Category Archives: Other Events

2000 – Picnic Details

Sat, 09/21/2013 – 21:24 — dgmccown

Picnic Plans

Details of Picnic:

 Who: Anyone that worked at Six Flags Over Texas, their family and friends;
         Be sure and tell your former co-workers;
 What: Picnic and Gathering.
          Visit with your old friends, make new ones.
          Bring your old pictures and annuals. Bring your own food and drink.
 When:   Saturday, August 5th, 2000
             Time 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM (Gathering time)
(We have the pavilion reserved from 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM, so you can come earlier and stay later.
4:00 pm to 6:00 p.m.,  however, is the official get together time.)
 Place: Elm Grove Pavilion
          River Legacy Park, Arlington, TEXAS
 Cost:   FREE ~ FREE
 Children:  The play ground is right next to the pavilion.
                 We will have games and activities for the younger children &
                 and some sports equipment for the older children.
                 They can also bring their own kites, footballs, flying disks, etc….

Directions

        River Legacy Park is in North Arlington, West of Collins.
        The entrance is east of the Nature Center and North off of Green Oaks Blvd.
        North Cooper dead-ends into the park. The entrance is to the left as you go North on North Cooper.

        The Park Road is a “Y” shape.  The Elm Grove Pavilion is on the “left” branch of the “Y” and is on the right side of the road.  Follow the signs that say “to the playground.”

    Click here for a:  River Legacy Location Map

    If you want to help with planning, contact Karen Trammell.

Reservations and tickets are not required, but we would like to know if you are coming. Sign up below to help us get a good count.

SFAFE
Picnic 2000 Committee
Karen Trammell Chairman
Picnic 2000

1998 – Oktoberfest 1998 Review

Sat, 09/21/2013 – 21:13 — dgmccown

   The Six Flags ex-employees made their first public appearance the weekend of October 3rd and 4th at the Fort Worth Oktoberfest. The event served as both a membership drive for the organization and as a fund raiser.

     Our booth was located near the middle of the convention center. The booth was well decorated with TWO original Six Flags Spee-Lunkers, the Organ pumper and a Skier. In addition, we had the original treasure chest from the cave in which we displayed our prizes.

     We also had a display board on loan from Six Flags with large pictures of park rides. The highlight of the booth was a videotape provided by the park which contained   footage of virtually all of the park rides from 1961, including opening day ceremonies, to the 1974 addition of the Music Mill. We showed the tape all day long, each day, and it drew a lot of comments.

      We sponsored a game for children in which the child reached into a large treasure chest (hand-crafted by our leader Alan Reynolds) and removed a ping pong ball. Based on the color of the ball, the child won a small price. The kids seemed to enjoy the game and we had some good prizes.

     We had approximately 667 players and earned $338.50. In addition we earned $87.50 in advance ticket sales. These funds are going to be used to defer our expenses and start our charitable fund.

     Approximately 35 individuals signed up to join the group, about 5 of those are already signed up on Alan’s board, giving us about 30 new members. Also numerous people took the forms and information sheets to fill in later or to give to other family members that worked in the park. We visited with a lot of “X”s and had a good time.

      Our planned reunion at the Oktoberfest was prevented by the large crowds in the auditoriums. We simply couldn’t find a place for everyone to sit together. Those of us that got together had a very good time visiting. I am afraid, however, that no one else could find us. I apologize to anyone that tried to find the reunion but couldn’t.

   

Thanks to all that helped out:

  •  Alan Reynolds  –   SFX President
  •  Renee Reyees
  •  David Mosby
  •  Dan and Donna Whittington
  •  Lloyd and Jean Jones
  •  Karen and Sam Trammell
  •  Ron Hall
  •  Jim and Patty Brothers (loaned one Spee-lunker)
  •  Jay Thomas (loaned another Spee-lunker)  

    We still are looking forward to a big reunion for next year. Tell all of your friends to sign on now. We need a large mailing list.

Davis McCown
Oktoberfest Coordinator

2000 – Oktoberfest 2000 Planning

Sat, 09/21/2013 – 20:53 — dgmccown

   The Association will again be sponsoring a booth at the Fort Worth Oktoberfest. The event is Saturday October 7th and Sunday, October 8th, 2000.  This will be our third year to participate in this event.

    We will be running our ‘Lunker Plunker booth, shown above.  Players attempt to shoot ping-pong balls into the Speelunker’s baskets. All proceeds go to our organization.

    We also sign up new members each year.

    The Oktoberfest has lots to do, even for the youngest children. For more information on the Fort Worth Oktoberfest, visit the event’s official site at: fwokt.com

    We are selling tickets by mail.

     Advance tickets are $4.00, $6.00 at the door.
     Children under Six are FREE.

    In addition to saving $2.00 with the advance tickets, we take $2.25 for the organization for each ticket sold.

    To purchase tickets, send a check or money order to: Six Flags Former Employee’s Association, 700 NE Loop, Suite 214, Hurst, TX  76053.  Make checks payable to: Six Flags Association of Former Employees.

    We must have your order by September 28, 2000, so do not order any later than September 25th, 2000.

    Booth volunteer’s must purchase their own tickets for each day that they work. (This is the Oktoberfest’s rule, not ours.) Of course, you can experience the event before and after your booth times.

    This is a great opportunity to support the organization and make some new friends. I encourage everyone to sign up.