I must first thank the many Shys and Porters who worked so hard and enthusiastically to organize and accomplish this reunion. I am most grateful for their spirit and their kindness in extending the invitation.
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Prelude - Albert Warner Phillips' farm in Steele, Missouri
where I spent many happy childhood days.
Saturday morning - setup time at the New Madrid community center
A local delicacy --- a family heirloom
Posing the Shy/Porter/Phillips/Anton/Brown/++/?? family branches for their portraits
Wall galleries were popular...
... as was Cammy Brown Thornton's (most appreciated) Family Tree Poster.
The Saturday lunch lineup at the delicious barbecue
Break for a tour of New Madrid (pronounced "nyoo'mad drid")
A key part of auction preparation was eating dessert!
The Auction, hosted by Ruth, assisted by Amanda, cheered by all.
The fireworks show pyro and pyro crew
The Karoke dance party gets underway
I don't know how late it went, it was all a blur by then...
Mid-morning Sunday, making memorial wreaths to take to the cemetery
At the New Madrid cemetery,
resting place of many Shys and Phillips.
Sunday afternoon softball challenge