Chickasaw Teacher Retires After Half Century of Service
August 16, 2017
August 16, 2017
BYNG, Okla., Aug. 16 -- The Chickasaw Nation, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following news release:
The emotionally exhaustive task of packing 47 years of professional life in boxes began mid-May.
This month, Byng school bells - silent for months - rang out. For the first time in 52 years, Merry Monroe's sunny disposition and warm, welcoming smile was absent.
The Chickasaw woman attended school here, receiving her diploma in 1969. . . .
The emotionally exhaustive task of packing 47 years of professional life in boxes began mid-May.
This month, Byng school bells - silent for months - rang out. For the first time in 52 years, Merry Monroe's sunny disposition and warm, welcoming smile was absent.
The Chickasaw woman attended school here, receiving her diploma in 1969. . . .