Past Events

Run for the WASP 2010 Pictures

Allison Bryant, Carlsbad, NM, Pl. 3

And They Are Off!

Barbara & Doug Bevins

Brooks Boynton, Roscoe, Pl. 1; Shanna Armstrong, Ft. Worth, Pl. 1

Capt. Regina Wall and WASP Mary Vandeventer

Charles Walker, C. City, Pl. 1

Dyess AFB Personnel

Dyess Airman with rescued Iraqi Dog

Elliott Marshall, Snyder, leads the pack

Even Babies Can Walk

Female #44

Marvin Keenan, Sweetwater, Pl. 2, Male 60-69, Grandaughter Courtney

Mary Kaplan, Ret. USAF, Sunrise Beach, TX, Pl. 1 - 70-79 yrs.

Michelle Steakley, Sweetwater, Pl. 2

Micki & Lana's Friends

Awards Ceremony

Run for the WASP

Run for the WASP

Run for the WASP Awards

Tom Hutcherson, Sweetwater; Mary Kaplan, Sunrise Beach, TX Pl. 1-Oldest Competitor at 71 yrs.

Youngest Competitor, Courtney Berringer, Sweetwater Pl. 1 - 1-14 yrs.

Tom Campagna, Midland, Pl. 1; Shanna Armstrong, Ft. Worth, Pl. 1

WASP Mary Vandeventer, Run Chairman Marvin Keenan, Capt. Regina Wall

WASP Homecoming 2011- Pictures

Photo Courtesy of US-UK Asso.,

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WASP HOMECOMING 2012

Mark you calendar for May 26, 2012 Memorial Day Weekend Celebration. This will be a day to remember and you are invited to be a part of this grand event! The day’s festivities will include:

◊ Honor Parade From Texas Theatre To The National WASP WWII Museum

◊ Car and Motorcycle Show – $20 Entry Fee to Compete in the Show (or you are welcome to join in the parade just for the fun)

◊ Free Airplane rides for kids 8-17 yrs of age

◊ WASP Autograph and Picture Session

◊ FiFi’s Famous Frenchfries & Hamburgers Grill – $7.00

◊ Fly-In Including Vintage Planes

◊ Luncheon and Speakers at Texas State Technical College Campus $20 – Reservations Deadline: April 15th

◊ Silent Auction

◊ Evening Gala/Dinner – Dance With 1940′s Era Big Band – Reservations Deadline: April 15th:(individual seats $35). Table sponsorships available: Silver Medal Table for 6 -$250 and Gold Medal Tables for 8 -$500 Reservations Deadline: April 15th…Period Dress Welcome

Mark your calendar and Phone: 325-235-0099 to reserve your place at the Luncheon and/or Dinner-Dance. Come early to enjoy the day.

Sharron Davis, Museum Director

210 Avenger Field Road

P.O. Box 456, Sweetwater, TX 79556

waspmuseum@yahoo.com

We at the WASP museum would like to thank our WONDERFUL sponsors of HOMECOMING 2011:

American Airlines: Veteran Compassion Program

Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce

Walmart of Sweetwater

Pecan Plantation 99s

Transportation Vehicles provided by Sam & Julie Toliver

Brookshire’s Food Store

Texas State Technical College

Chuck Wagon Gang

TSTC Winds of Texas Club

City Janitorial Supply

Run for the WASP – Nov. 13, 2010

Lace up your Nikes or tighten your Velcro for the first ever Run for the WASP 5K race/1.3 mile walk benefiting the National WASP WWII Museum. The starting gun will fire at 1:00 pm on Saturday, November 13th for participants in seven male and female categories.

Cost is $25 per person/$20 for students and military personnel.  Cost on race day is $25  for any runner or walker.

Register here:

www.timingspecialist.com/register/index.php?event_id=1279306255

The Museum will be open for participants and their families as well as other visitors. Special guests will include active-duty Air Force pilots and a WASP, who will be available for autographs and pictures. Watch for a fly-over by a WWII airplane at the start of the race.

Timing Specialists of Big Spring will provide expert timing.  Awards for the overall male and female runner and the seven classes in ten year age groups will be given shortly after the race’s end.

Enjoy a flat and fast course around the Sweetwater Texas State Technical College (TSTC) campus or the walk from the Museum to the WASP wishing well, located on the TSTC campus.

WASP Homecoming 2010

Betty Jo and Dot at the Wishing Well

Special Thanks to…

Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce

Wal-Mart

Creative Graphic Solutions

Dyess Air Force Base Personnel

Brookshires Food Store

Longhorn Liquor

Jack’s Liquor

Higginbotham-Bartlett Co.

State Representative Susan King

Sweetwater Floral

Sweetwater Reporter News

Sweetwater Woman’s Forum

Sweetwater Machine & Welding

Sweetwater Municipal Band

All of our Great Volunteers

Sponsors for Homecoming 2010

Gold Medal Sponsors

Dodge Jones Foundation

Lawrence Brothers

McCoy’s Funeral Home

Texas National Bank

Silver Medal Sponsors

Altezza, Inc.

Van Baucum Real Estate

Bennett & Associates

Jeannette & Loren Bryant

Carol & John Paul Cain

Cox Jewelry

Kathy Dickson

First Financial Bank

Peter Fox

Linda & Bill Hunter

JoAnne & Marvin Keenan

Kathy & Allen King

Ludlum Measurements

Mustang Tire

Rolling Plains Hospital

Sandra Spears

Beth & Homer Taylor

Texas State Technical College

Micki Wright & Sharron Davis

Thank You WASP for Coming Home

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Avenger Field

Meriem Anderson   44-4                                       Jean McCreery  44-10

Marie Shelton Bray  44-4                                     Betty Jo Streff Reed  44-7

Edna Modisette Davis  43-5                                 Florence “Shutsy” Reynolds  44-5

Mary Helen Chapman Foster  44-3                       Flora Belle Smith Reece  44-4

Eleanor “Gundy” Gunderson   44-7                      Mary Alice Putnam Vandeventer 44-7

Ann Morgan Hazzard  43-7                                   Pauline Cutler White  44-5

Elaine Harmon   44-9                                             Lucille Doll Wise  44-7

Dot Swain Lewis  44-5                                          “Marty” Martin Wyall  44-10

Lillian Lorraine Yonally  43-7