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Johnny Joseph

I've been retired from Shell Oil for two years now.  Worked for 4 different
 "Shell" companies for a total of 36 years after 2+ years as a Lt. in the
 Army.  I was stationed at Pine Bluff Arsenal in Ark. and met MJ in Little
 Rock when she was a jr. at Little Rock Univ.  I ended up with a war bride!
 She taught school for a few years and was a stay at home mom until our
 daughter went off to college, then she subbed a bit.

 Because I was short, slow and little, I couldn't do any sports at Daggett or
 Paschal.  Remember when I tried for the whole sophomore season to be a pole
 vaulter?  So, I have spend the rest of my life pursuing individual sports,
 i.e. water skiing, running, cycling, triathlons, climbing three mts. and
 stuff like that.

 I tell people now that my four big decisions every morning are road bike,
 Mt.. bike, work out or kayak?  No choice is too bad.  Ha!

 We have two grandchildren, a boy and a girl, they will be 5 and 2 this
 summer.  I do a lot of playing with the grandson for sure.  He sails with
 me, scuba dives in the pool with me plus all the usual baseball, biking,
 tennis and exploring in the woods.  Luckily, they are only 55 minutes away.

 As you can tell, I play a lot.  This is good.  I'm not a sit and watch
 sports in front of the TV kind of guy.

 Hope to see you at the June lunch, wherever it is

Johnny Joseph

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Fran Norris Scoble

60's: I got a Master's Degree from Vanderbilt, taught for five years, got
 married, moved to San Francisco, had two sons Matthew and Tom in '68 and
 '70, quit teaching to take care of my children.  Moved to Stephenville
 Texas for two years where my husband taught French at Tarleton State.

 70's: Lived for five years in Santa Barbara then moved to Yosemite National
 Park for five years.  Still retired from teaching.  My father died in '74.

 80's: Lived in Denver.  Returned to teaching at Colorado Academy.  Both
 sons in the school.  '84 divorced from Bill Scoble.  Became Head of the
 Upper School at Colorado Academy.

 90's: In 1990, I became the Head of Westridge School in Pasadena.  Both
 children graduated from University of California: Tom from UCLA and Matt
 from UC Davis.  Still Head of Westridge and love living in Southern
 California.  My mother died in January 2002.

 Spend most of my time working but do find time for golf and my new grandson
 Champe Carter Scoble.  He's 9 months old.  If you want to see/hear more re:
 what I do, you can visit the website of my school at www.westridge.org.
 Enjoy!  Re: my earlier email, I'm an Episcopalian and a Democrat so we have
 lots in common, but politics is probably not part of that.  This little
 chronology is certainly accurate, but leaves out a lot!

 Take care and thanks for asking.  Fran

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      Dana Franklin Segler M.D.

Our website is wonderful! I cannot wait to read about everyone’s life and adventures since graduation from our dear Paschal High School. Here is my bio…..

 I was born in Fort Worth but our family lived in Garland where my dad was minister at the First Baptist Church. When I was 6 we moved to Alexandria, LA and lived there 5 years, then moved back to Fort Worth as my dad took a position in Southwestern Theological Seminary.  After a year at McLean Jr. High I moved on to Paschal.

 Shortly after High School graduation my new wife (Madeline Carroll, who would have been class of ‘57) and I headed for Shawnee, OK where I attended Oklahoma Baptist University. After spending 3 years pursuing an English major I decided to study medicine and changed my major to Chemistry. Two years later I graduated and came back almost home to live in Irving and attend Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. Following medical school I interned at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas, then did a residency there in Obstetrics and Gynecology (no jokes, please!)

 I was in private practice for over 10 years in Corpus Christi. My son and younger daughter were born here, daughter Debbie having arrived my first year in college in Shawnee. We then moved to the Hill Country and after a year in Kerrville, Madeline and I divorced. I subsequently remarried and moved to Plainview to take over an established practice. After the death of my father in 1988, Joelle (wife #2) and the younger children and I moved back to the Metroplex to be nearer my mom. Joelle and I divorced in 1990 but remained good friends. In 1991 I married my current wife, Ellie, an American Airlines flight attendant (now retired after 35 years.)

 As much as I love Fort Worth, the big city was just not for us, though, and I subsequently practiced in Granbury, and then moved to Brownwood in 1997. I discontinued Obstetrics a year ago after getting up at night to deliver countless babies for 33 years. I never knew how wonderful sleep could be!

 We love Brownwood and are just finishing building a home here on a ten acre wooded lot outside Early. Plus, lest I forget, Joelle (mentioned above) has not only remained a close friend to us both, but also moved to Brownwood this past year and works for us….as she says, “ we couldn’t stay married but we really do work well together!”

 My older daughter, Debbie is married to Chuck Chapin who works for LCRA and they live near Paige on 10 acres. Her 2 boys are grown. DeeDee is married to Bryant Vaughn who pushes drugs for Merck and they live on 40 acres near Bowie with their four beautiful children. Dana, Jr., wife Julie, and their three delightful kids live in Allen. DJ is an optical engineer with Texas Instruments, being heavily involved with their Digital Light Projection work.

 I am now doing less in the office but cannot picture retiring as long as I can function. However, I really do enjoy more than one “Saturday” per week. I still have fun with automobiles…my pride and joy being a 1960 Corvette. I have been an avid pilot for almost 30 years. Ellie and I both have instructor ratings and love to fly. In fact, our home overlooks the regional airport. I also have a significant interest in electronics and computers. I’ve been a licensed amateur radio operator for over 30 years. In spite of being both old and overweight, I love scuba diving and we go to the Caribbean several times a year for a little diving and a lot of R&R.

 We are very blessed….and much of what I’ve been so fortunate to accomplish had its beginnings in the ‘50s. The teachers who lovingly taught us, the family values we were reared with, and the respect for others instilled in us both at home and school are treasures we cannot give enough thanks for. I am thankful and proud to this day that I shared the years with you all in the PHS class of 1956. I look forward to happy times with you.

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Freddie Garrison McNeel

 I chose to graduate in January of 56. I had enough credits so why wait to spread my wings...OOPS!!!!!!

I married Pete Hoyt (class of 1955) and received one of those "Putting Husband through College Degrees" which was great. After college graduation he was recruited by Texas Instruments so we moved to Garland, Texas. After sixteen years and three wonderful children Pete and I chose to change our future directions together.

During that time I received an associate degree in Interior Design. While doing this I became an employee of Southwestern Bell until AT&T took ownership of me. What a wonderful career change. As management I had an opportunity to assist in establishing Phone Centers all over the country designing and implementing the sales and marketing programs while making lifelong friends. A very memorable experience I had was to introduce the first AT&T cellular phone to the Dallas Metro area. It was in a suitcase and weighed 28 pounds and cost over $2000.00

Haven't we come a long way!!!

 I remarried in 1973 to a wonderful man and best friend, Maurice McNeel. We joined our two families, my 3 and his 2 Children (all one year apart in age). We survived Drill Teams, Cheerleading, ALL sports, cars and insurance, proms, and braces plus college !!!! At one time we had 3 in college at once....  We now have seven grandchildren and one Great-grandchild! Tragically we lost a son in 1989...very hard to lose a child.....

I was fortunate to take early retirement from AT&T in 1989. I matched one of their "retirement plans" by three days!

 It was meant to be!! So.. I joined our family building supply business which opened the door for my business Brick and Stone Graphics. We now travel all over the country promoting our company which works with fundraising

Plus creating and designing Veteran's parks, hospitals, churches, schools, zoos, city main streets and historical Restoration. All this is done with engraved brick, tile , stone and glass and monuments with sales and installations In all 50 states.  Lot's of fun and very rewarding!! Our kids run our businesses while we travel and so goes the circle of life……..

www.brickstonegraphics.co

We were very fortunate to have "tradition" taught us during our Paschal years...Stardust, pompom girls (first drill Team for Paschal), Ft. Worth stock show, the zoo, Forest Park Swimming Pool, Carlson’s, Casino Beach, and Strong healthy competition between Paschal and Arlington Heights. Not to forget hometown heroes like Ben Hogan.

So as I approach another season of my life I truly have learned each day is a gift and "if it's to be, it's up to me"...

 Paschal friends let's keep our memories and most of all, HAVE FUN !!!!!

     - Freddie Garrison McNeel

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   - Scott Turner

I moved to Fort Worth at the beginning of the 10^th grade and remember my first day in the new environment. I signed up for band but did not know about the orchestra. On the second day I dropped study hall and joined the orchestra but also stayed in the band. I must admit that I liked the orchestra better than band. I was always very impressed with Ms. Lois Ruth Mitchell. I was also fortunate to be a student in several of Mrs. Margaret Mitchell’s classes. Somewhere during the first week of school I was walking down the hall with Hershel Payne. Coach Turner spotted Hershel and really chewed him out about something (I don’t remember what). At this time Hershel was the only person I knew as he also played French horn in the orchestra. After my indirect encounter with Coach Turner, I was in Mrs. Mitchell’s algebra class with an alphabetic seating order. The person sitting next to me asked about the encounter I had just observed. I said that the coach was a big blowhard who was trying to scare Hershel. A day or so later Coach Turner appeared in front of me as I was walking down the hall and said “so I am a big blowhard am I” and really appeared to be mad.  At this time I had no idea who anyone was but quickly found out. It turned out the person I made the unfortunate comment to was Tommy Turner and he passed this “confidential” item on to Coach Turner. Fortunately I survived all this. Coach Turner said I had another chance since my name had the good fortune to also be “Turner”.   I had nothing but respect and admiration for Coach Turner during the remainder of my Paschal years. I expect that Coach Turner (and Tommy) always got a good laugh out of this “one of a kind” encounter.

 I had the good fortune to visit with Coach Turner in 1975 (at Paschal during school time) as I was visiting in Fort Worth at that time. Coach Turner said he was the only teacher still at Paschal who was also there at the time of the class of 1956. He was teaching History full time and not coaching at that time. He said that coaching had changed. The techniques were vastly superior in 1975 relative to 1956 but the coaches did not provide the leadership as before. The coaches (1975) were turning out better athletes but not necessarily better people.  The coaches in 1956 dealt with everyone and certainly had a very positive impact throughout the whole school.

 After leaving Paschal I went to Texas Tech and received a BS in math in 1960 and a MS in math in 1962. I met Dorcas Pettigrew (Paschal class of 1959) during my senior year at Tech and we were married in December 1960. I taught as a full time instructor in the Texas Tech math department for a year after completing my masters and then worked for Douglas Aircraft Company in Los Angeles for two years. I then went to SMU and received my doctorate in economics four years later. After that I taught at Oklahoma State University for three years and then spent five years in the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury in Washington DC. I returned to Oklahoma State University in 1977 and have been here ever since. Perhaps I will retire in a year or so but who really knows the future.

 Dorcas and I have been married for 42 years; have four children and four grandchildren. I am certainly a very fortunate person. 

 The teachers, coaches and music directors at Paschal gave me an excellent start in life and I am certainly appreciative of all their contribution. I particularly remember Ms. Florence Ann Pearson and her singing of the Marseille during the unit on the French Revolution.  I should always remember to include in my blessings that I survived my first direct encounter with Coach Turner.

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I graduated from the U of Miami in 1960 with a major in Sociology and minors in psychology and secondary education. I went to SMU for post grad and took up English and social studies for teaching subjects.

I taught at St Bernard's Catholic in Dallas (I am Jewish and was the only non-Catholic lay teacher) for a year. It was the very best year of teaching with full rein to use one's imagination to interest the children in learning. To this day I am close friends with two of my ex-students, now 50, and one of the parents.  I moved to New Jersey and taught in New Jersey slum school ("Up the Down Stair Case", "Blackboard Jungle", and "To Sir With Love" all rolled into one school). Then I taught in the super wealthy suburb Bedford, New York. Some of my students were considered present while on location in Switzerland  (as long as they kept up their assignments) while their father was filming a movie. The township had a law that the smallest lot of land for your home was 4 acres. This is in a place while land in New York is very scarce. One family that befriended me, had an eight acre lot with a barn for their daughter's horse. They had a summer home on Lake George. The last school district was in another New York suburb, the most stressful, of middle class America. The slums didn't care what a teacher did; the super wealthy didn't feel any one teacher would ruin their children; But middle class America is so neurotic that they are down at the Superintendent's or principal's office if you sneezed wrong. It is really sad for parents to be so social conciseness in climbing the social ladder that they are uptight about their children's formal education while not giving their children quality time at home. One could easily observe that with one's students and often the students poured out their unhappiness to me. It was the fall of 1971, after 8 & ½ years, that this last group of middle class students helped bring on the stress related incurable disease of either bleeding ulcerated colitis or Cohn's Disease. The many doctors I had, never could agree on which one I had.  September of 1971, I went into a coma of 11 days and had amnesia. My doctors had told my parents I would probably be a vegetable and have to have someone take care of me. Ah, so I'm a carrot. My horse loves me. The doctors told me I would never be as smart as I once was. I had to learn to read, write, walk, talk all over again, and I did it!  Gradually most of my memory came back.  Doctors! What do they know of the human spirit and will! If I hadn't been a fighter, I would have given up and been a helpless person. No doctor should ever give such grim predictions. I am not a vegetable and I am still plenty smart. My advice to others is not to believe in any negative predictions, as no one can see into the will and faith and determination of another human being. Miracle Do Happen.

When I told my story to a Chief of Gastrology at a major hospital, he told me this. "Your doctors were giving you the best advice they knew. From what you told me, statistically, you had less than 1% survival."

I was given a book "Hidden Powers for Human Problems" by Fredrick Bailes by a friend when I was in the hospital. I read it and it helped me to be more positive about my situation. Also, I had read the story of Patricia Neal, the movie actress, some years before, about her having a major stroke. The doctors told Patricia that she would never walk again. Her story went on to say that not only did she walk, but she regain all of her abilities and continued her acting career. She was my mentor. If she could do it, so could I! 

It took me three years to get back most of my memory and to feel comfortable to read aloud, speak in public, etc. Since 1971 up until 1984, I had 17 pints of blood. I fought to keep my large intestines for 13 yrs. I lost the battle in 1984 when it was removed to save my life. I have had seven surgeries and spent three yrs total of my life, in and out of hospitals.  One has to make the best of what life throws at you. They say that adversity builds one's character. Well, I think I have enough character.   

The book I read and the total recovery of Patricia Neal, started me on a metaphysical path. I have read a number of books on positive thinking and beyond the physical powers. While I was in that coma, I went through a dark tunnel on a white wavy string or line and was stuck in the middle of the tunnel. I saw both ends of the tunnel, one life and the other death. Both were full of bright light. I remember, telling God, "I don't care which way I go, just please don't let be me stuck in the middle of this tunnel." I am still here. I did not die; therefore, I didn't go through the death entrance, but I had no fear of death when I was in the tunnel and there after. 

Before that experience, I had believed that dust we came from and dust we would return, not really believing in a strong Here After. Now, without a doubt, I believe that there is life after death, that we are reincarnated, that we will know who we are in the spirit world and know others that have gone before us. Not only have I read many books on this subject, but I have also spoken to a number of people who did died and were resuscitated. I have heard their experiences. They experienced similar tunnel and white light and being on a white curly line in the tunnel, but they went through the Death opening and their stories are much like the books I have read. None of them wanted to come back, but they were told they had to go back.

One should keep an open mind on topics that are controversial. We grow so much emotionally and spiritually (not meaning religious), when we listen, or read about things that were initially foreign or strange to us.  Anything and everything is possible.

I have a home, never married, with four dogs all around 55 to 60 lbs., off the street dogs, and a feral cat, all senior citizens from 11 yrs to 15 yrs old, living with me. I have a horse at a stable 30 minutes away from my home. My horse and I have been together for 20 yrs. He is 24. He really thinks he is a Big Ole Puppy Dog and I haven't told him any different. We're senior citizens still competing in horse shows and winning blue ribbons.  We also go on trail rides and I have high-schooled Sunny. (That means I have taught him tricks outside of walk, trot, cantor, and jumping. He bows, shakes hands, hugs, gives sloppy wet kisses, stretches, and goes to the bathroom on command,  when I asked him. I have also taught him if I get off balanced, grab his main, and say, "Wow", he will come to a stop. It's handy when one is my age and bones break easier than when one is young. My vet and horseshoer both said he is one in a million and if all the horse were like Sunny, everyone would want their jobs. I am so proud and lucky to have Sunny. He is a registered Quarter Horse that stands 15 hands and 3 inches tall. Most quarter horses range from 14 hands to 15 hands one inch. I am 5 ft, so I have to use a mounting block to mount Sunny. I started learning to ride English at 35 and learning to jump at 45. Why not? Grandma Moses started painting at 82.

Besides my interest in animals, I have written a children's book that won first place at a writer's conference at U. of Texas at Dallas in 1987. I still haven't gotten it published. I sure could use some net-working to find the right publisher or a good agent. Maybe there are some classmates that have a connection in the publishing business or know someone who does. I would be most grateful.

I love playing party bridge, but finding bridge players these days is hard. I have lost a number of them through death and moving away from Dallas.

I have done a lot of traveling in the past and enjoy different cultures. I have been through the southern route of Europe, England, France, Spain, Majorca, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland,  Greece, Israel, and traveled to Africa (Kenya and Tanzania), Mainland China (Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Japan, The Dutch Antilles off of South America, Bahamas, Antigua, Mystique, Martinique, Puerto Rico, and have seen most of America, including Hawaii and Alaska.

I have done volunteer work for Rames the Great and Seven Thousand Years of Chinese Discovery exhibits, volunteered as a teacher's helper In the Dallas School System, worked on two campaigns for two different majors of Dallas, volunteered in the past for the Jewish Mitzvah, where I would take the place of a Christian hospital employee on Christmas Day, so they could be home with their family on their Holiest Holiday.

In the 60,s I was a Civil Rights Activist and today I am an animal activists. I am almost a vegetarian. I eat once in a great while some fish. I stopped eating all other animals in 1987 for health reasons and after two years, it became a moral reason as well. If I could live without killing an animal, then I didn't need to kill (or have someone else kill) for my food.

Since, my illness, made it impossible to teach or work at a job, I now own and manage the Bluebonnet Strip Shopping Center in Ft Worth which has eight stores ranging from Caro's Restaurant to Brothers II Cleaners.

My life has been quite different from what I thought it would be when I was in High School. "I took the road less traveled."        

Bill you don't even know me and Madalyn only knew me as an acquaintance, now you know my whole life's history plus my philosophical beliefs. I hope I didn't bore you. I saw that not too many of our classmates let us in on their lives after high school. Maybe this will encourage an opening up.

I really wanted to come to the mini-reunion, but both finances at present, and having a surgery on a deviated septum and badly infected sinuses June 10th prevented my coming. Hopefully there will be another mini reunion. Beverly Jones Spencer emailed me that is was mush more casual and enjoyable than the reunions. I have gone to  two with Beverly and her husband, Don.

I hope all is well with everyone and that you let me know what has happened to all of you  all these years.

Take care and God Bless. Love, Jeanette


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JUDY & I MET AND STARTED DATING IN OUR SENIOR YEAR AT PASCHAL.  AFTER GRADUATION WE BOTH MOVED TO AUSTIN AND ATTENDED U.T.  WE MARRIED ONE YEAR LATER IN THE SUMMER OF 1957, AND WE'RE STILL TOGETHER AFTER 46 YEARS.  WE HAVE THREE CHILDREN AND ELEVEN GRAND CHILDREN  (EIGHT BOYS AND THREE GIRLS).  I SPENT 25 YEARS WITH THE DEARBORN STOVE COMPANY IN DALLAS, AND RETIRED AS PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN IN 1989.  SINCE THAT TIME, I'VE BEEN IN THE PROPANE GAS EQUIPMENT BUSINESS IN DALLAS.  JUDITH AND I (SHE GOES BY JUDITH NOW) MOVED BACK TO COWTOWN SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND LIVE ABOUT TWO MILES FROM PASCHAL IN THE RYAN PLACE ADDITION.  JUDITH SPENDS HER TIME HELPING WITH THE GRAND KIDS, AND SERVES ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WOMEN'S CLUB OF FORT WORTH. 

WE BOTH LOOK FORWARD TO THE 50TH REUNION IN 2006.  SEE YOU THERE!

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          -George Howard

 After graduation from Paschal, I signed up for a three year tour with the U. S. Army.  I was anticipating a year in Europe.  But, that wasn’t in the army’s plans.  I was assigned to the air defense school in El Paso.  I spent the first year as a student learning electronics.  Then the army assigned me to the instructor staff at the air defense school.   So, I spent my three year tour in El Paso and never did get to Europe.  After being discharged from the U. S. Army, I found a home in the Federal Aviation Administration.  I spent my first year in the FAA traveling in south and southwestern states installing radar systems for the FAA.  My assignments brought me back to El Paso just in time to meet my future wife.  She and her family were vacationing in El Paso.  Their home was in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  We had one date before her family headed back home.  A year later, I made the trip to Toronto, proposed and we were married in a whirlwind eight days in Toronto.  As you may imagine my favorite songs from that era are “Weekend in Canada” and “Canadian Sunset.”  My job kept us in El Paso until October, 1967. In the fall of 1967, I switched careers from radar electronics to main frame computer repair.  I spent the rest of my FAA career at the Fort Worth Air Route Traffic Control Center just south of DFW airport.  Susan and I have a son and a daughter and six grandchildren.  We have lived in Hurst since August 1968 and our children have both bought homes near us.  We get to see our grandchildren daily.  Susan and I were avid square dancers until our health put an end to our square dancing days.  I enjoy water skiing and passed along a love for the sport to our children and grandchildren.  The grandkids tend to prefer using the jet ski.  In looking for an activity to replace square dancing, I have started taking tennis lessons.  I’m still a beginner and the younger people in the classes run circles around me.  I never acquired a desire to chase the little white ball around a golf course.

Two years after I had a triple cardiac bypass, my daughter and I set a goal of hiking across Grand Canyon.  On Columbus Day, 1992 we hiked from the South Rim to the North rim (That’s the hard way since the North Rim is 1000 feet higher than the South Rim). We camped overnight inside the canyon at Cottonwood Campground.  It was beautiful, tiring but beautiful.  On the trail we encountered several marathon runners who train for the Boston Marathon by running from the South Rim to the North Rim and back in a single day.

I retired from the FAA with 41 years and eleven months of combined military time and civil service time.    Since retiring, I have worked off and on for Lockheed Martin Air Transportation Security Systems.  Most of my time with Lockheed Martin ATSS (not to be confused with Lockheed Martin Aircraft Manufacturing) has been spent at the FAA Air Route Traffic Control Center.  I did spend a few months in Oakland, CA, Kansas City, KS and the Washington, DC area.  Fort Worth is home so I only take assignments that will eventually get me back to Fort Worth.  That is the beauty of being retired.  If they don’t have any work for me in this area, I can always go back to being retired.

I’m looking forward to meeting former classmates at the 50^th reunion.

 George Howard

g-howard@charter.net

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George Howard

 After graduation from Paschal, I signed up for a three year tour with the U. S. Army.  I was anticipating a year in Europe.  But, that wasn’t in the army’s plans.  I was assigned to the air defense school in El Paso.  I spent the first year as a student learning electronics.  Then the army assigned me to the instructor staff at the air defense school.   So, I spent my three year tour in El Paso and never did get to Europe.  After being discharged from the U. S. Army, I found a home in the Federal Aviation Administration.  I spent my first year in the FAA traveling in south and southwestern states installing radar systems for the FAA.  My assignments brought me back to El Paso just in time to meet my future wife.  She and her family were vacationing in El Paso.  Their home was in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  We had one date before her family headed back home.  A year later, I made the trip to Toronto, proposed and we were married in a whirlwind eight days in Toronto.  As you may imagine my favorite songs from that era are “Weekend in Canada” and “Canadian Sunset.”  My job kept us in El Paso until October, 1967. In the fall of 1967, I switched careers from radar electronics to main frame computer repair.  I spent the rest of my FAA career at the Fort Worth Air Route Traffic Control Center just south of DFW airport.  Susan and I have a son and a daughter and six grandchildren.  We have lived in Hurst since August 1968 and our children have both bought homes near us.  We get to see our grandchildren daily.  Susan and I were avid square dancers until our health put an end to our square dancing days.  I enjoy water skiing and passed along a love for the sport to our children and grandchildren.  The grandkids tend to prefer using the jet ski.  In looking for an activity to replace square dancing, I have started taking tennis lessons.  I’m still a beginner and the younger people in the classes run circles around me.  I never acquired a desire to chase the little white ball around a golf course.

 Two years after I had a triple cardiac bypass, my daughter and I set a goal of hiking across Grand Canyon.  On Columbus Day, 1992 we hiked from the South Rim to the North rim (That’s the hard way since the North Rim is 1000 feet higher than the South Rim). We camped overnight inside the canyon at Cottonwood Campground.  It was beautiful, tiring but beautiful.  On the trail we encountered several marathon runners who train for the Boston Marathon by running from the South Rim to the North Rim and back in a single day.

I retired from the FAA with 41 years and eleven months of combined military time and civil service time.    Since retiring, I have worked off and on for Lockheed Martin Air Transportation Security Systems.  Most of my time with Lockheed Martin ATSS (not to be confused with Lockheed Martin Aircraft Manufacturing) has been spent at the FAA Air Route Traffic Control Center.  I did spend a few months in Oakland, CA, Kansas City, KS and the Washington, DC area.  Fort Worth is home so I only take assignments that will eventually get me back to Fort Worth.  That is the beauty of being retired.  If they don’t have any work for me in this area, I can always go back to being retired.

       I’m looking forward to meeting former classmates at the 50^th reunion.

         - George Howard

g-howard@charter.net

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       - Kay Blackburn Tolksdorf

MY LIFE HAS  NOT  ALWAYS BEEN VERY INTERESTING.      MOST OF WHAT I  KNOW IS  MY GRAN KID AND DOGS....I' M THE DOG LADY TO EVERYONE OUT HERE IN OUR ADDITION!!!!    AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER IS THE PRID OF LIFE.  SHE STAYS WITH ME A LOT, SINCE MY DAUGHTER WORKS..   WHAT A BLESSING AND A BLAST.

 NOW SPEAKING OF DOGS, LITTLE DOG JUMPED ON THE BED THIS MORNING RIGHT INTO MY FACE.   HIT ME WITH HIS HEAD I GUESS RIGHT ON THE BONE UNDER MY RIGHT EYE.  BOY, DID IT EVER WAKE ME UP  (WHO NEEDS AN ALARM CLOCK WITH SEVEN DOGS?) AND BOY DID IT HURT TOO,  STILL HURTS.   MY LUCK – I’LL PROBABLY GET A BLACK EYE!   TRY TO EXPLAIN THAT!

 WHAT ELSE DO I LOVE, FLOWERS AND BIRDS, FRIENDS AND COUSINS.  MY POOL ATTRACTS KIDS, AND THEY GIVE ME A LOT OF JOY.  PLUS THE POOL GIVES ME AN EXCUSE TO BE OUTSIDE.

 ALSO, I LIKE TO DIG UP STUFF ON MY RELATIVES….DUH – I SURFED THE NET FOR ANCESTORS, AND FOUND LIVING COUSINS I HAD NOT HEARD FROM IN YEARS.  WE NOW EMAIL REGULARLY.  IT HAS BEEN AMAZING HOW MUCH WE ARE ALIKE.  JUST LIKE I HAVE DISCOVERED SINCE EMAILING MANY OF THE PASCHAL PANTHERS, CLASS OF  ’56, WE ARE SO ALIKE..

 HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS ARE LIKE ME?  DO YOU HAVE A “PURPLE BEDROOM”, A “TEXAS” BATH? GO NUTTY OF THE COWBOYS AND OUR LOCAL BASEBALL TEAM?  LIKE MANY OF YOU I HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT IN THE TIME SINCE HIGH SCHOOL.  I HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE MINI REUNION SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS ALL THAT GOOD STUFF – AND THE BAD STUFF, TOO. = LAUGH AND CRY TOGETHER LIKE WE USED TO DO.

 WHERE DID MY MONIKER “CASEY” COME FROM?  EMAIL ME AND I’LL TELL YOU!!!!!        

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           - Dalton Tomlin

 After PHS, I received a BS in Commerce Degree from TCU in 1960; a Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree from the University Of Texas School Of Law in 1963; and a Master of Laws Degree from Harvard Law School in 1964.

 I joined what is now known as Vinson & Elkins Law Firm as an Associate in the summer of 1963, and returned to the law firm after completing my work at Harvard (at that time, the Firm had only the office located in Houston – which is the office where I remained during my career with the Firm).  I became a Partner of the Firm in January of 1970.  I practiced federal tax law, principally merger and acquisition work, until 1976.  Although I remained a Partner of Vinson & Elkins, that year I became Associate General Counsel of Texas Eastern Corporation (now Duke Energy).  In 1978, I returned to the Firm, joining the Section of the Firm that does complex litigation (involving antitrust, securities, and such), and litigated during the remainder of my time with Vinson & Elkins.

 In February of 1997, I left the Firm to become Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Baylor College of Medicine, located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston.  In July 2004, I stepped aside as General Counsel and became Senior Vice President for Special Projects and Corporate Secretary.

 I met my wife Sharron (that is correct – apparently her parents couldn’t spell very well), a native Houstonian, in 1969 and we were married in Bern, Switzerland in August of 1973.  We have one child, Damon Austin, who was born in 1979.  He was graduated from Vanderbilt in 2001, and is now in the third year of his pursuit of his Ph.D. in Neuroscience.  We are very proud of him.

 Having just cut back to 60% full time at the College, we are spending a significant amount of time in California, where we rent a house in Rancho Santa Fe.  If any of you are out this way, get in touch.

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-  Joe Dean (Joe's Bio was submitted by his son Andrew Dean on 3-24-05) 
  
Frederick Joseph Dean, aka "Little Freddie Joe Dean", the son of music store
owner Fred Dean, began his life with the same question he posed to his
children when they were born:  "WHICH musical instrument are you going to
play?".  He had a stint of fame as a regular on a local Fort Worth morning
radio show.  His trademark signature on the show was singing "you are my
sunshine" and, thankfully, that was one of the last times he appeared in
front of a microphone without a trumpet in between.

After graduating Paschal, he attended Texas State Teacher's College then
graduated from Texas Weslayan, where he met his wife (my mom), Molly
Stewart.  Dad spent his time outside the classroom playing in various area
bands and traveling with the Ice Capades, the Rodeo, The shriner circus and
even the Glen Miller Orchestra under the direction of Ray McKinley.

Not long after graduation, Joe and Molly were married and moved to Houston,
where Joe made a living playing the Houston music scene with the likes of
the Ed Gerlach Orchestra, Tony Landry, Tommy Lauer, Jerry Vann and "Manny
Uthers."

After the birth of his first son, Kelly Dean, Freddie Joe decided to "settle
down" and get "an honest job."  He worked shortly at Westinghouse then
settled in to the Burroughs Computer Corporation where he helped promote the
first desktop business calculator. ("desktop" was a measurement of the
dimensions of the base of the machine)  Freddie Joe became successful in
computer sales and dropped his first name, since "Joe Dean" sounded much
more businesslike. Burroughs sent the family moving around the state first
to Dallas where his sons David and Andrew were born, then to San Antonio.

In San Antonio, Joe moved to the Brant Corporation then to Six Flags where
he moved up from regional sales manager to Marketing manager.  After many
years, Joe left Six Flags and resurrected his computer knowledge from
Burroughs years to become a computer science professor in the Dallas County
Community Colleges.  He earned his MBA in computer science and worked his
way up to the Dean of Computer science at El Centro college before PSP
forced him to retire.

Dad stopped playing music for a living, but never stopped playing.  He'd
play in various big bands around the Dallas Area and we'd often have family
"jam sessions".  Music has been a big part of our family life, thanks in no
small part to my father's passion.

David, the middle brother, chose Bass as his instrument and attended Rice
university with a music scholarship. While he still plays his bass in a
local Greek band, he has his PhD in business administration and is a
professor at Lincoln University in New Zealand.

As the youngest kid, I learned the lesson from my older brothers and chose
the cello as my instrument. (its the one classical instrument that you NEVER
have to stand up to play. Hehe). I still drag my cello around, but for a
living I do broadcast video production.  Two years ago, thanks to the
internet, My wife and I were also able to move to New Zealand where I
continue to work for my US clients, but now I do it from a farm overlooking
the port hills of Christchurch.

While all three of us went on to play in the All-State bands and orchestras,
Kelly, my oldest brother, is the only one that selected music as his career.
While his primary instrument was always Saxophone, he can play (excellently,
I might add) pretty much anything with keys and/or a place to blow into it.

Dad always spun tall yarns about his early years and we'd all love to
listen.  Since he can no longer talk, the tables have turned and now we have
to tell the tales.  If any Paschal grads have any humorous or entertaining
anecdotes involving my dad, please send them to me at andrew@regina.com so
that we can help him reminisce.

Also, while he is not George Benson, My brother Kelly recorded his version of
Stardust where he sings and plays the sax.  I thought some of you out there
might enjoy a version sung by the son of a Panther.  You can download a
medium quality MP3 at http://kellydean.net/mp3/demo/stardust96.mp3  or a CD
quality version at http://kellydean.net/mp3/demo/stardust.mp3

My Dad is in hospice, so he doesn't have long to live.  If you have anything
to say to him, or have a chance to visit, please do it soon, as it is
impossible to tell how much longer he'll be with us.  He may not be able to
communicate complex thoughts with blinking, but he understands every word
spoken to him and has a very soft spot in his heart for his Paschal Pals.
 

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Doug Crow Bio

After Paschal I went on to college: Oklahoma University, BA, Texas University, MA, and Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, PhD., in German Studies. Then there were 40 years teaching German, 33 of them at Baylor University. Before the PhD there was a traveling scholarship to Europe. In 1987 Baylor appointed me Sculptor-in-Residence.

For about 15 years I was director of Baylor in Vienna, a study abroad program located in a beautiful baroque castle at the edge of the Vienna Woods. Each summer our family would pack up and move to the old imperial city on the Danube for a few weeks. We also did some traveling in Europe. It was a fun time, though the responsibility of the directorship was hard work. Having to keep up with fifty or so college kids in Europe can be challenging.

My scholarly activity also tended to revolve around Vienna. An example can be found at:

http://www.boydell.co.uk/71132333.HTM

I am still working as Sculptor-in-Residence, though now Professor Emeritus. Sharon and I have two children, Bob, the pilot, and Angie, the teacher, and a wonderful grand-daughter, Emma, who lights up our life. Angie’s husband, John, is on the Baylor ITS staff. We enjoy biking and travel. Sharon has her passions for investments and novels and I mine for boxing and languages (German, French, Italian and Modern Greek). Retirement has been busy. For example, mornings usually kick off with a voice chat with somebody in France, Belgium, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy or Greece. Isn’t the internet great?

I am proud of our Paschal class. All your accomplishments and achievements are so impressive, especially those as parents and grandparents.

See you all soon.

- R Wendell Harwell

The bios on the phs56.com website are fascinating.   I haven’t been back to Ft. Worth in over 30 years and haven’t kept up with anyone from Paschal, but I could still see a lot of my classmates faces when I read the biographies.

I graduated from TCU in 1960 and, after fulfilling my military obligation, moved to Houston.  I was a partner in an international CPA firm (26 years, in Houston, San Jose and San Francisco), a partner in a local firm (9 years in the Bay Area), and in the 90’s, I took a 4 year sabbatical and served one term as the Territorial Auditor of American Samoa (in the South Pacific) where we had more fun than one should be paid for.  I retired from public accounting in 2002, and now lecture on accounting and auditing at California State University East Bay.  I teach 6 to 9 months a year and travel the rest of the time.  This year we spent 4 weeks in SE Asia and a month in Austria, Hungary and Russia.  With children and 5 grandchildren in Austin and Albuquerque, I still spend a lot of time on airplanes.

 My wife, Marina, has a master’s in Asian Studies, so we spend time almost every year in China.  We both received an unsolicited offer to teach in China a few months ago, but turned it down due to the location (no Western medical facilities for senior citizens).  However, that got us thinking and we are considering a possible move to Beijing where my wife can improve her Mandarin and where we both can teach. 

 Not only is life good, it sure beats the alternative.

R Wendell Harwell CPA, CFE, CGFM, CVA  (ret)
315 Hanover Ave #202
Oakland, CA 94606
Tel  (510) 763-0764
Fax (510) 763-7065
Cell (510) 219-2071
Email:  wharwell@pacbell.net

R. Wendell Harwell