Kelsey Kindred Annual Reunion

Hear Ye, Hear Ye,

2010 Kelsey Kindred Reunion

Our President Jarman Kelsey is calling all members to the 82nd annual Kelsey Reunion and Business meeting.

The reunion will be held September 10th through the 12th 2010 in Alton, NH on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee.

The Sandy Point Beach Resort will be the home base for our reunion. It is located on Route 11 in Alton Bay, NH. The room rates vary from $75.00 to $150.00. No rooms are being held because of the many options. Make your plans and reservations early! Please call 603 875-6000 to make your own reservation. Mention the Kelsey Kindred and receive a 10% discount. You can visit their web site @ www.sandypointbeachresort.com.

Other lodging options include:

The King Birch Motor Lodge Route 11D Alton Bay, NH

(603) 875-2222 or the Bay Side Inn Route 11D Alton Bay, NH (603) 875-5005.

If you would like to RV or Tent camp there are a couple of options. Gunstock Mountain Resort www.gunstock.com

Ellacoya State Park.

Cabins are available at Wise Owl Restaurant, Country store and Resort Route 11 West Alton, NH (603) 293-7795.

Please verify check in times at your lodging location.

Friday:

6:30 - 10pm We will hold our hospitality night and business meeting at the West Alton Community Center located on Route 11 in West Alton.

Follow Route 11 toward Gilford and Laconia. It will be located on the left just after the intersection with Route 11A. If you are heading from Laconia toward Alton Bay it will be on the right just after the Fire house. Look for signs!

Saturday:

Morning breakfast will be on your own (Sandy Point serves breakfast). We will meet at 9:30AM in the upper parking lot of Sandy Point Beach Resort.

We will travel to Wolfeboro for a scenic 2 1/2 hour cruise on the motor vessel Mount Washing-ton. Snacks and lunch foods are available on the ship. Returning to Wolfeboro at 1:45.

We will then travel to the Wright Museum for a step back in history to the World War II Era. After the museum tour you are free to enjoy Wolfeboro shopping or return to Sandy Point for a swim in the lake.

Saturday evening:

We will meet at Sandy Point Restaurant for our group photos at 5:45 pm and dinner will follow.

The dinner choices are

·         Baked Scrod with a sea-food stuffing and a garlic seasoning $35.00

·         Broiled Marinated Chicken with rice $29.00

·         1 ¼ lb Boiled Lobster $36.00, or Prime Rib $39.00,

Each meal includes entrée, two side dishes, beverage and desert.

Children’s dinner choices

·         chicken,

·         macaroni and cheese

·         hamburger

Each comes with chips, a drink and dessert

for $10.75.

After dinner you are on your own.

·         Take a walk at Alton Bay

·         visit Weirs Beach

·         Even play miniature golf (save your score for the Mini Golf

·         Tournament Challenge!).

Sunday:

Sunday morning you are on your own.

Relax by the water

For the adventurous, join Jay Hall for a hike to the top of Mount Major. It has the most scenic view of the Lake! (Plans will be made to meet on Saturday at the dinner).

The Picnic

11AM at the home of Wallace Kelsey at 5 Melody Lane in Alton

Bay, NH.

Bring your bathing suits, hats and sunscreen!

Come and Celebrate the common heritage of William Kelsey!

Renew acquaintances and discover new family connections.

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2009 Kelsey Kindred Reunion

The 82nd reunion of the Kelsey Kindred was held in Connecticut September 11 through the 13th. A great time was had by all. A total of 64 attended the various three day events.

Friday was our annual meeting held at the hotel. We shared stories and ideas. The treasurer and genealogist both reported that we were in great shape. We had a lot of discussion about the web site.

Saturday morning gave us a little surprise when the bus didn't arrive. Everyone offered to drive, just showing us the type of people we Kelsey's are. Bill Belcher was able to find another bus company to come to our rescue. We got a late start but it didn't put a damper on our day. Our first stop was the Peabody Museum in downtown New Haven. It was an interesting and educational visit. From dinosaur bones to ants that went around the room. We had lunch at a small place down near the water and then we were off again for a walking tour of Yale University. We went inside the "Hallowed Halls" and heard the history of the famous ivy league school. We left there to head to the trolley museum but we were thwarted by traffic and road closures so it was decided to skip the museum and head back to the hotel.

Dinner was held at Anthony's Restaurant in Guilford where we took our annual pictures out back before having a wonderful meal inside. Afterwards we enjoyed a trivia game for both adults and children.

On Sunday we met at the Clinton Town Beach. It was a beautiful sunny day and everyone enjoyed themselves and the food. A few even walked out onto the sandbar. Our annual baking contest was won by Nancy Bowman for her Oatmeal cookies.

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Mark Your Calendars for the 2008 Reunion

The 2008 Kelsey Kindred Reunion will be held in Pennsylvania, in Amish Country on September 12 & 13, 2008. Have a look at the Reunion 2008 Flyer. This is an Acrobat Reader PDF file. You need Adobe Acrobat Reader to see this page. It's a FREE download if you don't have it. Adobe Reader.

Amish View Inn :: $116 per night :: 2 Adults :: Extra $15 per person over two
Children Under 13 FREE!

For More Information Contact: kelseykindredreunion (AT) hotmail.com.

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The 2006 Kelsey Kindred Annual Reunion

On September 15th through the 18th a group of 44 Kindred members met in Niagara Falls, Canada for our annual reunion. Our reunion started on Friday evening with a hospitality night in our banquet room in the Oakes Hotel. We shared stories and spoke about past reunions.

Our annual meeting was held at 7:30 pm lasting for about 45 minutes. It was decided that the next reunion would be held in Mystic, CT, leaving the details to be handled by the Kindred board. We voted to create a position called Information Technology Officer of the Kindred. Bob Kelsey has been doing this job for many years without recognition. It involves maintaining and upgrading our website. We also voted to add an honorary vice president for the line of Hester. The title will go to Jayne Craven Caldwell, presently our only Hester descendent, for all her hard work for the Kindred. We enjoyed our evening and spoke of our plans for the following morning. At 10 pm, after ending our meeting, some members got to enjoy the fireworks over the falls.

Saturday started off a little cloudy but we were in luck! By the time we shuttled all the attendees to the Maid of the Mist the day turned sunny. Of course we were all issued the standard raincoats and climbed on board the Maid. The ride was a lot of fun. It was wet but beautiful. The power of the water is amazing. We returned back to the docks and headed back to the upper level. The afternoon was free for all to do as they wished. Some attended the Imax Theater for a special movie of Niagara Falls, others enjoyed the parks, shopping, swimming in the hotel pool and of course the casino!

The banquet happy hour began and group pictures were taken before our meal. The dinner choices of roast beef, chicken or ham were enjoyed by all. After dinner we held our annual trivia contest. This year of course our questions were all about Niagara Falls and the area. We actually offered a number of multiple choice questions because everyone was free to do what they wanted instead of following a regular tour. The trivia was such a hit that the waitresses and waiters were even getting involved. Of course we handed out the big money for each correct answer. The winners of the trivia received the table decorations for their hard work and brain power!

Sunday morning we said goodbye, then pursued other sight seeing or headed for home. Though our time together was short it was enjoyable and we look forward to the next reunion in 2007.

-- Submitted by Paula Carter