The Reunion at A Glance

Date: July 24-26

Location: Best Western Cedar Bluff, 420 N. Peters Road, Knoxville, TN 37922

Phone: (865) 539- 0058

Room Reservations: We currently have 20 rooms blocked off, including one handicapped. All rooms are on the ground level. The rooms are listed under Goddardd Reunion and will be held at our special rate  until July 24th.

Cost: $89 per night if booked by July 24th. This includes hot breakfast and a meeting room for Friday and Saturday. We do not know how many people will attend so the 20 rooms are on a First Come, First Serve Basis. To make your reservation call the hotel direct at the phone number above. The website below provides a good view of the major facilities. Just click on the link below to be taken to the hotel website or right-click on the link and chose “Open Link in a new window/tab” so that you are not taken away from our site.

www.bestwesterntennessee.com/hotels/best-western-cedar-bluff-inn

Many thanks to Johnny and Gail for setting this up and for getting us such a great rate.

Schedule of Events

6pm until ???–Friday night pizza party and ice breaker (Leads: Margo & Sadie)

• Location: Hotel Meeting Room
• Come enjoy pizza courtesy of the Johnsons and Witchers
• Bring snacks and drinks to share
• Goddard Family Icebreaker (Prize courtesy of the Mitchells)–Test your Goddard knowledge and learn something new about your kin
  

Friday evening/Saturday morning-Heirloom Plant exchange (Lead: Mindy & Robby)

*Note* Time subject to change

• Bring your sprigs, rooted cuttings, smaller plants and especially the history behind your plants!!
• Potting soil, peat pots, Felco trimmers/tools, zip-lock bags, cards and makers to identify plants/donors/origin will all be provided courtesy of Mindy & Robbie
• Contact Mindy for any questions, comments and/or suggestions  you may have

Saturday Golf Game (Lead: Walter)

• Contact Walter if you are interested. We will be playing at the same course, Dead Horse Lake, as we did five years ago. Cost will be $40 per person which includes the cart. Rental clubs are available but we must make arrangements prior to arrival. We have tee times scheduled from 7:56 thru 8:23. To this point, I have only heard from Eric Witcher, Bob Johnson, Brian Mitchell, Bryan Fuller and Steve France.

Saturday Afternoon Social (Lead: Joanna)

• Come share old photo, talk genealogy & swap stories
• Cookies and drinks served
• Location: Hotel Meeting Room
• Time: TBD

Saturday Evening Dinner (Lead: Margo)

• Time: 6:30 PM
• Location: Calhoun’s at Turkey Creek, 625 Turkey Cove Ln., Knoxville
• Check out their menu here
• Margo has reserved the back room for us that seats ~40. If needed we can reserve additional tables just outside the room
• Please RSVP to Margo by June 15th with number attending from your family

Saturday Evening Social (Lead: Joanna)

• Location: Hotel Meeting Room
• Bring snacks and drinks to share
• Everyone please bring a “White Elephant” gift for a game that will be played
• Goddard Bingo everyone!!!

Walter has been asked to do a family tree from his genealogy program. If anyone else has this information in an easy to print format, please contact Walter.

Many thanks to all who are helping with the reunion. I know everyone is busy but if you can help, please contact someone listed above and lend a hand. We are all trying to make it a nice weekend while being mindful of costs.

On a final note, we are happy to hear that Uncle Milton is back at home and feeling better. Thanks for the updates Jamie. Our thoughts and prayers are with the whole family during this time of recovery.

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