Deming High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Deming, NM)

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DHS through its 52 teachers offeres regular lar 16 years. 8 at DHS. Mrs. Martha Kucera teaches English II and III. She has an MA degree plus 30 hours with work done at WNMU and NMSU. She enjoys bowling, latch hook rugs, and the Dallas Cowboys and football. 15 years. 8 at DHS. Dick Valenzuela has been band director at DHS for 8 years. He has a BA in Music Education from NMSU in 1966. He enjoys working in the yard and cooking. He teaches Guitar, Band, Concert and Symphonic, and Jazz Band. 15 years. All at DHS. Terrence Pekron teaches social studies in Room 21, holds a BS in Second- ary Education and an MA in Social Science, lists hunting and photography as his hobbies and enjoys traveling, camping and gun collecting. 14 ' years. All at DHS. Edward Chaires teaches Welding, Drafting; received his BA and MA degrees from WNMU and NMHU, is active in NEA-New Mexico, uses his leisure time to hunt and fish, served in the U.S. Army in Germany for two years. 1. Robert Parra, Laura Slack, Martin Granillo, Louis Almanza and Vincent Baeza of the Sun- burst staff say thanks to the teachers with apples. 2. Dick Valenzuela works with Charles Stoops in guitar class. 184

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Call for assistance from townspeople 21 years. 11 at DHS. IVally Wesbrooks moved from Auto Mechanics to Woodshop after nine years in Auto Mechanics. He has taught Driver Education. He was graduated from Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia, Kansas, likes fish- ing and hunting. Sponsors sophomores, active in Methodist Church. 19 years. 14 ast DHS. Mrs. Edna McClung teaches Pre-Algebra, and Algebra I. is sponsor of the Chess Club and the Student Council, holds a BS degree from WNMU, enjoys needlepoint. bowling, speedtufting, is active in NEA-New Mexico. 18 years. 8 at DHS. Rex Mason Smilh teaches Arts and Crafts, is assistant football coach, head track coach, degree is from WNMU in 1963. Enjoys art, any kind of sports, photography, sculpture, and ceramics, served in the Navy in the Far East for four years. 1. Robert Parra puts the finishing touches on a buffet he built in shop class. 2. Perennial persons at the scoring table Bill Klement and Mervyn Wertz get things squared away with ref Russ Gearou, 183

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m fare of English, social studies, math, science i . ' 1 i 14 years. 13 at DHS. Mn Harvielee Moore teaches Creative Writing, English III and Drama. Her degrees came from McMurry in 1967 and WNMU in 1975. Writing and Indian relics inter- est her. She team-teaches with Mrs. Ruth Eaves. She is a greduate of DHS. says teaching is one of the greatest pleasures of my life. 14 years. All at DHS. Mrs. Christine Sandoval teaches Shorthand, Typing I and Typing II, has BA and MA degrees from WNMU in 1967 and 1974, is one of the senior sponsors, likes music, reading, bicycling. 14 years. 8 at DHS. Henry Sandoval sponsors the Spanish Club, is the only teacher of Spanish at DHS. has a masters degree from WNMU, received his elementary education degree in 1973, his secondary degree in 1968. 13 years. 8 at DHS Gw Claypool is a junior sponsor, rides motorcycles and has photography for a hobby, belongs to Kindgom of the Sun Pho- tography Club, teaches Fundamentals of Math, Pre-Algebra and Basic Algebra. Team teachers Harvielee Offutt and Ruth Eaves get together for a planning session in Room 5 where their combined classes met for the second semester. 185