The Moore's came together at Cedar Grove on Saturday, July 1, 2000 for their annual reunion.  The Tomb "children" were hosts and all the Tomb kids were able to attend.  That made the gathering very special!  There were 75 in attendance.

 

Frank                0

Harry                0      

Alvin                  12

Bob                    0

Helen                 0

Roger                 17

John                   0

Edith                  9

Bill                      15

Clyde                 10

Mary Ellen        1

Don                    11

Rachel               0

 

We had a moment of silence in memory of Annette Houser who died on May 29, 2000 and Aunt Charlotte who died on June 19, 2000.

 

New arrivals for the year were:

Morgan Elizabeth Lewis was born on March 15, 2000.  She is the daughter of Brynnen and Jim Lewis, granddaughter of Suzanne (Tomb) and Reid Bailey, great-granddaughter of Edith and Ben Tomb.

 

Maggie and Ryan Moore, twins born to Bob and Laura Moore on January 24, 2000.  They are grandchildren to Bill and Miriam Moore.

 

Seamus, Brendon and Casey Tomb, triplets born to Stephen and Suzanne Tomb on April 17, 2000.  They are the grandsons of Ben and Jeanne Tomb, great-grandsons  of Edith and Ben Tomb.

 

Special Celebrations since the last reunion:

Uncle Bill and Aunt Miriam celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.  Roger celebrated his 85 birthday.

 

Health Updates:

         Aunt Helen could not be with us but is determined to be join us next yearÉshe said we could

count on her to be there!

 

Eleanor Williams is stable, very aware and looking forward to getting out more in the new van Uncle Bob is getting.  It will accommodate Eleanor's wheelchair and make going out much less complicated.

 

Ben Tomb is in failing health.  His left side and speech seem to be most effected by a recent stroke.

 

Sylvia Moore is doing very well after her bout with breast cancer.

 

Uncle Don is doing very well after back surgery.

 

Marcille Irwin had heart surgery, is home and doing well.

 

Aunt Alice shared that Jodi & Tim Petersime have moved to Kentucky.  Jodi is Steve and Mary Lou Moore's daughter.

 

Aunt Alice announced that Uncle Ken had given her Aunt Rachel's music collection.  She would like anyone who is interested to stop by and take any pieces they want.  Gina Moore's mother, Omi Stebner, is living with Aunt Alice until the addition to Mark and Gina's home is completed.

 

Steve Moore asked that we all reserve the 9th of September to attend the 50th anniversary celebration for Max & Joyce in Columbus, Indiana.

 

Uncle Bill had purchased a bronze plaque for $230 for the Morrison graves in New Paris, Ohio.  He said that if he got too much money from the collection, he would use the excess dollars wiselyÉÉ.he'd go fishin.    He talked about visiting Paris, Kentucky.  Andrew and Martha Mitchell moved from Paris, Kentucky in 1806 to New Paris, Ohio where they homesteaded a 200 acre plot of land.

 

Joyce has accepted the responsibility for the family treasury.  Miriam and Bill were the last of the brothers and sisters to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.  So, there will be no further collections for the clock fund after 2000.  We were scraping the bottom of the barrel.  Collections were taken for the church offering, family flower fund, grave repair/upkeep fund.  Uncle Bill was reimbursed.  We have no idea if he went fishinÕ on the spare change or not!!  J

 

Max talked about the family picture taken in 1899.  Max's son-in-law, Tom Bates, set up an area for a similar picture to be taken just south of the church near the volley ball court.  Both pictures were clearly taken in the summer.  However, in 2000, we were not wearing high necked, long sleeved dresses with layers of petticoats and the guys certainly were not wearing wool suits, long sleeved shirts and ties.  And, there were no horses and wagons tied to the trees.

 

There was a rather odd story about Max not treating his sons-in-law equally.  Tom Bates, the photographer extraordinaire, said that he had proof that he was Max's # 2 son-in-law.  Max & Joyce went on vacation and returned with the typical souveniers to let all family members know they were thought about during the trip.  Although #1 son-in-law's name was not mentioned, his souvenier was a nice bottle of wine.  Tom, on the other hand got a baseball hat.  We need to work with Max to help him even things out a bit. 

 

Daddy and Barbara brought an article about real, old fashioned, sure-enough homemade ice cream.  That got everyone started telling tales.  Joyce shared about riding to New Madison with Aunt Rachel at the helm.  Clouds of gravel dust streamed behind Grandpa's old gray truck.  Mr. Heinsley, the ice man, put the big cubes of ice in burlap sacks.  By the time Aunt Rach and Joyce returned, the aunts had the ice cream ready for the freezers.  Once uncle crushed the ice with a sledge hammer, one dumped in and the rock salt around the freezers and the rest of the uncles tried to talk the little kids into believing how much fun it was to crank.

 

There was also a time when the uncles hooked the ice cream freezer up to the Model T engine so they wouldn't have to crank.  When the belt came lose, the ice cream was done.  They said it worked every time! 

 

Joyce's tale about going to New Madison prompted Joe to tell about riding in the back of the Ford with Grandpa driving. After going through the 4-way stop on the way to New Madison, Grandpa never shifted out of 2nd gear.  They were nearly to ÒMadisonÓ as Grandpa called it, when Joe thought he should ask Grandpa if he didn't think he should shift into 3rd gear.  Grandpa said,  "Dad-gummit, if you are going to ride with me, you'll just sit back and keep your mouth shut!"   Joe looked out the window and calculated how long it would take him to walk home and decided he'd let Grandpa drive in whatever gear he wanted to drive in! 

 

It was a beautiful day of food, fun and fellowship.

 

 

 

 

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