NATIONWIDE GATHERING
Of the Descendants of
JACOB HOCHSTETLER
[All spellings and branches connected to the big Hochstetler books]
August 1 & 2, 2008
Near Goshen, Indiana
AUG. 1, Fri. eve. Banquet: Fairhaven A. M. Church, 5 mi. E.
($12.50 must be prepaid by July 1, to JHFA)
Speaker: Ervin R. Stutzman, Harrisonburg, Virginia
AUG. 2, All-day Event at Bethany Christian School, 3 mi. S.
FORENOON
Registration begins 8:00, Make donation for expenses; get Souvenir. Choice of 9 Seminars,
begins at 9:15; History Slides and Video; Fellowship with distant relatives; Vendors;
Browse Exhibits; Children's activities; Make Genealogical Connections; Learn more
about your History and Heritage; Meet Authors; More!
NOON
Catered Port-a-Pit lunch or bring your own brown bag picnic
(Adults $7.50, children 12 and under, $4.00, prepaid by July 1, to JHFA)
AFTERNOON
Fellowship with distant relatives, other activities continue.
PROGRAM, 2:30: Singing, German Lord's Prayer, Wayne Hochstetler, IL, Daniel
Hochstetler, IN, GC President Jim Brenneman, IN; Short business session
Sponsored by the Jacob Hochstetler Family Association, Inc.
Publisher of the quarterly H/H/H Family Newsletter ($10 annually)
To prepay meals, order Newsletter, or for more information,
Write JHFA, P.O. Box 2085, Elkhart, IN 46515
Call or email Gordon Hostetler at 574/293-2924 or gordonh2(a)verizon.net
Call or email Dan Hochstetler at 574/533-7819 or dhoch(a)maplenet.net
Check the enhanced web site
www.hostetler.net for more about your large, scattered,
diverse family, the descendants of the devout Amish Mennonite 1738 Swiss German Immigrant
Jacob Hochstetler Family.
Plan to attend this once-in-five-years Nationwide Gathering.
--
Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG
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"No one more sincerely wishes the spread of information among mankind than I do, and
none has greater confidence in its effect towards supporting free and good
government."
-- Thomas Jefferson (letter to Trustees for the Lottery of East Tennessee College, 6 May
1810)
Reference: The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Washington, ed., vol. 5 (521)
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Putnam County Indiana