a MEd. in 1975. We decided that Carolina would go to college also at UTPA where she got her BS in Bi-lingual Education.
Our daughter's names are Vidala Ximena (works for Raymondville ISD) and LaMar (works for Robstown ISD) both are teachers and Donella Marisol works for XRIO-TV station as an administrator. We are also the proud grandparents of six grandchildren, 2 girls and 4 boys. The oldest grand-son was named after me and is an audio engineering instructor at a technical college in Nashville, TN. Amanda Jewel, our eldest grand-daughter is attending West Texas A&M University. The rest of the grandchildren are elementary age or younger. Their names are Mya Marisol, Pablo III, Mathew Torivio and Marco Julian.
We have two sons-in-law, Ric Ortiz who works for the Nueces County Medical Examiner's Office in Corpus Christi and the other son-in-law is Paul Alvarado who is a law enforcement officer in Georgetown.
Besides, my work I have been involved in community service. I served as a Lyford City Commissioner for 8 years, on the WC Housing Project Board for 8 years and this is my 26th year as board member at South Texas ISD.
I retired from Lyford CISD in June 1995 with 32 years of service, where I had worked as a janitor, bus driver, instructional aide, teacher and administrator working my way up to Lyford High School Principal. After, retiring I worked at the WC State Prison for another 5 years and then worked as a substitute teacher until my health started to catch up with me. In 2003, I became a full time unemployed old man. Now, all that my wife and I do is stay home and take care of each other.
Thanks,
Julio
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