Walter, The Ruckle Reunon in Kingston was really great. It was held at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The co-ordinator, Linda Cormick was wonderful. She arranged for us to have a meeting room for both days at Ban Righ Hall in the Fireside Room. It was a beautiful room with beautiful hardwood floors and a fireplace. The meetings held by the Joint Meeting of the CMHS/HSUMC were also held in Ban Righ Hall as were the dinners. So not only was the meeting room beautiful it was very convenient to all the other festivities. One of the quests in attendance at our Ruckle meeting on Saturday was Rev. J. William Lamb. He claimed not to be a descendant of the Ruckle's but an honorary member of the family. He is an expert on Barbara Ruckle Heck. It was his initial idea that we have a Ruckle Reunion during the Barbara Ruckle Heck Event. We joined the group for their bus tour on Friday and went to many interesting places. The Blue Church (which was open for us to go inside) and the Barbara Heck Monument were some of the highlights of the day. We had a nice luncheon at The Wall Street United Church Hall and a tour of the beautiful church. We also had a tour of Homewood, one of the oldest houses in Ontario, built by Dr. Solomon Jones, who attended Barbara Heck. It is made into a museum and there was a glass case in the entry hall with several artifacts of the Heck family. Elizabeth Heck's Sampler, Barbara Heck's Bible, Paul Heck's Bible and several other items. We were allowed to take pictures of the things in the glass case. There were refreshments served before we left for the next place We also went to The Landon Bay Center for a talk and refreshments in the Barbara Heck Hall. They had a mantle from the home of Jacob Heck, which was built in 1807. They also had a lock from one of the doors of the house. (The house was dismantled by the Dupont Company and stored in a barn. The barn later burned and destroyed the house.) It was a full day of wonderful things to see and do. Here too at landon Bay we were given refreshments of coffee, tea, juice, lemonade, cheese and crackers. The people of Kingston are very gracious.... Thanks to everyone for making our stay such a great experience. Carole