From our President
Bill Eddleman

Well, first of all, thanks for having the confidence in me (and the ability to do the arm twisting) to elect me President for another two years! I'll perform the job as I have for the last two, but PLEASE someone consider doing the job thereafter. A big THANK YOU to Chris and Rex Wilson for hosting a great reunion in Paris, and thanks to all those who helped out, especially David and Patricia Herd, and Tom and Frankie Herd.

As was made clear at the Paris reunion, if we don't meet every year, we tend to lose (or certainly not gain) membership. Fortunately, we are set through 2003. Next year, we will meet in a key area for descendants of Missouri Fulbrights--Laclede County, Missouri. We are most appreciative that Vera Harrill will be hosting this reunion. A featured site will be the Hooper Cemetery, and we need help cleaning it out and trying to reset some of the tombstones. Judy Fulbright volunteered to host the 2003 reunion at Lake Junaluska, Haywood County, North Carolina. Those of you who attended the 1998 reunion will remember this lovely and history site fondly.

Another topic of importance that we discussed at the reunion was the costs of the newsletter. The solution we will try is to send it electronically to members who can received attached files in MSWord format. PLEASE SEND ME AN E-MAIL MESSAGE AT: eddleman@clas.net IF YOU CAN RECEIVE THE NEWSLETTER IN THIS WAY. It will save us a lot of printing and postage costs, and hold off the day we have to raise membership dues.

Lastly, thanks to all those who provided material for this newsletter, including Jo Walker Ligget, Roy Dickson, Janice Fulbright, and Paul Fullbright, and Ed Stout. I continue to wish I would hear from more of you with family information, but I hope you enjoy what this newsletter contains!