ALFONSO "PONCHITO" BENAVIDEZ

GRACIAS AL AMIGO "MARTIN ZAVALA"

HE WAS A FREQUENT VISITOR TO THE PONCHITO CASITA EN EL PUEBLO.  HE ALSO SERENATED PONCHITO OFTEN WITH THE TALENTO DE UN RANCHERITO DEL PUEBLO.

PONCHITO'S FRIENDS FROM OREGON DEDICATE A CAPSULE OF ….RECUERDOS….MEMORIES….OF A MAN WHO GAVE MUCH TO EL PUEBLO DE ASHERTON.  PONCHITO ALSO ADDED HIS STORY OF HIS OWN JOURNEY TO ST. PAUL, OREGON.  "WHEN I SAW THE ODOMETER I LEARNED HOW FAR WE HAD TRAVELED…CINCO DIAS AND 2180 MILES LATER WE ARRIVED TO OREGON"….REFLECTED PONCHITO WITH A SMILE IN HIS FACE AND MAKING A FACIAL EXPRESSION…ENOUGH!

PONCHITO TALKED ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE IN OREGON WITH FACTS AND AUTHORITY.  AS A SON OF ONE OF HIS FAVORITE COMPADRES..MI PAPA ARTURO..I FEEL IT WAS A BLESSING TO HAVE FOUND PONCHITO.  GRACIAS A DALIA BARRERA , PONCHITO'S NIECE--I WAS ABLE TO CONTACT PONCHITO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2008. 

MORE INFORMATION WILL BE ADDED TO THIS SPECIAL CAPSULE AS INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

THE BOYS FROM ASHERTON, TEXAS

THE NAME OF THE TEAM "AZTECAS" TELLS THE STORY ABOUT THEIR LOVE FOR THE GAME OF BASEBALL AND THEIR "ORGULLO-PRIDE" …. AND AMISTAD!

WHEN SPORTS ARE DISCUSSED BY THE SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY OR DEMMIT COUNTY, TEXAS….REMEMBERING A UNIQUE TEAM DOMINATES THE CONVERSATION.

PONCHITO THE TALLEST PLAYER ON THE LEFT HAD THIS PICTURE ON THE LIVING ROOM WALL.  ONE DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING IN NOV. 2014….GOD DECIDED TO INVITE PONCHITO TO THE ETERNAL LIFE.

FEW PEOPLE CELBRATE LIFE OF 100+ YEARS AND ARE RECOGNIZED SIMPLY BY THEIR FIRST NAME.  ASHERTON,ASHINTO, CHETO HAD ONLY ONE PONCHITO…AND CHISTOSAMENTE..HE WAS NOT THE SMALLEST MAN IN THE TEAM…HE WAS THE TALLEST!