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A Letter form Jeffery Spear and William F.
Judd to all S&D Members.
Click here to read.
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posted 6/29/2010
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR AND PACK YOUR BAGS
S&d’s 71st
annual meeting is set for
September 17th
and 18th, 2010
IN MARIETTA, OHIO
Headquarters will be
at the Lafayette Hotel in
Marietta,
Ohio.
We will meet Friday at 8 PM in
the Sternwheel Room for light refreshments and a cash bar. After the
social hour we will have a speaker yet to be announced.
Saturday at 9:30 AM
sharp is our business meeting to be held in the Sternwheel Room
At 12 Noon we meet
at the River
Museum for the first half
of our featured speaker’s program. David TschiggFrie will present the
history of the Idlewild-Avalon.
Box Lunches will be served.
At 6:30 PM we meet
again in the Sternwheel Room for our annual banquet and the second half
of David’s program; the AVALON’s last season on the Upper Miss.
This is a partial
program listing and as usual there are still some things
pending and surprise are— well, surprises.
SATURDAY EVENING MENU
Prime Rib
……….19.95
Lemon Chicken
….14.95
Salmon …………..12.95
All are served with
salad, potatoes, vegetable, and dessert. (Plus all the trimmings) Please
make reservations two weeks in advance. The Lafayette Hotel Numbers are:
(740) 373-5522; (800) 331-9336
Come on, Come all,
and we look forward to seeing y’all again in the old Northwest Territory
In addition to the Lafayette, accommodations
are available at:
Best
Western Marietta (740)374-7211, (800) 528-1284
Comfort Inn Marietta
(740) 374-8190, (800) 537-6858
Hampton Inn
Marietta (740) 373-5353, (800)
HAMPTON
Holiday Inn Marietta
(740) 374-9660, (800) HOLIDAY
Microtel Inn &
Suites Marietta (740) 373-7373,
(800) 771-7171
Super 8 Marietta (740) 374-8888, (800) 800-8000
posted 6/29/2010
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NOMINATING COMMITTEE
A THREE MEMBER NOMINATING COMMITTEE HAS
BEEN SELECTED WITH BARBARA HAMEISTER AS CHAIRPERSON.
FOUR OFFICER’S AND THREE BOARD MEMBER’S
POSITIONS ARE OPEN FOR NOMINATION.
CONTACT BARBARA AT (937) 783-4337 OR
WRITE TO:
BARBARA HAMEISTER
815 EAST CHERRY STREET APT 4A
BLANCHESTER, OHIO 45107
posted 6/29/2010
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Sons
& Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen
2009
ANNUAL MEETING |
Join
us for the 70th annual meeting of S&D!
As usual, the meeting will
be held in Marietta, with the base of operations being the Hotel
Lafayette. All members and friends are invited to attend, and a special
invitation is issued to the Midwest Riverboat Buffs.
More information click here.
posted 6/8/2009 |
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New Feature
We have added a new feature to the site, "Reflections
Online". We will be publishing bi-monthly articles here of
varying topics of river life.
posted 4/6/2009 |
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HIGHLIGHTS
OF SPRING BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING
The spring Board of Governors meeting of Sons &
Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen was conducted Saturday, March 28, 2009 at
the Hotel Lafayette in Marietta, OH. All members with the exception of
David Smith were present.
A presentation was made by Andy Verhoff and Mr.
George Kane, Director of Historic Sites and Facilities, Ohio Historical
Society. Greatly distilled, their report basically was that if no new
funding is received, the State of Ohio would close the Ohio River Museum
and Campus Martius Museum as of June 30, 2009. If funding at the
current level is received from the state, the museums would be open
limited hours. It was suggested by Museum Committee chair J.W. Rutter
that S&D cover expenses to keep the Ohio River museum open longer hours
if the state appropriates funding beyond June 30,
2009. The cost to our organization would be in the neighborhood of
$10,000. This proposal was voted on by the Board and passed
unanimously. Further research is being conducted to see what expenses
might be reduced without sacrifice of quality and hours and days of
operation. If the State of Ohio cannot/will not fund museum operation
after June 30th, S&D’s proposal is no longer valid; we would
not fund the museum operations. This is chiefly due to the amounts
of money involved; S&D cannot afford to absorb the cost of operating the
Ohio River Museum without the OHS.
We currently have 832 members; 593 full members and
239 associate. Some have been lost due to attrition; Rick Kesterman,
Secretary, continues to receive new memberships throughout the year.
We are solvent as an organization.
An index of S&D Reflectors is being compiled
by Alan Bates for the years 2004-2008.
A great meeting is being planned for September.
Plans are not quite yet finalized, but President Spear promises a great
meeting at Marietta this year. The Board voted to formally ask the
Midwest Riverboat Buffs to join S&D this year to help us celebrate S&D’s
70th anniversary.
Several ideas were presented to increase S&D’s
presence on the World Wide Web, and they will be incorporated very soon.
Watch the S&D web site for regular changes and updates, and a new
feature, online articles.
posted 4/6/2009 |
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The 2008 Annual Meeting 
Once again the historic Lafayette Hotel in
Marietta, Ohio, was the venue of the annual meeting of the Sons &
Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen—this being the 69th such
gathering. There were 90-plus enthusiastic attendees, from all over the
United States, gathered for the festivities on September 12-13, 2008,
with many members attending an annual meeting for the first time. Click
here to read full story.
posted 10/16/2008 |
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S&D T-Shirts Now Available.
Shirts and Sweat Shirts are available.
Click here to order
T-Shirts
or call 850-582-2356.
posted 8/19/08 |
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Come One !
------------ Come All !
to the 69th
Annual Meeting of the Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen
September
12 & 13, 2008
Lafayette
Hotel, Marietta, Ohio
Click here for more
information.
posted 7/14/08 |
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The 2007 Annual Meeting
The historic Lafayette Hotel in Marietta,
Ohio, was the site of the 68th annual meeting of the sons &
Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen, referred by most as simply “S&D”.
Attendees from all over the United States gathered for the festivities
on September 14-15, 2007 with many members attending an annual meeting
for the first time. Click
here for the full story.
posted 10/25/07 |
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Saving the DELTA QUEEN…Again
Since 1927 the DELTA QUEEN has operated on America’s rivers, whether it
be the Sacramento, the San Joaquin, the Mississippi or the Ohio she has
always been a treasured treat for those traveling on board as well as
those watching her from the shore.
Click here for full story.
posted 10/25/07 |
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Public Library
Provides Wider Access to Collection’s Treasures
Wikis: Inland Riverboats Photo Collection & Lincoln Letters Collection
The
Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County’s collection includes
more than 10 million items – audiobooks, music CDs, DVDs, printed
publications such as books, magazines, and newspapers, and even digital
items like e-books and e-videos. With all of that material and a limited
amount of space, historical treasures like the Inland Riverboats
Photograph Collection and letters penned by President Abraham Lincoln
himself might have been overshadowed by the ever-changing and
ever-growing collection.
Click here for
full story.
posted 10/20/07 |
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The 2006 Annual Meeting
Many of the faithful, and a few
newcomers, converged on Marietta, Ohio, September 15-16 for the 67th
annual meeting of the Sons & Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen, better know
as simply “S&D”. The historic Lafayette Hotel was once again the
headquarters.
Click here for full story.
posted 7/9/2007 |
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