Annual Meeting Information
by Judy Skorup

The 2009 Annual Membership Meeting of the Penn-Dutch Great Pyrenees Club will be held on Saturday, March 14th at the home of Judy and Dianne Skorup in Telford, PA. The snow date will be March 29th.

At the Annual Meeting we elect officers, plan activities for the entire Club year and get to know one another.

The Agenda will include:

11:00 am: Board Meeting
Noon: Membership Meeting
1:30 pm – 4:00 pm: Pot-luck and socializing

Please bring a covered dish to share and note that this is a PEOPLE-ONLY event.

Directions to the Skorup Residence, 237 N. Hamilton Street, Telford, PA (215-721-8521).

From the North:

Take I 78 East/West to Rt. 309 South. Stay on Rt. 309 South through Allentown, Coopersburg (watch your speed!), and Quakertown. Pass Perkasie Exit on Rt. 309. Get off Rt. 309 at Telford Exit. At end of exit ramp, turn right onto Church Rd. Go 1.4 miles on Church Rd. (Pass trailer park and construction of small ranch homes and apartment complex on right.) Slow down to 25 mph. Look for Indian Valley Public Library on right and prepare to turn left. Turn left onto North Hamilton Street/Avenue. Go 1¾ blocks. The house is a tan colonial with dark green shutters on the left. #237 is on the white storm door.

From the South (three options):

1) Take Rt. 309 North through Montgomeryville, Colmar, Line Lexington, past Hilltown Shopping Center on right, past Peruzzi Toyota on right and Souderton Exit. Get off Rt. 309 at the Telford Exit. At end of exit ramp, turn left onto Church Rd. (Follow directions in italics under "From the North" to the house.)

2) Or, take Rt. 202 North to the PA Turnpike at King of Prussia Exit. Get on Turnpike and go East. Take the Northeast Extension (formerly Rt. 9, now Rt. 476) North to the Lansdale Exit and get off. At end of exit ramp, turn right onto Rt. 63. (Follow directions at #4 to the house.)

3) Or, take the Blue Route/Rt. 476 to the PA Turnpike at Norristown Exit and get on Turnpike. Go East and take the Northeast Extension (formerly Rt. 9, now Rt. 476) North to the Lansdale Exit and get off. At end of exit ramp, turn right onto Rt. 63. (Follow directions at #4 to the house.)

4) Stay on Rt. 63 for 4 miles, passing through Mainland and Harleysville. At intersection of Rt. 63 and Rt. 113 (Exxon Gas on left), turn right. Go through traffic lights at Schoolhouse Lane, Allentown Rd. and Godshall Rd. Look for Getty Gas on left. Bear left at Getty Gas and stay on this road until it ends at the "Bier Garten" Bar. Turn left onto Broad/Main St., then quickly turn right onto Fulton Avenue. Go one block, then turn left onto North Hamilton Street. #237 is the second tan house with dark green shutters on your right. There is a silver fire hydrant at the curb.

From the East or West:

Take the PA Turnpike East/West to the Northeast Extension (formerly Rt. 9, now Rt. 476). Go north on the Northeast Extension to the Lansdale Exit. Get off at the Lansdale Exit. At the end of the exit ramp, turn right onto Rt. 63.

(Follow the instructions in #4 of the "From the South instructions" to get to our house.)

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