Menaul School - Sandstorm Yearbook (Albuquerque, NM)

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THE SANDSTORM Nmetcen F arty three V Alcalde New Mexico sent us a handsome young man m the form of Manuel Abeyta We can class Monaul as a fish that brtes only once He got all hrs share of the baxt at one brte but one serious crash wrth the hook was enough for he never drd brte agam Manual rs Mrss Harts canary All the Sparkohfe he eats keeps the class m yrtters and Mrss Hart busy Manuel s ambition IS to flght for Lncle Sam ln I953 we fmd Manuel as a professor of hrstory at the Unrversrty of New Mexrco Bralqum Dommguez the lsqulerda rs the Clark Gable of the class He was dug out rn Chamxsal and transported to us by rarl to become a member of our class Bully has had hrs share ln rendering a helprng hand rn different actrvrtres of the class Being the bnggest fellow rn the class four feet four mches he has shown a fnendly attrtude toward all Billy s ambrtlon rs to see the world In l953 we shall fmd Brlly as the father of a prosperous famlly of frve lusty chrldren Ruben Fresquez or rather conejxto was caught under some of the bushes rn Chamrsal and was brought to Allrson ames to see whether he could be taught He not only was tamed but he became a good athlete and an honest student He even becamr- fond of glrls We often see hrm coming over to Old Brlck wlth mterest m a certam sophomore grrl from Trementma Hrs ambition rs to jom the navy In the near future we see Ruben as the tramer of a troop of ferocrous anrmals rn the Fresquez and Cordova Crrcus emez Springs New Mexrco sent us a corn fed cowhand rn the form of Robert as a tough cowhand on the lone prame Although he would lrke to become a crusty old bachelor Bob IS sometrmes lured to Old Brrck by the dazzling dark eyes of 3 certam young lady rn the junior class Aurora Martmez got tired of growmg peaches and chrle rn the valley of Qhrmayo so rn the fall of l938 she decided to try her fortune at somethmg else rather than chrle She packed her possessross rn a chile sack and started toward Santa Fe Aurora rs better known as peanuts due to her large srze whrch rs about four feet elever Inches She has a special abllrty to make frlends with the boys She rs never found wrthout work but rs usually lymg rn bed elther readlng or sleepmg Aurora wrshes to become a secretary and also talks about Jommg the WAAC Instead of thrs by I955 we prophecy that she wxll be rn the WAVES rn the Interests of a certam young fellow who rs now ln the Navy Nora Ruth Martmez wrth her pleasant dlsposrtron was sent to us as a secret agent from the Pueblo of Taos After roamrng the wrde prarrres for mules she arrrved at Allison james where she decrded to stay rather than to contmue her mrssron Nora Ruth has had hugh standards all through the years She now has the honor of being our class salutatorlan Her ambrtron rs to go to college In I953 we fmd Nora Ruth wrth a college degree one of the leading women among the squaws nn the Pueblo ol Taos A shy llttle gurl wrth brown red harr and a pleasing personalnty came mto Mr Pon cel s office one day lookmg for a place of good fortune This lxttle grrl turned out to be an attractrve young lady Rosana Martmez from Dixon who often trmes breaks the boys hearts Rosana rs a regular vrsrtor rn the Old Brrck lrvlng room wrth a certam senlor from Holman Rosanas hobby rs reading magazines In the near future the leading magazines of the country wrll contam the popular column on How to Care for you Chickens Rosanas ambltron IS to become a private secretary but Instead the crystal ball of l953 reveals her still clmgmg to her chrcken Wrllle Martmez and Urbamta Trujrllo got tlred of golng to school at Qhrmayo so the two agreed to go some place else One day whrle Urbamta s father wa sellmg 9 sv' Q ' i , , ' , . . . ' f l . . . -J I Fenton. Bob's favorlte outfrt rs that of the cowboy. We see a great lrfe ahead of hum Page Frfleen

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THE SANDSTORM Nmcteen Forty three ftorm of Coruna l'ruJ1llo Coruna us known for her talent to fux haur She has xery pretty dark brown eyes and long black wavy haur She has a talent for sungung She ts best known for her bow wows Whenever you hear a bow wow dont thunk Duke ts around ut us only Coruna Coruna s ambutuon us to go to college and take a beauty course ln l953 we shall fund Coruna as the head of the Cuty Wide Beauty Shop of Chumayo In l938 fuve more were added to the espandung bundle at Alluson ames School On September fufth Lydua Garcua and Hevula Gonzales were flown un on a snowstorm from Chacon or rather Luttle Alaska As most people from the same country have sumular charasterustucs so do these gurls Both of them are outstandung sungers and are actuve un reluguous actuvutues Lydua Carcua known as Auntue Aurcraft us characteruzed by her long slender fugure and pleasung personaluty She us the soloust of the school Lydua has never had any seruous crushes One can always fund her alone un a room studyung Whenever you hear Thus ls the Army Mr Fusk you can be sure she us un the group She us very fond of thus specual number but she just wont guve any specufuc reason for ut Her ambutuon us to become a foreugn mussuonary In l953 we shall fund Lydua un South Ameruca as a mussuonary Hevula Gonzales la Chanke whose nuckname runs un the famuly us character uzed by her strong muscles and sweet dusposutuon She us known for her alto vouce and anyone say lVlr Hunt or Cowboy her heart goes putter p tter lt us saud that she got the abuluty to play the accorduan from lVlr Hunt bu we never hear her play one There must have been some connectuon between the two whule they were at Alluson ames as classmates un the eughth grade Her ambutuon us to become a nurse ln l955 we see Hevula as the head nurse of the Hosputal at uemado New Mexuco One brught autumn day two shy luttle gurls from Chumayo whule on a chule sellung expedutuon stumbled upon the campus of Alluson ames School and decuded to possess lt for keeps These two gurls were Nora Frances Nlartunez and Lourdes Ortega Nora Frances us known for her short stature and her abuluty to get hold of the boys by some fascunatung truck of hers Thus year she acquured an extra talent for knuttung Nora Frances us our class secretary Her ambutuon us to get a defense Job, then go to college ln the near future we shall fund Nora Frances together wuth a very promunent fugure un Chamusal better known as Chuna runnung the theater there If you know of any gurl whose hobby ut us to buuld castles un the aur and who assocuates mostly wuth unuversuty gurls ut us Lourdes Ortega Lourdes has a very good soprano vouce and us un senuor gurls sextet She us also untensely unterested un reluguous actuvutues All reluguous speakers and munusters umpress her Her ambutuon us to be a socual worker but we thunk that Lourdes wull Joun the Waves and go to Australua to Joun a certaun young man who us un the servuce there A fruendly dusposutuon and sunceruty are characters of Lnoch Rodruguez who Is a product of the Chamusal corn growers When he got tured of workung un the corn fuelds he decuded to change hus occupatuon and come to Santa Fe for somethung much better Enoch us the quuet type who can make fruends easuly and knows when to get hus gurl He us well luked by both boys and gurls He us an actuve member of reluguous actuvutues and takes part un sports Hus ambutuon us to go to college but the future has un store for hum a busuness career as co manager of the Chamusal Lntertaunung lheater ln the fall of l939 an enormous bundle unrolled utself wutlu a tremendous Jerk Thurteen more youngsters popped out of lt ,Zap 1 . ' . . - t ' 1 'J N ' athletic ability. She is the type that just doesn't go for boys, though when she hears , . - a . Q , . D .. v I . -J U ' . Page Fourteen

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THE SANDSTORM Nmetcen Forty three chrle and frurt she and Wrllre got on the wagon and rode rn rt untrl a strong whrrlwmd prcked them up and blew them to Allrson ames w here they lrked rt so well they remarned to go to school A succession of grggles and mrschrevous proverbs are characterrstrc of Urbanrta She never falls to keep up the sprrrt of the class Her ambrtron rs to jorn the WAAC, We belreve that she wants to Jorn the WAAC because of her deep rnterest rn some fortunate young man Why Urbanrta3 ln 1953 we shall frnd Urbanrta happrly helprng Uncle Sam rn the army Have you ever known any person who rs handsome but rather bashful and neat rn dress3 If you dont you had better get acquainted wrth Wrllre Martrnez He really rsnt so bashful rf you know hrm well for he rs a nrce person who struggles hard for what he learns He used to be the kmd who stays away from grrls but now one can see hrm at Old Brrck very often vrsrtrng wrth a certarn sophomore Wrllre s ambrtlon rs to Jorn the army and see the world In 1953 Wrllre s ambrtlon wrll be fulfrlled and he wrll be happrly lrvrng among the Serbs Holman yrelded to our class three more students Eutrmro lVlaestas Prdel lVlaesta and Andy Ortrz These three boys thought that rt was too cold to stay near the rcarlta Nlountarns so they mrgrated down south to Santa Fe to a mrlder clrmate Flhey drdnt find rt much drfferent there but stayed just the same The followrng season they mrgrated strll further south where they found w hat they were lookrng for Eutrmro known as Smrley was known for hrs determrnatron to do thrngs Hrs name was often seen on the honor roll He never sard what hrs mbrtron was He left us at the end of the frrst semester he sard to Jorn the Navy We dont take too serrously the rumor that he rs happrly wedded to a young lady rn Colorado Frdel Chrcken rs known for hrs neatness rn dress and hrs love for roses He rs a partrcrpant rn relrgrous actrvrtres and rs actrve rn some sports l'rdel can do thrngs but hrs mrnd rs concentrated on a certarn red head from Drxon He Just loves to tease and pester the grrls Hrs ambrtlon IS to take up some kmd of engrneerrng Ihe near futurr reveals Frdel on the honor roll as an Army technrcran Andy Ortrz la lVlosca rs characterrzed by hrs popularrty among both exes Andy has a frrendly attrtude toward all and rs always puttrng sprrrt rnto hrngs Andy has shared to a great extent rn marntarnrng the standards of the lass rn all ways He has farthfully partrcrpated rn sports relrgrous actrvrtres and class work He rs one of the authors of the class wrll Andy s ambrtlon rs to jorn the srgnal corps and we see hrm rn the near future sendrnv messages for Uncle Sam s forces Mora New lVlexrco should feel proud to have sent us such an rntellrgent young lady as Consuelo Romero Connre possesses more than her share of brarns and gen eral rntellectual abrlrty Connre rs an actrve member of the Gospel Team She also has a good soprano xorce and rs a member of the senror sextet She not only srngs but plavs the prano Often we can hnd Connre at the prano playrng hymns or popular songs for us Connre seems to have trme for ererythrng and strll have her name on the honor roll The crystal ball rereals to us that rn 1953 one of New Mexrcos lead rng woman polrtrcrans rs none other than Consuelo Romero and her ambrtlon rs more than fulfilled for she rs State Commrssroner of Schools Lee Montoya from L Cueva New lVlexrco was a member of our class but he too left us to go to work rn the mrnes of Colorado Drxon New Mexrco w as gettrng too small for Ruth Luceros grggles so Ruth brarded her long harr got her possessrons packed and started towards Santa Fe After Vt. :Ella - 'ffai'i'ff . , ' . , . ' v I V . , Q , . , . , , . . z. . , . , , S . ' , ' r . ' , . -3' Y' I I . n g . ! U - y A . f , . ' 3 , , ' . , ' ' . .' . ' ' ' , Pagesrxteen