WASP Museum http://waspmuseum.org Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 24 May 2008 05:00:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en Homecoming 2008 http://waspmuseum.org/2008/05/24/homecoming-2008/ http://waspmuseum.org/2008/05/24/homecoming-2008/#comments Sat, 24 May 2008 05:00:26 +0000 admin http://waspmuseum.org/2008/05/24/homecoming-2008/ Join us Saturday, May 24, 2008, for our annual Open House and Barbecue Dinner. Open House begins at 10:00 a.m. with WASP movies, activities for students, and displays by living historians and collectors Pam and Alan Burkholder and the AAF Living History Group. Hear Dawn Letson, Coordinator of Special Collections at Texas Woman’s University tell about the relationship between the WASP and the people of Sweetwater at 11:00. At noon hear WASP Betty Jo Reed tell about her adventures as a trainee. Evening event speaker is Major Nicole Malachowski, USAF, the first female Thunderbird pilot. The barbecue dinner begins at 7 p.m. followed by a Memorial Flag Ceremony at sunset. Big Band music provided by the Sweetwater Municipal Band (a.k.a Billy Weems and His Band of Dreams) will follow. Dance or dream the night away listening to the big band tunes of the 1940s. Enjoy soloist Lori Ortega and a special appearance by “the Andrews Sisters.”

Dinner is $10 for WASP, $20 for museum members, and $25 for non-members. You may send dinner reservations with your check payable to the National WASP WWII Museum, P.O. Box 456, Sweetwater, Texas 79556. Come in period costume if you like!

Table Sponsors

Van Baucum

Bennett Insurance

Louis Brooks Ranch

John Paul and Carol Cain

Lance Hall Law Firm

Moore, Dickson, and Maxwell

Texas National Bank

Sweetwater Class of 1965

Dr. Cody Wilkinson

 

Auction Donors & Other Sponsors

7-11 Auto Supply

Bealls

Big Boy’s Barbeque

Brookshires

Cox Jewelers

Bill Johnson

Kargo’s Antiques

Latria’s

Maloney’s Pharmacy

Dale Martin and Son Tire Company—Firestone

Scott Morgan

Nolan Furniture 

Oak Street Cafe

Sweetwater Floral

Sweetwater Frame and Gallery

Sweetwater Reporter

Sandra Vernon Antiques

Bill Ward

Young Ranch

 

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]]> http://waspmuseum.org/2008/04/18/enjoy-this-autopilot-magazine-article/feed/ Hangar One News - Volume 2, Issue 1 http://waspmuseum.org/2008/04/15/hangar-one-news-volume-1-issue-2/ http://waspmuseum.org/2008/04/15/hangar-one-news-volume-1-issue-2/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:49:44 +0000 admin http://waspmuseum.org/2008/01/04/hangar-one-news-volume-1-issue-2/ Read the latest news from the National WASP WWII Museum newsletter here.

Featured in this issue:

  • Homecoming 2008
  • Museum Wins “Most Original” in Round Up Parade
  • Teacher Workshop Slated for Tuesday, June 10th
  • Looking for Objects, Memorabilia and Stories!
  • Final Flight
  • Dian Graves Owen Foundation Awards Grant
  • Girl Scouts Earn Aeronautics Badge
  • Women in Aviation Day
  • Aviation History Camp

Hangar One News - Archives

To view previous issues of Hangar One News, click on the issue you wish to see.

Volume 1, No. 2: November 2007

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