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ORIGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND LATER ELEMENTARY

SOCORRO HIGH SCHOOL THIS IS AN EDITED PICTURE TAKEN IN 1930
IT IS A SHAME THEY DID NOT SHOW THE FRONT SCHOOL YARD.

THIS WAS ORIGINALLY A HIGH SCHOOL. AFTER THE BUILDING OF SOCORRO HIGH IT WAS CONVERTED TO A MIDDLE SCHOOL. HAD A GYM AND THUS BECAME THE VENUE FOR BASKETBALL
GAMES BETWEEN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAMS. TO THE RIGHT OF THE BUILDING WAS A LARGE BALL FIELD, AT THE TIME THAT THIS WRITER ATTENDED SCHOOL HERE THERE WAS A SOLID
EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, MR. STAPLETON TO HAVE A GOOD ATHLETIC PARTICIPATION OF ALL THE STUDENTS.

SOCORRO HIGH MCCUTCHEON & PARK

WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN ADDITION TO THE BUILDING ON THE EAST SIDE IS THE BAND ROOM. FROM THIS SMALL AREA CAME THE GREAT MARCH MUSIC POPULAR IN THE 40s AND 50s. I AM REFERRING TO THIS ERA AS I WAS A PART OF IT IN THE 40s. AT THAT TIME THE DIRECTOR WAS JACK GRACIE.

THE GYM DOOR HAS A STORY OF ITS OWN. I MUST FIRST DENY KNOWING ANYTHING AS TO THE VERACITY OF THE STORY. IT WAS THE DAYS OF PRANKS OF VARIOUS KINDS. AT THIS TIME MR. GRACIE, THE BAND DIRECTOR DROVE A SMALL ENGLISH CAR, I RECALL A MORRIS-MINOR. FOR SOME REASON HE HAD LEFT IT AT SCHOOL OVER NIGHT. A GROUP OF PRANKSTER SOME HOW GAINED ENTRANCE TO THE SCHOOL LATE AT NIGHT. USING TOOLS FROM THE SHOP THEY CAREFULLY REMOVED THE CENTER DOOR SUPPORT OF THE GYM DOOR LEADING TO THE OUTSIDE. WITH THE REMOVAL OF THAT SUPPORT THE HEALTHY PRANKSTER PROCEEDED TO PICK UP, PHYSICALLY PICK UP MIND YOU, MR. GRACIE'S MORRIS-MINOR AND
CARRY IT THRU THE WIDE OPEN DOUBLE DOORS, INSIDE THE GYM THEY AGAIN, WITH BRUTE FORCE PICKED UP THE CAR AND PLACED IT ON THE STAGE. THEN THEY REPLACED THE DOUBLE DOOR SUPPORT PIECE AND CLOSED THE OUTSIDE DOOR WAS THEN SECURED AND NO ONE THE WISER. YET THE CONSTERNATION OF THE POWERS TO BE ON THE MORROW WERE
NEEDLESS TO SAY, MIXED, SOME ANGER, SOME LAUGHTER, AND A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

IN DUE COURSE 'VOLUNTEERS' REMOVED THE AUTO.

THIS WAS SOCORRO HIGH SCHOOL IN THE 1930s 40s 50s. AT THE TIME OF BUILDING THE MOST DESIRED DESIGN WAS SOUTHWEST, AND AS YOU WELL KNOW IT IS BY FAR THE THE DESIRED DESIGN EVEN NOW. DON'T YOU JUST LOVE IT?

THE PATIO OF THE SCHOOL WAS OF COURSE AN ATTRACTION IN THE EVENT THAT THERE WOULD BE A BIT OF SNOW TO PASS GENTLY ALONG IN THE FORM OF A HARD PRESSED BALL. ONTO THE UNSUSPECTING BACK SIDE OF OTHERS IN PURSUIT OF REVENGE.

MOUNT CARMEL SCHOOL

MOUNT CARMEL ELEMENTARY CATHOLIC SCHOOL. ESTABLISHED BY THE SISTERS OF LORETTO IN THE 1880 S (PICTURE ABOVE IS OF 1889) THERE WERE MAJOR REPAIRS MADE AND THE SCHOOL WAS USED WITH OTHER REPAIRS UNTIL THE SCHOOL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1950 AND REBUILT AND MAINTAINED AS ALTERNATIVE TO PUBLIC SCHOOL UNTIL COST OF OPERATION FORCED THE CLOSING. THE REBUILDING OF THE SCHOOL AND CONVENT WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN LARGE PART BY THE CONTRIBUTION FROM CONRAD HILTON, AND THUS THE SCHOOL WAS RENAMED IN HONOR TO HIS FATHER AND MOTHER HILTON MT. CARMEL.

THO THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A STRONG SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE THERE WAS AN ACCOMMODATION FOR STUDENTS THAT LIVED IN THE OUT OF TOWN AREAS SERVED BY THE SOCORRO SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE BY STUDENTS COULD RIDE THE SCHOOL BUSES IN ORDER TO ATTEND MT. CARMEL.

RED SCHOOL HOUSE OTERO ST.

RED SCHOOL HOUSE ON OTERO ST,

C. C. CLARK ATHLETIC FIELD

THE C. C. CLARK ATHLETIC FIELD HAS BEEN UP GRADED AND LANDSCAPED. A LIVING
TRIBUTE TO DR. C. C. CLARK (BC)

SOCORRO HIGH SCHOOL

ENTRANCE TO SOCORRO HIGH AT THE EAST POST

LONG VIEW AT EAST ENTRANCE

NORTH EAST VIEW.

WARRIOR STADIUM

WARRIOR STADIUM
A WELL BUILT AND DESIGNED STADIUM INCLUDING FOOTBALL/SOCCOR, FIELD AND TRACK.
AND KRIEG LIGHTS FOR NIGHT GAMES.

SARRACINO MIDDLE SCHOOL

ZIMMERLY

ZIMMERLY SCHOOL WAS RENOVATED AND ADDED TO - WHICH TOOK ON A WHOLE NEW APPEARANCE.
THIS TOOK AT LEAST 3 SEMESTERS TO COMPLETE. THESE STUDENTS ATTENDED SCHOOL AT SAN MIGUEL SCHOOL BUILDING ....(RUN BY THE PUBLIC SCHOOL) UNTIL THIS PROJECT WAS COMPLETED. THE SCHOOL WAS NAMED FOR SAM ZIMMERLY, WHO SERVED ON THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR MANY YEARS.