Margaret's Party Invitation

Margaret Titus is turning 90
and we are having a party to celebrate.

When: Sunday July 12, 2009
Where: Shalom Hill Farm
North of Windom, MN
Time: Open House 1:00-4:00 PM

Given by her 5 children and their families.
For other information please call Mary at 925-427-7225 or e-mail at marymarg47@yahoo.com


No gifts please
But a donation of one of the following to Shalom Hill Farm would be welcome.
toilet paper, kleenix tissues, LED night light replacement bulbs, refill jugs of liquid hand soap, liquid dish soap, cat and/or dog food, new mattress protector pads (single or double bed size), pillow protectors (zip or fold over style), and solar landscape/walk way lights.

Shalom Hill Farm is a retreat/meeting center which advocates for rural life and ministry and the environment. To find out more go to
www.shalomhillfarm.org


Directions: From Minneapolis/St. Paul--Take Hwy 169 from the Cities to Mankato. At Mankato, 169 runs together with Hwy 60 for a time. Stay on 60 through Lake Crystal. Just before Madelia, take the Hwy 15 exit toward New Ulm. Go @1 mile and turn left (west) onto Cty. Rd. 3 toward LaSalle. Approx. 1 mile past LaSalle turn right (west) toward Darfur. Stay on this road until you cross Hwy 71 and come to Jeffers (4 miles west of 71). At Jeffers turn left (south) on Cty road 52. Go 4 miles on this road (the last mile is gravel) and turn right (west) on Cty 3. One of our signs marks this turn. Go @1.5 miles and we are on the right side of the road.
From Jeffers, MN (4 miles west of US Hwy 71 on MN Hwy 30)--Go 4 miles south on Cty Rd 52 to Cty Rd 3 (the last mile is gravel). Turn right (west) onto Cty 3. Cty 3 is a gravel road marked with one of our blue and white directional signs. Go 1.75 miles and we are the farm place on top of the hill.
From Worthington, MN--Take Hwy 60 north east to Heron Lake. Turn left (north) on Cty Rd 9. Go about 10 miles to Cty Rd 13. Turn right (east) on Cty Rd 13 and go 4 miles to Cty Rd 21. Go left (north) on Cty Rd 21 for 3mile on gravel to the T-intersection. Turn right and we are the first place on the left.
From Jackson, MN --coming into Windom on Hwy 60/71, turn west onto 10th St. In about 4 blocks, 10th St turns into River Rd. (County Rd 13). Take this road approximately 7 miles to County Rd 21 (a gravel road). Turn right (North) onto County 21 and drive 3 miles to the “T”. Turn right. The farm is on your left

A great response

After the e-mail I sent on May 23rd I've gotten a lot of responses. At this time there are at least 65 folks who will be attending the Saturday afternoon reunion. That is so exciting! I know there are others who have not responded that will also be there so we can expect a great crowd. Stay tuned for further news!

Mark is planning a Titus Trivia Contest! Bone up on that Titus history!

The big week-end is getting closer

It's been awhile I know. But haven't gotten many responses so left this alone until now I'm starting to panic. Seven weeks from today is the day. Guess we still have time but I know how quickly time passes! Before I know it the next 4 weeks will have passed and then it will be time for major panic!

So what I want to know is, are you planning to attend the reunion or not? I would love to get a count of some sort so I know what we are working with.
The next question is, are you planning to spend the night Friday and or Saturday nights? If so let me know please so I can kind of figure out the sleeping arrangements. So far Cathy Hewitt family and "Titus" Michael Ourada are the only ones I know about for sure. I know also about my brothers and their families. But the rest of you I am waiting on. Shannon Hessian did say through a Facebook mesage she's planning to come

I cannot wait to see ALL of you there. This will be so fun to reconnect and reacquaint ourselves with our extended family who we are all related to through Leslie Vroman Titus.

Again please let me know your plans.

Thank you all.

Feel free to comment or post on this message.

Responses so far

Hello....Just to update you on responses. I have heard from Catherine Ourada Hewitt. She has reserved space for 5 people. I also know that my siblings will all be there in force along with all of the kids. As far as I know. And the grand kids and 3 great grand kids. I'm sure hoping to hear from more of you.

What should we do?

I'm wondering what you would like to do at the reunion. Do you want to have an extensive historical over view of the Titus history? I know Mark would love to do a presentation.
Do you want to have some sort of a worship service on Sunday? We have several people who are very able to 'preach' and lead.
Do we want to have a family band jam session? Several are musicians.
Do we want to have a bonfire both Friday and Saturday nights?
Do we want to have a professional photographer come and take pictures?
Do we want to have organized activities and games?
Do we want to have nametags?

Whatever we decide will need to be organized and led. Volunteers will be needed.

To the local folks who may not be staying overnight.....we still hope you will come and hang out with us as much as possible. Of course you are welcome to stay if you want. I will need your reservation form. See the previous post.

I've given you numerous reasons at this time to comment. If you have other ideas please suggest them!

Reservation details

It's been awhile since I have last posted anything here.
Thanks Richard Hewitt for commenting on this! I'm sure hoping other people will chime in, too. I would like to see this as a forum for us to get to know each other and catch up! Send pictures to my e-mail and I will post them.

Some details.
I will be taking your reservations to stay at the Farm. There is a lovely place called The Commons. You can see pictures at the Farm's website. www.shalomhillfarm.org. We will all be very comfortable there. Most rooms are for 2-4 persons.
The cost is:
$29 per person for one night
$24 per person for the second night
Brunch on Sunday prepared by the Farm will be $7.50/person.
The official reunion meal on Saturday at 5:00 PM will be $5.00/person. We plan to get burgers, hotdogs and all the trimmings and have a barbecue.
Tim's family will be preparing breakfast on Saturday. He will accept donations to help pay for it.

Please snail mail to me your details of what you are paying for and send a check made out to me if you would. This is for the rooms and for the brunch. I paid the deposit on the place so I am going to also be the money person for the reservations. My address is: 1417 Oakmont Pl., Pittsburg, CA. 94565

A second update

My goal is to get this posted and sent out to all of you tonight! It is now February! I've had a busy January though. Some of you are aware and others not. Kristen had a baby boy on January 23rd! He came into this world 6 weeks early. They tried hard to keep him in a while longer but he wanted none of that. He weighed 4 lbs 3 oz and 17.25" long. He's a cutie. Of course. I am the grandma after all! Hopefully he will come home tomorrow, Tuesday the 3rd.

Again the posts on blogs are in reverse order. So the most recent at the top of the page to the older ones below. If you haven't read blogs before you will quickly figure everything out!

So in review. The reunion at Shalom Hill Farm. www.shalomhillfarm.org
It starts on Friday July 10th and will conclude Sunday July 12th with the 90th birthday party for Margaret. She is looking forward to this and she picked the place for this event.

There is a lovely modern building that will serve as our headquarters. It is called The Commons. There is a kitchen, dining area and several lounge areas along with the rooms we will all be staying in.

More details about cost will follow very soon.

Thanks for checking this out. I can use any help anyone wants to offer.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE post a reply.