HMC Family Association

Many thanks to all of you who donate to and purchase from the auction and raffle to fund our newsletter, etc. If you haven’t donated, here’s a list to start you thinking. Send ideas for donations you would like to see to treasurer@hmcfamily.org

Be sure to read about last years auction! (Click here!)

• As you enjoy your yard this summer, set aside a few extra plants; especially old-fashioned flowers/ fruit/ herbs not readily available or have family meaning.

• If August is harvest time for you, please gather up a little extra, whatever you can spare, for those of us who don’t have gardens, so we can buy from our own family ‘farmers market’.

• If you or someone you know has a business that might donate something, appreciation will be expressed in our newsletter, which is sent to nearly 500 homes in over 30 states. Think of services you have connections for that may be of interest to family members; things we all spend money on anyway and would appreciate “buying local”, such as:
  • restoration of heirloom photographs, clothing, houses, landscaping, or recordings;
  • genealogy, house research
  • tours of historic sites or gardens
  • sewing/tailoring
  • carpentry, painting, furniture repair, woodworking
  • lessons: music, foreign language, knitting, crocheting, weaving, canning, etc.
  • proofreading
• Things you have or make that someone else may not,

• camping or picnic items

• homemade preserves, or other foods (with recipes attached if you are willing to give away secrets)

• good books with mini reviews

• old books, technical, fiction, etc. or old magazines with historic articles or pictures

• vintage clothing or textiles

• clothing/accessories handmade by family members

• collectibles

• The kids had a great time last year with the raffle. How about you/your children bringing

• cookies or other food with easy, kid recipes attached

• homemade toys with directions

• good used toys, games, or books

• art, sewing, or craft kits with project examples, supplies, & directions

(from June 2008)

A new event! Who inherited this athletic prowess?

Be sure to see the results of the 2008 competition!!  (Click here!)
Then get your ‘jumping shoes’ on, and get ready for this years competition!!

Brian Hewitt challenges all comers to compete at the Reunion at “two hops and a jump running” mentioned in Jasper Hewitt’s reference to his brother, and Brian’s great-great grandfather, Daniel Matheny Hewitt.

“I do not remember many events in Daniel’s life at home as he married when I was yet in my seventh year.I do remember how fine he looked dressed up and with peg-heeled red tight-fitting boots that fit like a glove with his trousers inside. These heels stood well under the boot so the track on the ground was as small as a child’s foot. These were hand-made and in the style for dashing young men and were made of calf (hide). He also had a family failing—he was a wonderful athlete, could beat all from far and near at two hops and a jump running.”–From the memoirs of Jasper Hewitt

‘Two hops and a jump’, a track&field event in the modern Olympic Games since its inception in 1896, was later known as ‘hop, step, and jump’ and is now the ‘triple jump’. The goal is to cover as much horizontal distance as possible by two hops (on one foot) and a jump (on two feet) in succession after a running start.

Start practicing soon. Extra points for doing it in peg-heeled red tight-fitting boots!

[Henry & Elizabeth Matheny Hewitt > Daniel Matheny Hewitt > Guy Glenn Hewitt > Derrell D. Hewitt > Richard Hewitt > Brian Hewitt]