1975 Kalloch Newsletter

1867 - KALLOCH NEWSLETTER - 1975

Editors:

Nancy Kalloch Sack
Norma Kalloch

Dear Kalloch Family Member,

As we gather for our 108th reunion, we hope that you will join us for one of the oldest-if not the oldest-family reunion in America. Last year we about doubled the attendance from the previous year, and with your help, we shall be able to do even better in 1975.

Perhaps a brief outline of our reunion will whet your appetite somewhat. After a social period and lovely luncheon, we introduce ourselves and family members (children are most welcome). In the business session, histories of our different clans are told and brought up to date. We feel sure that there are many interesting stories that could be told and hope that this Newsletter is one way we can be brought closer together. Please feel free to write to the editors with questions or contributions which we can share at the 1975 reunion or print in next year's newsletter.

You will be receiving more details about our 108th reunion nearer to the actual date, which is August 23rd. The reunion will be held at the Rebecca Hall on Route 90, just off Rte. 1, in Warren, Maine. We also expect to have notice in "Yankee" Magazine, the May issue of "Genealogical Helper," and the "Courier-Gazette." Won't you join us, particularly in this Bicentennial Celebration of our country, representing as we do a family which has contributed to the United States for more than 108 years?

The Editors

Talents

We hope to include family talent in future Newsletters and at the reunion. Last year Nancy Sack read some of Norma Kalloch's lovely poetry, of which we are including in a selection. Do you have a talent to share with us?

Births and Deaths

In future issues we should like to publish births into the Family and remember those who have died. Please send information to the editors at their home addresses (attached).

1974 Reunion

The 107th reunion was held at Crescent Beach, Owl's Head, Maine with 47 adults and 3 children present on August 24th. Officers elected were: Peter Richardson, President; Nancy K. Sack, Vice Pres.; Hazel Hills, Sec. and Treas.; Bertha Drewett, Historian; and Mabel Rollins, Chaplain. Harold Kalloch from British Colombia, gave a report on his forebear, Isaac Kalloch, who was born in Rockland, Maine, and became 15th Mayor of San Francisco. We were told of Kallochs who still meet each year in San Francisco to remember Isaac. Through this group an opera of his life is to be written. Suggestions were made concerning membership fees and possible incorporation in the future

Hazel Hills

The 1975 Reunion will Feature:

-- a family tree you can add your name to, which is nearly a mile long.

-- the old Kalloch Reunion Coffee Pot -- custom made perhaps a century ago.

-- time to compare notes, questions, family pictures and genealogy.

Information Exchange

Do you have information about the Kellar, Keller (or other spellings) branch of the Kallochs? Could you please send anything you have to one of the editors in time for the reunion.

If you wish to obtain information about something else, we shall be glad to include your letter in next year's issue.

Could you perhaps contribute a paper on any of the following: Kallochs in the Revolution - Kallochs in Hollywood - Kalloch clergy - seagoing Kallochs - the Kalloch crest - what happened to Phinley in Philadelphia - 108 years of reunions - name variations???

Also, please send us the names of other family members who should be included on our mailing list.

We hope to publish yearly and will be glad to hear from you and to include your contributions and questions.

"The Latchstring"

The cabin was built in a pine grove
And bore traces of the life it had
known,
For tatters of wispy net curtains
Now blew in the wind's gentle moan.

The old oaken door was embattered
By winds and the pelting of snow,
But the latchstring was now just
as sturdy
As it was many long years ago.

A design had been etched in the
leather
It was detailed, and the story it
told
Was one of great love for the
hearthside,
And for blessings that never grow
old.

I caressingly touch the old leather
As I silently closed the oak door;
Then hung out the latchstring in
memory
Of those who had lived there before.

by Norma Kalloch

Greetings from the President

Age four, I believe, was the year of my first Kalloch family reunion. My earliest memories are of a grange hall, perhaps in St. George, and a lunch composed of my great aunt's famous triangular sandwiches, molasses cookies, and double layer cake with currant jelly filling. I learned then that Kallochs are generous, robustly individual and full of warmth. There were so many stories: the landing in Portsmouth, the migrations to Warren and Philadelphia, the Revolutionary War (and the confusion deriving from Alexander III being Alexander I's son), all those ministers, Isaac's shootout in San Francisco, Rev. Joseph's sermon to the '49ers, Silas, the undertakers, last word, Edna St. Vincent Millay's table-top poetry recitals when she was a tiny girl, reunions back in the days when over 300 attended, and the claim that we are the oldest family reunion in continuous existence in America (How can we validate this?).

At any rate we are clannish, we are building, and we have much to share with each other. I hope we will see more of the very young this year. History is so abstract and remote on TV and in textbooks, so immediate and enriching when absorbed in first-hand family experience. We Kallochs travel hundreds, and even thousands, of miles to be together, though the majority of us do not have Kalloch as our given name. Perhaps that is because we were indelibly impressed when we were very young to recapture the feeling of the reunion.

With Hazel Hills finding a meeting place to hold us all, and Nancy Sack and Norma Kalloch putting together this publication, I hope all of us together can create the biggest and best reunion in recent history.

Peter Richardson,
President

Mr. & Mrs. Walter Baker 20 Heather Lane Falmouth, Maine 04105	Mrs. Nancy Greenwood 6 Kenneth Street Reading, Mass. 01867
Miss Mary Barnes Washington Street Camden, Maine 04843	Mrs. Frank Hallowell Tenants Harbor, Maine 04860
Mrs. Edna C. Keller Berry 55 President Ave. Quincy, Mass. 02169	Mrs. Marie Keller Hammond Appleton, Maine (also Portland)
Mrs. Charlene Black Tenants Harbor, Maine 04860	Mrs. Edith Harris Tenants Harbor, Maine 04860
Mrs. Nellie Blood Route #3 Belfast, Maine 04915	Mrs. Helen Harris 35 Highland Avenue Haverhill, Mass. 01830
Louis A. Barney 27 Mountain Street Camden, Maine 04843	Miss Ruth Hazelton St. George, Maine 04857
Mrs. B. Reynold Boyce 44 Prospect Street Essex Junction, Vermont 05452	Mr. & Mrs. G. Benton Heald Lincolnville, Maine 04849
Mrs. Robert A. Brown 10 Waldo Avenue Belfast, Maine 04915	Mrs. Francis B. Hjerpe Box #239 Owl's Head, Maine 04854
Preston Chase Tamworth, New Hampshire	Mr. David Hjerpe 1604 Wellington Street Dighton, Mass. 02715
Mrs. Bernice Clark Conway, New Hampshire	Mrs. Warren V. Hills (Hazel) Route #2 Warren, Maine 04864
Mrs. Augusta Kalloch Christie Presque Isle, Maine 04769	Mr. & Mrs. Russell Hoffesses 50 High Street Thomaston, Maine 04861
Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas DeGaetano 7 Greenwich Road Norwood, Mass. 02662	Mrs. Emma Harvey 10 Berkley Street Rockland, Maine 04841
Mrs. Edward Doucette 20 Emerson Place Melrose, Mass. 02176	Mr. & Mrs. Edgar Johnson Hosmer Pond Road Camden, Maine 04843
Mrs. Harold I. Drewett (Bertha) Route #2 Warren, Maine 04864	Mrs. Lillian Joyce 74 Willow Street Rockland, Maine 04841
Mrs. Joel Faris Old Post Road Newington, New Hampshire 03801	Mr. & Mrs. John Kalloch 41 Skyline Dr. (Sam's Bro.) Jensen Beach, Fl. 33457
Miss Marguerite Gould 45 Masonic Street Rockland, Maine 04843	Mr. & Mrs. Norman Kalloch 6 Center Street Rockland, Maine 04841

Mrs. Ruby Kalloch Route #1 Warren, Maine 04864	Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Kalloch 67 Ferris Lane Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 12601
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Kalloch 63 Lawn Ave. Rockland, Maine 04841 (Norman's Bro.)	Mr. & Mrs. Irving Kalloch 257 North St. Saco, Maine 04072
Mrs. Charles Kalloch 54 Main Street Thomaston, Maine 04861	Gerald J. Keller Vinalhaven, Maine 04863
Mr. Carl Kalloch Owl's Head, Maine 04854	Elmer L. Keller West Street Rockport, Maine
Mr. & Mrs. Colby Kalloch B. 426 Eastham, Mass. 02642	Mr. & Mrs. Jenness Keller Lincolnville Beach, Maine 04849
Harold L. & Phyllis Kalloch 666 Charlotte Street Duncan, British Columbia Canada V9L-2V6	Elthelbert R. Keller Islesboro, Maine
Hudson Kalloch Centerville, Mass. 02632	Leroy Keller Montville, Maine
Leroy Kalloch 316 Limerock Street Rockland, Maine 04841	Merton Keller Montville, Maine
Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Kalloch 167 New Country Road Rockland, Maine 04843	Mr. & Mrs. Omer Keller Auburn, Maine 04210
Elizabeth A. Kalloch 41 Main Street Rockland, Maine 04841	Mr. & Mrs. John Keller 131 Southern Ave. Weymouth, Mass. 02188
Linda Kalloch 10 Granite St. Rockland, Maine 04841	Mr. & Mrs. Henry Kellar W. Rockport, Maine 04856
M. L. Kalloch 3 Melrose Circle Rockland, Maine 04841	Mr. David B. Kelley 20 Cottage Lane Waymouth, Mass. 02188
George Kalloch Union Road Waldoboro, Maine 04572	Mr. & Mrs. George E. King 27 Mettler St. Woodbridge, Conn. 06525
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Kalloch, Jr. New Sharon, Maine 04855	Mr. & Mrs. George H. King 184 High Street Belfast, Maine 04915
Mrs. Ray Kalloch 12 Knox Street @Ralph Crawford Thomaston, Maine 04861	Mrs. Ruth G. (Keller) King 92 Dewey Ave. East Haven, Conn. 06512
	Mrs. Raymond (Henrietta) Knowlton 18 Atlantic Ave. Camden, Maine 04843

Mrs. Richard Long 1771 Cleveland Ave. San Jose, Cal. 95126	Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Rollins Mechanic St. Rockland, Maine 04841
Mrs. Ernest T. Long Mirkwood Ct. Camden, Maine 04843	Mrs. Faustine Spring St. George, Maine 04857
Linwood Moody Union, Maine 04862	Mr. Donald C. Sack R. F. D. #2 Box #149 Accord, N.Y. 12404
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Markey (Mildred, sister of Irving Kellock) 1 Leavitt Ave. Portsmouth, N.H. 03801	Mrs. Nancy Sack Accord, N.Y. 12404
Mrs. Dorothea Mason Conway, N.H.	Mr. & Mrs. George Sleeper Crescent Beach Owl's Head, Maine 04854
Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Morgan, Jr. 92 Dewey Ave. East Haven, Conn. 06512	Mr. & Mrs. Cleveland Sleeper 167 Talbot Ave. Rockland, Maine 04841
Mrs. Dana Newman Claremon St. Rockland, Maine 04841	Mrs. Susie Sleeper So. Thomaston, Maine 04854
Tyler Bird Olson Greentree Lane R.D. Rowley, Mass. 01969	Mrs. Elaine Stewart 47 School St. Augusta, Maine 04330
Miss Dorothy Pearson 33N. Ridgewood Ave. Ormond Beach, Fla. 32084	Mr. & Mrs. Irvin Spar R. #1 Warren, Maine 04864
Norman Pendleton 34 Mechanic Street Rockland, Maine 04841	Mr. & Mrs. Parker Spear R. #1 Warren, Maine 04864
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Pendleton South Thomaston, Maine	Mrs. Cheryl Kalloch Sturks 33 Rankin Street Rockland, Maine 04841
Mr. & Mrs. John Prince Rockport, Maine 04856	Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Walker Card Machine Road Richmond, Maine 04357
Miss Leola Robinson St. George, Maine 04857	Mr. & Mrs. Harold E. Whitcomb 184 High St. Belfast, Maine 04915
Mrs. E. H. Richardson R. D. #2 Westport Isl. Wiscasset, Maine 04578	Mrs. Mildred White Warren, Maine 04864
Rev. Peter T. Richardson 223 Academy St. Weymouth, Mass. 02188	Marshall Newton Conway, New Hampshire