New Address for 50 Year Club

OFFICE ADDRESS CHANGE

Mineral Wells High School

50 Year Club

215 NW 5th Avenue

Mineral Wells, TX 76067

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Effective Immediately

As of December 18, 2013

Ronald Keith Bond ~ 1934 - 2013

RONALD KEITH BOND

1951 MWHS Senior

Student Council President

Ronald Bond passed away on Saturday, December 14, 2013. He was one of the 50 Year Club's most beloved and commited members and it saddens me to learn that I will no longer be able to see his smiling face or hear his encouraging comments at our functions.

Born Ronald Keith Bond on July 20, 1934 in Chickasha, Oklahoma, to Lola Claire Blackwell and Donald Zane Bond, he graduated from Mineral Wells High School in 1951 and the University of North Texas in 1955.

Ronald was also an active and commited athlete and student at MWHS during 1948-1951. In his Senior year the Burro gave this account: President Student Body '50-'51 ~ Football '48-'51 ~ Treasurer Hi-Y '50-'51 ~ Track '48-'51

1949 MWHS "A" Squad

Ronald Bond ~ No. 41 ~ Last Row 3rd from Right

1949 MWHS Back

Wt. 160, Ht. 5'9"



1949 MWHS Sophomore

1950 MWHS Back

1-Year Letterman

1950 MWHS Junior

1951 Award Winners

Ronald Bond and Leon Smith

1951 Football Captains

Ronald Bond, Leon Smith

C. W. Reasoner and Jerry Barber

1951 MWHS Fullback

All District ~ 2 yr. Letterman

1951 MWHS Football Team

1951 MWHS Student Council

Student Council President

Ronald was married to the former Kay St. Clair, graduate of MWHS Class of 1956 and they made their home in Arlington. After graduating from the University of North Texas he worked for Montgomery Ward for 35 years before retiring. He also served in the United States Navy Reserve and retired as a commander.



In addition to his wife of 56 years, Kay, he is survived by his sons, Ronald Keith Bond Jr. and Curtis St. Clair Bond; brother, Charles Bond and wife, Janie; sister, Janice Bean; grandchildren, Kelsey and Austin; sister-in-law, Suzanne Welborne; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was loved and will be missed by many.

Ronald Keith Bond

July 20, 1934 - December 14, 2013

You will be missed.



SOURCES:

MWHS 1948-1951 BURROS, Property MWHS 50 Year Club

Star-Telegram Obituaries, http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dfw/obituary, accessed 18 Dec 2013

Jim Stephens ~ Nov. 25, 1934 - Dec. 12, 2013

James “Jim”Lawrence Stephens

Nov. 25, 1934 - Dec. 12, 2013

The 50 Year Club lost a friend and very loyal member this month when fellow Mineral WellsHigh School alumnus Jim Stephens passed away Thursday, December 12. He was a very active participant in our club as well as the current Vice President of Mineral Wells Heritage Association, interested in preserving all the memories and memorabilia of our past for our future generagations.

If the Burro is any indication, Jim was a “star” on the Basketball Court. He lettered in basketball and football and was basketball captain in ’51 and ’52, belonging to the “M” Club his senior year. The “M” Club was organized for participants in the field of varsity sports “promoting fellowship, leadership, and sportsmanship among its members.” Lettermen in any of the sports sponsored by Mineral Wells High Schoolwere automatically made members. In Jim’s senior year of 1953, plans were made to take the Club on its annual fishing trip to Possum Kingdomin the spring. Jim served as Treasurer of the Club that year.

Born James Lawrence Stephens in Mineral Wells, Texashe was the son of Claude and Rachel Stephens and attended school here. After graduating from MWHS in 1953 he attended Texas A&M on a basketball scholarship before transferring to TexasA&I, where he played basketball and football, as well as serving in the ROTC. Jim graduated in 1958 with a Mechanical Engineering Degree from A&I and then left to serve in the United States Army Signal Corps where he reached the rank of Second Lieutenant. He also enjoyed playing basketball while serving in the Corp.

During his career he worked in the petroleum refining industry throughout Texasand Kansasand retired in 1997 when he and his wife, Helen, moved back to Mineral Wells. Helen is the former Helen Gernentz, whom he married on December 21, 1965. Jim and Helen became very active members of the Mineral Wells Heritage Association and members of the FirstBaptist Churchwhen they moved back. She and their sons, James Jr.; Wesley and wife, Neena; Keith and wife, Leigh; grandsons, Jackson and Marley; brother, Bill and wife, Carol; are joined by many other family members and friends who will be missing him this Christmas season. I understand he has a Labradornamed Shadow who was his most beloved friend who will miss him terribly. In fact, I know his face and his service will be missed by all of us from this day forward.

Executive Board Meeting

April 2010

Senior Basketball No. 30

Senior No. 30

Senior No. 30 - 2nd from Left





Senior Class Sgt. at Arms



"M" Club - Club Treasurer

Third Row - 3rd from Left







SOURCES:

MWHS 1953 BURRO, Property MWHS 50 Year Club

Mineral Wells Index Obituaries, Jim Stephens, accessed 17 Dec 2013, http://www.mineralwellsindex.com/obituaries/x1005126800/James-Jim-Lawrence-Stephens#sthash.U5ohTlrx.dpuf





Funeral Services were at 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16, 2013 at First BaptistChurch in Mineral Wells. Burial was at WoodlandPark Cemetery. Baum Carlock Bumgardner Funeral Home in Mineral Wells, Texas was in charge of arrangements, condolences may be left at www.bcbfuneralhome.com. Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home

Thank You to All of our Vietnam Veterans

John and Jo Murphy

Nixon Library
May 28, 2013

Picture was taken at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, California in May of this year at the dinner replicating the one held 40 years ago on The White House lawn, welcoming home former POWs. It was a great event and a wonderful reunion with many friends from way back when. And thank you very much for all the kind comments from all you good friends! John and Jo

 

John Murphy
Nixon Library
Standing in Front of Clothes worn by 
Captain Bob Peet
while at Hanoi Hilton. John and other
POWs also wore the same type of clothing
while imprisoned there.

Official 40th Anniversary POW Homecoming Ceremony

Go to the Richard Nixon Foundation website to view the beautiful Photo Gallery of the entire week, and read about the different activities planned in honor of the distinguished guests and their families. You can also find other videos relating to the experiences of our Veterans on the sidebar of YouTube where you watched the video above. See the source links below.

THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR MANY VETERANS!

 

SOURCES: 

 http://nixonfoundation.org/2013/05/pow-week-begins/

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7biwUTlc1g#t=13

PHOTOS:

John and Jo Murphy; digntal format used; original belonging to John and Jo Murphy; permission to use given to Judith Richards Shubert by Jo Murphy; accessed May 30, 2013

John Murphy, Nixon Library; original belonging to John and Jo Murphy and taken by nephew Jim Shirley; permission to use given to Judith Richards Shubert by Jo Murphy; accessed May 30, 2013

WANTED: MWHS 1963 Burro

ATTENTION

The MWHS Class of 1963 will be inducted into the 50 Year Club in June, 2013. The Club does not have a copy of the Mineral Wells High School 1963 Burro in its collection.

If anyone has one they would like to donate to the Club, please contact me, Judith Richards Shubert, or call the MWHS 50 Year Club office. Click on the link for contact information.

Series of News Clippings

This is the first of a series of 11 news articles about the Mineral Wells High School 50 Year Club annual reunions. The articles were laminated at some point in the past and were scanned by Bob Shubert. The laminated originals are in the memorabilia collection of the 50 Year Club. You will be able to read about the past reunions beginning today and ending just before the annual reunion in June 2013.

Click here or on the heading above to read.

Mineral Wells High School 1920 Burro

MWHS 1920 Burro Staff

The complete Mineral Wells High School

1920 Burro

has been placed on the
Mountaineer Heritage Park blog
for you to enjoy!
Click on this link:
1920 Burro

Donate a Class Plaque and Help with Restoration

Don’t let your class be left out! 

The 50 Year Club is asking each class of Mineral Wells High School to help with an exciting project. As you know, the Lillian Peek Home Economics building is being restored. The original brick walkway leading to the building from 5th Street has sustained a lot of damage over the years and also needs to be restored. Work has already begun on a new walkway. We would like for each class to donate $2,000 to help with this restoration. With your donation you will receive an engraved concrete plaque with your class name. Below is the first plaque donated by the Class of 1949.

Don’t let your class be left out!

Have your class representative contact the 50 Year Club offices today; donate $2,000 and have your class name placed in the walkway for future generations to see.

  

Restored portion of walkway leading from steps

and NW 5th Avenue.

See other photos from the inside of the Home Economics building by clicking on the first slide show in the column on the left. Hank Gayler, vice-president of the club, or R. E. Mason, president, will be happy to arrange a tour of the building, tell you about plans for the restoration, and show you what has already been accomplished.

Remember, don't let your class be left out!

Call 940-325-5600 or email 50year08@att.net as soon as possible.

 

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