Meeting: 4 August 2007

Bonjour Mes Cousins,

On Saturday, August 4, 2007 from 10:00 am until 12:00 noon we're having a meeting of Les Guidry d'Asteur at the CODOFIL offices in Lafayette, LA. [FOR DIRECTIONS - SEE BELOW]

It's time to begin planning for the August 2009 Guedry-Labine & Petitpas Reunion in New Brunswick, Canada. Tentatively we are planning to have the Reunion on Saturday, August 15, 2009 in the Bathurst, New Brunswick area.

On Saturday, October 13, 2007 we're having a Guedry-Labine & Petitpas Family MiniReunion at Acadian Village in Lafayette, Louisiana. It'll be from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm at the old Stutes Store in Acadian Village - an excellent all-weather facility. We'll have displays and activities throughout the day and maybe even a nice noon meal. Those attending will be able to tour Acadian Village any time during the day at no cost. There will be no charge to attend the MiniReunion. See the Winter 2007 and upcoming issue of "Generations" for more details. We'll also be sending out additional e-mail announcements on the MiniReunion later this summer.

On Saturday, August 12, 2007 our Jeddry/Geddry cousins will dedicate a plaque to Augustin Guedry, the founder of the Guedry family in the Meteghan/St. Alphonse area of Nova Scotia. Les Guidry d'Asteur and our St.

Alphonse/Meteghan cousins teamed up to design and purchase the plaque and boulder on which it is mounted. The dedication will be at the Catholic Church in St. Alphonse, Nova Scotia. The dedication is open to the public.

If any of you are in Nova Scotia during August, please try to attend the dedication and visit with our cousins. I am planning on attending to represent our "southern" Guedry family. During our 2004 Reunion in Meteghan we wanted to "leave something behind" as a remembrance of our fellowship and reunion. The genesis of the plaque began then and soon we'll see the culmination of that effort.

Begin looking for the Summer 2007 issue of "Generations" within the next month. We'll send it to our Distribution List by e-mail and it will be on our Guédry & Petitpas Family website.

If you have an idea or thought about what Les Guidry d'Asteur should be doing (at the 2009 Reunion, a project we could do, etc.), please e-mail me at guidryrmartin@gmail.com and let us know.

Let's get together, renew old acquaintances and start looking forward to our future plans.

The tentative agenda for the meeting is:

* Opening and welcome

* Membership Report (Charlene Lacombe)

* Financial Report (Chuck Guidry)

* Dedication of our family plaque at St. Alphonse/Meteghan

* Guedry-Labine & Petitpas MiniReunion at Acadian Village in Lafayette,

Louisiana on October 13, 2007

* A Small French Language/Culture Lesson (Elaine Clement)

* Initial planning for the August 2009 Guedry-Labine and Petitpas

Reunion in New Brunswick (location, activities, etc.)

* Sales Committee Report (Wayne Simoneaux / Marty Guidry)

* Genealogy Committe Report (Daryl LaBine / Marty Guidry)

* Newsletter Update (Allie Guidry / Marty Guidry)

* Website Update (Becky Boggess / Marty Guidry)

* Other Business (Guedry-Labine Family Crest; new Guedry-Labine projects)

* Closing and Lunch

So let's gather together for some comradeship and discussion on what we can do for our family during the next two years. We need your ideas. If you can't attend, please email me and let me know what you'd like to see Les Guidry d'Asteur do for the family.

Everyone's welcome and encouraged to attend. It'll be a lot of fun.

Elaine has selected a nice cafe in Lafayette for all of us to gather for lunch after the meeting. For those that have never attended one of our meetings, this is where the real fun begins. The conversation is great, the laughter abounds and we all have a great time together.

So come and join us for this meeting.

Laissez les bon temps rouler!

Marty

Martin Guidry
6139 North Shore Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
guidryrmartin@gmail.com

Les Guidry d'Asteur, Inc.
Les Guédry d'Asteur Genealogical Association
https://guedryfamily.guedry.org/
https://guedry.guedry.org/

DIRECTIONS TO AUGUST 4th MEETING:

From I-10 take the I-49/Hiway 90 exit and go south (toward Lafayette).

You'll now be on the Evangeline Thruway. Continue on the Thruway until you reach Jefferson Street (about 5 or 6 red lights; there's a Burger King on the right corner). Turn right on Jefferson Street and continue through the underpass and three red lights. The first street after the 3rd red light is W. Main Street. Turn right on W. Main Street and go one block to the stop sign. The courthouse will be immediately ahead of you. Turn left onto Buchanan Street and then make a quick right back onto W. Main Street on the left side of the courthouse. The CODOFIL office is on your left at 217 W.

Main Street. It's a two-story, red brick, Victorian-style, narrow building with a green balcony on the second floor. Park anywhere in the area as parking meters are not patrolled on Saturday and Sunday. We'll meet in the reception area on the first floor.