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National Stanley Family Association Reunion 2006
Go West, Young Man(& Woman)!
June 23, 24, 2006
Cedar Rapids, IA
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Ansalem Stanley and his brother Joseph Stanley were the first Stanleys to come to Iowa. In 1838, at the age of twenty-one years, Ansalem started for Iowa with his brother and four other young men. They proceeded down the Ohio River, then up the Mississippi River to Fort Madison, Iowa, and then rode across the countryside to Salem Township in Henry County. Later Ansalem married, raised children and attended the Salem Monthly Meeting of Friends that was founded in 1838.
More Stanleys arrived in the following years starting in 1843 from the states of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. They helped settle the new territory and provided land and homes for their children.
The prairie grass no longer stands as tall as a man's head riding on a horse. The land no longer sells for $1.60 per acre, but the Stanleys remain and their children continue to contribute to the fine life style available here. They also provide land and homes for their children.
On June 23 and 24, 2006 the National Stanley Family Association will come to Iowa, too. Cousins across the nation will gather and renew friendships and meet new cousins. The reunion will be held at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in the Gage Memorial Union, at 1220 First Avenue NE.
The Planning Committee Members working on this are:
| Roberta Stanley Hoopes,
chairperson and Iowa NSFA Coordinator |
| Louise Stanley Ortberg |
Ted Ortberg |
| Mary Sanders |
Ruth Stanley Kuntz |
| Lynne Stanley Watson |
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| Thornton Stanley |
Betty Stanley |
| Maxine Courtney |
Don Courtney |
And, Here they are!
Pictured from left to right: Ruth Kuntz, Roberta Hoopes, Louise Ortberg, Thornton and Betty Stanley, Mary Sanders, Maxine Courtney, Lynne Watson, and Don Courtney.
Taking the picture: Ted Ortberg.
LODGING: Local motels and campgrounds will be available as well as dormitory rooms for those who wish to stay on campus. The modern dormitory rooms are at Voorhees Hall, across the street from the Gage Memorial Union, and the charge will be $19 per person per night. (Early arrival on Friday is fine.) Click here for more lodging information.
GETTING THERE: The Eastern Iowa Airport is nearby for those who wish to arrive by air. For those driving:
From the east or west via I-80:
Exit onto I-380 North near Iowa City and proceed to Cedar Rapids. Continue as directed below.
From the north or south via I-380.
Take Exit 20B (Coe College exit) and proceed to First Avenue (second traffic light). Take First Avenue east (turn left) to College Drive (13th Street) and turn left to enter the campus in the right hand lane. Gage Memorial Union is the fourth building on the left. Park in the large parking lot to your right across the street from Gage. Our meeting rooms are on the ground level, with the door facing the parking lot across the street. See the Coe Campus map below.
From the north or south via Hwy 151:
Hwy 151 becomes First Avenue in Cedar Rapids Proceed to College Drive (13th Street) and turn left (from the south) or right (from the north) to enter the campus Gage Memorial Union is the fourth building on the left. Park in the large parking lot to your right across the street from Gage. Our meeting rooms are on the ground level, with the door facing the parking lot across the street. See the Coe College Campus map below.
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REGISTRATION: Registration will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, June 23 in the Gage Memorial Union lobby and will last until 11:30 a.m. Additional registration will be at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library/Museum in West Branch, Iowa from 12:30 to 1:00 p.m. that same day. Registrations will also be taken at 9:15 a.m. on Saturday, June 24 at the Hickory Grove Meeting House on the Scattergood School campus in West Branch, Iowa. Click here for the registration form and click here for the agenda.
The April issue of the Stanley News also has the agenda and registration form. |
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| TOURS:
The following tours are planned plus some cemetery visits in West Branch: |
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Herbert Hoover Presidential Library/Museum in West Branch, Iowa is located just to the north of Exit 254 off Interstate 80. On Friday afternoon, Matthew Schaefer, Outreach Archivist for the Library, will speak to our group. We will tour the museum, the library, Herbert Hoover's birthplace, and the Hoovers' gravesite.
Scattergood Friends School is located 2 miles east and 1/2 mile south of West Branch, IA. Our tour on Saturday begins at 9:30 a.m. when Margie Figgins, Director of Development, will speak to us on this unusual co-ed high school/boarding school. We will tour the campus, the farm (optional), the old Hickory Grove cemetery nearby, and Hickory Grove Meeting House. This meeting house is the original one of the Iowa Friends Conservative Meeting and is actively used by Scattergood School.
Saturday afternoon, after a box lunch provided by Coe College, on a hopefully beautiful June day we will visit two West Branch Friends meeting houses and possibly two cemeteries. Stanley-related graves will be decorated with garden flowers. |
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| For questions and answers
regarding the reunion write, call or e-mail: |
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Roberta Stanley Hoopes
Chairperson and Iowa N.S.F.A. Coordinator
153 Highway 225
Searsboro, IA 50242-7569
641-527-3410
chewey@netins.net |
Ruth Stanley Kuntz
321 Koser Ave.
Iowa City, IA 52246-3036
319-338-2762
rkuntz@avalon.net |
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