400 Chadbournes Expected at 20th Reunion, August 12-15, 2004

Plans are underway for a massive 20th CFA Reunion, to be held next August in the South Berwick area. Here are some of the plans which are in progress:
We have reserved the Beaver Dam Campground on Route 9 in Berwick for Chadbournes traveling some distance in campers with their families. There will be family activities at the Campground in parallel with other activities in South Berwick during two of the four days, so that participants can choose which they would like to attend. The campground activities include canoeing, fishing, swimming, volley ball, etc.
Those without campers have their choice of local hotels or B&B’s. A list of hotels and B & B’s in the area appears at the bottom of this announcement.

Reunion Activities
Piscataqua River Cruise - room for about 50 people.
Coach tours of historic buildings, including guided tours at SPNEA-owned Hamilton House and Sarah Orne Jewett House and the Humphrey Chadbourne Manor House excavation site. There will also be a self-guided tour of the Chadbourne descendant-owned Judge Chadbourne house. All three houses were built during the period, 1750-1780. The Humphrey Chadbourne House was built 1640-60 and burned by the Indians in 1690.
Catered meals at Berwick Academy for one or two nights.
Speaker presentations in the evenings at the Academy, with subjects relating to the history of this area and Chadbourne genealogy.
Musical entertainment by talented Chadbournes – applications now being accepted.
Tutorials on the use of the Chadbourne genealogy CD-ROM.

The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities has given us special permission to use the beautiful gardens of the historic Hamilton House in South Berwick. Small groups of our tour groups will spend an hour in the garden sipping iced tea or morning coffee or eating a box lunch. This picture will be complete if we add three or four or five musicians playing baroque music. If you know a Chadbourne who plays violin, viola, flute, or harp, please contact Howard Kaepplein at kaepplein3637@charter.net. If you know a Chadbourne who has a talent suitable for entertainment during or after dinner, Howard would like to hear from that person as well.
Computer people needed, to give tutorial. About 400 copies of the Chadbourne genealogy CD-ROM have been sold. This product has received rave reviews by professional genealogists for its content and also for its powerful search engine which allows users to quickly find their family and assemble their complete descendency in a separate Word document. However, most of those who bought the CDROM have never used it – they need some help. At the reunion, we will have the use of an LCD projector so that a tutor can demonstrate the ease with which people can find their families in the CDROM. We would like to have tutorial sessions at several different times during the reunion. To do that, we need three or four young Chadbournes who are computer literate. I know that there are dozens of such people out there, but only their parents or grandparents come to the reunions. Please contact Howard Kaepplein with the names of possible tutors.

PLACES TO STAY CFA REUNION ‘2004
BOOK ON YOUR OWN WELL IN ADVANCE BE AWARE OF CUTOFF DATES

Campsites:
Beaver Dam Campgrounds Berwick, Maine 207-698-2267 www.beaverdamcampground.com

Hotels:
Wentworth By the Sea recently restored (to the tune of $47 million) on Newcastle Island NH 603-422-7322 This was the site of the negotiations of the Treaty of Portsmouth which ended the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, for which Teddy Roosevelt won the Nobel Prize.
Holiday Inn Express Saco ME 207-286-9696 www.hiexpress/sacome
Includes Breakfast Bar and shuttle.
Yoken’s Comfort Inn, Portsmouth NH 603-433-3338 We will try to negotiate a group rate here.
Sheraton Harborside, Portsmouth NH 603-431-2300
Best Western Wynwood, Portsmouth NH 603-436-7600
Marriott Courtyard, Portsmouth, NH 603-436-2121
Hampton Inn, Portsmouth NH 603-431-6111
New England Center, Durham NH 603-862-2815

Bed and Breakfast list by request, a much-desired choice at reunions book ASAP.
The Academy Street Inn, So. Berwick ME 207-384-5633 www.southberwick.com
The Bow Street Inn, Portsmouth NH 603-431-7760 www.bowstreetinn.com
Silver Street Inn, Dover NH 603-743-3000 www.silverstreetinn.com
The Atlantic Birches Inn, Orchard Beach ME 207-934-5295 www.atlanticbirches.com
Crown’n' Anchor Inn, Saco ME 207-282-3829 www.anierbb.com/me/11642.html
Sise Inn, Portsmouth NH 603-433-1200 www.siseinn.com
Three Chimneys Inn, Durham NH 603-868-7800 www.threechimneysinn.com
Ewenicorn Farm B&B, Eliot ME 207-439-1337
The Farmstead Inn, Eliot ME 207-439-5033
The Governor’s House (Gov. Chas. Dale), Portsmouth NH – 4 rooms only, usually booked a year ahead 603-427-5140 www.governors-house.com
High Meadows Bed & Breakfast, Eliot ME 207-439-0590 www.highmeadowsbnb.com
Enchanted Nights, Kittery ME 207-439-1489 www.enchanted-nights-bandb.com
Moses Paul Inn, Eliot ME 207-439-1861 www.mosespaulinn.com
The Pines Guest House, Durham NH 603-868-3361 www.pinesguesthouse.com
Sheafe Street Inn, Portsmouth NH 603-436-9104
Whaleback Inn, Kittery Point ME 207-439-9560