On Oct.24,1963 John Truemper was at the White House witnessing the - TopicsExpress



          

On Oct.24,1963 John Truemper was at the White House witnessing the signing by President Kennedy of the The Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Act of 1963. He received one of the pens used to sign the bill. We have it framed, along with a picture of the group which he is in. This was all due to the friendship of our dear friend Dave Ray who the Kennedy family had lured away from the Arkansas Childrens Colonyto be JFKs Commissioner of Mental Retardation. John was the architect of the colonies at Conway, Jonesboro and Arkadelphia. In Sept. Dave had gotten us an invitation to a reception at the white House- Dave ,Betty Jane, Julie and John had a wonderful time. met Bobby Kennedy who was subbing for his brother who was in NY speaking to the UN. Eunice Kennedy Schriver and her husband Sarge hosted the event. I believe it was connected to an MR meeting. Who would ever believe what would happen less than month away. All of this 50 years ago.
Posted on: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 18:03:07 +0000

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