WELCOME TO WSMR "KIDS" - 2010 WSMR Kids Reunion Information

What actually happened:

Friday August 6th, 2010 evening - A memorable dinner/dance at the beautiful NM Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, with an excellent buffet dinner amidst breathtaking views of the Organ Mountains, music provided by Master DJ and WSMR Brat Larry Fieldler and photography provided by Jack Diven Photography.

Saturday Aug. 7th - Tour of WSMR, included the historic launch complex 33, a scrumptious luncheon at the Frontier Club (formerly the O-Club) with Guest speakers, Carlos Bustamantes, a long time engineer on the base and an inductee in the WSMR Hall of Fame, and Mr. Robert S. Carter (Executive Director of research, testing and evaluation). We then visited the WSMR Museum. Later that evening we enjoyed a fun filled evening reception and delicious Mexican buffet dinner at the Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino.

A BIG THANK YOU GOES OUT TO THE 2010 REUNION PLANNING COMMITTEE!

2010 WSMR Kids Reunion Planning Committee

From left to right: Steve Meador (chairman) & Family, Ralph and Elizabeth (Babette) Smith (treasurer), Melanie Thomas, et al, Jim Fulp (webmaster & list keeper), Bill & Loretta Adler (Bill is founder & taskmaster), Gary Meador was also on the committee but did not sit for portraits (shame on you ;), also Stephanie (Stevie) Crowley-Cox is a committee member due to her help in assembling the Memory Album for this reunion.

I am sure all those that attended and had a great time reuniting with our friends, classmates and neighbors thank you for working so hard to make this 2010 WSMR Kids Reunion happen. Thanks again. As for this committee and future committee members, you have no idea how much your efforts are appreciated. A special thanks goes out to Stephanie (Stevie) Crowley-Cox who as a member of the previous committees was not able to attend and has still offered to help us assemble the Reunion Memory Album. Thanks Stevie!

IF YOU ATTENDED THE REUNION, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SEND US SOME OR ALL THE PICTURES THAT YOU TOOK!! IT WILL BE SUPER TO BE ADDED TO THE MEMORY ALBUM AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL PHOTO ALBUMS THAT WILL BE POSTED OF THE EVENT.

To send pictures you can either use the form on the home page (for larger groups of pictures, zip them up in a zip file and submit them. Large size zip files should not be a problem with this method), email them to jim@focusarts.com or snail mail them via CD to:

Jim Fulp
819 S. 13th St.
McAlester, OK. 74501

We will be keeping you posted so bookmark this site (Ctrl+B) and come back often for the latest.

WE HAVE AN IMPORTANT REQUEST FROM THE WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE MUSEUM!

Dear WSMR Kids,

I am in the process of collecting artifacts, photographs, blueprints, stories to create an exhibit, here at the White Sands Missile Range Museum, to tell the story of the children and youth programs/activities of WSMR for the past 65 years. I understand that you will be having your Reunion in August and I would like to invite you to bring with you anything that you might want to share or to be considered for use in this exhibit.

I specifically am looking for old photos of the buildings that once housed the various youth activities and photos or programs, invitations for any special events.

Please email me if you have specific questions: Callean.holly@us.army.mil

Sincerely,
Callean Holly
Registrar & Educator
575-678-3358

Robert Ice, a graduate history student at NMSU, will be joining us Friday night, Aug 6, at the NM Farm & Ranch.

He will be videotaping oral histories of those attendees who care to share their memories of growing up on post. Right now, it looks like he will be there before and during cocktails and during dinner. We’ll invited people to go over and tape their histories whenever they like. He will probably leave when we start our program at 8:10 – though I have extended the invitation for him to stay as long as he likes. We’ll make up announcements of this or add it to the itinerary. I’m told that NMSU will provide us with copies of the interviews which we could put on the website.

Reunion albums: Pictures to be used in the albums were taken at our dinner dance by Jack Diven Photography. The Reunion album will be located on the web page reasonably soon after the reunion. It will be available free for your viewing as well as available to order on a disc for your use and printing purposes.

If you have memories and/or pictures you would like to be included in the memories section of the album, please go to the form on the home page and submit

Pictures: Please send us any and all pictures you have of the Reunion as well as your days living on WSMR, including family and class photos. We plan to include them in the Reunion albums. You can post them to the form provided for this purpose on the home page or send the photos to Jim Fulp at jim@focusarts.com, Please do your best to identify any people that appear in the photos.

A Thank You goes out to the WSMR Kids that have contributed to the effort. It has helped us continue the development and offset the costs of maintaining this site. All proceeds will be applied to server, hosting & website expenses. I am sure that all the WSMR Kids thank you for your support.

Keep in touch. Hope to see you at the next WSMRKids Reunion!

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