<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/issues/last-50-years.html" dsn="news"><item_date>06/12/2013 02:16:00 PM</item_date><category_header/><title>The last 50 years</title><subheader/><description>I am a 1962 speech and drama graduate who added an M.Ed. from East Texas State University in 1966. I taught, coached and was a principal at Mount Vernon, Yantis, Avery and Overton for 20 years. I also spent 14 years in my own business and almost 20 working for others.</description><author/><photographer> </photographer><image> <img src="/sites/default/files/default_images/diving-eagle_356_0r_0_1_fade_1_0.png" width="900" height="676" alt=""/></image><taxonomy-story-type/><taxonomy-cultural-story-category/><taxonomy-news-sections/><taxonomy-college-department/><taxonomy-tags/><type>story</type><categories/><relationships/><main-content>I am a 1962 speech and drama graduate who added an M.Ed. from East Texas State University in 1966. I taught, coached and was a principal at Mount Vernon, Yantis, Avery and Overton for 20 years. I also spent 14 years in my own business and almost 20 working for others.
I am the last graduate to never go "on line" or do anything with a computer. Good luck has allowed me to play golf in 10 states and two countries, travel extensively, stay connected to the theatre and be blessed with healthy kids, 12 grandchildren and a beautiful wife.My best friend of a lifetime ­— Felix — I met at North Texas, but he was the only friend I stayed in contact with over the years.
I wonder what became of the others who shared my love for golf, theatre, dance, horseback riding. I search the letters for some of the names but never see them: Bogen, Young, Lee, Lopez, Peninger, Poyser, George, Sappenfield, etc. Where did the last 50 years go? North Texas was so special!
Joe Taylor ('62)Overton</main-content></item>