Head Count Requested For 2010

Hello and greetings to all descendants of Doris,


Once again I'm already excited about our next picnic and hope you'll come and support our efforts by celebrating Doris's 100th birthday together as family. Additionally, if you are unable to make the trip to California I wholeheartedly encourage you to have your own Centennial Reunion where you live with as many family members as possible. We have family scattered throughout the U.S. and Europe.


In order to ask for a fair per person cost of the California Centennial Reunion please respond to Jade and me with the number of your own family who plans to attend including children old enough to sign their names. If members of your family do not have e-mail will you ask them whether they plan to attend please? With an estimated number of 50 persons the cost would be on a sliding scale of $11 to $13 each. This figure would go down if the count gets bigger of course.


Right now the hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. officially and as long as you want to stay unofficially. The chef is aware that the BBQ is for noon. He will be bringing in his own gas and charcoal grills and this has been okayed by Holbrook Community Park. He has sides for both tri-tip and chicken breast included in his $7.00 per- person estimate. He is not charging for his time, just the food. This is his idea, not mine.


There are other things in the works such as getting Doris's published songs put to music by family members. My brother Richard Davis spent three hours looking for his original copies which were left out for family to look at in June. This would be so wonderful and a special keepsake for each family member.


Once a per-person cost is determined you will be asked to send in your money and the order of arrival will be the drawing number for the door prize, or in this case, gate prize.

For those of you who have not signed up as family on the Web site please do so. I'm glad that the living children of Doris are signed up, namely, Richard, Phillip, Joyce, Olivetta and Rosella, or Rich, Phil, Joy, Olie and Rose. Thank you to those who have signed up as her descendants.


RSVP August 1.