West Mesa High School - El Chicote Yearbook (Albuquerque, NM)

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Yvonne circles the track at Milne during halftime. Anxiously waiting the final announcement of who will be Mustang Queen are the top P - J-H d V- I d Y Gund tl-ack three candidates,Jill Phillips, Viola Gonzales, and Yvonne Carrillo. nncesses I an lo a prece e Queen vonne at Chosen as first princess is Viola Gonzales. Jill Phillipsisnamed second princess. Activities 175

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Queen Yvonne Carrillo reigns over 'Beautiful People' 1 4 Queen Yvo l diantly upon her cou h watches the assembly activities.

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Mustang ictory climaxes many Homecoming events In all her beauty Queen Yvonne gracefully accepts a gift from a representative of another city school during the annual Homecoming assembly. Yvonne and Kevin Carey pause fora look at all the 'Beautiful People' before she is escorted to the Mustang throne. 176 Activities We at West Mesa will look at each other on Mustang Day for the true beauty in each ofus. . . This was true on October 16, 1970, when Yvonne Carillo was crowned the 5th Homecoming Queen. The theme was 'Beautiful People' and represented the true beauty of every- one at WM. First Princess Viola Gonzales, Second Princess Jill Phillips, and members of the court were chosen by popular vote to reign beside Queen Yvonne. p The Homecoming Dance was held ' Oct. l7. Music was provided by Judas, i while decorations included posters of people of different races, and black lights. Clutching the ball, Ray Barrs runs down field for another Mustang touchdown. West Mesa defeated the Albuquerque Bulldogs 34-19 for a Homecoming victory. Dreams come true for Yvonne as she is crowned Mustang Queen by Micky Ross and Bill Dow.