My family (with Rusty) lived in the country then and had no TV. In case anyone is interested, the picture is hanging in the Whitehead museum here in Del Rio for everyone to see. I was recently commissioned to paint a picture of the old school for the Class of '45 so I recgonized the entrance easily. The second one is definitely the front entrance of our old high school. Who knew? Apparently, a lot of people!Ībout the pictures included in the "Call to Glory" story, I don't think the first one is any of our classrooms. How interesting to learn about “A Call to Glory”. If it is not, it is sure similar enough in appearance to trigger a lot of fun memories! So, I’d say the building in the picture is indeed a shot of Del Rio High School.
It is the building where they did the best they could to teach us Trig and Algebra (I remember Mrs Bishop in particular). With the completion of the new Jr High facilities on the north end of town, the Central building (which sure looks like the same building as in the picture) became part of the High School. We were the last 6th grade class to meet in the Central building. I remember Mrs Adams in the 5th grade and Mrs Love in the 6th grade. It sure looks like the building where we had the 5th and 6th grades meeting in 1961 and ’62 (before they completed the new Jr High facility on the north end of town). The second picture sure brings back memories of “Central” where I first went to school in Del Rio when my family moved there from Laredo in the 5th Grade. I had classes in the annex and they did not look like that. I agree that picture #2 must be the front of our High School, but I don’t recognize picture #1 at all. The premier show had lots of shots around town – Meme’s Kleen Kitchen was THE go-to drive-in in the beginning of the series. Please use the website contact button at the top of the page to comment and please include your name and class year.īraxton and I both watched Call to Glory because of its tie-in with Del Rio.
I hope that many will want to see the movie and be reminded of how important a role the Air Force has played in the life of Del Rio. The TV series was never published, but I managed to find someone on the Internet who had copied the series off TV and put it on 4 DVDs. The movie was published on VHS and can be purchased from Amazon. Does anyone recognize these pictures as our alma matter or is it just a good look-alike? I'm attaching two pictures that I took from Episode 2. There are some Lake Armistad scenes, some Laughlin locations, and a few school scenes that could have been filmed at our old Del Rio High. Since we were living on base from 1959-1961, I recognize some of the film locations.Ī lot of the show was filmed in California as are nearly all TV shows, but there are some local scenes that appear to have been filmed in Del Rio.
Laughlin AFB is prominently in the pilot movie (Episode 1) and Episode 2. The storyline covers periods of American history relating to 1961-1963 news events such as the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Cold War while Kennedy was President. Nelson playing a USAF U-2 pilot at Laughlin AFB. The series was broadcast in 1984 with Craig T.
Not everyone may know about or remember the Call to Glory made-for-TV movie and TV series (lasted one season). This information and photos were provided by Jerry Shidal, Class of 1961