Shinnston High School

Alumni Association, Inc.
PO Box 352
Shinnston, WV  26431
News
Next meeting:
Planning is underway for the 10th all-classes reunion. The reunion will be held in 2012. Please attend our next meeting on October 11, 6:30 p.m. in the Alumni Room at Bice-Ferguson Memorial Museum. Let's make the 10th reunion our best one yet. And even if you can't attend the
meeting, scroll down to complete the form on this page and vote for ways to celebrate.

Dues for this group are an affordable $2 per year, payable only on reunion years.

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Current Officers:

Debbie (Sawyer) Malone, '76 - President
Jim Bowman, '73 - Vice President
Starla Daniels, '73 - Correspondence Secretary
Dannie Malone, '66 - Membership Secretary
Doloras (McCoy) Baker, '66 - Treasurer
Pam May, '76 - Website Coordinator
 


Shinnston Historical Association
Memory Project
Do you have memories
of the Shinnston Tornado?

The Shinnston Historical Association is putting together a booklet about the Shinnston Tornado. See the letter below for more information about how you can submit your memories of that fateful day in 1944:

1 July 2010

 

Dear Friend,

 

On June 23rd, 2010, the Shinnston Historical Association presented a film entitled "When the Wind Stole the River: The Shinnston Tornado.” The documentary film is approximately 15 minutes long and was produced by a WVU graduate and Lumberport native. This date also marked the 66th anniversary of that terrible tragedy. Plans are underway to also have the film shown during Frontier Days in September, pending enough public interest resulting from this letter.

 

The Shinnston Historical Association is interested in preserving your story about that tragic day! Please share the memories you have of what you experienced in June 1944. Some lost their homes. Some watched the funnel cloud in its path. Many lost loved ones. Our plan (with enough participation) is to compile your submissions into a booklet so that interested persons may read a personal experience direct from the author (you). We will then hand them out to viewers during the film's viewing on Frontier Days. At that time, we will ask for a donation in exchange for the booklet and this donation will be used toward purchasing a Historical Highway Marker for the Shinnston Tornado (they cost approximately $2,000).

 

Please consider sharing your memory so that we may be able to preserve a unique part of Shinnston's history as well as erect a sign to permanently honor and remember those whose lives were affected by that tragic event! All we ask of you is your memory!

 

The Shinnston Historical Association was founded in 1972. It has headquarters in Levi Shinn's log house, which stands as the oldest structure in North-Central WV. We aren't focused on making money; instead, we want to preserve local history and artifacts! Recently, we have sponsored a Historical Highway Marker at the community of Big Elm.

 

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me by phone or email (304-592-1476 or b19antique@aol.com).

 

Please send all submissions to me no later than August 1st,2010:

 

                Bobby Bice III

PO Box 326

Enterprise, WV 26568

 

 

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation!

 

Robert P. Bice III

SHA President 

 

 

2012 Reunion Voting: Tell us what you want to do

We hope our 10th All Classes Reunion, to be held in 2012, will be our best-attended yet,
so we'll be providing a wider selection of activities. At our last meeting, we brainstormed
the following ideas. Please help us narrow the list by voting
for the activities that most interest you. Click all that apply.

  Golf outing on Friday
  Golf outing on Saturday
  Golf outing on Sunday
  Parade on Friday at 6 p.m.
  Parade on Saturday at noon
  Picnic in the park (catered)
  Play bocce on Saturday
  Play cornhole on Saturday
  Community Band concert on Saturday
  Woman's Club open house on Saturday
  Classic car show (no prizes awarded) on Saturday
  Dinner/dance on Saturday evening
Other (we love your ideas!):
What is your class year?
Who is the person who plans your class reunions?
That person's e-mail and/or phone number:
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