| ~ Cactus Kids 1958 ~ |
| Cactus Elementary Cactus, Texas |
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| Anderson, Linda Jane Barnhart, Gloria Blocker, Mona Lee Bloomer, Jon Bradley, Harold Bumgarner, Jim* Dabbs, Tim Eddy, Elaine Eddy, Susan Garvin, Dean Hart, J. M. Hart, Kay Hill, Linda Lee Hinson, Patricia * Holman, Barry Huffman, Jeanne * Irvin, Mary Ann Labb, Kenneth |
| This web page is dedicated to that memory, that place, that world of our childhood, Cactus, Texas. If you know someone who would enjoy visiting this page, please forward the address to them. ******************************* We were the sons and daughters of men, and women, who found employment in the late 40's and early 50's, in the plains of Texas at Cactus Plant. The plant's product was anhydrous-ammonia, made primarily from the atmosphere, and natural gas found underground in the Texas plains. Anhydrous-ammonia was needed to produce the explosives needed for the war effort, and later, in the production of fertilizer. The same product used to win the war, was later used to rebuild the countries impacted by it. A Philnews article from 1949 stated, "To hungry peoples throughout the world, Phillips Chemical company is particularly good news. Phillips chemical fertilizer alone is expected to boost world food production more than two and a half million tons each year." Our experiences in Cactus exemplified much of what's best in raising children: an excellent school and recreational opportunities, stable families, a healthy community built on values and traditional practises of what was best then, and practically non-existent today. For those of us that left Cactus in 1957, the world changed in many ways: gone was the feeling of immersion in a community moving in the same direction, gone was the predictability of learning; the sense of what we learned in school today would be built upon tomorrow, gone was the sense of friendships built upon common values, and gone also was the feeling that "you can see farther and see less than anywhere else in the world." Had we stayed together, we would have left Cactus Elementary together, in 1958. |
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| Lacer, Truman (d) Lewis, Sandra McAnally, Connie McKibbon, James Meredith, Bryan (d) Mezzell, Kay Myers, Phyllis Penrod, Natasha Rector, Mary Ruth Rogers, Linda Rogers, Jack (d) Sosebee, Mae Edra Speck, Linda * Springmeier, Joyce Tatum, Sharon Thacker, Cordelia Underwood, Jane Welch, Betty Wilkins, Bobby |
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| ~ CLASSMATES ~ |
| "*" transferred to Washington state in 1957. |
| "d" deceased |
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| Number of visits since February 19, 2002 |
| Links to the classmates pages are under construction, and probably will be for a long time. Our goal is to contact all of us and get a bio and recent pic on each of our pages. It's our "virtual reunion." Help us reach our goal by sending a brief, or long, biography telling what you've been doing since you left Cactus elementary, and hopefully a recent picture you, either with or without your family, to me and I will post the info to your page. |
| (This page, last updated June 6, 2004, developed and maintained by IWWP.) |
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