From our President
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!