Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Executive Board Meeting - Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012

NOTICE
MWHS 50 YEAR CLUB MEETING

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

10:00 A.M.

First United Methodist Church

301 N.E. 1st Street

Mineral Wells, Texas 76180

"See You There"

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Our 2012 - 13 Coming Home Queen - Betty Vaughan Kidwell

Betty Jo Vaughan
Class of 1942
Mineral Wells High School

Home Economics Club - 1939, 1940,
Secretary - 1942
Chorus - 1941, 1942



MWHS 2012 Coming Home Queen
Betty Jo Vaughan Kidwell
REPRESENTING THE 50 YEAR CLUB
Escorted by her son, Richard Kidwell

At the June meeting of the Executive Board of the MWHS 50 Year Club and during the 36th annual Reunion festivities,  Mrs. Kidwell was presented as our representative to serve as the 2012-2013 MWHS Coming Home Queen.

In a halftime ceremony at the Mineral Wells High School home coming game played on Friday night, September 28, Mrs. Kidwell was escorted to the MWHS football field at RAM Stadium by her son, Richard, and presented to the enthusiastic crowd.  The passing of the crown was from last year's reigning Coming Home Queen, Yvonne Smith Vaughan.



MWHS 1942 BURRO
Home Economics Club
"Stir the cat and put out the oatmeal" or vice-versa is well applied to Miss Carter's future homemakers. These girls are enthusiastic over their duties of sweeping and cooking. They are learning to be neat and trim also.
Quote taken from beside Home Economics Club description in '42 Burro.

Betty was one of the few blond girls seen in this picture. I believe she is the one located toward the center, kneeling behind the girl in the dark dress sitting sideways.



MWHS 1941 BURRO
Home Economics Club

Betty Jo Vaughan can be seen in this photo in the first row
standing ninth from the left, in a dark sweater.


Betty is married to Jerry Vaughan and they have two sons, Jimmy and Richard. She has already made an amazing representative of our 50 Year Club and will continue to make  further contributions as our Queen! Please reach out and congratulate her.


Sunday, June 17, 2012

June Roden - 2012 Teacher Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame Inductee


June Roden
B.S., McMurry University
Girls' P.E., Asst. Coach Girls' Basketball
English Language Arts Teacher

This year's Teachers' Hall of Fame winner honored at the annual Mineral Wells High School 50 Year Club Reunion was Mrs. June Roden. She graduated from Mineral Wells High School in 1949 and from McMurry University in Abilene with a Bachelor of Science.
After meeting her husband-to-be at Mcmurry, they married and eventually made their way back to Mineral Wells to establish their home. She entered the MWISD system where she filled many different positions: Girls' PE, assistant coach for girls' basketball, and English/Language Arts teacher. She taught many of our friends and then their daughters. Did any of their granddaughters pass her way?
She has been described by some of her former students as a real pro - determined to make them physically fit, having them "dress out" every day, warm up with jumping jacks and drills and play intramural basketball. She taught health and first aid as serious courses - no worming out of her classes!
Another said she was what all coaches should be: the compliments do not come any higher. She was introduced at the Induction Ceremony of the Class of 1962 Saturday, June 9, 2012, in the Mineral Wells High School auditorium by Marguriete Crum, Secretary of the 50 Year Club.
Each year a Teacher's Hall of Fame plaque is made to honor the teacher chosen. They are displayed in the meeting room of the Mineral Wells High School 50 Year Club. They will later be moved to the club's offices in the restored Home Economic Building.
Mrs. June Roden will join Mrs. Winnie Fiedler, Coach Pat Simmons, and Miss Laura Wallace in this honorable position.

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Mineral Wells and the 50 Year Club Mourns the Loss of Member R. J. "Skeet" Walton

R.J. “Skeet” Walton 

 

A dedicated and faithful member of the MWHS 50 Year Club, R.J. "Skeet" Walton, 81 years old, died Sunday, June 3, 2012. Former Executive Director of the MWHS 50 Year Club, Jessie Teddlie, said, "It is a great loss! He was dedicated to his family and MWHS 50 Year Club. I know he loved doing any and all tasks to the very best of his ability including his work with MWISD. He had a smile for everyone and was willing to help his neighbors and friends at any time."

A service to celebrate and remember his life will be held at 2 P.M. Thursday, June 7, at First United Methodist Church in Mineral Wells.

Robert Joe Walton was born April 25, 1931, in Crane, Texas. R.J. “Skeet” was raised in Mineral Wells, where he later graduated from high school in 1948. He worked at a local radio station KORC prior to graduation and afterwards began working at the Baker Hotel. He learned the business by working in all departments and was appointed assistant manager in 1952.

It is also at The Baker that he met the woman he would later marry, Lou White. The two were married May 24, 1952. Soon to follow were sons Bobby and Danny and then daughter, Louann.

After 30 years in hotel management in Galveston, Wisconsin and Illinois, Skeet and his family came back to Mineral Wells where he began working for Mineral Wells ISD. He was with the district for 17 years, never missing a day of work.

There are many who will miss him: a large number of friends and family, including his wife and children, and a faithful companion, his dog Harley.


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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

2012 Annual MWHS Reunion - June 8-9

Information Letter and Forms about our 2012 Annual MWHS Reunion can be found here on our MWHS 50 Year Club website. The reunion is scheduled for June 8th and 9th in the new High School at 3801 Ram Boulevard. Friday evening's registration will begin at 5:30 P.M. and end at 7:30 P.M. Light refreshments (not a meal) will be provided by the class of 1961 beginning at 6:00 P.M. in the food court. Saturday morning's fellowship and registration will begin at 8:00 A.M. with coffee, juice and pastries available. Registration will end at 10:30 A.M. so we can all attend the Induction of Class of 1962 program at 10:45 A.M. in the High School Auditorium. Lunch will be served in the food court at 12:00 noon. Click HERE to read the rest of the letter and forms mailed to the membership and Class of 1962 on April 11, 2012.

Be sure and retrieve and mail the Teacher Hall of Fame Registration and Nominations Form ~ Vote for your favorite teacher!