Our Teachers
Or as some called them.. "The Good,the Bad and the Ugly."..
but were truly wonderful people......
Please feel free to submit to me, any information you may have on
any teacher on the list below...Information can be anything you feel
will be of interest to other classmates...Things like where the teacher
went to school, when and where they started to teach, their children etc
etc...I will make separate web pages for teachers as information become
available.. Again the list will start with teachers @South Gate
High in 1956 but, if you had an outstanding or not so outstanding
teacher who was not at South Gate in 56 but was special and you have
information on that teacher, we will list them as web-space
permits.... Dave
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| Teacher/ | Years @ SG |
Classes Taught |
Age in 1956 |
Notes: |
| Acrea, Bea Miss 1 | (1936 pix) | Home Econ | 61 | 1895/died 1972 (76) |
| Albin, Jack 2 | Shop | |||
| Anastassiou, Thomas 3 | (2005 pix) | Business/Registrar | Much loved, lives in P.Verde | |
| Anderson, Ester 4 | 1950/ | (pix) | ||
| Barnes, Garvin 5 | phys/drivers ed | basketball coach | ||
| Baca, Fidel 6 | * | Language/Spanish | ||
| Barreca, James 7 | English | |||
| Beckett, Ralph 8 | Language/French | |||
| Bianchi, Cecil | 1955/1963 | Counselor/Spanish | 36 | Alive and well in W. Covina |
| Boyum,Vernice 10 | Home Econ | 47 | 1909/died 1995 (86) | |
| Briscoe, Ralph 11 | Machine shop | |||
| Carden, Rex 12 * | /1956 | English | ||
| Carlquist, Carl | Boy's V Principal | 57 | Died Aug 1978 (79) | |
| Cessna, Harold 13 | w | |||
| Chance, Paul Sigsbee | (1936 pix) | Social stud.. SGHS | 37 in pix..lived to age 91 | |
| Chow, Annie Ling | 54/55 | Art | 25/26 | pix & short bio soon.. |
| Clark, Robert 14 | Social Stud/track | |||
| Coates, Marian 15 | /1956 | Home Ecom | ||
| Couch, Sid | (1936 pix) | Bookkeeping | Started SGHS in 1934 | |
| Crutcher, Charles 17 | * | Art | 36 | 1920/1989 LA (69) |
| Dawson, Joan 18 | 32 | 7/93 Santa Cruz, Ca (69) | ||
| Dietrick, Lyman 19 | 41 | 1915/died 1981 (66) | ||
| Dobson, Jay 20 | * | Geography | 47 | 12/1/87 El Monte, Ca |
| English, Mel 21 | Photo/journalism | |||
| Eymann, Dale 22 | /1956 | Band, Orchestra | 40 | 1916/2000 (84) Missouri |
| Flynn, Barbara | Counselor | |||
| Fouch,Virginia 23 | History/Geometry 1-2 | 48 | 1908/died 1983 (74) | |
| Furlong, Bess 24 | (1936 pix) | English | 63 | 1893/died 1958 (65) |
| Gardner, Richard 25 | * | Science | ||
| Garner, Barkham 26 | *(bio) | Phys Ed/head coach | 53 | 1903/died 1989 (85) |
| Germain, Donald 27 | ||||
| Gerson, Gus 28 | Phys Ed/baseball | 55 | 1901/died 1987 (86) | |
| Hahn, Dwight 29 | * | Math/Chem 1 & 2 | Still @ So Gate in 1982 | |
| Hampton, William 30 | music/choir/ | Very popular..Died in 1960 | ||
| Hardick, Carolyn 31 | (1936pix) | Social Studies | 66 | 1890/died 1974 (83) |
| Hastings, Charles 32 | (1936 pix) | Phys/Drivers/ed | ||
| Haverfield, Margaret 33 | 1950/ | 51 | 1905/died 1983 (77) | |
| Hopkins, William 34 | 1950/ | |||
| Humphrey, Louise Miss 35 | (pix) | |||
| Jones, Edna Mrs 36 | ||||
| Jones, Wilbur 37 | * | Phys Ed ???? | ||
| Joyner, Dr Taylor M | School Principal | 61 | Died Mar 85 (90) | |
| King, Keaton 38 | Print shop | |||
| Kiskadden, Robert 39 | ||||
| Lindop, Boyd 40 * | /1956 | English | 32 | Died 3-22-96 (71) |
| Lofton, Charles 41 | (1936 pix) | US Government | ||
| Luke, Helen | Girl's V Principal | |||
| Madden, Marion Miss 42 | * | Phys Ed | (pix) | |
| Mayfield, James 43 | 52? to 79 | chem great teacher | All cute girls got A's ?? | |
| Mills, Alice Mrs | (1936 pix) | Mathematics | 57 | 1899/died 1980 (81) info |
| Moore, James 45 * | /1956 | Bookkeeping | ||
| Morton, Blanche Mrs. 46 * | /1956 | (pix) | ||
| Pearson, Majory 47 * | /1956 | Librarian | ||
| Perry, Edith Mrs 48 * | /1956 | Home Ec | ||
| Peterson, Mildred | (1936 pix) | librarian/Latin 1,2,3 & 4 | (pix) | |
| Rawald, Pat Mrs 50 | /1957 | economics | Pat & husband @reunion (pix) | |
| Reinsch, Harry 51 * | 1950/1956 | Print Shop | 62 | born 1894/died 1966 (72) |
| Roach, Charles 52* | (1936 pix) | Indust Drafting | 59 | Died 9-2-56 (59) |
| Roberts Alice 53 | * | Girls Phys Ed | ||
| Sandlin, Donald 54 | Shorthand/typing | |||
| Sasser, Sara Mrs 55 | * /1956 | |||
| Schnyder, Robert 56 | * | PE Gymnastics | teacher of health in 1976 | |
| Schroeder, Harold 57 | Science/drivers ed | |||
| Scoles, Thomas 58 | retired, 73 | Physiology/track?? | Alzheimers many years ago | |
| Seminario, Joseph 59 | Phys Ed/football | 36 | born 1920/died 1999 (79) | |
| Tenner, Morton 60 | (2005 pix) | history/track | 27/28 | |
| Townsley, Clarice M | 1931/1938 | Phys Ed/English | 31 in pix | 1905/1999 (93) Mission,Viejo,Ca |
| Tucker, Ruth Mrs 61 | English Amer Lit | |||
| Tyler, Pamela 62 | ||||
| Uhl, Genevieve Mrs 63 | (1936 pix) | Music/Art | ||
| Waldron, Virginia 64 * | /1956 | |||
| White, Doris Miss 65 | * | |||
| Wilkinson, Melroy 66 * | /1956 | 64 | 1892/died 1965 (73) | |
| Williams, Rebecca 67 * | /1956 | (pix) | ||
| Wilson, Marian (Jones)68 | 1950/1956* | |||
| Wilson, Richard 69 | ||||
| Wong, Ann Mrs 70 | Algebra | |||
| Woolley, Leah 71 | (1936 pix) | English | 62 | 1894 to 1984 lived to 90 |
| Zazueta, William 72 | /1956 | football coach | 37 | 1919 to 2004 lived to 84 |
| * = last year @So Gate | Notes..... | |||
| *1956 was the last year at So Gate for 17 teachers..... |
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Note...Velma Dunn Ploessel who taught PE at SGJH from 1953 to 1980 and who also won a silver medal in the 1936 Olympics, passed away May 8, 07 at the age of 88 from a stroke... Mrs Ploessel lived in Downey at the time of her passing... |
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