Winter 1994
Vol. 4 No. 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DEPARTMENTS
Front words
Searching?
by LtCol Richard S. Johnson, USA(Ret)
Exciting new data base
Recording reunions
by Carol Burns
Create lasting scrapbooks
Clipped notes
Girl reunites with family after nine years; family reunion thoughts; Scottish Clan reunion; Brooklyn Hospital School of Nursing reunion.
Contests and Research
Hotspots
Travel guide spotlights Black Atlanta; Festival of lights in Louisiana; Colonial Virginia.
Branch Office
by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack
Finding family histories
Reunions RegisTREE
Origins
Successful adoption research
by Trenna Warren Haskins
Alum & I
by Sue Burke
No road too far
Classifieds
Reunion Retreats a directory of reunion-friendly places to stay
Masterplan
Family reunion prizes; honoring the ancestors; organizing the family in a family reunion; doing it big in Texas; Raccoon Lake; What’s New? Photo film shields; Jane Benner’s custom family charts.
Features
Got a Match?
by Ren Marie Hooper
A matchless reunion
Reunions are ballooning
by Carol Burns
Kodak Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta reunion
Milestones
Nostalgia for 50-year, 25-year and 10-year class reunions
International Ink Link
Pen Pals reunite
Whatever happened to Lydia Cornwall?
by Carl Cahill
The only missing classmate
Reunion at Carol Hall, St. Cloud State University
by Loreen B. Gibson
Dorm dwellers reunite.
Walther League reunion
by Ken August Brunner, EdD
Centennial celebration of a benevolent society
African-American Family Reunion Conference
by Jean Timpel
Where the experts teach basics
Cousin, cousin
by John F. Piowaty
A pyramid of relationships
Military Reunion News
American Battle Monuments Commission; free passports; D-Day re-enactment; ILPA reunion; WWII battlefield tours; Profile: Bill Bunker— The Peoria promoter; Reunion Reveille
Cover Photo
Balloon rally at Wisconsin Dells.
Photo courtesy of Wisconsin Dells Visitor & Convention Bureau.
Masthead
Publisher & Managing Editor Edith Wagner
Associate Publishers Jane Davis & Jeff Wallman
Assistant Editor & Art Director Cynthia Crigler
Military Editor Gil Gilstrap
Marketing Director Karla Lavin
Sales Lynn Ryan
Administrative Staff
Marion Liston
Contributing Editors
Adrienne Anderson
Yvonne Bell
Clyde V. Brummell
Ken August Brunner, Ed.D
Camp Atlanta Remembered Staff
Sharon DeBartolo Carmack, CGRS
Susan Darke
William Lewis Gage
LtCol Richard Johnson, USA (Ret)
Robin Longman
LtCol Bill Masciangelo, USMC (Ret)
Andi McKenna
Marsha Rising, CGRS
John Ruebartsch
Paula Sheagley
Marty Smith
Laurie Stojanovic
Jean Timple
Carolyn Wilson Elliott
Annette Womack
