Wow! Where has the last 6 months gone? August of '08 seems like yesterday, and we are only 5 months away from our next Reunion.
Where: Eagle’s Building
3310 E 380 Rd
El Dorado Springs MO
First, let's recap our great Reunion from 2008
We had an amazing turn out for our 2008 Reunion. There was lots of fun, games and dancing on Saturday night. If you only attended on Sunday, you missed a good time and lots of laughter. Rick Wooldridge won the "Chicken Dance" and will bring the prize back this year (with clothes on it) Will he pass it on, or win again? There was something fun for all ages.
Sunday we had many more in attendance, and soooooo much food! Thanks to all who brought dishes. A great big thanks to Floyd & Muriel Root for providing "The Pig". Thank you to Steve Bailey and those who helped him with the all night job of roasting it. There were many who helped. Thank you! I can not list all of you, but know it could not have happened without each and every one. Anything you may have done was so appreciated!
Total money raised from the Raffle's and 50/50 $ 235.00
Expenses
Building $ 30.00
Games $ 25.00
Postage & Misc $ 40.00
Deposit For Building for 2009 $100.00
In our fund for 2009= $40.00
I think we all enjoyed having the reunion in the old park building, for me it brought back a lot of memories. But, we know I am kind of a nostalgia/history nut anyway.
Because of the heat and lack of a kitchen etc., I have reserved the Eagles Building for our 2009 Reunion. We will have access to a full kitchen, air conditioning & lots of tables. Last year, was a long time coming and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. (remember without family there is no reunion). We need to grab our batons and keep running, so we can continue the momentum that was kick-started in 2008. Since I am neck-deep with life as everyone is, I will gladly welcome anyone who wants to help in 2009. I hope that all of you may come to feel as passionately as I do about the need to keep the reunion going for the next generations. If you can help, please let me know. (I'm slowing down -- any young people out there?!)
"Cousins" Reconnect and Families Expand
As grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren of our Root & Ryan ancestors met with each other, many for the first time, the answer to the most asked question of the reunion--"how are we related?", was simplified to just plain "Cousins." As near as I can compute, 98 "cousins" "meeted, greeted, and eated" over the 2 days at the beautiful El Dorado Springs City Park. Our Ancestors would of been so proud! Here's an Ancestor break down of each family represented at the reunion.
Charley Root & Lula Ryan: 76, Harley Root & Nettie Ryan: 8, Willa Ryan & Harry Griswould: 7, James Ryan (Day Line): 3, May Root & Robert Ryan 5. I may be off on my counting, so if I missed a family, I apologize. (Sign the guest book!) Can you name the 5 oldest and 5 youngest? Send me your guesses!
Help Wanted!
I am looking for family members who would want to help in the following areas: decorating building, donating items for raffle, setting up food tables, helping with paper products, being in charge of the music, organizing games for Saturday, donating gift prizes, helping at sign in table. I can use anyone who would like to pitch in to make it a great Reunion in 2009. I also would appreciate any ideas you may have. Would you like another slide show? Maybe of the 2008 Reunion pictures? (you will need to send me yours) Or a slide show of old pictures that may not have been in the 2008 slide show. (you will need to send these also).
It was brought to my attention by some of the younger generation that they would like to know where their Ancestors are buried in the El Dorado Springs. We could take those interested on a cemetery tour on Saturday morning. Let me know if this is of interst.
If you know of someone's email address I need to add to my database, let me know.
I will try and update this to give you a progression of planning over the next 5 months.
Until later,
Love ya
Your Cousin Della
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