I am interested in knowing about the web page for the group. Please add me to the list. Terry >From: Diane Keiser <geno@blazenet.net> >Reply-To: NCJOHNST-L@rootsweb.com >To: NCJOHNST-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [NCJOHNST] Johnston County Heritage Day/Week >Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 05:50:39 -0400 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from [63.92.80.125] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id >MHotMailBBB95D9B00ABD821EED33F5C507D044D0; Fri Oct 20 02:38:36 2000 >Received: (from slist@localhost)by lists6.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id >e9K9cEV06953;Fri, 20 Oct 2000 02:38:14 -0700 >From NCJOHNST-L-request@rootsweb.com Fri Oct 20 02:41:05 2000 >Resent-Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 02:38:14 -0700 >X-Original-Sender: geno@blazenet.net Fri Oct 20 02:38:13 2000 >Message-ID: <39F0156C.350C5F6E@blazenet.net> >X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; U) >Old-To: NCJOHNST-L@rootsweb.com >References: <3.0.5.32.20001018131855.007e59f0@mail.ftc-i.net> >Resent-Message-ID: <AFaD_B.A.dsB.FKB85@lists6.rootsweb.com> >Resent-From: NCJOHNST-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <NCJOHNST-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/2570 >X-Loop: NCJOHNST-L@rootsweb.com >Precedence: list >Resent-Sender: NCJOHNST-L-request@rootsweb.com > >Hello out there! Other people on this list have expressed an interest in >this get >together. I, for one, sent a note and said that I'm interested and gave a >few >suggestions and said that I would be willing to represent the POLLARD >family >(families). One of my suggestions was if someone would volunteer to do a >webpage >for this event, with periodic postings (having a link to the website) to >the >Johnston Co list so they would know how it is progressing and where to go >for >further info. A very nice lady, Meredith Page volunteered to do such a >website. >I can't speak for her, who I did thank for being willing to undertake the >job of a >website, but I for one, never got any respond back on my reply concerning >the get >together. > >Diane Keiser >P.S.: Hi Warren, haven't spoken to you in awhile. Take care! > >Ann Massengill/John Evans wrote: > > > With the usual apologies to the list manager and list members not > > interested.... > > > > Warren, > > > > Thanks for getting back to me. I thought you were mad at me! Yes, the > > week of July 4th, 2001. It seems as good a time as any to kick this >thing > > off... we could schedule it for July 4th week, 2005, and all that would > > happen between now and then is that we'd just get older... if we're >lucky! > > > > I've had to drop out for a couple of weeks. My aunt died unexpectedly, > > leaving us to go "home", track down my wandering mother's spare door-key > > (apparently everyone in town knows where she keeps it!), and open her >home > > to "receive" while simultaneously trying to track her down -- she was >off > > elderhosteling, studying some combination of the Tango and Mississippi > > Mud... and what a dance do they do, eh? > > > > So, it would be good to re-group. I hope you can access through some > > search function all the "Amens" we have gotten so far. I had been >trying > > to keep a list, and these are the people on it: Shelby Crocker Smith, >John > > Hobby of AR (who can't come but needs for us to find him a Hobby while > > we're there!), Pearl Weaver, Edward A. Black Sr., Betty Stancil, Vicki > > Canipe, my mother and me. You make nine! All we need for a successful > > event is an even dozen. I'm very sure there are others I meant to make > > note of, but life has been too hectic to get them on my list. If ALL >Y'ALL > > WOULD KINDLY CHECK IN AGAIN, I'd appreciate it. Indicate your family > > name(s)and whether you are volunteering to represent your >family/families > > on some kind of unofficial, as yet unorganized "steering committee". If >we > > work this right, you do not HAVE to be present to win, but it would be >nice! > > > > About the meeting place: I'm thinking the Skinner House, the Heritage > > Center or some similar facility could be a "headquarters" for the > > gathering. All we need is working restrooms for road-weary travelers, a > > couple of telephone lines there and a bulletin board; I don't expect >they > > have an actual "staff" to spare, so members of the "steering committee" >can > > man this headquarters. In this place, wherever it is, I see us >registering > > people all week long, updating and providing printed information -- > > scheduled events can and may change each day as people strike out and >find > > "interesting things" others may want to see the next day -- and giving >them > > OFFICIAL JOHNSTON COUNTY HERITAGE DAY/WEEK NAMETAGS! That way we can >track > > who is there and get home addresses, phone numbers, etc., as well an >some > > idea of where to contact them in an emergency. Probably the only thing >we > > must have is reasonable parking space. We'll put up a few directional > > posters on utility poles -- if we require a permit for that, we'll pay >for > > it out of the communal fund. The poster-printing, too. > > > > The committee will need to have access to a computer, a printer and a > > copier; each evening we will make a revised list of "what's happening >now", > > and people can come pick it up the next day. I expect as word gets >around, > > a number of people will contact us suggesting people to drop by the "old > > Smith family farm" or meet interested people with family and county >stories > > to tell at the library. (How many branches of the county library have > > meeting rooms? Can we tentatively reserve them all? That shouldn't be >a > > hugely busy week! Do they have overhead projectors, slide projectors, >etc.?) > > > > At some point, we will set the date, time and place for the community > > lemonade party with whatever food is available locally -- and there may >be > > more than one such gathering. Maybe one for each section of the county >on > > different days. That way the people who come for "Bentonville Heritage > > Day" but cannot stick around for "Selma Heritage Day" can still meet >some > > others. We should assume we will be met with open arms and yet not be > > disappointed if we all pass each other like ships in the night. (I'll >be > > the ship wearing the cotton-chopping hat with the blue silk flower! My > > mother, if she can make it, will be wearing a T-shirt that reads: > > Elderhostel ROCKS!!! I'll be pretending not to know her. Especially if > > she brings her "train set".) > > > > This is, of course, open to (much) discussion -- I am thinking that >simple > > is better and that the greatest need for any traveler, as I've said >before, > > is an emergency phone number to give the folks back home! There may >well > > be one or more motels with facilities that we could use instead, but I > > personally would prefer to use this opportunity to become familiar with > > some of the local places. Anybody can meet in the bar at a Holiday Inn! > > > > HINT: We have a lot of bustours through Historic Georgetown. The women >of > > our parish fill their Lent boxes by hostessing authentic Southern mimosa > > parties for 10 to 40 people for 30 minutes in their old historic morning > > rooms at $2 a head. (The church also accepts donations of champagne, > > orange juice and sugar mints!) We figure that works out to about 75 >cents > > per magnolia-dripping "Hey, how y'all?". It eases the pain of having to > > put on make-up and undergarments. PLUS, if you do "bus duty", you don't > > have to put your house on the Historic Tour of Homes but every 10 years! > > > > FUTURE GOAL: a Heritage Visiting Program modelled after the AARP's > > house-swapping vacation program: distant relative wants to attend; JCNC > > relative offers lodging at his home (initially at a fair price with no > > exotic meals!); distant relative returns to wherever home is and invites > > JCNC relative to spend a few days with his family. They become friends >and > > exchange seasonal greetings and also get to travel and see the country. > > All learn to cook decent (yellow) grits and properly fry up delicious > > Johnson County ham! > > > > I asked you if you would receive and disburse "voluntary dues" to cover > > communal expenses. Here I wish to repeat the proviso that you will not >be > > asked to account for this money and you have the express permission of >all > > who send money to you to take it and run off to some tropical island. >Send > > a copy of this to your CPA and watch her do double backflips! The last > > thing I want to spend my precious time in JCNC doing is listening to a >damn > > boring treasurer's report! I will spend more this winter buying band > > booster club candy from schools I can't even locate and "church dinners" > > from people I don't know whose food I would never eat than this Heritage > > Day thing could ever cost! (And so will all y'all!) > > > > Once you say "OK" and give us a snail-mail address, I suggest we who are > > interested each send you $10. That should cover some basic expenses, >and > > if it doesn't, say so and we'll send another $10. Maybe you should > > regularly e-acknowledge receiving checks so we'll know nobody has >e-robbed > > us. Another proviso: everybody should be compensated for his expenses, > > period!, and his time if possible. This isn't a charitable >organization, > > and we're not out begging money to find a cure for Ancestor-Worship! All > > things not paid for this way will be paid for by participants. > > > > I also want an opinion from you, the "steering committee", and the >Heritage > > Center staff as to the best way to subdivide the county. It seems to me > > that the families are so intertwined that it would be impossible to >attempt > > any organization by family name alone. I've been wrong before, so this > > wouldn't be the first -- or last -- time. {Most recently, I wrongly > > assumed that we would never, ever get 10 inches of rain in 3 hours on a > > flowing tide!) There may be a way to organize by location, dividing the > > county into its natural geographic areas AND THEN identify these areas >by > > current and historic names. > > > > EXAMPLE: To me, Four Oaks is a recognizable community with places I want >to > > drag my kids at gunpoint to see and photograph. That area would >include, > > if only anybody would locate them for me, Blackman's X-road where my > > grandfather was born; Hannah Creek and the Juniper Swamp, place names >which > > occur in family deeds and wills; and such cemeteries as those apparently > > located (by Roberta Walker Butler) all over the area near Bud >Massengill's > > house. Bud Massengill is dead, so I propose that it would be a function >of > > the "steering committee" to find out who now lives there and tell > > him/her/them about our plans in hopes that total strangers unexpectedly > > found tromping through in search of these old cemeteries will not be >shot > > and might even be allowed to use the "facilities" and eat a picnic lunch > > under a tree. Each area of the county can be defined in some similar >terms > > as being of interest to each family easier than each family can be >assigned > > to an appropriate area of the County, where the "historic sites" are. > > > > It also seems that each interested rootswebber should be able to be get > > basic information from the knowledgeable people in JCNC. The Heritage > > Center staff already knows these people; they probably call them "board > > members". Can the staff identify the "home boys" and make the >interested > > rootsweb members' e-mail addresses available? Can they assist in > > initiating contact? > > > > EXAMPLE: HC staff knows that Mrs. Johnston County Smith is interested >in > > Heritage Day/Week activities of particular interest to the Dallas Texas > > Smiths, who plan to attend. She knows where all the bodies are buried >and > > can give directions, but Mrs. Smith does not "do" e-mail. The staff can > > offer to receive mail addressed to her from interested rootswebbers, and > > she can answer those that interest her. This is ONLY about plans to >attend > > the Heritage Day/Week, and Mrs. J.C. Smith's sole commitment, unless she > > wishes to do more, is to help the staff write an e-mail message which >gives > > her suggestions on places to go, people to see, etc. This is probably >all > > the safeguarding we need to do for consenting adults, but it does buffer > > Mrs. J.C. Smith from feeling obliged to have every single Smith relation > > who ever passes through Smithfield over for dinner! [And if I were Mrs. > > Smith, I would attend the festivities wearing a nametag which says "Hi! >I'm > > MRS. JONES FROM WEST ORANGE POPCICLE, MONTANA!] > > > > Well, it's Wednesday, and I have a script to write and a drama class to >teach. > > > > Life is good. annie > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== NCJOHNST Mailing List ==== > > Johnston County, North Carolina NCGenWeb > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncjohnst/index.htm > > > > ============================== > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > > > >==== NCJOHNST Mailing List ==== >Johnston County, North Carolina NCGenWeb >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncjohnst/index.htm > >============================== >Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases >http://www.ancestry.com/search >Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.