Betty Jo Parr Report

High school “back in the day’
Betty Jo Parr’s High school experiences

Jack Schaefer
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Waterloo- After interviewing Betty Jo Parr about her high school experiences I learned many interesting things. Currently Betty lives in Huston, Texas. Her husband of 53 years Larry Parr was her high school sweet heart. She just had a birthday and was 74 on May 30th. After attending high school at Roy Miller High School in Corpus Christi, Texas from 1953 to 1958. After graduating with at class of 475 students she went on to work and junior collage as she helped her husband trough collage as she explained, “There wasn’t money for college so I got a job at a Savings and Loan as a Teller. I put my husband thru college in Arlington, Texas.” As she continued about some major things in history that she could remember she said, “in Dallas witch is near where we were living at the time Kennedy was assassinated. Everyone was in
I asked her what her favorite things were to do or be in was she said, “being in the Band and football games. I was a twirler or majorette in the band.” As we talked I asked what her favorite subject was she told me keyboarding. She said, “Our School had just gotten five new electric typewriters and we each got a chance to use them.” She told to me that she was involved in many things other then just school. She was also involved in yearbook and student counsel as security also expressing that there was other groups that were at school. She said, “drama team and Y-teens were offered along with the sports of Football, basketball, tennis, track, baseball.” Betty shared that her two best friends are still close with her. She stated, “Marihelen Price and Betty Jane Sorrell were my best friends. Marihelen lives in Corpus Christi, Texas and Betty Jane lives here in Houston. She also said that she still gets together with 12 other friends from high