For those of you that cannot attend, I do have ambitious projects in mind.
I will be carrying two camera batteries and a total of eight gigabytes of data cards
to record photographs and videos.
I did put together a video for presumably those of you that are not on route to the family reunion.
Sunday, August 4th, 1946 The Church at Short Tract, NY (back row) Franklin George Newton (born 1893), Charles Milton Newton (1892-1982), Nellie Barnes Newton (1885-1973), Lucy Samantha Newton (1891-1993) (front row) DeWitt Stedman Newton (1889-1968), Fredrick Marenus Newton (1879-1957)
This is Letchworth State Park at the Middle Falls, the pavilion is located on the grounds to the right.
Today dinner is at 12:00 noon.
If you want to be here, hurry up!
It Takes People Like You!!
As the President of The Newton Family Reunion,
I am very pleased to have mailed out the announcements for the reunion date of Saturday July 28th, 2012.
Regardless of the weather, we have the Middle Falls pavilion. Dinner is at 12:00 Noon.
The 2012 Newton Family Reunion is on Saturday, July 28th.
We will have the Middle Falls Pavilion at Letchworth State Park.
Hello Everyone!
I am pleased that we have the Middle Falls Pavilion for our reunion on Saturday, July 28th 2010.
I will start to design and print the announcements, I hope to have them mailed no later than early April.
As always, if you know of anyone that did not receive a printed announcement, please contact: newton.reunion@gmail.com
Of all of the projects that I work on, the Newton Family Reunion is one of the largest undertakings.
Every year, we have a family reunion at Letchworth State Park in upstate New York.
Over the past 10 years, I have been the President of the family reunion.
My primary responsibility is to secure a pavilion or some type of suitable location for the annual gathering.
Our
family likes the last week in July and the Middle Falls Pavilion; many
other people also like the last week in July and the same location so,
there is a drawing when more than one request form is submitted for the
pavilion. So far, we have had a good run of application approvals, the
second choice is the Eddy's Pavilion.
This year on the 2nd of
January, I printed and filled out and mailed the Shelter Reservation
form with payment and a self address stamped envelope; I also check the
bank account to see if the check cleared.
I am very pleased that
the date of The Newton Family Reunion is July 28th, 2012 at the Middle
Falls Pavilion at Letchworth State Park, Portage, New York.
The other undertakings include notifying the entire family of the reunion date and location.
I have street address and e-mail contacts that must be notified of the reunion dates.
E-mail and facebook work best for quick effective announcements.
At this time, the balance of about 80 addresses is in favor of electronic communication.
Eventually, I want to stop sending the printed announcements but, I don't want to do anything until everyone in the family is online; it may take another 10 years or so.
I enjoying trying to find nice stationary to print the announcements and envelopes on.
The dollar store is often a good location to find high quality paper and envelopes; anytime I see granite paper or anything sharp looking, I usually get a few boxes of envelopes (50ct) and a few packs of paper (100ct)
I enjoying selecting the postage stamps (APS #190271).
Portage Bridge:
This bridge has been cited for destruction, the rail road attempted to present it to New York state as a observation platform but, the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation refused it sating that it would represent a unacceptable cost to the state.
Considering that this structure has been in use since 1875, it may be wise to move forward with long term plans to use this bridge as a observation platform.
