Westchester County Genealogical Society (NY) Upcoming Meeting Former WCGS president Mary Hoar will present Return of the Ring to WCGS at our next meeting on January 10, 2009. Ms. Hoar will show a documentary that aired on Ulster TV (Northern Ireland) about the true story of a young Irishman who returned the wedding ring of a World War II US airman killed in a plane crash outside of Belfast to his widow who had remarried. Mary’s cousin is the columnist who found the widow of the downed airman. Mary Hoar taught in the Yonkers Public Schools for more than 30 years in their elementary and middle schools and retired from teaching in 2002. Ms. Hoar is very active in community services such as the Mayor’s Community Relations Committee, the Red Cross, the March of Dimes, the Yonkers Historical Society and many others. Mary has recently been elected as President of the Yonkers Historical Society, an office she previously held for 5 years, and is committed to preserving the history of Yonkers. Among the many awards Mary has received for her community service are: Janet Hopkins Memorial Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service, the Untermyer Performing Arts Council Gryphon Service Award, the Key to History awarded by the Yonkers Historical Society, Jay-N-Cee of the Month, Yonkers Jay-N-Cees Distinguished Service Award, NY State Jay-N-Cees President's Award, City of Yonkers Bicentennial Award, the Key to the City of Yonkers, Westchester March of Dimes Outstanding Achievement Award, Red Cross Westchester Chapter Service Award and the March of Dimes Walkathon Committee Service Award. The meeting opens at 10:00 a.m. at the Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 600 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry, NY. Guests are welcome. Coffee and conversation precede the meeting at 9:30 a.m. MEETING INFO: TOPIC: Return of the Ring WHEN: Saturday, JANUARY 10, 2009 @ 10 a.m. WHERE: Aldersgate Methodist Church, 600 Broadway in Dobbs Ferry (across from Mercy College on route 9) For information about Westchester County Genealogical Society (Westchester Connection or Surname List), visit WCGS home page -- _http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywcgs/_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywcgs/) Hope to see you on Saturday! RESERVED THESE DATES FOR WCGS Future Meetings Feb 14, 2009 Hauntings of the Hudson River Valley Vincent T. Dacquino Mar 14, 2009 City Directories Toni McKeen Apr 11, 2009 Getting the Most Out of the US Census on Ancestry.com Gordon L. McDaniel May 9, 2009 Voyage to America Leslie Albrecht Huber June 13, 2009 NYC 1890 Police Census Debra Braverman