Minutes of the 2005 Barefoot Reunion

89th BAREFOOT REUNION

BAREFOOT BULLETIN 2006
Published by Barefoot Reunion Association
Volume No. 8, Issue 1
June 2006


FIRST SUNDAY OF AUGUST
WHEN: AUGUST 6, 2006
WHERE: SEQUOIA PAVILION
WINDBER RECREATIONAL PARK, WINDBER, PA

SMORGASBORD 12:30 P.M.
BUSINESS MEETING TO FOLLOW

Please bring a covered dish to share and your own tableware. For our fundraiser, please donate a craft, baked goods, or white elephant for the auction. (Limit of 5 items per family.)
We also pass the hat for donations. There is also a cake guess.
Swimming is available at a $1.00 discount .
Come enjoy fun and fellowship.


Successful 88th Reunion - Minutes

President Eleanor Kinnan and her brother Gerald Robert Hott. This would be Eleanor's last year as president of the Barefoot Reunion.

Presiding at the 2005 meeting of the Barefoot Reunion Association was President Eleanor Kinnan. The officers for 2005 were as follows:
Eleanor Kinnan – President
Mike Barefoot – Vice President
Sylvia Sonneborn – Treasurer/Editor
Bobbie Woodley – Recording Secretary
Jack Sonneborn – Corresponding Secretary

Business Meeting:

The meeting opened at 2:00 with the Pledge of Allegiance, conducted by Tim Barefoot.
“The Star Spangled Banner” was sung by Aubrey Erdley.
We held a moment of silent meditation after the reading of deceased members by Betsy Hawthorne.

Betsy Hawthorne reads the list of deceased members while the late President Eleanor Kinnan and Treasurer Sylvia Sonneborn sit at officers’ table.

Next was the reading of 2004 minutes by Bobbie Woodley, secretary.
Motion to accept minutes made by Betsy Hawthorne, seconded by Jane Cauffiel
Thomson.
Reading of Treasurer’s Report by Sylvia Sonneborn. Received since June 2005 $315.00 in donations. Motion made to accept treasurer’s report.






Business Meeting con’t.:
Motion to give $50.00 donation to band (HTAF/Dave Burns) made by Dorothy Barefoot, seconded by Mike Barefoot

Request for a $100.00 donation to Cemetery Association @ Pleasantville Cemetery/Bob Felton, caretaker.
Motion to donate made by Betsy Hawthorne, seconded by Carol Saylor Scott

Motion to make an amendment to the above, made by Jim Strange, seconded by Mike Barefoot. Motion passed.
Eleanor Kinnan, our president, has decided to step down for health reasons.
Mike Barefoot agreed to take over as president.

New Officers:
Mike Barefoot – President
Vicki Erdley – Vice President
Sylvia Sonneborn – Treasurer/Editor
Bobbie Woodley – Recording Secretary
Heather Lamer – Corresponding Secretary


Mike Barefoot of Boiling Springs, PA, is the new president of the Barefoot Reunion Association. Here he chats with the outgoing president Eleanor Kinnan.

Prizes:
Bille Ann Huff and Vicki Erdley won door prizes.

OTHER PRIZES:

Oldest Man – Clair Mock
Oldest Woman – Ruth Strayer
Youngest Child – Jeremiah Yeager
Traveled the Farthest – Mark Hott
Most Recently Married – Jeremiah and Corinna Yeager
Longest Married – John and June Hammer

Cake won by Jesse Lamer
Candy Guess by Mike Barefoot

Betsy Hawthorne will reserve Sequoia @ Windber Park for 2006.
The president expressed appreciation for Dorothy Barefoot and daughter Penny Espenshade, who organized the food brought for lunch.
Mark Hott will provide information about his grandmother Elizabeth Mae Krise Hott at the next reunion.
Dave Burns and band HTAF will perform again.
Ashley Hott will be in charge of prizes.
Bobbie Woodley will be in charge of the auction.

Adjournment:
Motion to adjourn meeting was made by Gail Prave, seconded by Sylvia Sonneborn.

Special Report on Eleanor Kinnan, Our Past President

Eleanor Kinnan's High School Graduation


Eleanor Hott Kinnan Special

Revloc Woman Was Fascinated with Ancestry

By TED POTTS
THE TRIBUNE-DEMOCRAT, Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Eleanor Lee Kinnan of Revloc, who was avidly interested in genealogy, died Saturday at Laurel Crest Manor, Ebensburg. She was 70. "She could quote genealogy from way back," said her sister, Gail Prave of East Taylor Township. Ms. Prave said genealogy fascinated her sister, likening Mrs. Kinnan's recollection of family history to a records center. She said her sister's interest in genealogy began in earnest when her mother, the late Elizabeth Krise Hott, left some of her genealogical information to Mrs. Kinnan.

Mrs. Kinnan was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 609 Walters Ave. The church, headquartered in Salt Lake City and whose members are known as Mormons, encourages its members to become involved in their families' histories, Ms.Prave said.

At the local church, Mrs. Kinnan was a former Relief Society president, Sunday school teacher and director of the family history center. Family history centers at Latter-day Saints churches have access to the church's massive genealogy archives in Salt Lake City, Ms. Prave said.

Mrs. Kinnan was a former member of the election board in Revloc. Election board members work at polls on election days, handing out ballots to voters and counting and delivering ballots to the Cambria County Courthouse after elections. She was a longtime member of the board in Revloc, her sister said. Mrs. Kinnan also took ballots to voters who were patients at Laurel Crest and who could not get to the polls, Ms. Prave said. Mrs. Kinnan was left to raise her five children on her own when her husband, Joseph, died when the children all were at young ages, Ms. Prave said. Mrs. Kinnan served as president of her family's Barefoot Reunion from 1992 until earlier this year, when ill health made it necessary for her to step down, her sister said.

She enjoyed cooking, particularly baking. "She was a wonderful baker," Ms. Prave said. She said she baked frequently, particularly pies, cakes and the like. She enjoyed reading, particularly books about history, her sister said. Asked to describe Mrs. Kinnan's personality, Ms. Prave said: "She was a very social person. She loved to talk to people, and she absolutely loved children. She had a beautiful spirit."

Eleanor Hott Kinnan with her son Jeffrey Scott Kinnan and Karen Kinnan


Mrs. Kinnan was a former Avon representative. Although she had been out of Avon sales for 15 years, many of her customers kept in touch with her, Ms. Prave said. "Her customers thought the world of her," her sister said. Mrs. Kinnan is survived by four sons: Jeffrey of Armagh; William and Greg, both of Casper, Wyo.; and Richard of Colver; and one daughter, Karen Peterson of Camp Verde, Ariz. There are six grandchildren. In addition to Ms. Prave, Mrs. Kinnan is survived by two brothers, Fred Hott and G.Robert Hott, both of Ebensburg; and four other sisters, Betsy Hawthorne of Johnstown, Sylvia Sonneborn of York, Mary Hutchison of Huntsville, Mo. and Nancy O'Hara of Wright, WY.

A Letter from the Editor Sylvia H. Sonneborn

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Sylvia Hott Sonneborn – Treasurer and Newsletter Editor

Dear Barefoot Family,

Since we last “met,” it has been a sad year. My sister Eleanor Kinnan, a faithful president of the Barefoot Reunion Association, passed away on 3 December 2005. Unfortunately her death was hastened by an alleged overdose of medication, given to her at the care facility where she was residing. Her immediate family is in litigation over her death.
We will remember Eleanor for her love of family history and love of family. There wasn’t a person with whom she could not engage in conversation. She also remembered names of people and their family connections. It was difficult to do this newsletter without her input as she has been my sidekick for many years. She normally would have been sitting at my side, making corrections on the newsletter and telling me who all of you are and your family connections without looking at the Barefoot Book. She had such a wonderful mind. Her family will remember her most for the love she showed to them and all mankind. We sorely miss her.

In my own family, my husband Jack and I decided to downsize, so in April we moved from a two-story Colonial with 3 acres to a rancher with less that an acre. It is a smart move to relieve the pressure on these creaking bones, but, oh, where will be put everything? The new address is 3110 Starlight Drive, York, PA 17402. Phone – 717-757-2331; E-mail sylvias@sucom.net.

At the same time, my son Patshal Landis and wife Lisa and grandson William moved close to Albany, NY, for my son to accept a transfer in TYC O – MACOM [communications]. We certainly miss them, especially my only grandson who is now 2 and very active and interesting as well as loving.

Jack and I attended the computerized genealogy conference at Brigham Young University in April 2006 at Provo, Utah, and that was very helpful in our hobby of doing genealogy. We also belong to the Susquehanna Trails Genealogical Club, which co-sponsored a family history conference with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We were both planners and presenters at the conference, which had about 100 participants. We continue to serve on the staff of the Family History Center in the local LDS Church in York, and we remain active in our church. Who said retirement is easy?

I would like to give a special thank-you to those who collected obituaries for the newsletter: Betsy Hawthorne, Sylvia Coleman, and Sharon Sheldon. Thanks to all of you who sent information to me. Thank you to those of you who sent information about landmarks in your lives. Please keep that info coming. But most of all I want to thank those of you who subscribe to this newsletter and for those of you who are so generous with your contributions. Thank you, “cousins,” for all that you contribute to the Barefoot Reunion Association.
Best wishes,
Sylvia Sonneborn
Treasurer/Newsletter Editor