I have mailed a letter to the six chapters in the Athens District of OGS (Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, and Vinton counties) to follow up on earlier emails concerning the District meeting scheduled for Saturday October 1, at 9 AM in the Jackson City Library, 21 Broadway St, in Jackson. This is about four blocks from Rt 93, and the county courthouse. The meeting shouldn't last more than two hours. All officers of the chapters are urged to attend this meeting and get acquainted with me as your new district trustee, and with the officers from the other counties. If anyone active in any of the chapters has a concern that you want discussed, please talk to your local officers or email me directly. I do plan to visit each of the chapters at one of your regular meetings this fall. If local OGS members are interested in a general district meeting, that would be a possibility for later. The district chapters have, in the past, sponsored mini conferences on several occasions, and we would be open to suggestions for locations and topics. Ideas on this should also be passed along to local officers, or emailed to me. I am also the Corresponding Secretary and Newsletter Editor for the Lawrence Co. Chapter, and welccome any and all queries about Lawrence Co families, and can publish them in our fall (Nov.) newsletter free of charge. I must have a mailing address to be able to publish. Donald R Clark OGS Athens District Trustee 1005 Township Rd 149 Proctorville, OH 45669-9082 Ph. 740-886-7230 Email: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Lawrence County Genealogical Society, OGS Chapter 74 PO Box 1035 Proctorville, OH 45669-1035