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Next Reunion: An Old-Fashioned Gathering of the Clan |
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Sat., July 11, 2009
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Our 2009 National Minerd-Minard-Miner-Minor Reunion will be held on Sat., July 11, at our home at the Indian Creek Valley Community Center near Indian Head, Fayette County, PA. This facility is just several miles from the mountaintop where the "father of us all," pioneer Jacob Minerd Sr. and his wife Maria (Nein) settled in the woolly wild frontier in 1791. |
You
and your family are cordially invited to this year’s national
Minerd-Minard-Miner-Minor Reunion – an old-fashioned “Gathering of the
Clan.”
Saturday Picnic -- Indian Creek Valley Community Center - The Saturday picnic will be held at the Indian Creek Valley Community Center near Indian Head, PA. Plan to come early -- we'll be there by 9 a.m. to set up, with lunch to be served around noon, and expect to stay at least until 4 p.m.
The Community Center is just a few miles' drive from the Donegal Exit of the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Exit 91), and a two-hour drive from the Pittsburgh International Airport. It's also just a few miles from the windmill farm near Mill Run where our pioneer-Revolutionary War ancestors Jacob and Maria (Nein) Minerd Sr. settled in 1791.
The Center is fully indoors and protected from weather, with new, modern restroom and kitchen facilities; flat, hardwood floor for ease of walking and movement by elderly and infirm cousins; and cool air conditioning during the hot day. We hope the expense will be more than covered by generous donations of cousins during the passing of the hat, drawings for prizes, and purchases of gift magnets.
Reunion
president and Minerd.com founder Mark Miner will give a presentation about the
family website and his vision for the future of the reunion and website.
Please bring keepsake heirlooms -- old photo albums, letters, artifacts -- that they can share for all to enjoy. We will provide disposable cameras for all children attending, and ask them to take pictures throughout the day.
Also, please bring a meat dish, side dish or a dessert. We will have cold soft drinks, hot coffee and mid-afternoon ice cream.
A freewill donation will be taken afterward to offset our costs. No alcoholic beverages, please. We will have a drawing for some keepsake prizes. Though there should be plenty of seating, please bring a comfortable lawn chair just in case.
Sunday Plans - Plans for Sunday will be left up to individual families. Among the many must-see sites within a reasonable driving distance are Fallingwater, the Flight 93 crash site, the Quecreek coal mine rescue site, Seven Springs, and original Jacob and Maria (Nein) Minerd Sr. farm.
Local Hotel Reservations – Several hotels in the immediate are available. Contact us for details.
RSVPs – Please RSVP by July 1 to one of your reunion committee leaders:
President:
Mark A.
Miner, Beaver, PA
Vice President: Peg (Grimm)
Mansberry, Normalville, PA
Treasurer: Doris
(Sands) Hawker, Morgantown, WV
Secretary: Rosella
(Resh) Miner, Grantsville, MD
| Past Reunions - Click for summaries of reunions in 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1990s - 1980s - 1910s-1930s. |
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