Menaul School - Sandstorm Yearbook (Albuquerque, NM)

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THE SANDSTORM CLASS HISTORY N the fall of the Year of our Lord Nrneteen Hundred and Thrrtx four srx ambrtrous youngsters chose Allrson ames School as therr renclezxous for the unfoldrng of thrs great hrstorrcal drama Fred Gonzales Srrra Montoya Adalra Chayez Martha Romero C-rlbert Clracon and Regrna Gandert were destrned by Mother Fate to be the foundatron for this neyer to be forgotten saga Lrke Shakespeares seyen ages of man the great hrstorran saw ht to dnrde these events rnto the followrng perrods The Golden Age the Rrse and Fall of the Roman Empire the Dark Age the Reformatron and the Perrod of Enlrghtenment ln Fred Gonzale we found the frrst actor of tlrrs great drama He was Perrcles who ruled over the class rn rts rnfancy durrng the C-olden Age For three consecutrve perrods he led hrs people l-ll great abrlrty to talk and hrs leadershrp brought hrm thrs honor After manv days of wanderrng through the woods Grlbert Chacon a trred and hungry lrttle boy wrth tootsres worn and bleedrng from the long walk from Penasco accrdentally stumbled rnto Allrson ames School Crlbert rs a very pleasant and frrendly chap hrs favorrte pastrme berng harmonrzrng serenades wrth Fred tlng for the hrst scene happened to be Athens whrch has scenery srmrlar to Santa Fe the oldest crty rn the Southwest Adalra Chavez orrgrnally from Cebolla now calls Albuquerque her home so you can readrly see that educatron has led her to seek an envrronment wrth a more romantrc name Adalra rs a rather rndependent person takes a fancy to Spanrsh musrc IS a member of the senror class quar te' the Gospel Team and lrkes athletrcs Stowaway Srrra Montoya from Cuba says she was dropped on her head rn her rnfancy and as a result of the bump she turned out to be unusually wrse and rncrdentally she rs our class salutatorran Semrclassrcal musrc of the hrttrng a new hrgh type rs her specralty grvrng her a place on the class quartet She rs also a member of the Gospel Team and plans to go to college The slender brunette known as Martha Romero was donated to us by Nlogote Colorado She has a weakness for athletes having held at one trme or another the key to the hearts ot such performers as B Vrgrl G lVlrranda and eren that All Amerrcan Efrarm ones Regrna Gandert comes from the well known town of lVlora Her great beauty cleverness and frrendlrness haye made her qurte a figure She rs clever at frxrng han therefore we mrght tlrrnk that her career wrll be that of a beauty operator but rather than that she wants to take up a more prohtable busrness course The Colden Age as we all know could not last foreyer so the Rrse and Fall of the Roman Emprre began We saw a troop of brare Roman oldrers ready to make then conquest as they brought therr clrrle peppers Sulema Martrnez an old standby rn atlrletrcs proyes to us that brawn rnd brarns do go togetrer for she rs also a good tudent She rs a rery frrendly person a trart she has rn common x rtlr her snazzre boy frrend v. I. :M T v ' ,L M .I : M I Sv . 's M H ' s A - ' Q -, On a bright, sunny clay, the wind brought to the class of l940 four' fair' actresses. The set- A. X u - V V, ' .A V -1 A T 'A , , . . . S .M . , , I D, D K .P S . U ,y V A. V .V y ht. M . Page Sixteen l V 4 O , A

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JERRY Z TRU JILLO 4 X XII' X ntl I4 A rlllll I l X Motto Boast not thyself of tomorrow for thou know est not what a day may bring forth Ambmon To enter the forexgn servlce of the govern ment GEORGE BLAS VIGIL Xl 'N X milf: 4 1 I1 I N Motto Lxfe rs what you make zt Ambition To become a stenographer LEE VALDEZ If 10I OR X 41 14 mt s f 3 skit? ull y r n x Motto It IS not what the world does to us that counts but how we take xt Ambxtxon To become a secretary DOLORITAS M VASQUEZ li lslu flu 1 1 141 r Q N 44111 44vu114 ll 4 Motto Our knowledffe is our power and God our strength Ambltron To be a beauty operator and visit Spain LLOYD X VIGIL ION X slutlull ll ' 4 N mtl 1 Motto Ornaments go out of fashxon be useful Ambltlon To be an ambassador 1 0 Page Fzfteen VIIIMAYU. .WCW , I.'I1'U F44 -all Ii. 4: Tr: Lk 11. 4: Vlnn of 'BIN 4: V, H. Tl't'1ISlll'l'l' 4: lil4-4- vlllll 2, Zig lfilllll 2: H4 ' roll 21: Vzllltzifzl 2, Ii: Vlnss lmsk-tlmll 2. 11, 4: I,it4'l':il'.v sovi- -t ' Zi, RAL' 'HUC llli TAGS. NEW MlC.'Il'U F4 :ll ii. 4: li:4sl'4'tlv:4II 4: VI'I'iIl'k 21, 4: I..f4'l'Hl'Y su' 4 -ty 11: Vlass play 2: l':antl14-r stuff Ii: Vlun of UNI 14, 4 fF4'4'I'l'f2ll'j' 4,1 V. li. pr'.'i4l4-nt 4, HRT ' , .- DO L I.if 2ll'Y sm-'-ty 2, Il: P4-p vlulr 2, fi, 4: P: 114-1' stzlf' I: MG.-LX Ii. 4 lpn-si4l4-nt 43: Iiflsvlmll 2, Cl: Ba: ' 4: 2. ii: Yrllvlv lmll 2, 54. 4: Hrlly vlulx 4. 4'H.U'0N. XICXY BIICXIVU all 2.15,-1: V4 ll4-y Imll 2. 25, 4: RIILXA JS. 4: Ulu-4-1' I4-: 4- 4: Hoslu-l 'l'4-:lm Ii, 4: Vlnss 4Ill:ll'!4-T 2, 3. ' 4: Glu- -lub 2, Ii: 01:4-1'4-ttu 2: 1':lnt:lt:l 51. 4: Vlns: plzu' ' 2: Stul- ' 4' : l.ift'I'JIl'.V fz4r4'i4-ty 2, IL : , ' . 1 I I RA NEW 5ll'I.'I4'U liggyw 5 3: 'l'I'1lL'k 14: l 44tImll 24, 4: Vlnn 4f Bl 4: Vlnss Sf'1'I'0f2lI'f' Ji: l', li. Vi'1 llI'l','i1ll'llf 3: P: mr ' staff Ii: I.il'f 2lTj' SIH'i1'ty Ii, -4 .- ' ' ,Qeff Qifk' 5 I, '

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'THE' Sirmosronrvi' 5 A very conserxatrxe appearrng young person rs Stella Chasez but do not let her fool you for we could furnr h enough exrdence to hang her for her clever pranks A fine student she 1 al o fond of athletrcs and belrewe rt or not we do recall a short fall and wrnter romance she had wrth another member of our class If you are looking for a grrl who can knrt cook and sew let us Introduce you to Elsre Orte a who can do all three We dont wonder that Lazaro and Blas took a lrkrng to her Elsre rs a Nery congenral person full of fun and mrschref enjoys readrng and rs a very dependable and fervent relrgrous worker Want a frnger wave! Eralra Naranjo would be delrghted to help you Eralra tells us she wants to be a nurse but we belrewe that she rs rnterested more rn some other krnd of hrgher educatron lrke a certarn unrversrty student for rnstance Make up your mrnd Eralra Seledon lVlartrnez comes from the land of pepper and scrapes Hrs great physrcal en durance has made hrm a frne all around athlete He says that lVlr Hernandez rs growrng old and wrll need to be released so our classmate has decrded to become a coach and Spanrsh teacher A north wrnd from Chacon blew rn our class cheer leader Lola Vasquez A devoted follow er of Enrrque Tafoyas Spanrsh program Lolas favorrte song rs Amarantes Oh' pardon us that rs somebodys name She rs the other member of our class quartet and also rs a good athlete The Roman emperor wrlled that Lucrlle Sanchez hould be a member of our class although she would have lrked to lare been the classmate of a certarn rndrvrdual of the class of 1938 Playrng the prano rs a favorrte pastrme of hers and relrgrous musrc seems to be her specralty She belreves rn followrng her own constrtutron and enjoys the long walks to church Lookrng rather susprcrous Benrto Fresquez came onto the scene He mrgratecl from the clrffs of Penasco after hearrng the many tales of beauty that lay beyond hrs dwellrng place Farlrng to become an athlete he has dedrcated hrs trme to hrs studres Harvey Crbson the Clovran from Clovrs New lVlexrco was takrng a vacatron rn 1935 and decrded to stop rn Santa Fe After lookrng around he decrded to remarn there for the wrnter As the summer rolled round and trme to mrgrate came he was mrssrng Agarn rn I937 he happened to meet some of hrs old pals the Greeks and thev rnduced hrm to jorn them and so he deserted the armx Abner Lopez has grven many places as hrs address Chamrsal New Mexrco Carcra Colo rado and Ranches of Taos Recently he decrded to grve the last as hrs permanent address H too rs one of those who jorned the class rn 35 and then dropped out untrl l937 Hrs enormous body has made rt possrble for hrm to get courage enough to want to be a polrceman Sam Lopez after playrng hrde and go seek decrded to mrgrate wrth Benrto to Allrson james He rs a ood basketball player but hrs ambrtron has been kept a secret Alfonso Romero comes from Chacon He clarms that thrs rs the Valley of the Moon because the moon never sets there After thrnkrng of the future and the help that hrs communrty needs he has decrded to take up teachrng ' ' 'Q - 'Q 2 - . , - V , ' . ' . . . U , , D V . . , , . 4 ' . J- - - . .. .. . . ' . . , , . , , A I- - . . . . . .. ,. Y - , . v I Q M . . 1 I . . . . - , . . . , . ,, . , . . . . , , . , v I 1 0 ! - , . . e, , . ,y - 1 - 4 , - I . U Y 0 . . . D , - . ' D 7 g. ' -. . 'Vg Page Seventeen -.-,.-M. -f , ,. ,,,. ,-fee.-f' - .- - -t- e -