25th Schroeder Reunion Biggest Ever Over 80 Inlaws, Outlaws, and would be Schroeders attended the 25th reunion. Four generations of Schroeders were in attendance. Everybody had a good time. Thanks to: Kim Kavanaugh (Karl's daughter) for organizing. Burns Bamford for the food. Mary Lou Unangst (Carolyn's daughter) for the relationship bee. Joan Bamford for the bubble gum contest Bob Sheck (Jack's daughter Nancy's husband) for the piñata Mike Schroeder (Bill's son) for cooking William H. Schroeder (Bill's son) for auctioneering Lloyd Foss for bringing the quoit set Peggy (Ed's daughter) for the 50-50

Editorial Change The newsletter has a new editor! You can contact me: by Mail: Lloyd Foss Jr 1344 Hollyberry Lane West Chester PA 19380 by Phone: 610 719 1844 by email: lfoss@myxa.com Newsletter Schedule Hopefully the newsletter will be published on the following schedule: November 1999 January 2000 March 2000 June 2000 This issue will be mailed to everyone on the mailing list. The newsletter will also be emailed to those on the email list.

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Newsletter Schedule If you would like to be added to the email list send me your email address. If you have problems with the pictures in the email version email me so we can fix the problem. It will also be posted on the Schroeder Reunion Web Site: http://employeeweb.myxa.com/lfoss/schroeder Reunion 2000 suggestions Several people have made suggestions for the next reunion. The executive committee has already decided to implement the first - A schedule so everyone knows when things will happen. The preliminary schedule is: 12:00 - 1:00 - Social Hour 12:00 - 4:00 - Visiting Swimming Volleyball Quoits Cards Exchange Table 3:00 - 3:15 - Relationship Bee 3:15 - 3:30 - Bubble Gum Contest 3:30 - 4:00 - Piñata 4:00 - 5:00 - Dinner 4:30 - 5:00 - 50-50 Annual Meeting 5:00 - 5:30 - Pictures 5:30 - 6:30 - Auction 6:30 - 7:00 - Clean Up

I want to emphasize that this schedule is preliminary only. Any suggestions are greatly welcome. Caroline Smith (Carolyn's daughter) has suggested to try Pizza as the meal for the next reunion. We would have it delivered. The food committee will look into the costs and have a report for the next newsletter. Joan Bamford has suggested replacing the piñata with candy toss. The candy toss would be done by ages with special prize candy for each age group. The editor agrees the piñata was definitely too dangerous this year. Golf clubs and children do not mix. The piñata is a longstanding tradition. If it were made safer (Think wiffleball bats) we could probably keep it. The executive committee would like some more opinions before making a final decision. The editor would like to start a guestbook. This is a book where each person/family would be able to sign in and record their thoughts about the reunion. Like the group picture it does not seem like much now it will be treasured in the future. My brothers and father (Carolyn's sons and husband) go on a hunting trip each year where there is a guestbook in the camp. We get to see who was there and how they did the week before us and add our own contributions to the history. My contribution a few years ago was: Almost wrecked truck on drive into camp. Sick all week. Fell in woods and twisted knee. Did not see any deer. Food was good. Treasurer's Report Sorry, the treasury committee has not met. We hope to have a full report in the November newsletter. Schroeder Shorts David (Tom's son) and Roxanne will spend a week in October in the States visiting their parents and attending a wedding of one of David's classmates.

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Schroeder Shorts Nancy & Tom Schroeder spent a great week at Sacketts Harbor after the reunion. Tommy (Tom's Son) is hard at work on General Stonewall's house located above Fort A.P. Hill. Kathy Cohen, Heidi Fritts, and Mary Scheel (Joan's Daughters) went to Florida to visit their sister, Jill Bamford, for five days in August. They had a wonderful time. In the meantime, Grandparents Burns and Joan babysat for Heidi's boys, Edward and William. From all reports, Burns and Joan needed some "resting up." Lyne Foss's (Carolyn's son Andy's wife) grandfather and her brother both passed away in July. Our condolences to Lyne.

Reunion History Now that we have had twenty-five of them the editor is curious about the origins of the reunion. His opinion is that the first reunion occurred at Carolyn and Lloyd Foss's house after Pap-Pap's funeral. The Original Nine decided to get together once a year thereafter. If the editor is wrong, let me know. The reunions have been held at Camp Hugh Beaver, Marlin/Harts lake, and Oxford Lake. Who attended the reunions? The editor has missed two: 1978 (In the ARMY stationed in Germany), and 1984 (enjoying balmy Yuma Arizona). Group photos were started in 1980. If you have any photos of the early (or any) reunions the editor would like to borrow them to make copies (digital so I can give you both picture and a diskette or CD with a digital copies) Schroeder Movie Project One of the first things you get when you have a child now is a video camera. The editor, in his characteristic, yeah I need another expensive hobby, has jumped in with both feet. Several years (more like 10!!) ago his parents copied all their home movies to videotape and each child got a copy. Videotape is nice but digital video is the wave of the future. The advantage of digital is that copies are exactly the same as the original. Another advantage is you can add a sound track to silent movies. The editor is putting together the ability to convert home movies to both videotape and CD that can be played on the computer. (Eventually DVD disk but affordable versions of that technology is still 2-3 years away). If anyone has home movies or videos of Schroeder Events (Weddings, Anniversaries, or parties) and would like them included on a Schroeder Movie please contact the editor.

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Ask Katie (Advice for the under 5 Set) My daddy says I can help. Me and Willy and Eddy and Alex and Dale and Lissa had a meeting while you big people weren't paying attention to us. We have a lot of questions so I decided to write an advice column. Dear Katie,     The American Pediatric Association says TV is bad for us and Mommy and Daddy wont let me watch my favorite show Beverly Hills 90210 (I Love Dillon!!) And whenever I try to relax at the end of a hard day of looking cute by eating the remote control I accidentally change the channel. What do I do?          Signed,             Channel Surfer Chick Dear Channel Chick,     Being cable connected myself I feel your pain. Strategy is what you need. When watching 90210 be quiet, occasionally laugh, and play with your toes. Mommy and Daddy will easily tolerate the TV for some peace and quiet - and a Kodak moment. About the remote, look around, there's always more than one of those things. Chewing on the VCR remote will only change the channel on the VCR, and not the TV so you can relax and watch your show. And since you stopped Daddy from recording wrestling he will have more time to play with you! Ooh I see something that I can reach and I do not know what it is but I am going to try to eat it!         Bye-Bye,             Katie

Birthdays August 1999 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 Allison Zentgraf - 93 2 3 4 5 6 7; 8 9 10 11 Mike Schroeder - 56 12 Joan Bamford 13 14 Cora Foss 15 John Sutton - 62 16 Jill Bamford 17 18 Peggy Wieghorst 19 20 21 22 Jean Schroeder 23 24 25 26 27 28 Betsy Flaherty 29 30 31         September 1999 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Alexis Schroeder - 90 12 Nancy Sheck 13 Burns Bamford - 37 Patrick Wadsworth - 58 14 15 16 Lauren Schroeder - 83 17 18 19 20 Charles Foss - 65 21 22 William Schroeder Jr - 56 John Dumont - ;57 23 24 Phyllis Schroeder 25 26 27 John Flaherty - 47 28 29 30     October 1999 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday           1 Mary Lou Unangst 2 3 4 5 Lois Schroeder Ashley Schroeder - 82 6 7 Dan Smith - 61 Lloyd Foss - 25 8 9 John Zentgraf - 56 10 Jay Unangst - 50 Corey Unangst - 82 11 12 13 14 Matthew Zentgraf - 85 15 16 17 Andrew Foss - 65 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 28 26 27 Amy Schroeder - 84 29 30 31 Mary Schroeder

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