Socorro High School - El Chato Yearbook (El Paso, TX)

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Club preserves folklore English teacher Charlie McDonald took over the reins of the folklore class, and with his small group pro- duced another edition of Sombras del Pasado, the folklore magazine. johnny Murphy, Fray Candelaria, Herbert Reyes and Tommy Garcia spent many afternoons in the dark- room, learning to process the pic- tures for the book. Field trips were taken to a winery and to interview various personal- ities from the area. Stories were writ- ten, typed, and edited by members of the class. The book was sold in the spring. ras- JWNMWWW. 1 Q Za 36 Qlj Folklore membersjohn Murphy and Herbert Reyes write stories for the Folk- lore Magazine. Q25 Fray Candelaria looks on contact sheets for pictures. Q35 Tommy Garcia prints pictures in darkroom. Q45 Mr. Charlie McDonald prepared himself K f1-'i well for Halloween ss 5 Xs... K W A ' 'ii I fig' L Sombras 115

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Speech team prepares for the yea Robert Rangel, Team Captain, Debate jerry Mize, Prose Reading Norma Salas, Debate Tina Burks, Prose Reading Marty Tatum, Debate Michael Graham, Poetry Interpretation jesus Garcia, Persuasive Speaking Clara Leyva, Debate Betty Patino, Poetry Interpretation juan Duran, Poetry Interpretation - V-V flj Team Captain Robert Ran- The speech team, coached by Mr Mario Maldonado, completed a suc cessful year, attending 10 tournaments. To be accepted into speech team, a student had to show desire to compete in at least one UI speaking event and successfully pa ticipate in at least two tournament The team won trophies and meda in debate, Spanish Reading an Readers Theatre. One goal of th team was to build a strong compet tive membership for next year, an gel presents evidence in Debate at the Eastwood Tournament. Q25 Poetry Interpreter Michael Graham recites at the Cornado Speech Tournament. 114 This page sponsored by Mario Maldonado develop a junior high speech gram. Toward that goal the first dog Invitational Speech was hosted by Socorro High with area schools participating.

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DECA meets future needs Mr. Hurshel Antwine Patsy Patino Ralph Richardson Peter Baldemma Rita Moncayo Frank Estrada Eric Ortega Nick Alcantar Laura A,-vizu Mario Balderama Silvia Candelaria Alvaro Escobedo Martin Lopez Rachel Lopez No,-ma Mad,-id With the help of Sponsor Hur- shel Antwine, President Patsy Pa- tino, Vice-President Ralph Rich- ardson, Secretary Peter Balder- rama, Reporter Rita Moncayo, Parliamentarian Frank Estrada, and Chaplain Eric Ortega, DECA raised money by selling candy and school supplies. DECA had their annual employ- er-employee banquet, went to con- test in San Angelo, and to the state convention in Corpus Christi. DECA helped protect school pride by participating in many school events, like helping clean up the graffite and litter. They also helped a needy family get on their feet again at Christmas. 116 DECA .1 Maw