Judith, Have visit to grendkids in Belgum over April 1st. Will be able to conferm Bush River Work/Visit after that. john kennedy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith F. Russell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]>; "Pearson Descendant Discussion List" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 1:36 PM Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Bush River Quaker Cemetery Newsletter:January 2008 > Hello to our Bush River Quakers descendants and friends -- I wish you a > happy and healthy New Year! > > BUSH RIVER HOMECOMING SET FOR NEWBERRY, SC, MAY 16 - 18 > > Your Homecoming Planning Committee (Ann Crowley, Judy Russell, Susan Webber) > is getting ready to start the detailed planning for the Bush River > Homecoming set for Friday through Sunday, May 16th - 18th, 2008. We'll be > sending out email registration forms, probably, in February. Please let the > committee know if you want to help or if you have ideas for us to consider. > > Several groups have written that have already made reservations at the > Newberry Hampton Inn Opera House because it is downtown and convenient to > the shops and restaurants, but there are several other options from which to > chose. See the Newberry webpage at: > http://hotel-guides.us/south-carolina/newberry-sc-hotels.html > > Besides a visit to the Cemetery and a good deal of time for information > swapping and getting acquainted, we have tentative plans to visit the some > nearby remnants of the Great Wagon Road on which many of our ancestors > traveled from the North and East to Newberry. Some folks have mentioned > making a visit to the Revolutionary Star Fort at Ninety Six, South Carolina > (about 35 miles away) -- a wonderful and well maintained National Historic > Site. See: http://www.nps.gov/nisi/ And there are others who never > visit Newberry without also stopping at the world-famous Carter and Holmes > Orchid Nursery, about a mile or so from the Cemetery: > http://www.carterandholmes.com/map.html. The Nursery sits, I think, on land > earlier held by some of our Quaker families. > > We will be planning for a group dinner on Saturday, May 17th, so please, > locals and visitors, put that on your calendar, specifically. > > MAINTENANCE CONTINUES > > We continue to have the maintenance of the Bush River Quaker Cemetery done > by Mr. James Folk and his Newberry Landscape Company. He has done a great > job through the years and is always interested in feedback, so if you visit > the Cemetery and see something that needs to be taken care of, please let me > know. I live 100 miles away, so I need eyes "on the ground" whenever > possible. > > GENTLE REMINDER > > Several of our group made long-term pledges for the support of our work > asked me (really!) for a gentle reminder each January that it is time to > send donations to: > Quaker Cemetery Clean Up Fund > c/o J. Russell > 1051 Forrest Hills Drive > Bogart, Georgia, 30622 > > For those of you who are new to our newsletter, I should say that, for the > last 5 years our group has raised money through donations and through sales > of our "Historic Bush River Quaker Cemetery" book, to keep the Cemetery in > good shape so that it can be visited any day of the year. No more > summer-time jungle of briars and saplings! We are just the latest of many > groups which have taken on this project through the years, but now we have > such great electronic communications that is possible to keep in touch and > let everyone know what is going on and what needs to be done. We welcome > donations, large or small. > > NORTH CAROLINA YEARLY MEETING DONATION > Speaking of donations, I would like to gratefully acknowledge a generous > gift to support our work from the Cemetery Committee of the North Carolina > Yearly Meeting of Friends. Through the years this Committee has been very > interested and supportive of our work. We are very thankful for their > continued help! > > CEMETERY BOOKS: Our original printings are sold out, but I've made > arrangements with a local printer to do "print on demand" copies of our > "Historic Bush River Quaker Cemetery Book." Let me know if you would like > to purchase a book for yourself or for a library and I can send you the > details of purchase and also our list of Libraries which already have > copies. > > Finally, PLEASE SEND this email to your friends who may not be subscribers. > I hope you will encourage those who are not subscribers to join us. They > should send an email to [email protected] with > the word subscribe in both the subject line and in the body of > the email. > > Best wishes, > Judy Russell > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Hi and great to hear from you...I'm really hoping that you can come! jr ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 2:12 PM Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Bush River Quaker CemeteryNewsletter:January 2008 > Judith, Have visit to grendkids in Belgum over April 1st. Will be able > to > conferm Bush River Work/Visit after that. john kennedy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Judith F. Russell" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]>; "Pearson Descendant Discussion List" > <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 1:36 PM > Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Bush River Quaker Cemetery > Newsletter:January > 2008 > > >> Hello to our Bush River Quakers descendants and friends -- I wish you a >> happy and healthy New Year! >> >> BUSH RIVER HOMECOMING SET FOR NEWBERRY, SC, MAY 16 - 18 >> >> Your Homecoming Planning Committee (Ann Crowley, Judy Russell, Susan > Webber) >> is getting ready to start the detailed planning for the Bush River >> Homecoming set for Friday through Sunday, May 16th - 18th, 2008. We'll > be >> sending out email registration forms, probably, in February. Please let > the >> committee know if you want to help or if you have ideas for us to > consider. >> >> Several groups have written that have already made reservations at the >> Newberry Hampton Inn Opera House because it is downtown and convenient to >> the shops and restaurants, but there are several other options from which > to >> chose. See the Newberry webpage at: >> http://hotel-guides.us/south-carolina/newberry-sc-hotels.html >> >> Besides a visit to the Cemetery and a good deal of time for information >> swapping and getting acquainted, we have tentative plans to visit the >> some >> nearby remnants of the Great Wagon Road on which many of our ancestors >> traveled from the North and East to Newberry. Some folks have mentioned >> making a visit to the Revolutionary Star Fort at Ninety Six, South > Carolina >> (about 35 miles away) -- a wonderful and well maintained National >> Historic >> Site. See: http://www.nps.gov/nisi/ And there are others who never >> visit Newberry without also stopping at the world-famous Carter and >> Holmes >> Orchid Nursery, about a mile or so from the Cemetery: >> http://www.carterandholmes.com/map.html. The Nursery sits, I think, on > land >> earlier held by some of our Quaker families. >> >> We will be planning for a group dinner on Saturday, May 17th, so please, >> locals and visitors, put that on your calendar, specifically. >> >> MAINTENANCE CONTINUES >> >> We continue to have the maintenance of the Bush River Quaker Cemetery >> done >> by Mr. James Folk and his Newberry Landscape Company. He has done a >> great >> job through the years and is always interested in feedback, so if you > visit >> the Cemetery and see something that needs to be taken care of, please let > me >> know. I live 100 miles away, so I need eyes "on the ground" whenever >> possible. >> >> GENTLE REMINDER >> >> Several of our group made long-term pledges for the support of our work >> asked me (really!) for a gentle reminder each January that it is time to >> send donations to: >> Quaker Cemetery Clean Up Fund >> c/o J. Russell >> 1051 Forrest Hills Drive >> Bogart, Georgia, 30622 >> >> For those of you who are new to our newsletter, I should say that, for >> the >> last 5 years our group has raised money through donations and through > sales >> of our "Historic Bush River Quaker Cemetery" book, to keep the Cemetery >> in >> good shape so that it can be visited any day of the year. No more >> summer-time jungle of briars and saplings! We are just the latest of >> many >> groups which have taken on this project through the years, but now we >> have >> such great electronic communications that is possible to keep in touch >> and >> let everyone know what is going on and what needs to be done. We welcome >> donations, large or small. >> >> NORTH CAROLINA YEARLY MEETING DONATION >> Speaking of donations, I would like to gratefully acknowledge a generous >> gift to support our work from the Cemetery Committee of the North >> Carolina >> Yearly Meeting of Friends. Through the years this Committee has been very >> interested and supportive of our work. We are very thankful for their >> continued help! >> >> CEMETERY BOOKS: Our original printings are sold out, but I've made >> arrangements with a local printer to do "print on demand" copies of our >> "Historic Bush River Quaker Cemetery Book." Let me know if you would >> like >> to purchase a book for yourself or for a library and I can send you the >> details of purchase and also our list of Libraries which already have >> copies. >> >> Finally, PLEASE SEND this email to your friends who may not be > subscribers. >> I hope you will encourage those who are not subscribers to join us. They >> should send an email to [email protected] with >> the word subscribe in both the subject line and in the body of >> the email. >> >> Best wishes, >> Judy Russell >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1213 - Release Date: 1/7/2008 > 9:14 AM > >