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Michael Warlick is the moderator for the 1968 class. Contact him if you want to add news, upcoming events or additions or changes to missing persons or personal links to this page. Use "Enter Bio" below to add a personal link. |
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Joint Class Reunion with the Class of `67. To be held September 26-27.
For details, contact Michael Warlick at
MWGOBOY@AOL.COM . |
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| Acosta, John | 3/9/2008 - | ||
| Acosta, Kathy |
1100 Bellmont Ct.
Bedford, TX 76022
817-835-0708 |
3/9/2008 -
Family info: 3 children: Lisa (41) (Grapevine);
Chris (27) (Germany); Erin (24) (Euless)
2 granddaughters: Kristen (21); Kelly (17) Job info: |
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| Arthur B. Cerda |
5239 Vanderbilt Dallas, Texas 75206 214-823-8851 |
Arthur graduated from the University of
Houston, came back home in 1990 and is still teaching at North
Dallas High. If you wish to come by and visit your old school, call
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| Campbell, Larry | tonisoup1@sbcglobal.net | 06/20/2007 | |
| (Baucom), Shirley Wray |
1017 Magnolia Drive Carrollton, TX
75007 972-446-0919 |
7/20/2008 -
Spouse name: Ken Wray Family
info: I have two sons,
one living in Utah and one in Carrollton.
Between the two of them I have been blessed with nine
grandchildren. My husband
has one son and one grandson.
We have been married for four years.
I am looking forward to our 40th reunion to see everyone again. |
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| Yolanda Chavez Gomez |
7201 Vivian Avenue Dallas,Texas 75223 214-324-2555 |
9/27/2007 - Spouse name: Raymond Gomez |
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Cox, Billy Bob |
Billy is married to Beverly K. (Porter). They have three daughters, four grandchildren, and live on a small farm outside Bartlett, Texas. Billy was involved in an industrial accident and did not make it back to NDHS his Senior year. He spent most of the Senior year and much of the next 2 1/2 years in and out of Methodist Hospital where they rebuilt his left leg. Hewent on to Dallas Christian College then to preach in East Texas and Colorado. He began graduate work at Stephen F. Austin State University and later finished two Master's degrees at the University of Central Texas; one in counseling psychology and one in criminal justice. He has been involved in law enforcement, geriatric social work and childcare as well as new church evangelism or rebuilding struggling churches. He directs a Christian foster care agency and is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Master Social Worker - Advanced Clinical Practiction and does psychotherapy in private practice. He consults with non profits on program development, fundraising, strategic planning and Board development. Contact info: P. O. Box 304, Hutto, Texas 78634, Phone: (254)527-FARM For more information, see Billy's website at: www.lfnetwork.org |
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Fernando De La Garza |
fred_de_la_garza@hotmail.com
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07/22/2006 -
Spouse name: Vickie De
La Garza Family info: 3 Children/2 Boys, 1 Girl/ 3
Grand-daughters |
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| Freid, M. Susan | mfreid@dallasisd.org |
11/11/2007 - Letter to Bulldog News from M. Susan
Freid - I can truly say that the Bulldog News is an inspiration to
me and I look forward to the stories and snippets with each issue.
I am a 1968 graduate
and loved my years at
After graduation I went off to college and when eventually finished, I spent over 25 years in the computer software industry. This profession allowed me to travel extensively and to live well, but my dream was to retire from industry and teach. After seeing North Dallas High highlighted on 60 Minutes one evening, my dream was further honed to include teaching at Though the halls are virtually the same, the rules of “polite society” have altered considerably among the student body, so I received quite the culture shock when I entered the classroom after 35 years. This is my fourth year and I would not go back to the business world for all the tea in My brother, Dana Long, another NDHS graduate (1966) was the pitcher on the baseball team and known in the Dallas Morning News and Times Herald for his ability to pitch a “no-hitter” and still lose the game – no, we were not known for our sports talent in the sixties either! He calls me every Saturday after he reads the paper about the NDHS game to see if I have the athletes noted in the news in my classes. The Bulldogs played his town’s (Kaufman) baseball team last year and I went with him to the game. He was very torn at first about which team to cheer. He played like I adore the recollections from your contributors that include a “teacher story”. They inspire me and I share them with my fellow teachers. Are you and the other alumni aware of how many alumni are teachers, administrators, or workers at the school? I am only one of almost 20!!! Just to name a few: Mr. Luis Benavides was also a 1968 graduate and he heads the English Department and teaches English IV. Mr. Arthur Cerda retired last year; he taught Health and was also a 1968 graduate. His brother, Ernest Cerda (a 1967 graduate), is the school Historian – he and his camera never miss an event!! Mrs. Sanjuana Casiano (class of 1987) teaches Algebra I and Pre-Calculus. Mr. Jaime Hurtado (class of 1999) teaches Algebra II and Math Models. Mr. Charles Johnson (class of 1988) is the head of security for the school and is assisted by Mr. Dodd (1987) another NDHS graduate. Mr. Amador teaches Social Studies (class 2000). Raphael Rodriquez is our Community Liaison and coach (class of 1970). The office staff consists of NDHS graduates and the list goes on…. I would be surprised if another high school in our country had as active an alumni association or as loyal an alumni. This new building project is a wonder. All of the teachers have copies of the news article about the architect on their bulletin boards. The students are excited. The construction has begun. We may be inconvenienced for a short time, but we are ready for the improvements. I encourage you all to continue to support the bulldogs of the future and join us at the games if possible. Our students need tutors and role models more than they need your dollars. The task of teaching this student body is daunting, but possible. I will end with a short story that happened this past Thursday night at Parent Conference. A student visited me with his mother; of course he had to translate for us. I was encouraging him to get on the Advanced Placement track and continue on to college. I stopped to ask him, “You are going to college, aren’t you?” He answered, “Yes. I want to be a teacher and teach Geometry!” I am his Geometry teacher. I cannot tell the story without tears coming to my eyes. No, teachers’ salaries are not among the highest and monetary bonuses are not something we can look forward to, but this young man’s comment was my bonus for the year and I could not ask for more.Sincerely, M. Susan Freid |
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Mando Gonzalez |
Dallas TX |
2/15/2005 - Family info:4 girls 1 son. Hobbies: amateur radio Things Different: everything (keep the same great friends) |
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Hardison, Derek |
3033 Riviera Drive Conyers, Ga 30012 770-777-7777 |
4/22/2007 -
Spouse name:
Sally College info:
Juris Doctor ( Law )
Job info:
Lawyer, Paper hanger, short order cook; but
mainly 3D graphics and animation which I taught at the college level for
ten years ( adjunct) and culminated with work in Games for Origin,
Electronic Arts, etc. My life has never really been about work, just
play.
After retirement: Video editing,
documenting and distributing the works of Jan Cox,a current day Teacher,
(one-who-knows what's-going-on) Check it out on youtube.
Also Evoteck Hobbies:
My Life's work is about Consciousness and
understanding how life works - not theory, but seeing it with my own
eyes - and nothing does what it purports to do. So relax, everything you know is
wrong, and you can't take yourself seriously. Otherwise - The History
Channel is Awesome, computers, video editing
Influence:
Hollis Tapp - best teacher I ever had. math
and physics. If I had not graduated early 1967 1/2, I would have become
a physicist, but the math teacher I had in college was so bad I just
dropped it. Things Different:
Worked less, played more. I would have kept
in touch with the following people:
Friends: Manual Vasquez, Sharon
Hodges, Bill Hays, Turk (Turkey) Carlos Saldivar, Bill Davis, Abraham
Delgado, Rueben Aguilar, Sherry Atkinson, Charles Villareal and then,
just out of curiosity - I would like to know if Michael Sosa ever
invented anything. Comments
My two years at NDHS were great. Burgers
at the drug store, Charco's....My brother Don & I had a 1955 chevy
dragster with cheater slicks and a functional scoop and LOTS of
horsepower, and we tore up Charcos pullin wheelies on Friday night. Then
I had to go and ruin it by graduating early in Summer school. I had gone
to take a class in "computers", (256 BYTES of ram) and the
counselor informed me that all I needed was senior english and I could
graduate .. and that was that. I was a year younger than my classmates,
and now entering college at 16. Had a blast.
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Michael Lemmon |
m_lemmon2003@yahoo.com
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07/22/2006 -
Spouse name: Carol
College info: Attended El Centro, North Texas State
University Family info
Brendan, 19 years old attending
University of Southern California Job info: 30+ years in printing
industry, left to become an independent insurance agent (life, health,
annuities) Hobbies: golf, reading, travel
Influence:
Miss Clark, Miss White, Hutch Enjoyed being a cheerleader, still in
contact with classmates Things Different: |
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Mayberry, Mike D. |
Mike and his wife, Jill, live in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho. They have .5 children. 4 live in Alaska, one in Florida. After attending SMU and UT, Mike took a summer vacation to Alaska before his planned start of law school. He never returned to UT, but rather ended up in Alaska working at a ski lodge, as a fishing guide, then became an Alaska State Trooper and bush pilot. After twenty years as a Trooper and surviving several plane crashes, shoot outs, and attacks by grizzly bears, He retired in 1996. Mike and his wife traveled around the western states after retirement and spent a winter in Corpus. After so many years in a cold climate, they couldn't handle the heat and humidity, so they are now leaving in Northern Idaho where Mike runs a small flying business with an amphibian plane. For hobbies, he and Jill hike, fish, bike, boat, and fly. Contact info: 3941 Nicklaus Drive, Coeur d' Alene ID, 83815, Phone - 208 -762- 5482 |
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Sandler (Sapoznikow), Benny |
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| (Vandygriff) Doyle, Verne |
2040 Rushing Creek Dr. Heartland, TX
75126 972-564-4118 |
3/30/2008 - Spouse_name: Widow Family info: Two Children, Daniel, age
31, Monica, age 30. Two GrandChildren, Daniel, age 7, Selena, age 4. Job info: Seems I have always worked in
the Health Care field. Mostly
secretarial/administrative type work.
Worked at a Migrant Health Clinic on the Mexican Border for many
years, and still have close friends there.
After retirement: I am only working
part-time, as I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and it's increasingly
harder to get around now, but I still drive and pretty much do as I please.
Hobbies:I have a cat to keep me
company...her name is Chiquita and is not quite a yr old.
She is so funny and makes me laugh every day.
My son insists that she needs to have her own web page, but I think,
nah! Influence: As I said I lived on the
Mexican Border for about 20 years.
Mama Foster would have been very proud of me, I can speak Spanish and
make tortillas with the best of them.
Who ever would have thought it?
Not the people in my Spanish class, that's for sure!
Haha! Things Different: If I had to repeat
high school, I would have not quit band...I loved it, but couldn't handle
all the conflicts involved.
Plus, I would have concentrated more on my studies...I don't feel that I was
well prepared for what I was
going to do after school. Friends: I really enjoyed my high school
years. Sandy Houk, and all the
band people were my special friends, plus all the fun people in Mama
Foster's Homeroom. Comments:Love & Honor to North Dallas,
always! |
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Vasquez, Manual |
808 Rockmore, #213 Georgetown High School 512.869.2645 |
03/15/04 - College info: Attended Austin Community College and got a Associate in Commercial Art Went back to school and got a teaching certificate from Texas University in San Marcus. Family info: Never married, no children Job info: Worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs for 27 years. As a graphic designer, in management and finally in computer maintenance and networking. Took early retirement and worked for Hart Computer Technology, heading their service department and for Mitel Network Solutions as a trainer. The retired again. Was asked to teach computer maintenance and networking for Georgetown High School where I have been for the past five years. After retirement: Taught for the community school system in Austin and was a featured artist for children's events. Taught basic drawing, cartooning, tennis basic and creative writing for St. Elmo Community School. Taught basic first aid and CPR for the American Red Cross. Hobbies: Sponsor of the Georgetown Computer Club. Recently gave up tennis after having a team in the Austin Tennis League that won nine consecutive championships. Writing. Influence: Chess Club, Art Club, ROTC (Drill Team Commander) and Explorer Scouts. Mr. John Densmore who taught civics. Mrs. Caroline Carroway Danials, my art teacher. Lt. Col Clayton C. Craig, my commandant. Big hi to my buds, Carlos "Turk" Saldeiver, Joe Montez, Derek Hardison, Charles Hudson, Jackie Jenkins, Tony Lopes and the lovely Hodges sisters, Sharon and Karen. Things Different: I would have gotten better grades!. Comments: I guess looking back high school was the best time of my life. |
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Warlick, Michael |
'68 Moderator |
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Whiteman, Tom |
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