Socorro Rewind

MARCH 11, 1975

HILLCREST MARKET

Cut Green Beans 3 cans for $.89

Spinach 2 cans for $.49

Chicken Rice Soup 5 cans for $.99

Elbow Macaroni 2 lbs for $.79

Flour 10 lbs for $1.49

Shurfine Tuna $.53

MARCH 13, 1975

CORA OLGUIN was wished a Happy Birthday early since last Wednesday was her last day with Defensor Chieftain. The cake also carried a message, “We will miss you.” Cora has been employed at Defensor Chieftain as bookkeeper and later advertising manager for eight years. She is going to slow down a little to hold on to that radiance and beauty which are part of her wonderful personality. And to help that along, she was presented with some machine oil to keep from getting rusty.

FEBRUARY 14, 2001

ARMY PVT. Paul E. Baca has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Knox, Ky. During the training, the trainee received instruction in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, and Army history and traditions. Baca is the son of Jose and Adelina Baca of Socorro.

FEBRUARY 24, 2001

THE COUNTY held their annual spelling bee at the courthouse, putting young minds to the test. The students, 32, in all, ranged from fourth graders to eighth graders. They spelled words such as soluble, incompatible, and accountant. The winner, 12-year-old Michael Carilli from Sarracino Middle School, was not surprised by his first-place ribbon. “Historically, I’ve always placed in the county spelling bee. I’m just a good speller,” said Carilli, who took home a $300 savings bond. Carilli will attend the state spelling bee. Following in second place was David DeVries, 13, who received a $50 savings bond, and will act as alternate if Carilli cannot participate in state. The youngest winner in this year’s spelling bee was Zimmerly Elementary School student Jeffrey Hertz, 10-years-old who took home third place.

MARCH 10, 2001

FEDERAL AGENTS and state and local police swarmed over Socorro High School as, once again, Socorro became a statistic in the growing national wave of school violence. A 16-year-old Socorro student admitted to calling a bomb threat in to the high school office after he was suspended from school. Despite hearing from the student that the threat was a hoax, law enforcement authorities went ahead with a full search of the high school buildings.

MARCH 12, 2015

MAGDALENA SCHOOLS teacher Deb Ingersoll was named Education of the Year at the New Mexico Organic Farming Conference. She won the award for the greenhouse class she teaches and her efforts in getting fresh vegetables and greens to the school cafeteria. Ingersoll joined the school faculty just one year ago and only started the greenhouse class at the beginning of the fall semester.