Socorro Rewind

MAY 27, 1965

CARTER J. GRANDJEAN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Grandjean of Socorro, will be awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry at commencement exercises of the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Grandjean’s minor study is mathematics. While a student at New Mexico Tech Grandjean has been active in intramural sports and the Chemistry Club. He has received a scholarship awarded by the First State Bank of Socorro. After graduation, Grandjean plans to attend school at Texas Technological College in Lubbock.

CAPT. LAVERN CASTERLINE, an aviation electronics technician, will retire from the Navy after 21 years of service. Mrs. Casterline is the former Nica Castillo, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Juan Castillo of Socorro. The Casterlines plan to live either in Socorro or Albuquerque, depending on employment opportunities. They have a nine-year-old son, Andrew. Casterline’s last duty station was with the Airborne Early Warning Barrier Squadron, Pacific.

SOCORRO IS ONE of 30 New Mexico cities and towns featured in the new 1965 Mobil Travel Guide. More than a million people are expected to purchase the guide. The guide suggests that tourists in Socorro may be interested in attractions such as San Miguel Catholic Church, and the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. The 48-page section on the Land of Enchantment includes rated listings for 215 motels and motor hotels, 14 hotels, 51 restaurants, five cafeterias and two resorts.

JUNE 1, 1965

A YOUTH, 17, who escaped from city police after the juvenile court had committed him to the Springer Boys School, was apprehended in Albuquerque, returned here and then taken to Springer by Undersheriff James Luckie. The youth was committed by Juvenile Judge Garnett R. Burks following a hearing on a petition charging battery on a 7 ½ year-old boy. The youth was released from Springer. He broke away from two city policemen while they were taking him from the second floor of the courthouse to the county jail.

THREE SOCORRO COUNTY women will go as delegates to the annual meeting of the New Mexico Homemakers Council at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, Mrs. Lucy Rush, NMSU home agent, said. They are Mrs. Lela Reaves of Socorro, Mrs. Lillie Hensley of Lemitar, and Mrs. J. R. Locklar of San Antonio. Other Socorro women may also attend the council meeting. Mrs. Rush, Mrs. Reaves, and Mrs. Emma Snodgrass of Socorro will leave Sunday to attend the weeklong Homemakers College at NMSU. T

JUNE 3, 1965

FIRST SGT. George O. Miller marked 20 years of service with the New Mexico National Guard. He plans to serve another 10 and make it 30 years. Miller, the permanent administrative and supply technician with Socorro Battery C of the Third Automatic Weapons Battalion, 200th Artillery, is one of the original members of the local unit which was reorganized after World War II. He has served under six batter commanding officers. Miller, a native of Socorro, served with the 70th Infantry Division, and the “Hell on Wheels” 780th Amphibious Tank Battalion in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater from 1942-45. He holds four battle stars and the arrowhead earned in the invasions of Luzon and Leyte in the Philippine Islands, and Okinawa.