The Faculty - Class of 1959

Mr. Beal passed away in 2003.

Mr. Bowlin attended high school in Gladewater where he lettered in every sport offered but tennis. In the early 1950s, he played football at Tyler Junior College and what is now the University of North Texas in Denton. After college graduation, he served in the U.S. Army. After his Army Discharge, he taught and coached at Carrollton High School. He later taught and coached at the district's DeWitt Perry Junior High School and Newman Smith High School. Subsequently, he served as an administrator until his retirement in 1989. He officiated for many sports leagues during his lifetime. He passed away in Dallas in July 1998 at the age of 67.

Mr. Bronaugh lives in Pottsboro, Texas.

Mrs. Clement taught various subjects at Carrollton High School and R. L. Turner High School from 1951 to 1984. Many of the Class of 1959 had her for Physical Science, Biology, and/or Drivers Education. Upon her retirement in 1984, she had been the Science Department Chairman. After her retirement, she volunteered with Meals on Wheels and Metrocrest Service Center for many years. She was a member of the First Christian Church, Carrollton, TX for 56 years. She was a member of the Dixie Chainers Square Dance Club for 18 years and a charter member of the Carrollton Dance Club and the Farmers Branch Dance Club. Mrs. Clement passed away January 11, 2008 at the age of 86. She had attended the 1999 and 2002 reunions of the CHS Class of 1959.

Mr. Crowe became the school counselor when the 1959-60 school year began. The 1962 Roar was jointly dedicated to Mr. Crowe and Mr. Gratke.

Mr. Davis came to CHS 1945 as the head football coach and principal. In 1962, CHS was Closed and Mr. Davis became the principal of R. L. Turner High School. In 1967, he became assistant superintendent for grounds and buildings in the Carrollton Farmers Branch School District. He retired from the district in 1976. Dale Davis Elementary School is named in his honor. After retirement, Mr. Davis moved to Tyler, TX. He passed away at the age of 78 in July 1989. He was a life long member of the Church of Christ and the Masonic Lodge.

Mary Beckham Dent died December 30, 1971 in Arlington, Texas at the age of 79. At her death, she resided in Carrollton. She was a native of Prairie Hill, Texas. Mrs. Dent was a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society, the National Retired Teachers Association, and Covenant Presbyterian Church in Carrollton. Mrs. Dent was buried in Greenville, Texas where she had resided at one time.

Mr. Edmondson was born in 1921 in Tolbert, Texas. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II. Upon his discharge, he entered the field of teaching, coaching, and school administration. Subsequent to being the counselor at Carrollton High School, Mr. Edmondson served as principal at Farmers Branch Elementary, Webb Chapel Elementary, Vivian Field Junior High, and Central Elementary. He was a member and deacon at First Baptist Church, Carrollton for many years. He passed away February 20, 2006.

Mrs. Chester A. Good died at the age of 70 in October of 1968. Subsequent to her position as CHS Librarian she became the Head Librarian of the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District. Mrs. Good resided in Carrollton at the time of her death. She was an Ellis County native and passed away in a Dallas hospital. She had been a Carrollton resident for 45 years and retired in 1962 after 19 years with the CFBISD. She was a past president of District 2 of the Texas Congress of the Parent-Teachers Association and was past president of the Dallas Council of the PTA. She was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church of Carrollton where she also took part in the Women's Missionary Society and the Woman's Study Club. She was a past president of the Carrollton Garden Club and a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma Honorary society. Mrs. Good held a bachelor of library science degree and a master's degree in education from North Texas State University.

Mr. Gratke was the band director for Carrollton High School for the 1948-1949 and 1949-50 school years. He returned to Carrollton High School in the fall of 1954 as a science and math teacher. The Carrollton Farmers Branch ISD School Board continued to renew his contract each year after he passed "normal" retirement age. He retired from R.L. Turner High School at the age of 75 in 1967. The 1962 Roar was jointly dedicated to Mr. Gratke and Mr. Crowe. Mr. Gratke continued his interest and involvement in the American Indian and Boy Scouting into his final days. He passed away at the age of 80 on May 15, 1972 after attending a Boy Scout outing.

Mr. Green came to Carrollton High School in 1947 as the head, and only, football coach. Mr. Davis then became the full-time principal. Mr. Green coached football, basketball, baseball and the girl's sports. He took care of the football field greens and taught history. His last year to coach was also the last year for the Class of 1959 at CHS. He was the assistant principal during the years of the Class of 1959 and in 1962 he moved with other faculty members to the new R.L. Turner High School as assistant principal. He became R. L. Turner's principal in 1967 and served in that position until his retirement in 1977. R. L. Turner's W. B. Green boys' gymnasium is named in his honor. Mr. Green passed away March 11, 2006 at the age of 89.

Dr. Harkness taught English, Speech, and Drama at Carrollton High School during the 1950's - her last school year being 57-58. Subsequent to her time at CHS, she earned a Ph.D. and entered into a new career as follows:

Helen Harkness, Ph.D. founded Career Design Associates, Inc. (CDA) in 1978. She is a futurist, consultant, researcher, an experienced speaker, teacher, writer, and a pioneer in the development and implementation of career management programs and resources for organizations and individual clients. Her work integrates her own multidimensional career as a successful entrepreneur, former academic dean/provost, college professor, director of continuing education, and public school teacher.

She wrote and produced a series of eight videotapes, Careers in Finance and Discovering Career Options with Dr. John Holland. CDA has produced and maintained a library of 600 Pathfinders career tapes available to the public at no charge. Author of Best Jobs for the Future; The Career Chase; Don't Stop the Career Clock; Capitalizing on Career Chaos and countless articles, she explores the myths of contemporary work life that steer careers off course, and focuses on the new realities and changes to be faced in our work life in the 21st century.

Dr. Harkness taught Making Your Career Change, Myers-Briggs Temperament Indicator and Best Jobs for the Future for FunEd. She also taught Running From the Law, Career Options for Teachers, and continues to teach a two-night course, Re-Careering: The Search for Meaning, Money, Creativity and Control. She is currently an adjunct professor for UTD School of Management, teaching Career Development Coaching for the Executive Coaching Program. She formerly taught Career Development in the Psychology Department for the graduate students at SMU.

The Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter Association of Career Professionals (ACP) International created an annual award " Helen Harkness Professional of the Year Award" permanently named for her. She is a member of the World Future Society and coordinates the career counseling at the annual conferences. Also, she is a member of the Association of Professional Futurists, National Speakers Association, International Association of Career Professionals and The Collaborative Law Institute of Texas.

Mrs. Johnson began teaching in the 1920s in El Paso, Texas at an elementary school. She also taught in Big Spring, Texas and Grand Prairie, Texas before moving to Carrollton in the mid-1940s to teach geometry at Carrollton High. She retired from Carrollton High in 1964. She passed away in July 1996 at the age of 84 in Carrollton.

Mrs. Kirk, granddaughter of one of the five first families to settle in Carrollton, graduated from Carrollton High School in 1951. She earned a degree in education from North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas) in 1954. She taught business skills such as typing and shorthand at CHS for nearly six years. Her former teacher, Mary Dent, handpicked Mrs. Kirk to head the business department at R. L. Turner. Mrs. Kirk was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1964. She had to leave teaching as a result of this illness. She was more upset about having to leave than she was about having a terrible disease. She died of complications from MS at the age of 66 in August 9, 1999.

Subsequent to his teaching career at Carrollton High, Mr. McLaughlin became principal of Webb Chapel Elementary when it opened for the 1959-60 school year. He later was named Assistant Principal at Vivian Field Junior High School and principal at the old Farmers Branch Elementary School. Mr. McLaughlin passed away on March 24, 1968 and the name of Webb Chapel Elementary was changed to McLaughlin Elementary in his honor as its first principal.

Mrs. Ogle was a life-time resident of Carrollton. She was a descendent of pioneer families of the Carrollton area. She retired from R.L. Turner High School in 1971 after 36 years as an English teacher. She was a member of the 1st Baptist Church in Carrollton. She passed away at the age of 76 on December 6, 1989.

Mrs. Polser passed away December 24, 1992 at the age of 88.

Coach Poovey became Carrollton High School's head football coach beginning in the 1959-60 school year. In a few years, he fielded a district champion football team. Coach Poovey passed away on June 24, 1977 in Dallas County, Texas.