115th Annual Meeting 

Annual Meeting August 17, 2019 
Elks Lodge, 500 Jones Avenue, Portsmouth, NH

The meeting returned to the Elks Lodge and started with a coffee and pastry reception at  9 a.m. 

10:00 a.m. Business Meeting
11:00 a.m. Family Storyhour
12:15 p.m. Buffet Lunch
1:00 p.m. David Miller, researcher of Native American settlements in the Piscataqua area was the featured speaker.
1:45 p.m. Installation of the new officers.
Details of the business meeting can be found in the December 2019 newsletter.

In this photo, 2019-2020 President Betsey Cox-Buteau receives the gavel from Ed Batchelder at the conclusion of the annual meeting.

She expressed the following, "I only hope that I can lead next year's annual meeting with the same ease and grace that Ed displayed at this one." 

She went on to say, "This was a meeting where people were encouraged to share stories of family ancestors and some great ones were shared." 

Below are the wonderful people who are serving you this year on the Pioneers council…and yes, Ed is still there! 

 

 

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Some of the fun of being in the Pioneers are the stories shared at the dinner tables at the annual meeting. Apparently, many of our ancestors were a bit "notorious" Here is Barbara Carmone assisted by Ann Merrill, giving the story of an ancestor at the Annual Meeting. It was a very entertaining story and makes us curious for other's stories as well.