SlaytonTimothyLee

Street Address: P.O. Box 382201
City: Duncanville
State: Texas
Zip Code: 75138
Occupation: Supervise the production of, and design sewn pet products
Spouse Name/Occupation: Laurie - Product Demonstrations
Children/Ages: John (24), Janelle (5), Steve (4), Timmy (9 months)
GrandKids/Ages: None
Places I've Been: From LA to Virginia & from Durango, CO. to Puebla, Mexico
Work Phone:
HomePhone: 972-780-2894
FAX: 214-337-0118
Email: slaytontim@msn.com
Personal Web Page: http://expage.com/timslayton
Fondest Memories:

Fondest Memories: Hanging out w/friends at the front door before and between classes.

Fond Memory #2: Texas Music Festival: Watching B.B. King and Johnny Winter jam at the free stage. B.B. broke a string, hands off his guitar to a stage hand, a string is put on, B.B. takes the guitar, hits a lick and tunes the string without missing a beat.

Fond Memory #2A: After watching many friends leave the festival early, in order to be back for the 1^st day of school, (which I had no plans of EVER returning to) some friends and I decided to look in on them that Tuesday. We walked the halls and peeped in on various classes, showing off that we had not cut our hair. We even had the audacity to go into one of Boyett’s gym classes and brag. Upon my unplanned return to school; payback time; my 1^st day in gym, Mr. Boyett has me stand up in front of the class, and says, ”Do you see Slayton’s new haircut? Well, if he can cut his off, the rest of you have no excuses.”; like I was his “poster boy” for short hair, not a position I had aspired to.

Fond Mem #3: Hair code violation. I usually got thrown out of school once every 6 wks. to get a haircut. One time, after having 3 haircuts in a row, none of which suited the powers that were, (by this time, even my mother was ticked off), I went to Mr. Durrett and asked "Exactly how short do you want it, like yours!?" To which he replied, "Yes". So, I told him that "I am sorry, but baldness doesn't run in my family." For this I won another 3 day vacation from school.

Fond Mem #3A: 1974. My sisters graduation. Durrett announced his retirement. I cheered the loudest.

Not so FOND #4: Missed nearly the entire 1st semester of 69-70 due to Hep. I studied and did class work that friends brought to me, all to no avail. The powers that were told my folks that my work could not be turned in as it was contaminated, AND that I would not be allowed to take mid-terms since I had missed too many days and NOT turned in any work.?

Not so FOND #5: Officer Baker never forgets. Skipping school one day, it was out of town game day for Sunset, we were pulled over outside of Big K by Officer Baker. I told him that I was a student @ Sunset, and thereby didn't have to be in school that day. A couple of weeks later, I was in the office picking up my usual tardy permit, Officer Baker spied me and told me "No one lies to me, I will get you for that". To which I snickered and went on my way. He never got me, then. About 5 yrs. later, David King (whom I did not know @ Kimball) and I had landed a job refurbishing old bulldozing equipment at this heavy equipment junkyard over on Harry Hines. One day, in walks Officer Baker. Seems he was a good friend of our new boss. David says "Hello, Officer Baker". Me, I tried to stay in the shadows. Baker takes a look at me and goes into the boss' office for a minute , then leaves. No sooner is he out the front door, when the boss calls us in, and tells us he has to let us go. He would not admit it, but I KNEW what went down. Baker had finally gotten back at me.

What else? Lets see. Not senior year, but between starting and quitting.
a) Shelton having the office staff piece together a note that incriminated Barry Wilson and myself for setting a Fire prevention poster on fire.

b) Ms. Dillon, nodding off with her head resting on her hand. As her head would slip from her hand; she would suddenly awaken and look around as if she had just caught someone talking.

c) Being taken to the ROTC commanders office to be instructed how to properly wear a uniform. They did not approve of my cousins Marine green jacket ,that I had attached a peace symbol to, being worn in such a manner.

d) Artie Tunnell daring me to throw a firecracker @ Ms. Dillon in study hall. I said 'I don't have a light"; which another fine student offered up. So, not to be labeled as some kind of wimp, promptly, and w/o hesitation, lit the fire, and tossed it just behind her. Just as she had her back turned, heading for the front of the lunchroom. BOOOOOM!!!! I won a 3 day vacation for that 2. My first of many as I recall.
e) Ms. Thames Spanish class: Laughing our ass’ off at each others attempts to speak Spanish.

The Real Me: They would have known I wrote poetry, loved music, and feared failure.
Benefit/Waste: Drafting, Art, Spanish, and Drivers Ed. Waste: Durrett’s morning “rants”.
Learned After Graduation: Raising my older son / Mgmt. skills / Cultural & Conversational Spanish (Mountain View)
Looking Back: My options were not as limited as I had imagined. What Matters Most (a poem)
Will/Will Not Recognize Me: I've grown taller, wider, and gained a few more wrinkles around my eyes.