Author: Harding High School (Saint Paul, Minn.). Class of 1946Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Saint Paul (Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
35th Year, Class Reunion
Author: Harding High School (Saint Paul, Minn.). Class of 1946Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Saint Paul (Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
The 35th-year Class Reunion
Author: 35th Class Reunion, 1953-1988, Eau Claire Senior High
Author: Eau Claire Senior High School (Eau Claire, Wis.). Class of 1953Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Arizona's War Town
Author: John S. WesterlundPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816524150
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Few American towns went untouched by World War II, even those in remote corners of the country. During that era, the federal government forever changed the lives of many northern Arizona citizens with the construction of the U.S. Army ordnance depot at Bellemont, ten miles west of Flagstaff. John Westerlund now tells how this linchpin in the war effort marked a turning point in Flagstaff's history. One of only sixteen munitions depots built between 1941 and 1943, the Navajo Ordnance Depot contributed significantly to the city's rapid growth during the war years as it brought considerable social, cultural, and economic change to the region. A clearing in the ponderosa pine forest called Volunteer Prairie met the military's criteria for a munitions depot--open terrain, a cool climate, plentiful water, and proximity to a railroad--and it was also sufficiently inland to be safe from the threat of coastal invasion. Constructing a depot of 800 ammunition bunkers, each the size of a 2,000-square-foot home, called for a force of 8,000 laborers, and Flagstaff became a boom town overnight as construction workers and their families poured in from nearby Indian reservations and as far away as the Midwest and South. More than 2,000 were retained as permanent employees--a larger workforce than Flagstaff's total pre-war employment roster. As Westerlund's portrait of wartime Flagstaff shows, prosperity brought unanticipated consequences: racism simmered beneath the surface of the town as ethnic groups were thrown together for the first time; merchants called a city-wide strike to protest emerging union activity; juvenile delinquency rose dramatically; Flagstaff women entered the workforce in unprecedented numbers, altering local mores along with their own plans for the future; meanwhile, hundreds of sailors and marines arrived at Arizona State Teachers College to participate in the Navy's "V-12" program. Whether recounting the difficulty of 3,500 Navajo and Hopi employees adjusting to life off the reservation or the complaints of townspeople that Austrian POWs-transferred to the depot to ease the labor shortage-were treated too well, Westerlund shows that the construction and maintenance of the facility was far more than a military matter. Navajo Ordnance Depot remained operational to support wars in Korea, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf, and today Camp Navajo provides storage for thousands of deactivated ICBM motors. But in recounting its early days, Westerlund has skillfully blended social and military history to vividly portray not only a city's transitional years but also the impact of military expansion on economic and community development in the American West.
35th Class Reunion Springfield High School
Author: Springfield High School (Springfield, Ill.). Class of 1949Publisher:
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Category : Class reunions
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Class Reunion
Author: Rona JaffePublisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504008367
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Twenty years after their college graduation, four Radcliffe girls return to their Harvard class reunion with mixed emotions and curiosity. It is the first time they have met since their hopeful student years, when each of them had wonderful dreams of becoming wives, mothers, and successful career women. But much has changed since the fifties, and the former classmates’ lives have been altered by events none of them could have foreseen. Humorous, heartwarming, often poignant and nostalgic, Class Reunion captures the spirit of the fifties brilliantly in contrast to the changing world the four girls have embraced, often with straightforward and pithy commentary on the social conventions of the past.
Reunion Planner
Author: Phyllis A. HacklemanPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806345594
Category : Class reunions
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
If there is a reunion in your future, whether as the organizer or a helping hand, Reunion Planner is one book you won't want to be without. Reunion Planner leaves nothing to chance. The contents include sections on the following: choosing the proper kind of reunion, recruiting volunteers, selecting the time and place, creating the program, guest speakers, budgeting, notifying the participants and promoting the event, planning meals and decorations, accommodations and transportation, souvenirs and fund raisers, photographers and videographers, building a genealogy, and finishing touches from road signs to thank-you notes and more.
Southwestern High School Class Of 1980
Author: Bella ClarkPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781512229844
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Southwestern High School Class of 1980 35-Year Class Reunion Souvenir Book.
Hillside Class of 1965 Thirty-fifth Class Reunion
Author: Hillside High School (Durham, N.C.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : High schools
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
1948-1983, 35th Central High School Class Reunion
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
Includes list of classmates with addresses.