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
Jesse Camarena and Alfred Barragan cleaned up on trophies and cash prizes at St. Bartholomew’s annual Fiesta de la Primavera horseshoe tournament last Saturday, taking first place in two separate tournaments.
Compiled by Jennifer R. Carnes
San Manuel High School is rapidly gaining the reputation of helping students with post-high school academic funding and this year is no exception.
The Kearny contingent at the San Manuel Copper Town Days golf tournament placed first in the contest. Pictured from left are: Tony Noriega, Steve Taylor, Dave Orzell and Paul Taylor. See more photos from the tournament
Small class with great potential: CAC’s graduation at the Aravaipa Campus was celebrated last Friday. See more photos online at:
http://bit.ly/12TkrhT. (John Hernandez photos)
