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From: Bill Utterback <>
Subject: [KYJacksonPurchase-L] JP Homecoming Update
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 19:08:27 -0500


My friends -

I want to give you latest numbers as we look toward a Jackson Purchase
Homecoming event.

As of now, we are standing at 71 subscribers who have responded
affirmatively with an intention to be present when such an event occurs in
the year 2000. I think we will now easily reach our starting goal of 75. If
we count family members, as well as subscribers, we are past the 80 mark.

I think it would now be worthwhile for us to discuss dates. I have had
private messages from many of you, with thoughts about that. We do have the
Weakley County List's gathering occurring over the first few days of
September of 2000, and some effort could be made to "piggyback" on that,
although the starting of schools and colleges may make that unworkable,
from the standpoint of those who teach and those who have children who must
return to school. We will very likely want to avoid the week in June in
which the Samford University Institute is held, as well as the week in July
when the NIGR is held(I'll get those dates shortly). A few folks have said
that they would prefer to come when the weather is not too hot. So, we have
preferences all over the board, as is natural.

In the near future, I would suggest that a small "committee" be formed to
handle the planning and arrangements for this gathering. We will need at
least one person who resides in the Jackson Purchase region to be on such a
committee(and more than one if we can have it). There will also have to be
some research done into the matter of whether there will be a need for a
small fee to be paid by each of us to provide for a banquet or other such
activities.

We should also be giving some thought to where the "hub" of the gathering
might be.
Murray comes to mind at once because of the Forrest Pogue Special
Collections Library at Murray State University, in which many of you may
wish to do some research. Murray also has a fair number of hotel/motel
rooms available. Of course, that is only a suggestion.

We have much to do, and I look forward to seeing discussion on this topic
as we go along.

-B
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