Event: Oregon Mershon Family and Friends Picnic
Date: August 17, 2008 from 1 PM to 4 PM
Location: Dodge Park, north of Sandy, OR
Contact: Clare Mershon, (503)252-7139, ECMershon@aol.com
Information: When: Sunday, August 17, 2008, 1 PM to 4 PM.

Where: Dodge Park, where Lusted Road crosses the Sandy River, several miles north of Sandy, OR. For Map Quest information, enter the address across the road, 10991 SE Lusted Road, Sandy, OR 97055

Bring: Food, Drink, Eating Utensils, Lawn Chairs, Games for Kids, Old Family Photographs and Memorabilia.

Questions or Suggestions: Call Clare Mershon at (503) 252-7139 or send an email to ECMershon@aol.com



Event: Southern Chapter Reunion
Date: June 19 and 20, 2009
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Contact: Jim and Betty Butler, (816) 358-5313, bettybutlr@aol.com
Information: RESERVATION INFORMATION

A block of rooms have been reserved at:

Holiday Inn Express
19901 E. Valley View Parkway
Independence, Mo 64057
(816) 795-8889
Fax: (816)795-1734

Please make reservations by May 16,2009, at which time the rooms will be released back into hotel inventory. Please note, however, that a reservation may still be made after the room block has been released, providing there are rooms available. Reservations may be canceled by 6PM the day of arrival.

The block is reserved from June 16 to June 21, with the option of adding days for those who would like a longer stay.

USE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WHEN MAKING RESERVATIONS:
Group Name: Mershon Family Reunion
Room Rates: $99.00 per night, plus tax of 14.7%
Room Types: Two Queen beds per room, no smoking. This is room cost, not per person cost. Therefore, four people may stay for the above rate. This hotel, for the most part, is a smoke free environment. However, there are a few smoking rooms. Those who desire such should make reservations early. Pets require a one time $25.00 charge. Breakfast(more than continental) is included with the room.

This hotel is located East of the city, just off I-70. Take EXT-17 off I-70 and turn south, very shortly you will turn west, or right(Blue Ridge Bank Bldg on corner) onto Valley View Parkway - hotel is on left just over the hill. Information for Friday night's dinner and Saturday's meeting will await you when you check into hotel, along with information on several KC and Independence sites yo may wish to visit, as well as other plans. This hotel is about an hour from the airport, which is north of the city.

Questions, please contact:
Betty Butler
(816) 358-5313
bettybutlr@aol.com



Event: Mershon Annual Meeting
Date: August 13 & 14, 2010
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ,
Contact: E. C. Mershon, (503) 252-7139, ECMershon@aol.com
Information: Plan now to attend our 2010 Mershon Annual Meeting and Reunion in Lawrenceville, NJ, on Friday and Saturday, August 13 & 14, 2010.

On Friday afternoon, August 13, we will host an open house in the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville Chapel, 2688 Main Street (Route 206), Lawrenceville, NJ, for persons wishing to view our Mershon archives and our Mershon genealogy database.

Our Annual Meeting will begin at 9 am on Saturday morning, August 14, tentatively scheduled at the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville Fellowship Hall. After our business meeting, our proposed programs include a presentation by re-enactor Clarissa Dillon of Haverford, PA, on Food and Drink in Colonial Inns and Taverns. Clarissa has a doctorate in history from Bryn Mawr and has been active in “living history” since 1973. Clarissa comes recommended to us by Weedie Stokes after seeing another of Clarissa’s programs. This program will be of special interest to those of us with colonial tavern keepers in our ancestry.

We will have a catered lunch in the Fellowship Hall.

Following lunch, Harrison and Linda Hunt of Port Washington, NY will present a program on the early history of the Newtown settlement on Long Island, NY. Newtown is now the Elmhurst section of Queens County in New York City. Newtown is where Henry Mershon II lived before moving his family to Maidenhead, NJ (now Lawrenceville) in about 1700. Harrison and Linda are especially qualified as historical researchers because Harrison is a recently retired senior curator for the Nassau County (NY) Parks Department and Linda is a retired librarian. Harrison and Linda attended our 2009 Mershon Annual Meeting in New Paltz, NY.

Weedie Stokes of Lawrenceville, NJ, will present a program on Mershon descendant Abner Reeder (1766-1841), a well-known silversmith in Trenton and Philadelphia. Abner was a son of John and Hannah4 (Mershon) Reeder and a grandson of Andrew3 Mershon. Weedie will display her collection of Abner Reeder spoons made of coin silver.

We will have a program opportunity for attendees to show any Mershon related items they want to share with our family.

On Saturday evening, we will have a group dinner at a local restaurant.