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<div align="center" class="yiv6187454294ydp246a1c46MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Snell-Zimmerman-Timmerman Family Reunion Spring newsletter 2018</b></div>
<div class="yiv6187454294ydp246a1c46MsoNormal">Dear Cousins</div>
<div class="yiv6187454294ydp246a1c46MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529175318243_3053">It is spring—I think as we are still getting cold days and
then warm days. Everything is slow in growing this year but soon spring will be
gone and summer will be here.<span> </span>The SZT
reunion will be soon coming <b>August 5,
2018</b>.<span> </span>It will be here before you
know it. This year will be the 80<sup>th</sup> reunion since Emma Timmerman stood
on the table, gave a speech to save the church from demolition, and started the
reunion at Klock Park back in 1938.<span> </span>Through
the years we have worked hard to keep this church and cemeteries in good shape.
We need help from all the members of the reunion to keep everything going. Come
plan to visit the church and all its history and celebrate at <b>our 80<sup>th</sup> reunion on August 5,
2018</b>. We will have a traditional church service as required to keep the
name St Paul’s Dutch Reformed church followed by a brief meeting, and lunch
provided by the board(hot dogs & salads). Donations will be accepted for
the lunch expenses.<span> </span>We will have an ice
cream social on <b>Saturday night a 6 pm
August 4, 2018</b> at the church.<span> </span>It is so
nice to sit and eat ice cream and enjoy the setting of sun over the
valley.<span> </span>Even in the rain the view is
still wonderful.<span> </span>We will have a
re-dedication to our soldiers buried in the cemetery that fought in the wars
(Revolutionary war, War of 1812, and WWI) to keep our country safe.</div>
<div class="yiv6187454294ydp246a1c46MsoNormal">During the winter I worked on the E-mail and snail mail list
to try to update and keep it current. It is a giant project and is constantly
changing. <span> </span>Please send us your change of
e-mail or snail mail addresses.<span> </span>Also
let us know if a family member has died. We try to keep the records at the
church up to date. We also would like changes in family marriages and births of
new additions to families. Due to the ever increasing cost of snail mail, we
would appreciate a small donation to continue receiving your hard copy of the
newsletter.</div>
<div class="yiv6187454294ydp246a1c46MsoNormal">The church looks fine and we will continue painting this
year.<span> </span>One side was done last year and
then the painter got sick.<span> </span>He will work
on scraping and painting the rest of the building this year.<span> </span>We had one company fix one of our windows in
which they did a good job but alas they have not returned our phone calls to
them so we will find another company to work on the windows. <span> </span>Our cemeteries need some help.<span> </span>In the lower cemetery a tree fell down and
was taken care of. There seems to be two markers that need fixing as they fell
over. Of course all the stones need cleaning. The side near the woods needs to
be cleaned up a little.<span> </span>As for the
cemetery around the church, work needs to be done.<span> </span>Since we had a difficult winter many of the
stones need to be straightened. A few fell over and work will be done to
correct these problems. We also have a giant dead tree that needs to be taken
down and again that will be worked on. We are officially 501c3 – Public charity
– for the church and the cemetery.</div>
<div class="yiv6187454294ydp246a1c46MsoNormal"><span> </span><span> </span>The Violet festival will be held in Dolgeville
again this year on June 9. The festival lasts the whole weekend and the parade
and events get bigger each year.<span> </span>Garage
sales are all over the villages and craft booths are lined up along Main Street.
Last year we had a float in the parade for Snell Bush church.<span> </span>I got the local high school class to design a
facsimile of the church and also the old fire house (now the Dolgeville
historical society home).<span> </span>We need to
support the history of the Town of Manheim in which Dolgeville is located.<span> </span>I was surprised the see the community acknowledge
the float as we went by – by clapping.<span>
</span>It was great to see that the community feels that Snells Bush Church is
an important part of the Town of Manheim.<span>
</span>By having the float in the parade it also reminds every one of the ice
cream social and our annual church service that is open to the community to
come and participate. <span> </span>Also with our
community involvement:<span> </span>We have two
weddings this year scheduled in the fall.</div>
<div class="yiv6187454294ydp246a1c46MsoNormal">I have to report sad news of the passing of our secretary
Alice Fake who was 83 died May 16, 2018.<span>
</span>She has been our secretary for many years.<span> </span>Alice was always willing to help out and she
singlehanded organized our church service program, got the minister and music
arrangements each year. She also remembered the flowers and found speakers, arranged
concerts and guest soloist for the reunion as well as being our recording
secretary.<span> </span>We will miss her as she was a
main stay to the reunion. A memorial service will be held June 1, at the
Methodist Church in Dolgeville. Another old member of the reunion also died on
May 16, 2018—Rev Adrian Gray.<span> </span>He was an
active member of the reunion for many years helping out with the ministerial
efforts of the reunion. He was 93. He was president of the SZT Reunion for
several years.</div>
<div class="yiv6187454294ydp246a1c46MsoNormal">Our web site—<b>szt-genealogy.
org</b> is run by Kevin Jorrey. Please send him updates of your family –birth,
marriage, death.<span> </span>He keeps the web site
up to date but never puts info on about living members only the name. <span> </span>He would like little family stories and photos
to put on the web.<span> </span>Patrick Babcock is in
charge of sending out our e-mail newsletters. If you need to get in contact
with us our mailing address is <b>SZT Reunion
Inc. P O Box 623 Little Falls New York 13365</b>.<span> </span>We are on Facebook ---- Snells Bush Church
which is maintained by Debbie Evans.<span> </span>You
can always contact us by phone or e-mail by the following: <a href="mailto:sarahtisrael@yahoo.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:sarahtisrael@yahoo.com">sarahtisrael@yahoo.com</a><span> </span>phone 518-489-2725 or <a href="mailto:ncioch@yahoo.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:ncioch@yahoo.com">ncioch@yahoo.com</a> phone 315-866-3419. We love
to hear from you--------- please send us your family genealogy to keep in the
church.</div>
<div class="yiv6187454294ydp246a1c46MsoNormal">I hope to see you at the annual family reunion and help us celebrate
80 years of the reunion.</div>
<div class="yiv6187454294ydp246a1c46MsoNormal">Sincerely</div>
<div class="yiv6187454294ydp246a1c46MsoNormal"><span> </span>Bill Timmerman------
president <span> </span><span> </span>phone 315-868-0152</div>
<div class="yiv6187454294ydp246a1c46MsoNormal">Written by corresponding secretary Sarah Timmerman Israel</div>
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