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TRIANGLE

GOLDEN TRIANGLE

VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL CENTER

Triangle Staff: Vicki Slaven

Phyllis Phillips
Jeannine Canty

From the Director . . .

As this year rapidly comes to its end, it seems
appropriate to share with all of you my feelings of
appreciation for the many contributions made to the
Center by students, faculty, and staff.

The brick, mortar and steel which make up the
physical structure of the Center are given life and vitality,
a reason for being, through the teaching, learning,
sharing, laughter and even tears, which enter by its doors
every day.

All of you make possible the successful accom-
plishment of the Center's goals, and to all of you I say,
"Thank you.,,

Aaron Langston
Director

Edwin Alford
Assistant Director

Donna Etheridge
Assistant Director

ADMINISTRATION

FACULTY

Will Shelton
ABE Supervisor

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Pam Bello
ABE Curriculum Spec.

Mavis Daves
ABE

Bill Coffey
Aviation Maintenance

Gilbert Swanzy
Auto Body & Fender Repair

John Dickinson
Auto Body & Fender Repair

Arthur Mills
Auto Mechanics

Susan Moates
Business

Connie Peranich
Business

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Dot Tramel
Business

Richard Naylor
Business Manager

Joe Buckner
CETA-MDT Supervisor 3

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Becky Sheppard
CETA-MDT Counselor

Pat Harp
CETA Related Education

Phillip McCarter
Diesel Mechanics

Larry Branch
Drafting & Design

Bobbie Hines
Drafting & Design

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George Rosati
Drinking Water Technician

Pete Blake
Electrical Technology

Jean Spikes
English

Pat Kohler
Health Occupations

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Jean Barton
Health Occupations

Mary Sue Atkins
Health Occupations

Conetta Helms
Health Occupations

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Royce Langston
Heavy Equipment

Jackie Mouchett
Heavy Equipment

Bennie Weeks
House Builders

Connie Pilgrim
Librarian

Harold Dobbs
Machine Shop

Eddie Washington
MAMC Coordinator

Michael Hendon
MAMC Counselor

Rick Young
Marketing Coordinator

Pam Sidle
Marketing

J. W. Boyd
Refrigeration

Harvey Cause
Remedial Education

Ed Rice
Remedial Education

Jerry Keel
Supervision & Management

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Milt Gordy
Supervision & Management

Suzanne Mowry
Supervision & Management

Mac Harris
Truck Driving

Mike Drogula
Vocational Counselor

Mike Smith
Vocational Counselor

Ed Redmond
Welding & Fabrication 5

Bill Hood, Coordinator
Regional Job Placement
System & League of Employers

STAFF

Marsha Halbert
Secretary

Tammy Price

Secretary

Vicki Wray
MAMC Secretary

Brenda Davis
CETA Secretary

William Wilkins
Maintenance Superintendent

Robert Harris
Asst. Maintenance

Emma Jones
Maintenance

Timmy Billups
Maintenance

Franklin Cockrell
Printing

Not Pictured:
Dot Hanson, Health Occupations
Mary Richardson, Registrar
Phyllis Phillips, Secretary

AVIATION MAINTENANCE

Anthony Burleson*
Caledonia

Eddie Collins*
West Point

William Gilder*
Vardaman

Alan Hollis

Steens

Terry Wayne Howard
Columbus AFB

Herman Hughes, Jr.
Steens

Chesley Lee*
Starkville

Danny Messer
Columbus AFB

Ronald Parr
Columbus AFB

Steve Philippart
Oxford

John Shurden
Starkville

David Sisson
Columbus

Reuben Sizemore
Columbus

Russell Snapp
Columbus

Charles Wilson*
Mississippi State

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Paul Fuller, Starkville
Robert Gerhart, Columbus5*
William Prince, Columbus

*Second Year Students

CLASSES

ADULT BASIC EDUCATION

Linda Barr
West Point

Lucille Gordon
Columbus

Teresa Hall
West Point

Lisa Hudson
Columbus

Mike Latham
West Point

Shirley Lucious
Starkville

Annie McCoy
Columbus

Sendy McLin
West Point

Lucille Morgan
Columbus

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Wilma O' Brian
Starkville

Rachel Nace
West Point

Bonnie Orman
West Point

Faye Palmer
Columbus

Alberta Selve
Starkville

Ethel Toney
Columbus

Daisy Torres
Starkville

Joey Traywick
Columbus

Len Lin Ying
Starkville

AUTO BODY

Kenneth Arnold
Mathiston

Dan Clark
Columbus

Menre Collins

West Point

Elwood Griffin
West Point

Jerry L. Jenkins
Columbus

Rodney Lofton
Columbus

Kenneth Millsaps
West Point

Jerome Roberson
Louisville

James A. Smith
West Point

Charles Thompson
Louisville

Aretha Townsel
Starkville

Ronald D. Walker
Columbus

Not Pictured:
Clyde Frierson, Macon
Allen Haas, Columbus

AUTO MECHANICS

Lloyd Bobo
West Point

Willie Brown
Columbus

R. Glenn Cherry

Sturgis

Grattye Gilkey
Macon

Melvin Gill
Columbus

William J. Lewis
Columbus

Bruce Manchester
Starkville

Roy Lee Robinson
West Point

Kenneth R. Stokes
Columbus

Dannie Vaughn
Starkville

James Williams
Starkville

Not Pictured:
William Ellis, West Point
Clarence Gilreath, Aberdeen
Billy West, Columbus

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DIESEL MECHANICS

Danny Beaty
Columbus

Davie Burney
Stewart

Timothy Carter
Hamilton

Bobby Davidson
Houston

Robert Eakin
Weir

J. V. Edwards, Jr.
Philadelphia

James Hildreth
Columbus

George Johnson
Columbus

Doyce Lewis
Columbus

James Martin
Columbus

Tommy McAfee
Columbus

James Merrigan
Columbus

Donald Nash
Starkville

Donald Pudas
Louisville

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Jeffrey Reed
Louisville

Gilbert Shaw
West Point

Charles Simon
Columbus

Not Pictured:
Glenn Clouse, Eupora
Terry Hawkins, Eupora
Kendall Stevenson, McCool
Otis Winston, Prairie Point

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BUSINESS AND OFFICE

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Maritza Acevedo
Starkville

Penny Barels
Columbus

Vickie Borman
Columbus

Martha Brown
Columbus

Dana Bryan
West Point

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Barbara Butler
Starkville

Cathy Clark
Columbus

Carol Conn
Columbus

Betty Jo Cubon

Maben

Earlean Davis
West Point

Teresa Dies
Columbus

Denise Echols

Mantee

Donna Jo Ellis
West Point

Cindy Gentry

Noxapater

Sara Guevara
Starkville

Nancy Hughes
West Point

Karen Kellum
Starkville

Cheryl Martin
Starkville

Resa McClain
West Point

Kathy Odom
Starkville

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Donna Partain
Columbus

Debra Pearson
West Point

Theresa Peay
Starkville

Rita Reed
Maben

Carolyn Rhodes
Sturgis

Kay Roberson
Columbus

Shawnette Shaw
Starkville

Amanda Townsel
Starkville

Carla VanValkenburg
Columbus

Debbie Vasser
Millport

Margaret Vaughn
Columbus

Brenda Wilson
Columbus

Cecily Winston
Starkville

Not Pictured:
Ella Bigbee, Columbus
Ruth Davis, West Point
Nancy Lindley, Starkville
Mary Katherine Sams, Columbus

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DRAFTING-SOPHOMORES

Patrick Adair
Columbus

John Foster
Columbus

Edward Hayward
Columbus

Linda Jewell
Columbus

Mark Killebrew
Caledonia

Bill Kuykendall
Starkville

Vicki Lancaster
Columbus

Robert McBryde
Starkville

Roy Roberson
Starkville

Pat Smith
Mathiston

Not Pictured:
Michael Chapman, West Point
Edward Wilson, West Point

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DRAFTING-FRESHMEN

Karen Beckum
Crawford

Lisa Bostick
Starkville

Anthony Davenport
Prairie

Herman Douglas
West Point

Zeke Ellis
Columbus

Donald Havard
Starkville

Jerry Holder
Columbus

Morgan Lee
Columbus AFB

Kyle Morgan
Sturgis

Robert Rickert
Columbus

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Gerald Scarbrough
Sturgis

Penny Slawson
Starkville

Michael Smith
Columbus

Michael Stafford
Columbus

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Roy Gary, Yazoo City
John Thomas, Columbus

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DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING

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Mary Allen
West Point

Kenneth Andrews
West Point

Bennie Ashford
Starkville

Edward Barry III
Starkville

Drako El-Amin
Starkville

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Pearl Holt
Columbus

Michael Jackson
Aberdeen

Dorothy Johnson
Maben

Jo Mason
Starkville

Marilyn Miller
Starkville

Steve Montgomery
Starkville

Queen Rogers
Columbus

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John W. Rowe
Columbus

Ronnie Taylor
Starkville

Edward Thomas
Columbus

Howard Townsel
Starkville

Walter Townsel
Starkville

Cassandra White
West Point

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Raymond Barksdale,*
Columbus
Barbara Brown,
Starkville
Michael Dowdle,*
Columbus
Alex Jordon, Jr.,*
Starkville
Paul Little,*
Columbus
Melanie Lumsden,
Columbus
Dennis Young,*
Starkville

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DRINKING WATER TECHNICIANS

Clifford Bennett
Columbus

Clarence Melton
West Point

Timothy Blocker
Columbus

Jerome Blake
West Point

Randell Blocker
Columbus

Walter Brown
West Point

Lewie Perrigin
Columbus

Melton Sharpe
Columbus

James Sumpter
Columbus

HEAVY EQUIPMENT

Phillip Butcher
Columbus

Timothy Butcher
Columbus

Kenneth Duplechain
Columbus

Pat Campeau
Hamilton

Edwin Threet
Weir

William P. Hunt
Columbus

Randy Kellum
Stark ville

Sammie Lee
Columbus

Thomas Simonton
Columbus

Dennie Usery
Columbus

Not Pictured:
Sammie Davis,
West Point
Jay Golson,
West Point
William Hutchinson,
Columbus
Thomas Smith,
West Point

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ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY

Jerry Beaird
Eupora

David Caskey
West Point

Thomas Comer
Columbus

Lanny Fair
West Point

L.A.Hill
Crawford

Nicky Keeton
Ackerman

Floyd Leggett
Mathiston

Donald Parish
Maben

Jerry Peach
Mathiston

Vincent Phillips
Starkville

Dennis Pullen
Ackerman

Larry Reed
Starkville

Larry Smith
West Point

Levon Ware
West Point

Hubbard Wooten, Jr.
Cedar Bluff

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Henry Acker, West Point
Benjamin Ivey, Columbus
Frederick Johnston, Benton
David Shackelford, Columbus

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HOUSE BUILDERS

Larry Amos
West Point

Morris Drees
Columbus

Sammie Hill
Columbus

Carmen Lippman

Artesia

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Jerry Bluitt, Columbus
Eric Collins, Columbus
Joseph Howard, Jr., Columbus
Dennis Wilson, Columbus

Darrell Robinson
Crawford

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Frederick Young
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Eddie Pippins
West Point

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MACHINE SHOP

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William Basinger
Columbus

Teddy Billingsley
Columbus

Arvid Coats*
Starkville

John Cothran
Maben

William DehV
Columbus

James Duncan
Starkville

Robert Glover*
Columbus

Robert Lee Gray, Jr.*
Crawford

John Guyton, Jr.
Columbus

Hal Harvey Hale
Starkville

Don Johnson
Eupora

Michael McCollum*
Columbus

Garry Monts*
Starkville

Willie Pierce*
Prairie

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Douglas Rhea
West Point

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Elbert Rice*
Starkville

Michael Smith*
Columbus

Kenny Ward
West Point

Douglas Webber
West Point

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Billy Joe McCuiston
Eupora

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REFRIGERATION

John Blankinship
Starkville

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Columbus

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West Point

Robert Cummins
West Point

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Admise Gandy
Macon

William Lippman
Artesia

John McComic, Jr
West Point

William Plunk
Columbus

Eunice Pruitt
Columbus

Willie Taylor
Columbus

Robert Thomas
Columbus

William Whitehead
Columbus

Will Young
Starkville

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Ralph Dyke, Macon
Steve Kuykendall, Columbus
Philip Plyler, Columbus
Dale Newcom, Columbus

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PRACTICAL NURSING

Jeannette Allen
Columbus

Anne Denise Baird
Columbus

Diane Beaudry
Columbus

Darnell Bowling
Starkville

Mary Cagle
Columbus

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JoAnn Card
Eupora

Mary Chism
Columbus

Sandra Coleman
Caledonia

Catherine Davis
Columbus

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Vickie Dozier
Eupora

Cheryl Gilman
Columbus

Peggy Golson
West Point

Carolyn Hankins
Brooksville

Sharon Hannah
West Point

Holly Hedin
Starkville

Rhonda Long
Columbus

Inez Loyd
Louisville

Faye Makamson
Sturgis

Beverly McKee
Maben

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Linda McMinn
Ackerman

Connie Murphy
Columbus

Charlotte Nix
West Point

Clara Patton
Starkville

Kathleen Stebbins
Starkville

Jackie Svviger
Columbus

James Tilley, Jr.
Columbus

Cathy Turner
Caledonia

Vicki Underwood
Starkville

Pam Wallace
West Point

Not Pictured:
Yvonne Blackwell, Starkville
Susan Crow, Maben
Linda Curry, Starkville
Judy Sudduth, Columbus

SECRETARIAL SCIENCE

Dorothy Adams'1
Columbus

Lisa Bolin
Starkville

Jeannine Canty
Starkville

Fran Edwards
West Point

Beth Fulgham

Maben

Gayle Fulgham
West Point

Georgia-Ann Lautar*
West Point

Donna Graham
Starkville

Kim McMurray
Starkville

Florence Key

Brooksville

Kaye Malone
Crawford

Shelly Koenenn
Starkville

Decharri Koloski
Columbus

Kay Noel
Pheba

Marsha Nowell
Kilmichael

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Catherine Sims

Vicki Slaven*

Martha Fay Tate

Columbus West Point

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Clara Townsel
Starkville

Theodore Washington
Macon

Lisa Wells

West Point

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Angie Jack, West Point
Dawn Peterson, Columbus
Risa Weiss, Columbus

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Philip Child s

Frank Draper, Jr.

James Eaves

Patricia Park

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West Point

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Ricky Reed
Maben

Randy Slawson
Louisville

Thomas Warner
Columbus

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Louis Barder, Aberdeen
Mary Mitchell, Louisville
Sharon Reed, Tupelo
Sammie Williams, Columbus

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SUPERVISION AND MANAGEMENT

Marion Bartton
West Point

Harvey Gause
Columbus

Mike McMinn
West Point

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Columbus Harrison
West Point

Tommy Cade
Macon

Tommy Calder
West Point

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Columbus

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Columbus

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Columbus

Carter Jones
Columbus

Charles P. .

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Tom Kirby

Wylie Lang

William Lindsay

Mike McGill

Louisville

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Sandra Osburn
West Point

Turner Petty
Starkville

John Russell
Louisville

Charley Rutledge
West Point

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West Point

Gary Sawtelle
Prairie

Leroy Schoggen
Columbus

William Shirley
West Point

A.M. Sisk
West Point

Carole Spruill
Columbus

Andy Stewart
Columbus

Violeta Swain
Columbus

James Tennyson
West Point

Jake Thomas
Houston

James Waits
West Point

Paul Waits
West Point

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Brenda Wilder
West Point

Not Pictured:
Billy Ayres, West Point
Bennie Brandon, Columbus
William Clark, Starkville
George Chandler, Pheba
David Colebrook, Columbus
Arthur Conner, Columbus
Eugene Davis, Columbus
Leon Dumas, Columbus
Eugene Elliott, Vernon, Ala.
Otis Hogan, West Point
Paul Kitchen, West Point
Albert McBrayer, Columbus

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Terry Acker
West Point

Dewitt Cooperwood
West Point

Freddie Craddock
Starkville

Perry Dismuke
Columbus

Ken Eaves
Starkville

Zoe Garrison
West Point

Sally Grice
Mantee

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John Halbert
Columbus

Biran Hampton
Sheffield, Ala.

Andrew Hodnett
West Point

Betty Johnson
West Point

Ken Lane
Macon

Rodney Lowe
Columbus

William Parks
Starkville

Louis Rankin
Columbus

Joe Salmon
West Point

jason Schroeder
West Point

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Tommy Whitehead
Columbus

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Columbus

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Robert Cannon,
Starkville

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Steve Montgomery

Clara Townsel

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Cindy Gentry

Walter Townsel

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John Rowe

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He said the starter was around here somewhere.

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And Mr. Branch's brain is no bigger than this

It's my turn to ride.

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"When I Say The Word 'Red', A Charge of 1 10 Volts of Electricity Will Hit Your Chair.'

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'Sitting Next To You Is A Member Of The Opposite Sex Who Is The Most Attractive Person You've Ever Seen."

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