Villisca: January 1960 - Were you there?

JAN 1960, WERE YOU THERE?

Could it be 50 years? Wow, time does fly! It was Christmas break 1959-60 that Villisca Community School activities moved from the Armory to its new ‘state of the art’ gymnasium to play basketball and for numerous other activities. Those of you who were there, remember how exciting it was to be a part of those ‘firsts’, but there have been 50 years of wonderful activities in the gym since that exciting time.

If you remember these times, we are inviting you to celebrate that occasion with us. Jan 2, 2010 is the date for our ‘First Fifty Fun Day’. It will be a day of fun activities, recognition, honor, and reminiscing from 10:00 am to 5:00pm. We will recognize and honor the first teams to play in the gym, members, coaches, cheerleaders, etc. We will also recognize and honor the girls state basketball team of 1967-68 and the boys state basketball team of 2008-09.

In addition, there are plans being made to recognize and honor others who participated in music, drama and the other activities that have been held in the gymnasium over the past 50 years. Plans are still being made for the total program, so watch the Villisca Review and check online at www.villisca.com for updates.

Villisca Alumni and Friends Association is sponsoring this all day event. VAFA is an organization that works for the good of Villisca Community School and its students. The funds raised at our ‘First Fifty Fun Day’ will be used to pay for field trips for the students and other VAFA projects during the year. $5000 has been budgeted by VAFA for field trips for the 2009-10 school year.

Some of the other activities during the day will be a 3-on-3 basketball tournament, shoot around, slam-dunk contest and others. Registration forms for the 3-on-3 are available on the Villisca Alumni website shown above. Registration for other activities will be that day.

We would be honored and proud to have you in attendance for this very special occasion. If however, you are unable to attend, and you have special memorabilia you would like to share in the form of pictures mailed or emailed to Sandy Smith, 1059 240^th St, Nodaway, IA 59857 or mssmith@netins.net. Please send copies of pictures that will not have to be returned. We plan to have bulletin boards up to display the various happenings in the gym, and a DVD prepared for this purpose as well, will be playing during the day. If you are unable to attend, but would like to send donations for this project, they may be mailed directly to VAFA, P O Box 45, Villisca, Iowa, 50864.

Thanks for your support,

VAFA ‘First Fifty Fun Day’ Comm.

Carol Gilleland & Sandy Smith Co-Chair

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