Joe has been playing jazz clarinet since the 9th grade . (54 years ago) He played with many groups in the Fort Worth , Dallas area where he grew up.  He had his own jazz band while at Reed College in Portland. He graduated from TCU with a double major (physics/math) in 1962 and immediately joined IBM. He held a variety of management positions in both marketing and software development. While with … [Read more...]

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 … [Read more...]

Shortly after graduating from good ole’ PHS, I married my high school sweetheart, L. E. Robinson (class of ’54) More of you will remember him than me. I was working at Texas Electric Service Co. and L. E. was a summer hire at General Dynamics, intending to return to T.C.U. in the fall. But as luck would have it, I was pregnant before the summer was over and he stayed on at G.D. for the next 36 … [Read more...]

Loy Rooke & Judith Johnson Rooke Judy and 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 … [Read more...]

What a great place!!---both this website and Paschal HS.  I have fond memories of PHS and Ft Worth.  After having been gone from FW since '56, I enjoy returning and have even considered returning permanently.  It was a great place to grow up -- especially in the '50s.  It's wonderful to have an opportunity to find out about classmates--both remembered and forgotten over the years. After … [Read more...]

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 LittleRock 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 ourdaughter went off to college, then … [Read more...]

After graduation from PHS, attended Texas Tech in Math, graduating in 1960.  Worked for IBM in Amarillo, met and married Elaine McCarty there in 1961.  Returned to Tech for MS in Math, graduating in 1963.  Worked one year for Travelers Ins. in Hartford, CT then moved to Pullman, WA for doctorate at Wash. St. U.  Son Daryl born in 1967.  Graduated in Counseling/Higher Ed with Ed.D. and moved to … [Read more...]

Ann Lindsay Chambers (formerly Annie Ruth) This is definitely the past -- after graduation, I worked at Harris Hospital where the most expensive room was a corner one -- $20.00 per day! I went to UTA when it was Arlington State College and it was a tiny place then, but it meant that we got to do all the jobs on the newspaper as journalism students. Next I went to the University of … [Read more...]

hi  i married in december of our senior year. my husband was in the navy. so i stayed at home until graduation. joined him in tn. for 2 mos. he was sent to iceland. came home to ft. worth several times during the next 4 years..we   have three sons bobby - owns his own insurance  business..lives in arlington- 2 daughters. larry - ranch manager & hunting guide ..lives in dehanis,tx. 2 boys … [Read more...]

It seems a long time since I was in touch, and maybe that's because it has been a long time.  I continued to sing after graduation from Paschal in "56.  My interest turned to a career in math, so I attended TCU.  Then one month during the fall I went to visit an aunt in Alpine, Texas.  I just had to stay there around the cool air and mountains.  I continued to study at Sul Ross State.  Enter … [Read more...]