Updated: 2/22/2025

2025 Reunion Info

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Dates

July 24-27 2025

All cousins are invited

General Information

Registration

Registration is available online.  With this new option you will be able to reserve lodging at SUNY-Delhi dorm, pay for event meals, signup to participate in various activities, and order JMA tshirts.  Availability of the online registration will be announced on this website, the family Facebook, and in the 2025 Spring Journal.

We have a worksheet (Excel) that you can download and use to prepare for doing the online registration.

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION/PAYMENT IS 6/15/2025.

Questions should be sent to [email protected].

Lodging + Check-in

Lodging will be on the SUNY-Delhi campus in Catskill Hall which is across the street from MacDonald Hall where we have our meals.  There is a parking lot behind Catskill Hall.

Lodging rates have been discounted courtesy of JMA Board.  The price is $25 per night per bed.  There are several choices for lodging.  This dorm has only suites.  Each suite has 6 single beds.  Some suites have 4 rooms – 2 rooms with 2 beds and 2 rooms with 1 bed.  Some suites have 3 rooms – all with 2 beds.  You may request a suite, or you may request one room of the suite.  If you request just one or two rooms in the suite, we will try to match you up with other cousins to use the entire suite.  If you have specific cousins with whom you want to share the suite, there is a place on the registration form to indicate those names.   

Each suite includes a common area with lounge furniture, a table with four chairs, and a counter with upper cabinets.  The common area includes one sink and mirror with an adjacent, separate toilet room with sink and two showers.

  • Lodging in the dorm is available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
  • The dorm has an elevator, but no air conditioning.  You might want to bring a fan.
  • Rooms are available from Thursday night to Sunday morning.  Board and Committee members may book Wednesday night as well.
  • Checkout is from 7am – noon on Sunday.
  • Each suite and room are secure with a swipe card.  SUNY staff at the dorm will provide the cards to you when you check-in there.  You might find it useful to bring a door stop so that you can keep room doors open.  They lock automatically.
  • If a swipe card is lost, you will have to pay a replacement fee.
  • Room fee includes a bath towel, washcloth, bed sheets, pillow, pillowcase, and a blanket for each bed reserved. Linens are not replaced during your stay. In addition to toiletries, you may want to bring hand soap and shower shoes. Windows have blinds but no curtains. Remember, this is a college dorm where students bring everything they need. They are not hotel rooms!
  • WiFi will be provided at no cost on the campus, and passwords will be given when you check in to the dorm.
  • On-campus transportation is available on request.  Please use the checkbox on the registration form if you need this help.

 

Event & Dorm Check-in will be open on the campus of SUNY-Delhi, NY in Catskill Hall Thursday, 7/24, beginning at 1:00 pm.  You will be able to collect meal tickets and room keys at this location.

On Saturday, activities will be in and around Roxbury for the day. If you have not checked in for the event by Saturday, the registration packets will be in Roxbury so you can go directly there.  Room keys will only be available at Catskill Hall.

Things to know

  • We will not provide bottled water so we ask that you bring your own refillable water bottles.
  • Bring bag chairs that are easily carried if you would like to be comfortably seated during the cemetery and cabin ruins ceremonies and for the afternoon activities.
  • Please be aware that cell service is spotty in the mountainous area around Delhi and Roxbury.
  • We will travel in private cars to all events.
  • Please provide contact information on the registration form.  This is important especially if you are not staying in the dorm.  There can be last minute changes or other information that we need to communicate to attendees.
  • Questions should be sent to:  [email protected]

T-Shirts

Image of white t-shirt with a three thistle logo with the words "John Mora Association" underneath.

Tshirts will be free for all attendees.  Please be sure to enter the quantity and size for all cousins your are registering. 

Please take advantage of the pre-order so that we will know how many to order.  A limited quantites of shirts will be available during the reunion, but we recommend you place your order on the registration form to ensure we have what you want.

If you are unable to attend the reunion but would like to purchase t-shirts, please use this order form.

Meals

Meals will be offered during the events.  The JMA Board is subsidizing the meals so as to offer attendees discounted prices.  We will need accurate counts for the caterers, so please complete your orders on the registration form.

Pricing

  • Breakfast – $5 per adult, $2 per child (under 12)
  • Lunch – $8 per adult, $3 per child
  • Supper – $10 per adult, $3 per child;
  • Lunch on Saturday (Kirkside Park)  will be free to attendees

Please identify any accomodations for diet restrictions on the registration form.

Program

1:00 pm

Guided Tour of Lyndhurst Mansion.  Please meet in the lobby.

Our cousin Jay Gould (326) owned this mansion. Visit www.Lyndhurst.org to purchase tickets and learn more about this.

4:00 pmBoard and Committee Members Check In at O’Connor Hall, SUNY
9:00 amBoard Meeting – MacDonald Hall
1:00 pm

Registration check-in opens – Catskill Hall

On your own – see the other activities available in the area below

4:30 pmSocial Hour – Alumni Hall lounge
6:00 pm

Line Dinner – Farrell Hall; elect board members.  Sit at your Line table and wear your colors (John, green; Robert, light blue; Alexander, red; Jonas, pink; Jean, white; James, dark/royal blue; David, yellow; Edward, lavender)

7:00 pmEvening Program – Scottish Dance lessons.  Come ready to swing and sweat.  It is so much fun!

7:30 am

Breakfast—MacDonald Hall

8:30 am

Board meeting  – MacDonald Hall for election of officers

10:00 am

Cabin Ruins ceremony 

We are so fortunate that these ruins are still available to us after all these years. We will gather in the parking lot in the O’Connor Hall parking lot at 9:30, and drive to the ruins together.  We will have a ceremony there and have some time to take in the site where John and Betty once lived.  We will park along the road and then take a short walk to the ruins. We are on property that does not belong to us, but the owners are very gracious to allow us to visit this during our reunion. The walk is not paved and can be a little tricky so please wear appropriate shoes. We will be standing during the ceremony but if you need a chair, please bring an easily carried chair. The path is probably not appropriate for wheelchairs.

We will then return to our cars and drive to Cooperstown. 

Lunch

Drive to Cooperstown.  Lunch on your own.  The drive Fenimore Art Museum from the Cabin Ruins is approximately 55 minutes (34 miles).

1:00 pm

The Fenimore Art Museum has prepared several John More artifacts for our viewing. Please meet in the lobby of the Museum. After the viewing you will be on your own to visit the Fenimore Farm and Country Village where you will be able to see the Jonas More house. Please visit these websites to discover cost and several options for free admission. There is an option to buy a discounted ticket to visit both places.

The drive from Fenimore Art Museum to SUNY-Delhi takes approximately 1 hour (40 miles).

Time TBD

Golf Tournament – bring your clubs ready to play.  Please watch for details on the JMA Facebook page.  For more information, send an email to [email protected]

5:45 pm

Cocktail Reception hosted by JMA Board members—Farrell Hall.  Wear your line colors, Grant Tartan or just dress up.  There will be a cash bar.

6:30 pm

Scottish Dinner Banquet and Grand Entrance – Farrell Hall

7:30 pm

Evening program to follow meal – Farrell Hall

***If you have a Grant Tartan, this is the day to show it off.***

At SUNY-Delhi, NY

7:30 am

Breakfast—MacDonald Hall

Activities – Kirkside Park, Roxbury, NY

10:00 am

Parade from Jay Gould Memorial Reformed Church in Roxbury to the Cemetery Ceremony.

The drive from SUNY-Delhi to Kirkside Park takes approximately 45 minutes (26 miles).

11:30 am

Group Picture

12:00 pm

Lunch provided on the grounds at no charge to attendees.

1:00 pm

Children’s skit practice

1:00 pm

Choir practice – Church choir loft

1:30 pm

Field Day – games for all ages

Back to SUNY-Delhi

5:15 pm

DNA lecture by Joe Klett (1.11.21134)

6:30 pm

Dinner—Ferrell Hall

To Follow

Evening program – Children’s skit, Board Members performance, Quilt Raffle Drawing

 
7:00 am

Breakfast—SUNY-Delhi MacDonald Hall

7:00 am – noon

Check out of dorm room and RETURN ALL KEYS

9:30 am

Leave in private cars for church

10:30 am

Sunday Church service at Jay Gould Memorial Reformed Church, Roxbury, NY

Local Attractions

Consider these for your leisure time

See this site for current hours and ticket prices:

https://fenimoreartmuseum.org/

Jonas More House built 1818

See these websites for current hours and ticket prices.

www.farmersmuseum.org

www.harvestofhistory.org/village/more-house


 

Cousin Jay Gould [] was 3rd owner of this historic estate.  It is found in Tarrytown,NY about 2.5 hours from Delhi.  See more information at  www.lyndhurst.org.

We have arranged for a guided tour on Wednesday July 23. But of course if that doesn’t work with your plans, their website has details of all the events and tour schedules.  

 

Another attraction in the Cooperstown is our National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum. 

Stay and see this before/after the reunion: www.baseballhall.org

This is 26 mile trail between Bloomville and Roxbury with several entry points along the way. See  www.catskillscenictrail.org for a map and interesting facts about the trail.

With hiking, biking horseback riding and cross country skiing options, this is a ‘plan your adventure’  all by itself.

 

The last family-owned and operated ski resort in the northern Catskills of New York offering skiing, snowboarding and snowtubing.  It is found just west of Roxbury.  See www.plattekill.com for more details.

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