The 2010 McGinnis Reunion is On!
Thanks to the efforts of Kathy Ufner and her daughter, we have a location for this year’s reunion and are ready to go. I’ll send specific directions soon, but I wanted to get the information out to you.
Date/Time: Saturday, July 17th
12:00 Noon – 4pm, 5pm, whenever.
Location: Almeda Park, Shelter #2
Almeda Park Road
Butler, PA 16001
The shelter accommodates 40, and has electricity, water, and a grill. There is a pool at the park if kids want to swim…assuming it’s not 55 degrees like last year J You can check out Butler County’s Recreation website for more info (http://www.co.butler.pa.us/butler/cwp/view.asp?a=1485&q=571749&butlerNav=|33537|)
Last year, I had hoped to scan all the photos and things people brought, but the weather started off so yucky, I never brought out the computer and scanner. I will bring them again this year.
What to Bring:
- Yourselves and your guests
- Anything you want to grill
- A dish to share
- A dessert to share
I will make sure we have:
- Some pop, water, and coffee (feel free to bring extra!)
- Charcoal (and lighter fluid this year), grill utensils, aluminum foil
- Table coverings, paper plates, napkins, and silverware
- Dish/hand soap, paper towels
- Condiments
If you have any questions or if I’ve forgotten something, just drop me a line! Also – anyone who would like to go but might have trouble transportation-wise, let me know and we’ll figure something out.
See everyone in a couple weeks!
Chris
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No sooner did it seem like the Christmas tree went up than May came, and has almost gone. I would have said, “Christmas tree came down,” but some may still have a tree up with Easter eggs or other decorations. Heck, you may even have just thrown a sheet over it in January, and left it as is until next year!
In any event, I must admit to having run short of the time and energy I had last year in getting the McGinnis reunion together. (Of course, I was unemployed last year – which helped with whole spare time thing). I apologize for the late start this year, but hopefully we can pull something together. At last year’s reunion, we tentatively agreed to July 17th as the date for this year’s event. I would like to try and get an idea of how many people are interested and plan to attend so we can move forward with making the arrangements. With those arrangements, I would like to ask for a volunteer (or volunteers) to help secure a location once we figure out some rough numbers. Ideally, that volunteer would be local to the area. I don’t suppose that it has to be near the James McGinnis farm, if widening the possibilities makes thing easier to do.
If there are only a few of us – it may be easier to just meet up for a lunch and conversation than drag out all the picnic equipment. If there are a large number – we might consider getting a bigger facility than last year – especially in the case of rain. Although the price of last year’s place would be hard to beat!
So please drop me a line and let me know:
1) If your clan plans to attend, and how many
2) If you would be willing to help set the arrangements once we have an idea of numbers.
I am also sending this out via email, as well as posting this to the facebook group. The only people who might not get the message are Bob and Mame Gartley, and Bruce Schneider – so please pass the info on to them if you can.
I’ve had no new research updates, and as a result of being busy and not having anything new to add – the newsletter has been idle. Hopefully I can dig up some new stuff over the summer, recap some of the old stuff, and get a new issue out!
Please spread the word, and I hope to hear from you.
Chris
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Hope to see everyone at the McGinnis @ McCauley Falls reunion tomorrow at 12:00. If you need directions or other info, you can find it in the links to the right. If you haven’t replied, but want to come – please do!
Back to cookie-baking! See you tomorrow
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Most of you will have already recieved an email, but in case I have an old address, or I don’t have an email at all for you,the announcement is below. If you did not receive the response form, I added a link to the right under “Links of Interest”. Simply click on the link, fill out the form, click “Submit” and it will open your email program to send it back to me.
Enjoy the holiday weekend!
Thanks to the hard work of Carole Curran, I can officially announce that the date and location of the 2009 McGinnis Reunion is confirmed!
It will be held:
Saturday, July 18th 2009
12:00 – 4:00pm
McCauley Falls Pavilion, Kittanning, PA
Exact directions will be sent later, but it is just a few miles north of Kittanning. If you want to get a better idea, you can Mapquest “McCauley Falls Rd, Kittanning, PA), and it will show you the road where the pavilion is located.
Please take a second to fill out and send the attached response form. You can send it by email with the click of a button. At this point, other than the three Jesse McGinnis folks who have already contacted me, my mom, and my family, I don’t know who is planning to attend. Once I have a tentative number, I’ll send out more information as the date draws nearer. If you regularly talk to family that might be interested in coming, just print a copy out to give to them, or include them in your response.
Hopefully everyone will be able to make it. For the way out-of-town folks (like CA, TX, UT, etc), you are of course very welcome, but I am assuming that the trip to PA is a little much, and we won’t think less of you if you’re not there. 
I hope to see you all this summer.
Thanks!
Chris
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