EXCERPT FROM PAGE 3 OF MAY 2000 EDITION OF BATES BOOSTER NEWS WHAT - 29th Annual Bates Family Reunion WHO - Members of The Bates Family of Old Virginia (BFofOV) WHEN - 16TH (Friday) & 17th (Saturday) June 2000 FRIDAY MID-AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN HOSPITALITY ROOM Show & Tell Time. It's unstructured time, it's getting acquainted time. It's discovery time. Browse through books from Bates Lending Library. Bring your own "Show & Tell" memorabilia. It's fun time, corner a cousin. SATURDAY MORNING - FOLLOWED BY FREE LUNCHEON Business meeting, election of officers for next term, preceding the Speaker. The Speaker's subject will be Batesville, Virginia, which was named in honor of Rowland Horseley Bates (1788-1781). WHERE - Holiday Inn, Charlottesville, VA - lot to "do & see" in the area MOTEL LOCATION - Jct. I-64 & 5th St. (Exit 120) RESERVATION - Phone Toll Free 800-977-9991 & mention Bates Family. CALL EARLY TO INSURE RESERVATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------- NEW BATES "RESEARCH" WEB SITE SEE BOTTOM OF PAGE 3 OF MAY 2000 NEWSLETTER FOR ANNOUNCEMENT To date, over 50 past editions of The Bates Booster newsletters have been scanned-in on the new Bates "Research" web site. In time, all 168 past editions will appear on the web site. The web site is restricted to Bates membership. To obtain access to the new web site, and receive password, members should e-mail the editor (Deborah Harper) deborahl@halcyondays.com with "Bates Login Request" in the Subject Block. http://www.halcyondays.com/bates.htm Click-on "How to Join"