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Onofre Tafoya remembers ‘Mother Magma’

Posted May 22, 2013 at 8:18 am

By John Hernandez

Onofre “Taffy” Tafoya moved to Mammoth in April of 1956.

“Magma Mine was hiring like crazy at that time,” he said.

He had been working in a brickyard in Phoenix out in the hot sun for the past five years. He was hired the same day he interviewed at Magma and started work the following day. Now he was working in the shade 1,400 feet underground. Thirty-seven years later, he would retire as a General Haulage Foreman. Not bad for a man with only a sixth grade education.

Taffy was born and raised in Winslow, Arizona during the Great Depression. Winslow was a railroad town at the time. His

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    Vacation Bible School for youth coming soon

    Posted May 22, 2013 at 8:13 am

     Vacation Bible School 2013 will take place at Mountain Shadows Presbyterian Church from July 22 through July 26 for kids from K-12 years. Following those five days there will be a special Sunday July 28 worship service featuring the children who will sing,

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