Marcelina Garcia:  

Life Ever wonder whatever happened to all your classmates? I do. My family says I have selective memory, because often I only remember things I choose or allow myself to remember. When I do, there is plenty of stuff that's pretty neat. A great deal of my childhood memories go back to Edcouch-Elsa. My family lived in Elsa during my Elementary years, and I remember vividly the long walk past Ciro Casares' store all the way to John F. Kennedy Elementary School. My very bad experience with Mr. Vela impressed me with a memory whereby I never forgot his name. I don't remember very many of my Teachers, but I remember him. I remember Miss Cervantes who later became Mrs. Pena, because she was nice. I remember the Pena twin brothers who were both teachers. One of them in Biology. I remember them because they were identical twins and they were good looking. But mostly, they were fair to us kids. Later we moved to Edcouch where we were enrolled at the "Migrant School" because we traveled "up north" each year to work the fields. I had a fight with a girl named Florestella there, because she always kept taking my stuff and "bullying" me. After that, we were best friends. It seems there were always fights at the "Migrant School". We lost my brother Frank while I was enrolled there in 1967. The whole school came out to our house to pay their respects. I never forgot that, and I never thanked everyone, but it was a gesture I deeply appreciated and never forgot. I was 12 at the time. After that I went to the Middle School accross from the Dairy Cream outfit on 107. I remember Mr. Farley, because he invited all the 7th grade class to his house for a party of Hot Dogs and stuff. Just going was a memorable event. He helped us make a school marker that sat out front at the school for many years. He did that kind of work. It was shaping concrete and ingraining stones into it while it was still wet in order to form a pattern. Our marker had the school name on it. He wa...Expand for more