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McCuskey Reunion 2005 August 6, 2005 Wheeling, West Virginia
Wheeling Suspension Bridge – 1849 Come join the fun! A McCuskey Reunion has been planned to begin at 10:00 a.m.on August 6, 2005. A family blessing will be held at the James & Nancy McCuskey cemetery marker at Old Stone Church Cemetery, Elmwood, WV. The reunion will continue with a family picnic to be held in the John Daniel Shelter in Bethlehem Park in Bethlehem, WV about 6 miles from downtown Wheeling (Exit 2, I-470, Chapel Road, turn left over bridge, Bethlehem Park is the second right turn). Food will be catered by Bachman Catering of Wheeling. The cost will be $12.00 per person, 12 years and older. Bring pictures, scrapbooks, or other family memorabilia to share. A block of rooms has been reserved for Friday and Saturday nights, August 5th and 6th at the Wheeling Inn, 949 Main Street – Telephone: 304-232-8787. Arrangements for an informal gathering for dinner has been planned on Friday evening at the Wheeling Inn. Other events that are being planned include a golf outing at Olgebay Park on Friday afternoon, Sunday brunch at Olgebay Park, and tours to sites of family interest. More details will following in a subsequent announcement. Since the reunion will be catered, be sure to send your reservation and menu choice by July 15th to ensure that enough food can be ordered. Also, please indicate your interest in attending dinner on Friday evening at the Wheeling Inn and/or brunch on Sunday morning at Olgebay Park so that we can make appropriate reservations and provide you with menu choices. Golfers, please indicate your interest for playing on Friday afternoon starting about noon so that enough tee times can be reserved. See next page for reservation slip. Committee: Sue Campbell, Bob McCuskey, & Todgie DeWolf
Questions? Call or e-mail Sue Campbell, 815-882-2189; mcghiey44@hotmail.com
McCuskey 2005 Reunion Reservation – please send with money for the catered meals on Saturday, August 6th to: Susan M. Campbell, 106 5th St., McNabb, IL 61335-0115 Return by July 15, 2005.
Names: _______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________________ Phone: ___________________________ E-mail: ______________________ Please check all that apply: FRIDAY: Golf @ Olgebay Park – Robert Trent Jones Course Choice of Tee times: (Indicate # of Reservations) 12:12 p.m. _______ 12:20 p.m. _______ 12:28 p.m. _______ Dinner Reservations @ 7:00 PM, Wheeling Inn – # of reservations ________
SATURDAY: Reunion Picnic @ noon, Bethlehem Park - Meals - $12.00 Choice of entrée: Roast beef or stuffed Chicken breast (Indicate # of each entrée) Roast Beef ________ Stuffed Chicken Breast ________ meals for children under 12 Roast beef _______ Stuffed Chicken Breast _______
SUNDAY: Brunch @ 10:00 AM, Olgebay Park # of reservations ________ Interest in tours to any cemeteries or other points of interest? Please let us know so we can make arrangements.
West Virginia Panhandle Families Head West Statue dedicated to Pioneers by Laredo Taft in Elmwood, IL
by Susan M. Campbell Illinois Descendant of John & Mary "Polly" White McCuskey Revised June 2005 Help us defray the costs of the McCuskey Reunion 2005: Reserve your copy of this large spiral-bound book (about 200 pages) that tells of several West Virginia families who intermarried and traveled west to Ohio, Illinois and further west. It features the history of the McCuskey and related families. Included are pictures of many of the first generation descendants after the migration, family histories, family charts, and 100 years of letters from the John McCuskey descendants written back home to West Virginia. This revision has only a few corrections & pictures different from than the 2004 revision. Cost is $30.00 prepaid. Please arrange to pick up at the IL McCuskey Reunion or e-mail Sue Campbell, mcghiey44@hotmail.com or call 815/882-2189 to make other arrangements. Please return money and request by June 30, 2004 to: Susan M. Campbell 106 5th Street, P. O. Box 115 McNabb, IL 61335 # of copies _____________ Name __________________________________________________________________________ Address ________________________________________________________________________ Phone Number ___________________________________________________________________ |
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