Montebello High School - Golden Key Yearbook (Montebello, CA)

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F OREWORD : i -J UST as every other California city has its Z E romantic background, so has Montebello, E E whose rolling hills, if they could but talk, F E would tell many a weird and interesting tale. 5 5' .E Stories of hidden gold and broken 'E hearts, of laughing maids and bold cabal- g? f leros would be theirs, for these were all a Eli F part of the life of the gay Californian of ' early days. They might tell of the coming of the Christian Fathers, the padres, who chose as the site of the San Gabriel Mission, a spot in our own Montebello hills. The Rio Hondo river, however, was then much fiercer than now, and drove the padres from this spot to the present location of the beautiful building. The Rio Hondo had another part in the making of our history. The battle fought on its banks during the Spanish American War is well known in history, and some of the guns buried by the Spaniards after the war have been found on the banks of the stream. But during this time, the gay life of the early Californian prevailed and the bold, yet gentle, caballeros paid their court to the beautiful senoritas who, although shy, were well versed in the art of coquetry. The strum of guitars and the click of castanets were characteristic of their many happy gatherings. But when the more serious minded American took the Californians place, this gay atmosphere changed. The serious business of building up an American civilization was under- taken in earnest and the romantic days of Spanish California became but memories. These memories speak out through the mementos of that romantic period and remind us of the early days, the founda- tion upon which our fore-fathers have builded. Page Six

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BRICKS ARE MADE FROM LOCAL CLAY IN THE WORLDS LARGEST BRICK PLANT JUST SOUTH OF MONTEBELLO .-E tl 1 Q Page Seven