Retirement to new routine for Deer Park educator Clyde Abshier
Clyde Abshier retired as Deer Park Public Schools superintendent at 11 p.m. June 30 1969 and began working at Deer Park Bank at 9 a.m. July 1 1969. He served as teacher principal and 28 years as superintendent totaling 38 years in the district. He witnessed the first graduating class in 1940 and recalls the first football team in 1939. He has not missed a varsity game in thirty years. He married Leola Lo Roberts in 1931, has a son Dale and two granddaughters in Baton Rouge. Lo Abshier paints writes and had a poetry book published under Lee Roberts. She is enrolled in art classes at San Jacinto College. Abshier retired for health reasons and enjoys bird hunting and fishing while staying in touch with the school he left.
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JO Chambers
Clyde Abshier
Deer Park
Deer Park Bank
Abshier
Sam Houston College
Leola ‘‘Lo’’ Roberts
Dale
Baton Rouge
Lo” Is One of Mr. Abshier
Lee Roberts
San Jacinto College
Bank
Deer Park Junior High Open House Heads to Oct 23
All parents of Deer Park Junior High students are invited to an Open House on Thursday, October 23 at 7 00 PM. Parents will follow their child’s schedule to meet most staff. Principal Leon Wolters says the visitation is being repeated by popular request. Reserve the date and plan a trip to the school.
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Deer Park Junior High
Leon Wolters
SJC Regents Make Personnel Changes
The San Jacinto College Board of Regents approved three personnel changes at its regular meeting Monday night. Lee Davis resigns as director of guidance to become business manager at Galveston Community College, with no successor named yet. Dr. Margaret Ashe was appointed chair of the Psychology Department replacing Dr. Ann Zimmer. A new piano tuning for the blind program begins Oct. 16 with Walter Musler to conduct, following a recommendation from the State Commission for the Blind. Additional items included a building use plan for the Science Building, overflow of science courses, new campus track work to start soon, and the closure of the Manpower Development Training Program for secretaries due to a canceled federal contract, offset by a Texas Employment Commission training center opening in Houston.
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Board of Regents
San Jacinto College
Lee Davis
Galveston Community College
Texas Commission For the Blind
Walter Musler
State Commission For the Blind
San Antonio
Dr. Spencer
James Burleson
Spencer
United States Labor Department
Texas Employment Commission
Houston
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