We’re going to be changing things a bit for the reunion in 2009. Due to a scheduling conflict, we’re going to move this year’s reunion back one week. The reunion for 2009 is tentatively scheduled for the weekend of July 24-26. Before we changed the dates, we checked with Terry to see whether there was any significance of the traditional third weekend in July. Terry’s response: A little history about the 3rd weekend in July: It is much like the [...]
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If you’re looking for a hard copy of the book, Dinglers of the South, someone is auctioning a copy on eBay.
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We’re less than a month away from the 2008 Dingler Family Reunion. If you’ve been putting it off, don’t wait any longer. Tomorrow is the last day to book a hotel room at the guaranteed reunion rate. You can still book a room after the 27th, but you may not get the special reunion rate. Our host hotel is the Cabot Lodge Jackson North (web site, map). We have a block of King and Double rooms reserved at a nightly [...]
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The 2008 Reunion is only 48 days away! Have you made your reservations? If not, the deadline to get the discounted rate is June 20. Don’t miss out! Our dinner and meeting will be held on Saturday night (July 19) at Chimneyville Smokehouse. Chimneyville Smokehouse is a family style barbecue and farmers market restaurant and catering service in Jackson, across from the Mississippi State Fairgrounds. Our dinner will be served buffet-style starting at 6 PM. The menu includes: Smoked pulled [...]
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On March 22, I posted about the Dingler Cemetery in Douglas Co., Georgia. Recently I received copies of photos of the headstones in that cemetery along with photos from the Oak Grove Cemetery. Some background info from Sandy Whittington of the Douglas Co. Cemetery Preservation Commission: Coordinates for the Dingler cemetery are N 33 35 36.3 and W 084 53 50.1 – it’s in landlot 184, district 3, section 5. When James Dingler settled here in the 1850s, it was [...]
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