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WYSONG FAMILY NEWS
November, 2018 The Family, Past & Future
Naperville
in July
Forty Wysong family
members gathered July 20-
22 for the 40th annual
Wysong Family Reunion.
The 2018 reunion was held
in the Chicago suburb of
Naperville, Illinois. The
gathering included a trip to
Cantigny Park, the former
estate of Chicago Tribune
publisher Col. Robert
McCormick. The park also
includes the museum of the
U.S. Army’s First Infantry
Division.
In the photo at top left,
Wysong Family Association
President Rose McMullin
addresses the family at the
Sunday morning breakfast
meeting. The photo at lower
left is at the entrance to
Cantigny Park.
More information about the
reunion can be found in the
minutes of the family
meeting, on pages 2 and 3.
Information about the 2019
reunion is on page 4.
Photos by Robin Landgren, top, and Lisa Roman, bottom
2018-2020 Family
Naperville Reunion Association
Roundup Officers
President:
Minutes of the Wysong Family Rose McMullin
mcmullinrose@gmail.com
Association Annual Meeting
Vice President:
Rose McMullin opened the family meeting. Mary Wysong Robert Wysong
prayed and breakfast was enjoyed. flynrob@msn.com
Meeting was called to order by Rose McMullin with reading Secretary:
of minutes by Secretary Sarah Long. No corrections. Minutes Sarah Long
approved. Slong224@gmail.com
Treasurer’s report provided and read by Maria Wysong. No
corrections. Approved. Treasurer:
Newsletter report - Fall mailing was 250 with many returned. Marie Wysong
Worked with Maria Wysong to redo mailing list. Much less returned Wysong37@gmail.com
on Spring mailing.
Fundraising - Suzanne Slaughter unavailable. Pre-ordering
form will be created by Sarah Long working with Suzanne Slaughter.
Looking at making t-shirts, jewelry (charms). Board Members
No Fincastle report. Lisa Roman gave summary of 2018 and Terms
reunion. 40 in attendance. President thanked Lisa for hosting the
Laura Smelter
reunion.
(2018-2019)
Scholarship committee - Cindy Clemitis presented. 2
scholarships to present. $1,500 each. Diana Smelter
Awardees – Shelby Fleshood - Attending Florida State in the Fall, (2018-2021)
and Matthew Newmeyer. Both recipients sent thank you letters but tretlems@hotmail.com
were unable to attend.
Received $3,532 through April 17, 2018. 35 donors. Edna Wysong Harris
Donations received after this date will go towards 2019 awards. Have (2018-2021)
$4,000+ in the bank with $3,000 of that being awarded today. bernedna@centurylink.net
Stories of various past awardees were presented. One is Brian Roman
working is South Dakota on an Indian Reservation. One is a (2016-2019)
researcher in Washington, D.C. One has a degree in Theater and broman@aim.com
Nursing. Another has a masters degree in Writing and Theology.
Another has a masters degree in Cellular Molecular Biology. One has Helen Wysong
an Exercise Science Bachelor’s. (2017-2020)
Needed to elect two new trustees. Committee nominated Bob helenwysong@yahoo.com
DeWalt and Cindy Clemitis (this would be her second three-year
term). Jane McMullin made motion to elect. Mary Wysong seconded.
Motion passed.
Board decided to implement emailing the newsletter to those that self select (and not mailing)
to save on costs. If someone selects email, their newsletter will only be sent by email. Due to no issues
being raised after discussion, will be posting newsletter on website.
Discussion was held around improving reunion attendance and family involvement:
● Facebook poll was posted by Sarah during the reunion- several people responded that they
didn’t attend this year’s reunion because they didn’t know anyone. Sarah Long will be sending follow-
up messages to those that responded to poll to encourage their attendance at our next reunion and
give them a face/person to know.
Wysong Family News, November, 2018 2
July Meeting Minutes, Continued …
● Difficult to plan reunion with only 40 attendees.
● How do we increase numbers?
● On Facebook plan on advertising in group a little more so folks can easily find information
on the event without having to search back through the posts.
● Looked back at numbers from past reunions to see if there was a trend. Roanoke always does
well as far as numbers.
● Maybe have a poll with multiple locations listed to see what is most popular. Would need to
have willing hosts for those selections.
● Have presentation at genealogy workshop to encourage more people to attend session.
● Photos, articles, etc have been sent to Robin Landgren. It would be nice to have centralized
location for those such as the Blacksmith Shop.
● Make sure Facebook has the website listed and an option to sign up for newsletter.
Need to elect 2 board members for a 3 year term and 1 for a 1 year term Helen Wysong
nominated Edna Harris and Diana Smelter for 3 year terms. Motion from Locke Wysong to close
nominations. Jim McMullin seconded. Passed. Helen Wysong nominated Laura Smelter for 1 year
term. Motion to close nominations. Jim seconded. Passed.
2019 Reunion - Jane McMullin presented on Kansas City. The hotel is in Independence, MO, which is
10 minutes from downtown Kansas City. Rate of $109. Bass Pro next door. Right off interstate but has
nature and walking trails. Working on getting bus tour together but plan to go to Steamboat Arabia
Museum and National World War I Museum and Memorial. There is not a shuttle between the hotel
and airport - currently; however, they are working on it. There also might be family member shuttles
available. There will be cookies.
President thanked Jane for working on putting this together so quickly. $248 collected for Fincastle.
Motion by Diana Smelter to send $250. Seconded by Jane McMullin. Passed.
Motion by Jim McMullin to take back to the scholarship committee that the general family
would like to have scholarship recipients attend reunion (or parents attend to accept). We want to
encourage young people to attend and get connected to family. Robert Wysong seconded. Passed.
Laura Smelter suggested sending individual invitations to past and current awardees. On
Friday night recognize awardees and/or have special name tags. Discussion on 2020 hosts Suggested
locations? Middle of the country. States we have never been to. Maybe go back to PA - Philadelphia
area, Valley Forge, etc. Bernie Harris committed to hosting reunion in Pennsylvania. Yay!
Births this past year:
• Liliana Grace Carter, July 16, 2017
• Elliana Rae Wysong, July 24, 2017
• Aiden Carter, May 8, 2018
Deaths this past year:
• Rachael Geischen
• Jerry Wysong
• Keith McMullin
Rose McMullin recognized Father Bill Wysong with the President’s Award for his years of service
to the family.
First timers - Jim McKay - Karen Shoomaker’s husband. From AZ. Karen was at a reunion in
2006. Roberta Wysong won the raffle basket. Locke made motion to adjourn. Bryan Wysong
seconded. So moved.
Wysong Family News is a semi-annual publication of the Wysong Family Association. Editor: Bern Harris,
312 Pearl St., Lancaster, PA 17603; phone: 717.471.7652; email: bernardwharrisjr@gmail.com
Wysong Family News, November, 2018 3
Going to Kansas City,
Kansas City here we
come
Mark your calendars. The McMullin Family
has stepped up to host the 2019 family reunion in
Kansas City and Independence Missouri on July
19-21, 2019.
Originally a Cowtown, Kansas City grew to
be an important crossroads for the railroads and
river steamboat transportation. Independence was
the starting point for many pioneers travelling
west.
Today, the Kansas City metro area offers a
variety of activities that everyone can enjoy.
Planned are visits to the Arabia Steamboat
Museum, the National World War I Museum and
Memorial, and the Midwest Genealogy Center.
The reunion will be based at the Stony Creek Hotel & Conference Center, in
Independence. A group rate of $109 per night plus tax has been secured. Look for more
details and a reservation form in the May 2019 edition of the Wysong Family News.
The McMullin Family agreed to host the reunion following the sudden death of
Rachael Gieschen in April. Rachael planned to host the 2019 family reunion in Wilmington,
N.C.
ATTENTION GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS
YOU ARE A POTENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP WINNER
Just a reminder!! Your Wysong family has been very generous in supporting student’s efforts to
improve their future through advanced education so please avail yourself of the opportunity to
apply for one of the Dr. Dudley Wysong Scholarships that will be awarded in 2019. Your family
wants to support you but you have to apply to receive a scholarship. The final number and amount of
2019 scholarships are totally dependent on annual contributions but in 2018 the family was able to
award two $1,500 scholarships. YOU COULD BE ONE OF THE WINNERS IN 2019. Scholarships
will be awarded to high school seniors graduating in 2018 who plan to attend an accredited two year
or four year college or university in 2019 and to undergraduate students already attending college
who have not previously received a Dr. Dudley Wysong Scholarship Award. If you, or someone you
know, would like to apply for a 2019 scholarship you can obtain a copy of the scholarship application
form by e-mailing the Scholarship Fund Committee at wysongscholar@aol.com or mailing us at Dr.
Dudley Wysong Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 5432, Johnson City, TN 37602 to request a copy of the
application form. Applications for the 2019 scholarships must be postmarked no later than April 1,
2019.
Wysong Family News, November, 2018 4
Scholarships Awarded At 2018 Reunion
Cindy Klimaitis, Secretary & Trustee of the Dr. Dudley Wysong Scholarship Fund & Trust, announcing
the 2018 scholarship award winners at the Wysong Family Reunion held in Naperville, Illinois this year.
Two $1,500 scholarships were awarded this year to deserving Wysong family students at the family
reunion held in Naperville, Illinois. The winners of the Dr. Dudley Wysong Scholarships for 2018
were:
• Shelby Fleshood age 18 from Orlando, FL
• Matthew Thomas Neumeyer age 18 from Cedar Rapids, IA
This is the ninth year in a row that the Dr. Dudley Wysong Scholarship Fund has been able to
award scholarships at the Annual Wysong Family Reunion due to the great generosity of many
Wysong family members.
A goal of the Wysong Family Association is to award scholarships each year to assure future
generations of Wysong descendents can improve their family life and careers through advanced
education. Our ability to continue this tradition is a direct result of the continued participation
and giving by many generous family members. We thank all of you greatly on behalf of the
scholarship recipients. We encourage all college bound students to apply. A formal criterion
based scoring worksheet is used to keep the evaluation process very objective. All applicants must
be direct descendants of Ludwig Wysong including their families and legally adopted family
members without regard to religious orientation, race or gender.
Wysongs on the Web
Check out the Wysong website: bryanwysong.com/family/ Information about the next reunion, the
association officers and board members, and an email directory is available at the site. Please help
webmaster Bryan Wysong keep the email addresses up to date by alerting him of any changes.
Wysong Family on Facebook
The Wysong Family Association is on Facebook. The official Wysong Family Association & Reunions
group is the place where more than 200 family members connect with others, share family history,
post comments, links and photos. Updates on reunions, and other family happenings are posted.
Wysong Family News, November, 2018 5
Letter from the President
Making Time for Family
By Rose McMullin
It is that time again, time for the fall newsletter, so here I am pondering what to write.
I received Bernie’s email, on the same day as one of my second cousins held an annual
family dinner. My father, Jesse McMullin, was the baby of his family of six kids. His oldest
sister was starting her family at the time my father arrived on the scene, much to my
grandmother’s surprise. We always got together for holidays in my youth, but as the family
grew it became harder and harder to make that happen.
A couple of years ago one of my second cousins started hosting a get together at the
beginning of deer season, all of his brothers and extended families come in at that time,
(they are a family of seven boys and one girl). He then extended the invitation to the entire
family. So now it has become a yearly event which keeps growing. We also try to get
together in the spring.
As we get older we realize the need to keep in touch, unfortunately as the old saying
goes “sometimes youth is wasted on the young.” It gets harder to pull such big families
together. To make sure our family survives we have to work at keeping it together. Last
year I challenged everyone to bring some one new to the reunion and we had a lot of
interesting discussion on how to succeed and continue with the Wysong Reunion.
Keep in mind this year’s reunion is in Kansas City, please make plans to come. Our
family has been planning and has rallied the troops to pull off a successful reunion, so put it
on your calendars and we will see you there. Have a wonderful Holiday season with your
families and friends and see you in K.C in the summer!!!
Deaths
Josephine Ann Wysong, of New Lennox, IL., passed away September 6.
David S. Wysong, 84, of Lincoln, NE, passed away October 27.
Laura Tietjen Wysong, Trumansburg, NY, passed away August 13.
John Raymond “Jack” Wysong, 74, Centerville, OH, passed away May 13.
Marcia Wysong, 73, Kokomo, IN., passed away July 8.
Brenda S. (Wysong) Crisp, 63, Camden, OH, passed away May 17.
Christine Janice Wysong Shawver, 69, New Buffalo, MI, passed away July 18.
Evelyn Burgess Wysong, 84, Comanche County,TX, passed away on May 9
Births
Aden Jace Green, born May 8, 2018
Wysong Family News, November, 2018 6Dr. Dudley Wysong Scholarship Fund Annual Appeal Letter
Upon the subject of education,……I can only say that I view it as the most important subject
which we as a people may be engaged in. Abraham Lincoln
Dear Wysong Family:
Thanks to your generosity the Dr. Dudley Wysong Scholarship Fund has awarded 36 scholarships to deserving
family member students during the first eight years of its existence. Now is your chance to join with the many
other generous Wysong family members who are making a college education possible for the next generation of
Wysong students. We are preparing to award scholarships for the tenth consecutive year. You can be proud that
so many family members have come forth with donations to support this excellent cause. The key to the success of
the scholarship program is the number of gifts that we receive to assist many worthwhile family college applicants
to achieve their life dreams. The amount of each family member’s gift is not what is important. What is important
is that as many family members as possible participate and give what they can afford. Every gift is important no
matter how small or large. Thanks to many family members generosity, two $1,500 scholarships were awarded in
2018 at the family reunion in Naperville, IL. We have already begun to receive gifts in support of the 2019 awards
but many more are needed. In the end, the number and amount of scholarships to be awarded are directly
determined by the contributions actually received each year. With the high cost of education, college students
need for help is great. This program helps to assure that future generations of Wysong descendents will gain the
knowledge and training necessary to succeed in their family life and careers. Remember, OUR CHILDREN
ARE OUR FUTURE. By financially supporting the Dr. Dudley Wysong Scholarship Fund you are helping future
generations attain a higher education by working towards a two year associate degree or a four year
undergraduate degree. Please participate and give whatever you can afford. Contributions made are entirely tax
deductible. By working together now, we can make a brighter future for many generations of Wysong children.
If you have any questions concerning the Dr. Dudley Wysong Scholarship Fund, please do not hesitate to e-mail us
at wysongscholar@aol.com.
We are thankful and grateful for your support.
With best regards to you and your family,
Scholarship Committee Members: Marty DeWelt, Cindy Klimaitis, Krista Wysong, Mary Wysong and Bob
DeWelt.
Please return to the Scholarship Fund:
Dr. Dudley Wysong Scholarship Fund
P.O. Box 5432
Johnson City, TN 37602
Name & Address: _________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Yes! We can support the Dr. Dudley Wysong Scholarship Fund
Up to $24 - Contributor_______ $25 to $49 - Supporter_______ $50 to $74 - Partner_______
$75 to $99 - Silver_______ $100 to $199 - Gold_______ $200 to $499 - Platinum________
Diamond - $500 and Over_______
Please make checks payable to: Dr. Dudley Wysong Charitable Trust
[Your gift is a 501(c)(3) tax deductible contribution.]
Wysong Family News, November, 2018 7NEWSLETTER DUES
For only $10.00 per year, you receive two newsletters (fall and spring) keeping family
members connected and aware of events and issues. Information about the annual reunion is
disseminated via the newsletter, as well as reminders (such as this one) to pay your dues. The
newsletter is a vital communications tool for an organization such as ours, whose members are
spread throughout the country.
If you haven’t paid your annual dues, please send them at your earliest convenience.
The dues allow us to print and mail this information to YOU!
Checks should be made payable to Wysong Family and mailed to family Treasurer Maria
Wysong, at: Wysong Family Newsletter, c/o Maria Wysong, 9221 Applecrest Ct., Cincinnati,
OH 45242.
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