San Jon High School - El Coyote Yearbook (San Jon, NM)

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BEFORE The school building took on a new look in the summer of 1957 when new windows were installed in the high school class rooms. The old style, wood-sash windows were replaced with suntrol glass blocks and aluminum ven- tilating strips. The new windows provide as much if not more light, keep out the dirt, and make the building A c nww-'fww

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'gm mils .S 229559 we liiflmf ., sfvigg TY? emi , Q KM We make our living by --- ' 74e77afKZc1': With the town and community solidly established the people began to think of im- proving their roads, educating their children, and getting San Jon on the map, Schools were built and teachers were hired, A post office was established and then the road con struction began furnishing jobs for even more people, In more recent years, a port of entry has been built. Three years ago a state policeman was assigned to our area, All in all, public works furnish jobs for many people, Mrs, Hawley and Mrs. Gillespie are good examples.

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O I A great deal of improvement has been made on the school buildings in order that the educational needs of the students may be better cared for. In the summer of 1956 the Music building was moved from Porter to San Jon but was not repaired and put into use until this year. It has now been completely refinished inside and has been in use this year for chorus and band classes. Other major repairs that were com- pleted and put in use this year were the two balconies, one in the gymnasium and one in the auditorium. 9 Q IAS .fa- N'. a,Z.. ms x g f fi g I Un 4 , ' . fl' An improvement in the cafeteria this year has been the installation of a new steam table which has greatly fa- cilitated the serving of approximately two hundred students per day,