The Pioneer Family Reunion has completed its program for Saturday and Sunday of Labor Day weekend featuring featuring a writer specializing in "outrageous women of American history, a bluegrass and gospel band and an old-fashioned mountain country dinner. There is a genealogy fair at the VFW Hall in Webster Springs beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday; a dinner at the Bergoo Community Center on beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday evening; the program beginning at 10 a.m. on Sunday at the family park 15 miles east of Webster Springs on the east side of Rt. 15; and eating, visiting and listening to music in the afternoon at the park. The band will play in the afternoon. It is the band of John Douglas, Vearl Ray and Home Comfort, hired by a music enthusiast, Donzel Gregory of North Lima, OH. Douglas is the father and mentor of last year¹s Country Musician of the Year, Jerry Douglas, a member of the all-time Bluegrass Hall of Fame. Mary Furbee of Morgantown, the speaker, also has made arrangements to appear at the VFW Hall on Back Fork Street to sign copies of books she sells. Mrs. Furbee is the author of many books, written mainly for children. They include, ³Outrageous Women of the American Revolution²; ³Outrageous Women of Colonial Times,² ³Women of the American Frontier,² ³Shawnee Captive: The Story of Mary Draper Ingles,² Anne Bailey, frontier scout. Furbee¹s latest book, published by John Wiley and Sons of New York, is entitled ³Outrageous Women of Civil War Times.² Family history books and material also will be available. Mrs. Furbee will speak at about 11 a.m. Saturday following a brief service by Jim Hamrick of Harper¹s Ferry, WV, an ordained minister who is a major in the University of Maryland Police Department. The band will begin playing shortly after the ³Sunday dinner² at noon. Jim Hamrick will serve as master of ceremonies both for the Sunday reunion program and for the Saturday night dinner. Christopher Hamrick, 11, a member of the National Children¹s Choir who appeared at Carnegie Hall in 2002, will sing and help the Rev. Hamrick lead the crowd in singing and story telling at the dinner. The dinner at the Bergoo Community Center requires reservations so the organizers can give the cooks an idea of the number of people attending. Prices are $10 for an individual; $9 each for a couple; $8 apiece for three persons; and $7 each for a family of four. Reservations may be made by sending a check payable to the Pioneer Family Society to: Sharon Hamrick, 5501 Cardinal Drive, Columbus, OH 43146. The deadline is April 22, 2003. Exhibits of books that involve preservation of history, particularly pioneer family history, are invited at the genealogy fair. The contact person for a free table is Michael Henline of Cowen, WV. Henline¹s email address is [email protected] and his phone number is 1-304-226-0830.