Socorro Rewind

October 17, 1974

THE QUEMADO HIGH SCHOOL football team won its first victory in the school’s history by defeating the Wingate I. Team 28 to 14. After losing its first two games, in their first year of football competition, the Quemado Eagles, led by Quarterback Herman Rodriguez, scored a stunning upset over the Wingate Bears. Rodriguez scored two of the Eagle touchdowns on runs of 62 and 15 yards. He passed for another touchdown to S.E. harry Schiffman. The other Eagle touchdown occurred when defensive end Wyatt Hansen picked off a Bear fumble and ran 33 yards for a touchdown. Other outstanding players of the game were Fullback Leon Padilla who ran 78 yards and made 18 tackles, and the whole Quemado of

WHENEVER ONE’S FAITH in human nature starts slipping a little, there always seems to be a fellow like Ray Winders of Socorro on Highway 60, when a purse flew off of the car. Later that day, Winders, a Mountain Bell Installer-Repairment who works out of Socorro, was enroute to an assignment and found the purse about a mile east of Magdalena. At a distance he said it looked like an old innertube laying on the side of the road. But as he approached it, he saw that it was, in fact, a purse. He picked it up, looked through it and discovered that it belonged to Mrs. Chavez, and she lived in Magdalena. Winders immediately returned the purse with all its contents intact to Mrs. Chavez who was understandably grateful and impressed with his honesty.

October 23, 1999

A SMALL AIRCRAFT, attempting to land in a field near Red Hill, south of Quemado in Catron County, crashed Monday killing the pilot. New Mexico State Police identified the victim as a 63-year-old male of McKinney, Texas. The crash occurred south of Red Hill, at Antelope Run, and south of U.S. 60 near mile marker 12, scattering debris over 620 feet. Police would not speculate on the cause of the crash or whether the attempted landing was the result of an emergency or not. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.

ABOUT $1000 WORTH of lumber was damaged in a fire at a New Mexico Tech Bureau of Mines carpentry shop off Buckwolfe Drive, but damage was limited when an alert campus policeman noticed the fire and alerted the fire department. It was quick alert and quick response. It was caught before it got too large said Tech Public Information office who estimated the damage to lumber within the building at $1,000. The lumber was stacked too close to heater coils on the ceiling, which apparently ignited the blaze.

October 16, 2014

SOCORRO COUNTY DETENTION CENTER INMATES will no longer have completely free access to medical services. County commissioners passed a resolution to require inmates to make payments on select medical services and items through their commissary fund. The object of the resolution is to curtail some abuses identified by detention center officials with the system. This is co-pay policy said the county attorney. Although the inmate commissary fund allowance may be a wash for medical expenses, Socorro County spent $111,472 on inmate health care last year, when it budgeted for $70,000 in expenditures. According to the resolution, inmates will not be required to pay for follow-up visits or assessments from physicians, prescription drugs, treatment for pregnancies or chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, emphysema and more. Most inmates are given $20 a month to start in their commissary account.