Anson Bowen Call Family Organization

2009

REUNION

INFORMATION

(tentative)

Thursday
April 2, 2009

As is our tradition the 2009 reunion is scheduled for the Thursday evening just prior to April Conference.

If you have questions, comments or suggestions please feel free to email the family organization volunteers at:

secretary@abcfo.org.

 

2008 Reunion Resolutions:

At the conclusion of the 2008 Reunion gathering, the following resolutions were discussed:

  1. Draft a formal statement of  purposes and objectives for continuing the Anson Bowen Call Family Organization (ABCFO) on into the future.

  2. Form a governing body of family member volunteers who will then oversee carrying out of the various organization purposes and objectives.

  3. Legally organize so contributions will be tax deductable.

  4. The governing board should meet at least quarterly.

The following purposes were suggested:

  1. Sponsor and carry out genealogical research.

  2. Perform ordinance work for our ancestors.

  3. Gather, annotate, restore, make available, and preserve family pictures, histories, journals and other records.

  4. Facilitate acquaintances between relatives.

Apparently the current organization bylaws (wheresoever they might be found) declare that a newly-elected organization president shall serve for two years; the first year as president-elect along with the previously-elected president, and the second as the actual president, along with a new president-elect.

Ara Jr., this year's acting president (in Eran's absence), has agreed to stay on board as our 2008-09 family organization acting president, as long as others are willing to volunteer their support.  Several family members attending the reunion did volunteer, and we're hoping that even more will do so soon.  Ideally, volunteers will be easily communicated with using email.

If you are willing and able to help with the following, we would appreciate hearing from you: secretary@abcfo.org

  • Genealogy research steering committee.

  • Email and postal mail assistant.

  • Program planning committee.

  • Web site build-out specialists.

  • Secretary-treasurer.

Finally... It was generally agreed upon that further genealogical research should be pursued with the aid of one or more professional researchers under the direction of Mildred Maw and Ara Call, along with the soon-to-be-formed steering committee.  Both Mildred and Ara have been very active in performing genealogical work on the Anson Bowen Call line in the past.

  

Anson Bowen Call Family
 2008 Reunion Recap

At the conclusion of our family reunion back in 2007, we found that we had had failed to adequately address installation of a new set of organization officers for the following year (i.e., May 2007 - May 2008).  But, Uncle Eran (Grandpa Call's 25th, and youngest, child), bless his heart, came to the rescue, and volunteered to preside on the condition that his two nephews Ara and Duane (sons of his older brother Ara) would lend a hand.  Well, all seemed to be under control until it was just about the time to swing into gear for the April 2008 reunion, when Uncle Eran suddenly announced that he had accepted yet another mission call; this time to the Dominican Republic.  Thus his chief assistant Ara was pressed into service with Duane becoming his assistant. The short of it is that the reunion did take place, and everything went surprisingly well.

2008 Reunion Program:

 

6:00

Registration and get-acquainted, with game activities organized by Julie Call Grow (daughter of Ara), and photos of those in attendance by Michael Lichfield (great-grandson of Clella).
 

6:45

Mexican dinner (with flan for dessert) by Joe Vera's Mexican Restaurant)
 

7:30

Conference call with Uncle Eran from the Dominican Republic.
 

8:00

Video presentation of Grandpa Call's last years; excerpted from Uncle Arnold and Aunt Glenna's home movies, and narrated by Aunt Glenna.  Produced by Marjorie Call Barnes (daughter of Ara) and her daughter Melinda Barnes Lee.
 

8:20

 Panel discussion with personal recollections of Grandpa Call's last years (arranged by Glenna Stowell Call).  Panelists:
 

 

 
  Don R. Call (grandson of Anson and Theresa Thompson)
  Karen Lichfield (great-granddaughter of
Anson and Harriet Cazier)
  Anson V. Call and David Call (grandsons of Anson and Dora Pratt)
 

Francis C. Alder (grandson of Anson and Julia Abegg)
 

8:45

 

Recommendations and resolutions for upcoming years; a discussion led by acting president Ara O. Call, Jr. relative to the disposition of accumulated funds, and of the family organization itself.

Special thanks to:

  • Aunt Glenna for facilitating most of the program.

  • The panel members for their thoughtful remarks.

  • Joe Vera's restaurant of Provo, Utah.

  • The Provo Oak Hills Stake for their generosity in allowing us to invade their stake center.

  • Francis C. Alder (son of Lorna) who frantically searched for Uncle Eran's phone number following an equipment failure, and took care of sales of his mother's wonderful book.

  • Marge, Ara, Duane and Julie (all children of Ara) for organizing and pulling off this year's reunion.

  • Carla and Tamra (Ara's and Duane's spouses)
    who decorated the tables, collected dues, helped in the kitchen, served dinner, and generally saved the day.

  • And everyone else who pitched in to make this reunion as good, if not better, than ever.