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"IN
GOD
WE
TRUST
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The Family who prays together
Stays together
Another great Reunion in 2010 it quit raining just in time to have a
Good time by all 26 who attended.
Watch for New Photo's
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111th CLOOS/CLOSE
REUNION
Sunday, August 21, 2011 at Cowanesque Lake on Route 49
4 miles west of Lawrenceville, PA.
(At the Iroquois Picnic Shelter.)
Coffee and Doughnuts At 10:00AM Dish to pass Eat at Noon,
Games & White Elephant sale after lunch with Family Photo's
Meat furnished by Reunion Committee
Make your plans now to attend and let's have a great turn
out.
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Report on 2009
Descendants
of Newbury Cloos came together to celebrate the 109th
Cloos-Close Reunion on August 23, 2009, at Cownesque Lake Park,
Tioga, PA. The day dawned with overcast-cloudy skies which lingered
through out the day. The family was blessed with no little drops
of rain, which many of those clouds held. Descendants from
across the country started arriving around 11:00am, Parke and Lorna
Close and family being the first to arrive.
They all
chipped in and helped with some finishing touches for the reunion,
covering table cloths and hanging decorations. This year’s theme
was Mardi Gras!
To make the
festive greeting to extended family was Charles Henry Lingle, who
managed the registration table and door prize activities. To
accompany this festive Mardi Gras greeting were give-outs of
colorful bead necklaces and decorative masks. As with the passed
several years, the registration table is where family members could
sign the old registry, obtain a stick-pin location tag, to stick in
the United States map, showing from which they traveled. Along with
purchasing $1 tickets for raffles for door prizes. These raffles
included a 50/50 raffle and raffles for four different door prizes.
Door prizes consisted of a cheese serving tray, glass vase, 25$
Applebee’s and 25$ gas card.
Some family
members enjoyed juice, coffee and breakfast pasties, as they
arrived. By around noon, approximately 65 were assembled, mixing
and mingling, making new friendships. Lunch started with Dick Close
giving grace, around 1:00pm. With everyone bringing a dish to
pass, there were a variety of wonderful salads, vegetables and
meats, not to mention the desserts!! Grillers of the hamburgers,
hotdogs and chicken were Scott Close and Richard ‘Dick’ Close. They
cooked plenty for everyone. There was some scrambling for kids
games, but items were quickly obtained and the games began. Games
included ‘Egg Toss’, three-legged race, ‘Feed Sack’ race, There was
also, guess the ‘Beads’ in the jar.
The business
meeting was called to order by president Scott Close around 2:30pm,
with the reading of the minutes by Cheryl Quisenberry, and
approved. A portion of the minutes from the 11th reunion held in
1909 was read, as well. A call of family updates was requested.
Those that were and had been brought to the secretary’s attention
were the birth of Saiorse, daughter of Jenelle and Shawn Kilborne
(?) born May 7, 2009. The death of Mary Susan Urban Close wife of
the last Vernon A. Close. The following new business was discussed.
A motion was made to hold next years meeting at same place, all
approved. Meeting date will the first Sunday after the third
Thursday in August, being August 24, 2010. Sheila Rae Miller
volunteered to lead the children games. Invitation for next year’s
theme as made, motion made of Pirates and Oceans Theme, all
approved. Awards were then given away for various types. Youngest,
Maggie Cleveland (4 years), the eldest female, Thelma Close (86),
the eldest male, Parke Close (77), furthest traveled was Peggy
Haas, from Steamboat Springs, COLORADO!! (Note this was her first
time attending the reunion), shortest traveled was Madeline Smith
from nearby Tioga, PA. Raffles were awarded as follows
50/50-Christopher Lingle, Cheese Tray-John Aragona (earlier that day
he had mentioned that he could use it), Glass Vase-Peggy Haas and
‘Guess the Beads’ game – Carol Close (Guessed 2397), the joke was
that the vase was not included, sort of like batteries with toys.
"So, please pour out the 2265 beads and return the vase, thank
you." Everyone laughed! The business meeting portion was closed,
with the ‘White Elephant’ sale following. By 4:00pm many family
members had departed to their various destinations across the
country, adorned with beads and colorful Mardi Gras mask!.
What a
GORGEOUS day it turned out to be! Thanks for all those others, which
helped on the reunion’s planning and activities. And finally to
all those members that attended, traveling in one instance 1,500
miles, thanks for making this a joyful and wonderful 109th Cloos-Close
Reunion. Thank for attending the Cloos-Close Reunion Mardi Gras
style!
Cheryl
Quisenberry
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This
website you are about to enter contains years of research done by a few
family members and researchers on the history and relationships of the
Cloos/Close, and Descendants of Newbury Cloos families. The data
supplied here is for genealogical research purposes only. If anyone is
offended by the data contained on this site, please remember that it was
easy for us to find this information and therefore would be easy for any
one else to discover.
A thought to what this site represents. We have supplied our men and
women to fight and die for this country's freedom. We are trying to show
how each of these families came about. Some from very humble beginnings.
We have produced Educators, Doctors, Lawyers, Farmers, Mechanics,
Engineers and who knows. As we collect more information you will see how
as a group we have had a part in molding this country. Our women have
worked hard to help their men, both on the land and in industry.
In a project of
this size, perfection is certainly a goal and of course is
ideal, but as you all know it is not achievable in this our realistic
world. The alternative is to do nothing or to do very little.
Screening out all but the proven facts (this is impossible). We do not
have the resource's to collect, and administer all this resource and
still confirm that everything is absolutely true. It represents the
efforts of many people over a wide span of time each of whom has
contributed his or her very best, and we are passing it on to you as
best as we know how. Be warned, and use these resource's accordingly,
with due caution. Many dedicated people have helped in making this
information available for us to give to you. We give this as a gift. We
accept your thanks and appreciation as that is our only payment. We
thank you for not being to critical of our errors and omissions, some of
which are ours, and some of which we carry on from our predecessors.
As we find and receive more photos and documents, we will enter them
here. Hopefully our children will like what they see here and this site
will remain for years to come. We are here on earth for such a short
time and we need not be forgottenThank You!
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Hi!
We have tried to put together a few fun things, facts and some information about our family in which we hope most visitors will find something of interest. Some may even find these facts, or lack thereof, amusing and that's okay too because we try not to take ourselves too seriously. We have attempted to create a place in which we can connect with
our family members and old friends where it might not otherwise be possible to do so.
Check out the photo albums the History Pages. Who knows, you might see yourself there! (Send us some new information that we can add to this site). Send us more pictures info, we would like to include pictures of your family, friends from the old neighborhoods, the services, and from some of your travels. Look in the guestbook, sign in our
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" We need more Family members to sign in" (this can really be fun) leave your profile name, contact info., and any comments you might have here. Who knows you just might find an old friend or family member there yourself!
Please sign in our new guest book and fill in your profile completely
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we would like to hear from all our extended family. We Are always Looking for new Information won't you help?
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2009 Reunion
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2009 Attendee's
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Oldest Female Attendee 2010
Oldest Male
Lorna Close Don
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| Traveled The Farthest
David Lingle
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Traveled The Shortest 2010
Madeline Smith from nearby Tioga, PA
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