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FamiliarEDITOR’S NOTE: The following stories were written by members of I he Mission High School journalism class.By BRINK OXFORD Reporter’s notes: Mrs. AnnieLaurie Wolfram is currentlv recovering from a serious automobile accident The longtime Mission teacher granted this reporter an interview and the following is a result of thatinters iewWhile walking the hollowed halls of Mission High School many of the familiar sounds came to Mils exes during thepast Homecoming week The laughter of student'., the cases of troph es and the usual complaints of s hon life '.serea 1 recognized by La- visitors.Hut a careful check ;eveaied that (trie familiar sa:h? was gone. This sight was known by some 2.500 students f.r 17 years during their caret' as M1IS seniors. The sigh! M s. \nn e Laurie VS a If ru i . MILS sen.or English teacher lor 17 \earsMr Wolfram's ‘‘teachingcareer sj .ns s -me 27 years of service in the public schools of Texas. She began her teaching •-areei at the youre ..ge o* 17. Her first assignment was at oiinsviiie a smaL country «lt; Mil near Denison ‘I made s4' a month then and 1 taughth*' seventh giade and la' n in cgh school ’ Mrs VMf.'Uin.aid \f -r teaching at lt;»liin-iville, the former .MHS teacheraught a' H ve and PLor* a som the north Texas area In 1 1 Mrs. W'olfrumI r ed U r; VV« { diuit teaching after f ve ve rswas.! lt;nurcnfer late husband f Christ minisie- and toe ou lie had two children, a hoy rid girl The boy died m 1 fi) it the .i r of ten T n ■ ;j , ,vJrs lane Wolf urn Lawler, iresently teadies firs grade in ’alifornia.Mr. an Mrs. Wolfrurn movedo the M .Sion arc n the 1930 $.here Mr Wolf um was ah* r* h of ( hr is* n, i ster aridgrove owner. In he p ngf 94 M ' V * •. ^s ed to teach at Uton a chool distri.t immediately orth of \l ssion 11 r ass grt-ient .it ' itmi duded teacci ngle third grade n e entente vDunng the m nth of February ley will sing a double chorus umber with the Edinburgloir.MissingatMHS'1Liff• tiMim£ill’MLi■#Wi**tianUl.-.t.•ftillI'MM'u .ifto•d.viis t**1,i I'MU*r'• (i/Uii r .Mir■ -m■JKPjpk .k.J *1 'ilLlM :■Trrf- ilf h i.ni,7 Iffw,m“t.T c ifrmk* c.vfWC' 1‘■4i-MW* ill5, 'torI}* 'I;iiitlii5WINNERS — James Meuth. left, Mik e Farr, center, a'nd MaFilon Kieffer ofthe McAllen High School chapter of Future Farmers of America won first place m the FFA area farm radio broad casting contest at Texas ACrl. As a result they wilt go to the state meet at Sam Houston University in Huntsvill# on Nov 20. Their topic was Crossing Beef Cattle for Profit.” The McAllen FFA quiz team made up of Marka Bu rks. Amber Ftmre, Linda Huggins and Matt Meuth, placed second in the ar ea meet. McHi s parliamentary procedure team made up of Ronnie Blakely, Mario Marroquin, Mario Hinojosa Bob Ashwander. Harold Springv Steven Bagwell, Ernesto Lugo and Kent R e e s e, finished third Only other Valley school eligible for state competition is Roma, whose greenhand form skill team won first place. (Monitor Photo).shes h lt;h Km' f ve year taught at the small H-h ml untillit . when a caiue MHS.M s Wolfram fond y recalls her first years at MHS “Mr. H T. Nance (presently an ina’h teacher) was pr nr pal and Mi Howard Sooter was the tvping-bu.siness teache Mrs.\\ olfruni recalls. “J Mil Auld(i a Comptroller for F.dmburg S hools) was superintendent and the entire hign school h.id st.me 400-500 studentsMrsThroughout the yearsWolfrurn has seen the entire M school system grow.Pmnting to the growth in theK n g 1 : s h department forexample. Mrs Wolfrurnremember'. “I taught the two senior Knglish classes and I also taugh- three jun u English classes Mv i rst vear one of0 Wmy two senior classes had only ten s’udents in it”. Po nt ngDrill Team CapturesFirst Competitioniinph;ilt;e, d theo41\satholic Ontialscore ofr.Yllen wascrall v nnet vision of the2 total pointsa* se.-(fid ovt ’all wtlh S21 tal txnri s.The Mlt; H te tn com-a tided oy Cadet David »ballos, a junior. Hectorevino is the ..•'SLstant com-a rider and Cadet.' Richard‘tin. J os1 \ (ion/ale/ andrad Stile.' are squad leaders.!her member- of the team who arched a! Kingsville are uten V uldua, H- '! Cartel aike (iutiene/.. Charli Land,nv id H a in ire/, W ade ollkampet I) a v id Perez,itchell Reinitz, Monty '»tx‘ps, Frank Stiles Ceor rev ino and Mark W aish.accompanieda number ofveThe team wasto Kingsville byCa e! Ladies from the hi^h s' a n*: vv:'h the r faculty .ehixir y ' I’ur, Reyna \ nurnler of parents from Mi Allen were also seen at the competition I'.rst sgt Donald (ease and Col Pederson from the ROTCdepart m e n » superv x‘d the team's preparation for the competition Second Lt. Fernando Ciarza, L S Army Reserve, 2?TC N 12th St arecent graduate of Texas \*ti I ri'verstty a formei memtam ot the Cniversity's Kings Riflesdr II team and a former student under Col Pederson, is an adv sor to and thi principle creator of drill routines foj theteam.w tn pride to the present silua ion die vet :an teacher sa.d, I hei e wa - little empha,sthen ujx»n colege preparation. We had sever senor English classes wnen I left in pr7(l and over 1,200 students in all ofM11 S.The problem of classroom d s ipline is m»t a new one to teachers, Mrs Wolfram recalls. Among her memorable yearswas her first at MHS in 10)3-1954 In that vear she had a■jr Ip -second jx-’ iod senior K.ng ish class composed mostly of b ys. The long-time teacherrem mbers. There was a certain clique lt;* boys who caused a disturbance m class even dav If it w, ■Ft onlt;* tl •W W ■ “it was ante er ” The behavor problem of this group of bays became quite severe when one of the trouble-maker s ropo-itioned Mrs Wolfrurn, He told mt* that he would assure me that the entire group of txiys would behive in return for pas' ng grades for all,”Mrs Wofrum said Mrs Wolfram replied. “I don’t makedea's or propositions like to,. ” \t th s t o nt the Fngl -h s id that see fe;tred for what m ght ha; pen. Each w t-ekenri I hadto talk mvself out 1 res mm• jBrshe exp'atned. 1 remernlx’r this Ixn had once torn u ; s rej-ort card in da s and openly tossed it into the waste b-mket ’has hadmemorable,man)andWolfrurnp.easurable,funny t mes Vocabulary testj furnished some of the funniest moments as otoer Englishteachers will testify. Thepresentation of a tieautiful wrist watch to Mrs Wolfram by the Senior class of 1970 was one of the highlights of her career, Mrs Wolfram claimsCoon re n-tatenientEventually this pro ost.otir g student was temoonrlv. sd.the d : s t u r b a n c • m k.-r ap ogetically a s k e d Mrs, Wolfram for for. venzs.s and item n pass.ng Mis Wolframvividly recalls the Mud nCsfinal words as he departed train her e.lass at the end of he spring semester The student had barely as-ed the d:'- and while leav ng the c! room remarked t inoi er s (•,!.You get lt;actlv w• at you earnin Mr- Wolfram s cLis-I’o ween her 17 ye »rs and .students at Mils, Mrs.But a ! cons deration aside, Mr4 Wolfram )est remember* that with whom she dealt th? m st —MHS Students As almost any of her 2,500 exes will acknowledge, Mrs. Wolfram was the teacner'ate, her The careful, thoughtout lessons b- the veteranwteatber “got many an MHS graduate through college frexh-m a n Knglish ’ one ex« remarked \nd Mra Wolfrurn P’Oidiy points to her many ex-student- who went on to do well ui college etwi other lt;aieers Mrs Wolfram found it dif-fi ult to single out part cular students who went on to greater accomplishments “But imce.” she s.ud ! coni|xsed a partial ! st of ti'ose students who, in my est.ma' on. went from my ( I; ss to 'r* iter and higher a hievements ’ Ymong thesenianv Mi ents Mr' W’olfrain1 ’ Mat o Ran era, PhD in P ta s. ence Cavetano Barrera, now an M D. in .Me' n M rtha Sm lev, the f rst woman pres dent of the P a y o • I’niversty Student H d Captain Brace G;av. atlt; er,t Te\ ' U M veterinariangi j : Po Dav id Klk ns. a 5 aleand in ervly of Californiagraduate and Ra ael Sanchez,pre-ort v ,i prof*- sor of S(an sh at T»\as \AI I niversity. It ) so d ff.'cult t.- name just a few li.'c,luse there tiave beenso many in my da^es who h .ve nt on to do well, Mrs,W d'nim expla ncd The long-tim tdicaL'i added that sheiioix’d that she had s me smallP*i ’ ti th- a- i-.mpi shnients ofher students.
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Sun, Nov 14, 1971
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