Ignacio High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Ignacio, CO)

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Alum n i We are very proud to have Mr. Elbert F. Floyd, a former graduate, as a member of the faculty of I.H.S. It is a great honor and privilege to be back at Ignacio, Mr. Floyd stated in answer to the question, How do you like to be back teaching in the school where you spent 12 years of your school life? He graduated in 1941. Mr. Floyd is the first graduate of I.H.S. to return and take a position on the faculty. He is married to the former Marie Campbell, graduate of 1941. They have one daughter. At the beginning of the year we wrote letters to all the alumni whom we could. We received many nice letters in reply and we will print some of them. Mrs. Audrey Taylor (Audrey Barnett) writes: I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your letter, and to answer your questions concerning the advantages I gained by going to Ignacio. •I cannot say I have done so awfully much for my country as I was married very soon after graduation. However, there are still numerous ways I have been helped and could have been helped so much more if only I d had the foresight to take advantage of things that were being taught. •During the past several years I have done quite a lot of traveling, since I am the wife of an airman. In Switzerland. I went all through The League of Nations building. It was very thrilling but I knew such a very little of its function that I felt very inadequate. Also in Switzerland, I saw the Castle of Chillon. Some of you have probably read the poem The Prisoner of Chillon by Lord Byron. I hadn t or if I had, I had forgotten. After going through the castle and seeing the pillar where the prisoner was chained for seven years, I just had to read the poem again and again. •OH YES! I too, like a lot of you have said, What good will all this do me? It won't help me to cook or wash dishes for a family. Dear Bobcats, take advantage of all you can--while you can. YOU HAVE SO LITTLE TIME. Jack Schalles writes: ... Graduated from Ignacio in 1949. Mathematics and Science are the subjects that have been valuable in my work.

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CANNON BALL TRAILWAYS IGNACIO DRUG STORE Phone 500 Best of Luck Durango Colorado to the NEHER LIQUOR STORE Class of '52 Ignacio, Colorado Always Try Us First TURNER SECURITY HAFFEY'S CONFECTIONARY INVEST Durango, Colorado WITH THE BEST RADIO HOSPITAL in Durango, Colorado Durango, Colorado CANTON CAFE RANCH-INN-HOTEL The Best Place to Eat in Heated Rooms Durango, Colorado Blackcat Bar BILL'S MOBILE SERVICE STATION and Durango Cocktail Lounge Colorado Ignacio Colorado MAXWELL'S VARIETY STORE DR. GEORGE A. BONELLI 5 10 £ $1 and up Optometrist Frank H. Maxwell Phone 144 Durango 802 Main Ave. SAN JUAN CREAMERY Durango Phone 96 Colorado Durango, Colorado

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I.H.S. ALUMNI (continued) Teddy J. Salazar writes in part: . . . Ifm on a hospital ship down here in Pusan. As for my work in the Army, well you don't have to have a good education to be able to fire a rifle. So far I haven't had a chance to put my education to work ... I graduated in 47. - . . . . - P.F.C. Henry Alire wrote: - . . . For your information, I graduated with the class of 1950. I was class poet. My education derived from the Ignacio High School has helped me acquire higher scores in Army tests . . . . - Andy Duran, PN3, USN tells us: - ... My scholastic studies while attending Ignacio have been very beneficial to me as an individual and to the U. S. Navy as an organization. As a student I gained knowledge of fellow mankind with which we work, and of the Government under which we so proudly live and serve. There are many other benefits that I gained while under the leadership and guidance of the faculty of Ignacio, which are too numerous to list at this time . . . . I have one regret however, and that is that more of my time was not devoted in the mastery of a foreign language. Actually as I think back to 1949, the year in which I ended my studies, it has not been too long a period of time . . . . - Here is some of Louise Waller's letter: ... As you know I won the scholarship up here to Mesa and so during the summer I made up my mind that I could stand some more education and so here lam. Iam studying Business up here and I really enjoy it. There really isn't much difference in the type of studying I have to do now than when I went to high school. The only thing is that I have to study up here and really study hard . . . . - Louise graduated in 1951. Jimmie Jefferson writes: . . . My stay at Ignacio is one that I will cherish for a long time .... It was a school of friendly attitude and my achievement was great. What I have learned at Ignacio helps me quite a bit while I attend college .... I graduated from Ignacio in May 1951.- Thank you for your very nice letters and we hope that the rest of the alumni wherever they are are getting along fine.