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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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"

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.