2012 Standing Family Reunion
Mark your calendars -- the 2012 Standing Family Reunion will take place at the Bear Creek meeting house, near Earlham, Iowa on Friday evening the 22nd of June thru Sunday noon the 24th of June, 2012. |
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Using a GPS? Bear Creek Friends Meeting 1808 Bear Creek Rd Earlham, Iowa, 50072-8007 |
| In case the signs blow over, here are the directions for the last couple of miles: Get off I-80 at exit 104 (Earlham); take "I" avenue north (away from Earlham -- for 'avenue' think 'country road') and bear right at fork in road and stay on I avenue for a little over a mile, then turn right on Bear Creek Road (bunch of cedar trees on corner) and the Bear Creek Meeting will be about 400 feet or so on the right. Plenty of parking. |
 George and Deborah Standing Descendants Group If you have not yet joined the George and Deborah Standing Descendants Group, and are not already logged into Facebook, most find it easier to log onto Facebook (www.facebook.com) first and then return to the above link. |
The 2012 Reunion Organizing Committee:
Ruth Alliband (410 Olive St. W, Stillwater, MN 55082) allib001@umn.edu and the Plagman bunch are the coordinators, with a big supporting cast of relatives.(For additional Standing Family contact information please see CONTACTS.)
Informaton will follow below as the date approaches.
Here is the most recent memo from Ruth Alliband (23 March 2012).
Dear Family Members:
The 2012 Standing Reunion is three months away--time to make a commitment to this biannual event. I have attached several files--only one is large. I hope all of you have Adobe Acrobat on your computers to open the PDF files. (I use an alternative word processing software and I feel you would have MORE trouble opening those files.) DO let me know if this won't work for you and I will see about getting a more friendly file sent your way.
Main things to remember (besides the weekend, June 22-24, 2012 and the location, Bear Creek Meeting House, Earlham IA):
RETURN YOUR RSVP AND QUESTIONNAIRE
ENCOURAGE YOUR KIDS TO RESPOND TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE
FILL THE QUESTIONNAIRE OUT YOURSELVES--THIS IS YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO OUR FAMILY HERITAGE
I'm hoping for a flood of email and US Post mail. A fortunate few of you will also be getting a US Post mailing from me, but for most of you, this more cost-effective communication is your IMPORTANT reminder. AND, if you are slow in responding, I am about to start hounding you on a VERY REGULAR BASIS. I hope you will be putting this reunion into your summer plans.
Best regards,
Ruth Alliband
410 W. Olive
Stillwater, MN 55082
(Phone: 651-439-2498 for the reunion committee)
To the illustrated Reunion Letter 2 (pdf) (U.S. mail version)
To 2012 Lodging Rates (pdf)
Below is the questionnaire -- below that some links for the download of your choice.
THE PAST, THE PRESENT, THE FUTURE—Transmitting Our Stories
2012 Standing Reunion Planning Questionnaire
Who was your best friend when you were 8 years old?
Was this same person your best friend when you were 14?
Do you have a story about animals from when you were young? If there
is more than one, you can tell them all...
What was your favorite food when you were a child?
Was there a food that you wanted but didn't get very often?
Were there foods you disliked?
What was your least favorite chore?
What skill were you proudest of when you were young?
Were there things you learned how to do that no one bothers to do now?
Do you remember some of your favorite books from when you were young?
What are some of your favorite books that you would recommend now?
What do you enjoy doing most?
Did you ever go to the library to borrow books when you were a child?
Do you remember when your neighborhood got electricity?
If you lived on a farm, what animals did you have?
Are there stories about your childhood that you would like your
children or grandchildren to remember?
What changes in the way you now live as compared to when you were very
young seem to you to be the greatest?
Are there changes that you feel have not been for the best? Are there
things that haven't changed at all?
What place was the center of your universe when you were a child? Is
there one place that is the center of your universe now, or are there
several??
What is an important life lesson that you have recently discovered?
Is there an important life lesson that you have known for a long time?
* To a "PDF" for-printing version of the The Past and The Present Questionnaire
* To a "WORD" version of the The Past and The Present Questionnaire which you can download, edit in your comments and email to Ruth Alliband as an attachment.
* For those who do not use Word, here is a "RTF" version of the The Past and The Present Questionnaire which you can download, edit in your comments and email to Ruth Alliband as an attachment.
* For those with slow dial-up or having problems with the above links here is a "PLAIN TEXT" version of the The Past and The Present Questionnaire which you can download, edit in your comments and paste in your browser and email, or email to Ruth Alliband as an attachment.
* For those really living on the techological edge, there is always 'snail' (land) mail !!
Earlier letters.
March 22, 2011
Dear Family:
At the 2010 reunion, we planned for the next reunion to take place at
the Bear Creek Meetinghouse site June 22-24, 2012. It's not too
early to get this date into your calendars... It's also not too early
to let me know you are planning on coming. Ted Foster maintains the
reunion website at: http://standingfamily.org/. Look for updates
there.
The Plagmans again are the coordinators, with a big supporting cast of
relatives who live close by. Jackie Leckbend of the Bear Creek
Meeting has agreed to be our cook for the weekend.
The Plagman Girls are planning on writing a new mini-play for the
talent show, comparing and contrasting life NOW with life THEN. They
need material, so please complete the enclosed/attached survey. If
there are additional stories/memories that you would like to share,
use extra sheets of paper.
Passing on stories and memories is part of what the reunion is about:
• When Richard Standing traveled across the pond to be at the 2008
gathering, he said that for him, the Ifield Meeting House site in England
was sacred ground, because it was “where it all began”... Wedding
vows of our ancestors were exchanged there a hundred and fifty years ago.
• Sylvia Thomas said that we gather at the reunion, bound together by
our common ancestry and the mystery of our own death.
• Sally Russell brought a new quilt to a reunion a few years ago and
said that the family reminded her of the blocks in her quilt, each
unique and yet joined by a common pattern.
You may send your completed surveys to my postal address:
Ruth Alliband
410 W. Olive Street
Stillwater, MN 55082
OR via email to: allib001@umn.edu
I will attempt to send more of the reunion mail out electronically, so
would appreciate more e-addresses to substitute for US Post
addresses.
Dear Family:
At the 2010 reunion, we planned for the next reunion to take place at
the Bear Creek Meetinghouse site June 22-24, 2012. It's not too
early to get this date into your calendars... It's also not too early
to let me know you are planning on coming. Ted Foster maintains the
reunion website at: http://standingfamily.org/. Look for updates
there.
The Plagmans again are the coordinators, with a big supporting cast of
relatives who live close by. Jackie Leckbend of the Bear Creek
Meeting has agreed to be our cook for the weekend.
The Plagman Girls are planning on writing a new mini-play for the
talent show, comparing and contrasting life NOW with life THEN. They
need material, so please complete the enclosed/attached survey. If
there are additional stories/memories that you would like to share,
use extra sheets of paper.
Passing on stories and memories is part of what the reunion is about:
• When Richard Standing traveled across the pond to be at the 2008
gathering, he said that for him, the Ifield Meeting House site in England
was sacred ground, because it was “where it all began”... Wedding
vows of our ancestors were exchanged there a hundred and fifty years ago.
• Sylvia Thomas said that we gather at the reunion, bound together by
our common ancestry and the mystery of our own death.
• Sally Russell brought a new quilt to a reunion a few years ago and
said that the family reminded her of the blocks in her quilt, each
unique and yet joined by a common pattern.
You may send your completed surveys to my postal address:
Ruth Alliband
410 W. Olive Street
Stillwater, MN 55082
OR via email to: allib001@umn.edu
I will attempt to send more of the reunion mail out electronically, so
would appreciate more e-addresses to substitute for US Post
addresses.
To a for-printing version of Reunion Letter 1