July 10, 2010 Garden Island Six 40th Reunion
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July 10, 2010 Garden Island Six 40th Reunion
Thank you in advance for all the help in planning our group's 40th reunion of our first trip to Beaver and our first hunt on Garden.
What started out as a family outing next summer has ballooned into a group of over 30 family and friends with the potential of 50. We will be renting cottages and staying at island motels and I am sure will dedicate a lot of time to the restaurants and pubs.
I want to thank all of the islanders for the hospitality they have offered our group over the years, starting way back with Bill Wagner, including all the boat captains who braved a lot of rough seas to put the crazy Ohio group on Garden's shores in November. A special thanks to the Fire Rescue Squad who beat the swamps over there searching for Uncle John lost for nearly two days.
We have many fond memories of your home and have brought our families back for many summers. There are only three of us left from
1970 but we will never forget our Uncles, Joe, John and Big Shine.
So, with the good lord willing, see you all July 10th!
What started out as a family outing next summer has ballooned into a group of over 30 family and friends with the potential of 50. We will be renting cottages and staying at island motels and I am sure will dedicate a lot of time to the restaurants and pubs.
I want to thank all of the islanders for the hospitality they have offered our group over the years, starting way back with Bill Wagner, including all the boat captains who braved a lot of rough seas to put the crazy Ohio group on Garden's shores in November. A special thanks to the Fire Rescue Squad who beat the swamps over there searching for Uncle John lost for nearly two days.
We have many fond memories of your home and have brought our families back for many summers. There are only three of us left from
1970 but we will never forget our Uncles, Joe, John and Big Shine.
So, with the good lord willing, see you all July 10th!
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Garden Island Hunters
Since we are remembering garden island hunters, how about my Dad Jerry Beyer I think he started hunting the island in 1970 also.
I remember him telling me about John being lost.
I remember him telling me about John being lost.
Absolutely Kirk! A great guy! Why don't you try and join all of us the week of July 10th, if only for a couple of days? I was working on my old 35MM slides last night and hope to get them put into a DVD. As I push toward that 70 year old mark memories often turn back to the Old Post Office, Indian Harbor, State Cabin and the good times at our camps.
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Sounds like a plan! Keep us posted! My memory gets hazy but we all started our camps around that time period. There was "Peppy's Group" which is Barnes and Jerry and Charlie, The Picnickers that is us because we had so much food and ate as often as we could and The Firemen who you know well. Several others came a bit later and some were spinoffs from the the original groups.
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Hey Al: Just read the Forum discussion on the reunion. Sounds fun.
You might want to check out this months Beacon, my wife and I have
an article about our "return" to Garden. Also would be interested
in helping and or participating next summer. Have lots of
photos...after all they didn't call us The Camera !@#$%$%&&*^ for
nothing. Jim, Northcutt Bay
You might want to check out this months Beacon, my wife and I have
an article about our "return" to Garden. Also would be interested
in helping and or participating next summer. Have lots of
photos...after all they didn't call us The Camera !@#$%$%&&*^ for
nothing. Jim, Northcutt Bay
We look forward to it Jim! Probably will have some evening campfires, singalongs, twins, cousins and I may do a little picking. Some of the younguns won't be able to do the bars at night, I can't either anymore! Will do some driving tours around Beaver. If we can swing it we may hitch a ride over to Garden for a hike and let the girls shop.
I heard your CD. Great job. Don't have one but son Bill let me borrow his.
I heard your CD. Great job. Don't have one but son Bill let me borrow his.
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