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Our Reunion Events are
just beginning to take shape. Keep checking here for updates
Click here to see the
latest on our search for the lost.
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When
the Executive Committee met for the first time, we
decided on three main events for the reunion celebration.
We will probably come up with others, and there will
be shared events with the town's centennial. For now,
here are the events and their status.
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Friday
August 1, 2003
Registration
and Get-Acquainted Social at the Dance-Mor
Ballroom in downtown Swisher. Registration
will begin about midday. You'll pick up
your Reunion materials here and we'll
have some fun introducing ourselves to
each other. The town will be holding Centennial
events that we will be part of. The
most significant will be the opening of
the time capsule which will be in the
early evening. After that we will all
gather at the Dance-Mor for some games,
introductions, planning and reminiscences.
There will be finger foods and a cash
bar.
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Photo to come
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Saturday
August 2, 2003
Family
picnic. We are still looking for a
place to hold this event. but we have
several good places we are working on.
Now that we've gotten acquainted, made
new friends and sort of figured out who
is from which family, this will be a great
time to relax together, share stories,
and make new memories.
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Sunday
August 3, 2003
Brunch
- We haven't gotten this site completely
settled yet, but it will likely be held
at the Ranch Supper Club just south of
Swisher. Now that we've all renewed our
family ties and gotten in touch with our
roots, we will have to say goodby to some.
BUT!
There will still be many Centennial events
during the day (including a picnic and
old time train trips from Castek Park)
so please plan to stay Sunday
if you are able.
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Other Events:
We have secured the use of
the basement of the Swisher Savings and Loan
for our use during the Reunion. This is where
we will have family displays of photos and
memorabilia, so start checking your attic
and basement for things to bring. The displays
will go up on Friday and continue all through
Saturday and Sunday. We would also like to
have equipment available to scan and digitally
store your photos for sharing with other family
members.
We
would like to plant a tree in Swisher as a
remembrance of our first ever Swisher Family
Reunion, and so that the Swisher Family will
always have a presence in our ancestral home.
This will probably happen Sunday as well.
This is a new idea and one we are still exploring.
Possible
event: a bus tour of some family sites in
the area. We are still checking on ways and
means to do this. Some places we might visit
- Anderson and Castek cemeteries in Swisher
as well as the site of the Swisher house.
We also may include a trip to Iowa City to
view the Swisher family homes and take a trip
to Oakland Cemetery where a large number of
Swishers are buried.
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Search for Lost Swishers Update 7.13.02
I've had a very lucky
week! On Wednesday I found the lost (to us) descendents
of Catharine Swisher Ballard. On Thursday I found
the lost (for nearly a century) descendents of Elizabeth
Maria Whitmore! We've been actively searching for
these two families for over a year with no success
and to find both of them in one week is just mind-boggling.
Thanks, Google!
Search for Lost Swishers Update 9.1.02
Another lucky week! I've scratched
SO MANY names off the lost off the list. In the
process I've had more fun than people should be
allowed to have talking to newfound relatives from
coast to coast. Their generosity, warmth and good
nature in the name of kinship has been a joy. When
you come to the reunion, I know you too will have
this kind of unforgettable experience.
Search
for Lost Swishers Update 12.15.02
Two lucky
breaks this week and a few productive educated guesses
last month have lead to contact with one whole branch
of the family that had remained difficult to find.
My lost list is dwindling thanks to so many folks
who have contributed, researched and passed along
information to other members of their families.
Check out the short list on the welcome
page for those who are still missing.
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