Texico High School - Wolverine Yearbook (Texico, NM)

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A little mite of a girl in the big, new wonder- ful world of a First Grader, Io Ann Davis. The Bi Big Enrollment New Teachers Big Excitement New Experience This is the bill of fare for 54 First graders, the largest ever to enroll in the Elementary school. It's a long stroll up the sidewalk from car to school but mother's hand enc ou r a g e s Sammy West, son of Mr. and Mrs, E. D, West, Little Joey hides behind his mother's skirt, ,.,,...,.--f--- No fright for Nino and Gabriel Romero as long as mother's around . School nurse, Margie Tay- lor, advises with Mary Romero, mother of the children. 3

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In Memory John Fitzgerald Kennedy ' T IS NATIUN, UNDER EDD jr! 'ma LoNo msronv of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility-I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it-and the glow from that fire can truly light t.he world. And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country. -From the Inaugural Address delivered by President lohn F. Kennedy on lanuary zo. l96i All enthusiasm was suddenly snuffed out for Texico students on November 22, 1963, when the announce- ment came over the speakers in all rooms, Presi- dent Kennedy is dead. It was to have been a big day in school with a pep rally and a motor caravan to the first out-of-town basketball game. All this was cancelled. Students forgot that this was quiet day at school, that they were not supposed to talk until they let go with yells at the pep rally. In the hallways, they clustered in groups and talked in hushed tones, stunned by this drastic deed. For days afterward they clutched at every written word about their President, and spent all the time possible listening to radio and T.V. reports. Like all Americans over the entire nation, Texico students could say only in fragmentary sentences, Oh, no- , It couldn't be- , I won't, lcan't believe- . And so the biggest story of this or any other genera- tion fits into the theme of the 1964 Wolverine, The Big Story. Texico students will never forget the day: the man, John F. Kennedyg or the horrible deed, ,,k,yV.. 1 It is the hope of the staff, that after many of the de- tails fade from memory, Texico students will always be able to recall the concluding statement in Presi- dent Kennedy's Inaugural Ad dre ss to the end that they will carry on his fight for peace. And so, my fellow Americans: Ask not what your country can do for you- ask what you can do for your country. Co-editors, Don Chandler Ellen Caillouet gg .sf ,gr l Q, .1,' ig is 1.5--Wi' A ., We ,V M F . M ,W--1 QQ, .fa M , a r The read, they listened, they cried in silence,

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-- The 1963-64 School Term Opens Anticipation was high for both students and teachers in late August when school began. The weather was still hot and dry but students didn't mind, They were looking forward to seeing old friends and to meeting new ones. Besides, there was a more than usual number of new teachers this year, What would they be like, the students wondered. Laden busses rolled in and when the final tabulation was made, there were 405 students enrolled. Mr. A, D. McDonald, former High school principal, assumed duties as superintendent. The Ag, department relinquished the services of Mr, James Pierce to take over the principal's position. What? More rules? Freshmen gather around for a look-see at the new student handbook--Sharon Peyton, Joyce Ebel, Frankie Lambert, and Larry Burns. , l ' ' b ' f Be l d La Undaunted by having to enter school on crutches, Bill Kirby Schoo 15 Seufms usmfass or Ver Y an my sits with his friends, Doug Clark and Al Gonzales in the first day 's assembly . Duncan and Elizabeth Pierce. 5