Justin, If Highland is on the list, I will try to locate sites for them, if I am available at the time. Dave W ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Kirk Houser" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 9:00 PM Subject: [PACENTRE] PACENTRE Reunion > Good evening, listmembers! > > Recently, our fellow lister (and my Mertz cousin) Pat Wion Hammond of > Michigan sent me a fascinating idea. She suggested that we consider > having a PACENTRE list reunion here in Centre County sometime during > the coming summer. Pat, our cousin Diane Rice from Michigan, and my > cousin Fred Houts from Minnesota, will likely all be in the area at > the same time, providing a great basis for the beginning of such an event. > > I think that it is a wonderful idea, although it will require some > leg-work to accomplish this endeavor. This comes at a very > appropriate time for me, as I am currently awaiting the results of my > law school applications for the fall semester of 2007, and this shift > will begin a new chapter of my life. It would be very exciting for > me to celebrate the accomplishments of this list which I created back > in the Spring of 1999 -- how the time has flown -- and to meet so > many of you with whom I have become closely acquainted along the way! > > Pat suggested, and I agree, that it focus around our researching and > genealogical heritage here in the county, as well as our > camaraderie. To that end, a picnic gathering would be augmented by > organized car-pooled trips to local cemeteries and sites of interest, > as arranged beforehand, as well as an introduction to our fabulous > research facility, the Pennsylvania Room of the Centre County Library > and Historical Museum. Some limited guidance could be given for > research in this and neighboring counties as well -- anyone who has > followed the discussions on this list will note the intimate > connections between Centre and surrounding counties, particularly her > daughter county of Clinton. > > The date of this adventure is tentatively set for the period > beginning around June 18, 2007, and it may last 1-3 days, depending > on interest, and circumstances. There are individuals who are > interested in making arrangements for this to happen, but to that > end, it is imperative that we have a general idea of the interest at > this point, and the types of things people would like to see/do -- > visit cemeteries, old homesteads, research at the library, > etc. Recommendations would have to be made for places to stay and > places to eat, given the level of interest. > > For those of you with an interest in this county, and who have > desired to come here in order to research and experience your > heritage, I propose that there is no better opportunity to maximize > your experience. Obviously, with the many demands on my schedule, I > cannot pull this off alone, but I am willing to do what I can to make > this happen, and to be present as much as possible, to celebrate with > you all the accomplishments of this list. > > Please let me hear from you concerning your interest. > > Justin > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message