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Seniors · Juntos 1961

Class of 1961

13 seniors from 2 countries. 65 years out. Class motto: “I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me.”

Class officers
President Julio Garcia
Vice President Jose Kerekes
Secretary Dorcas Vasquez
Treasurer Diana Fernandez
From
United States · Mexico
President
Rev. Sherwood H. Reisner
Juntos 1961, p. 10
Board of Trustees, p. 10 →
Source
Juntos 1961, senior section →
54 scanned pages
Everyone at the school that year · 72 →

Hometowns as printed under each senior portrait. The “where are they now” layer arrives when alumni claim their profiles — until then, this is where everyone started.

See the class of 1961 on the map →
Mexico
9 seniors · 6 cities
Allende, Coahuila
Elsa FigueroaSalvador Hernandez
Mexico City, CDMX
Eduardo FernandezJose Kerekes Cortes
Monterrey, Nuevo León
Dora Flores VegaRafael Melo Palacios
Ciudad Mante, Tamaulipas
Diana Fernandez Gonzalez
Puebla, Puebla
Julio Garcia Servin
Tuxpan, Veracruz
Eugene Smith
United States
4 seniors · 3 cities
Victoria
Viola GonzalezDorcas Vasquez
Brooklyn
Graciela A. de Lugo
McAllen
Galdino Don Juan

1961 in the archive’s photo file
17 photographs · shown as the archive publishes them

Prints the school kept from the 1960–61 year, now in the South Texas Archives’ photo file. The archive dated them; the faces are this class and the ones around it.

  • Dressed as witches.
    1961 · Dressed as witches.South Texas Archives, Texas A&M University–Kingsville · A2016-017.0827
  • The Sophomore class of 1961 — the Class of 1963.
    1961 · The Sophomore class of 1961 — the Class of 1963.South Texas Archives, Texas A&M University–Kingsville · A2016-017.0829
  • Students beside an aeroplane.
    1961 · Students beside an aeroplane.South Texas Archives, Texas A&M University–Kingsville · A2016-017.0833
  • Mrs. McElroy, missionary teacher from the Congo.
    1961 · Mrs. McElroy, missionary teacher from the Congo.South Texas Archives, Texas A&M University–Kingsville · A2016-017.0837
  • The chapel choir.
    1961 · The chapel choir.South Texas Archives, Texas A&M University–Kingsville · A2016-017.0839
  • Working with the tractor.
    1961 · Working with the tractor.South Texas Archives, Texas A&M University–Kingsville · A2016-017.0841
  • Accordions.
    1961 · Accordions.South Texas Archives, Texas A&M University–Kingsville · A2016-017.0842
  • The graduates of 1961.
    1961 · The graduates of 1961.South Texas Archives, Texas A&M University–Kingsville · A2016-017.0843
  • The graduates of 1961, outdoors.
    1961 · The graduates of 1961, outdoors.South Texas Archives, Texas A&M University–Kingsville · A2016-017.0844
  • Prom king and queen.
    1961 · Prom king and queen.South Texas Archives, Texas A&M University–Kingsville · A2016-017.0845
  • Kickball.
    1961 · Kickball.South Texas Archives, Texas A&M University–Kingsville · A2016-017.0849
  • A picnic.
    1961 · A picnic.South Texas Archives, Texas A&M University–Kingsville · A2016-017.0854
  • The Freshman class officers of 1961 — the Class of 1964.
    1961 · The Freshman class officers of 1961 — the Class of 1964.South Texas Archives, Texas A&M University–Kingsville · A2016-017.0879
  • Trimming the Christmas tree.
    1961 · Trimming the Christmas tree.South Texas Archives, Texas A&M University–Kingsville · A2016-017.0938
  • The Halloween party.
    1961 · The Halloween party.South Texas Archives, Texas A&M University–Kingsville · A2016-017.0976
  • In the cafeteria.
    1961 · In the cafeteria.South Texas Archives, Texas A&M University–Kingsville · A2016-017.0984
  • Students with a professor.
    1961 · Students with a professor.South Texas Archives, Texas A&M University–Kingsville · A2016-017.0999
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