Category: Newsletter

2023 Fun Fest, Mount Airy, NC

Another gathering of the Jims in Mount Airy, NC was a huge success! I want to thank all that were involved with the planning this year, and a special thank you to Lakewood Jim and Julie for hosting this year’s festival. It was great to see all that attended and to have the opportunity to chat with each other…

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2022 Fun Fest, Fayetteville, WV

Well another successful Fun Fest is in the books. Thanks to all who helped
make this the wonderful time it was. It was great to see one another and spend
time together once again…

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2019 Fun Fest, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania

The Jims and Gems began arriving at the Radisson Hotel en masse on Wednesday and settled into the serious business of meeting, greeting, and catching up on the latest news from friends and families…

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2018 Fun Fest, Cleveland, Ohio

Back home after another great Jim Smith Fun Fest. Enjoyed our trip to the Cleveland area. Nice city, clean, plenty of parks for a lot of out door activities. Always nice to see everyone and to meet some new Jims and Gems…

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2017 Fun Fest, Portland, Oregon

The Annual Jim Smith Society Fun Fest did not begin, officially, until Thursday, September, 14, 2017. However, many of the Jims and Gems arrived early to start the festivities on their own…

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2016 Fun Fest, Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania

I’m wondering what was going through his mind at this point. He’s probably asking himself just what he might have been thinking to get into the car in the first place…

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2015 Fun Fest, Black Hills of South Dakota

This may be one of the most famous and most photographed sights in the United States… and we were there. This year, the Jim Smith Society held it’s annual Fun Festival in the Black Hills of South Dakota with Rapid City as our starting point for each day. Many of the Jims and Gems arrived …

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2014 Fun Fest Winston-Salem, NC

July 14, 2014 found an enthusiastic group of Jim Smiths and their wives, better known as Gems, beginning to gather in Clemmons, NC at the Village Inn Event Center. What a wonderful staging point from which to take day trips to enjoy the many great venues chosen by our hosts. Fasten your seat belts, it …

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2013 Fun Fest Fairfield Bay, Arkansas

The 2013 Jim Smith Society Fun Fest was held in Fairfield Bay, Arkansas, July 17th to the 21st. A great time was had by all who  attended. There was a picnic on a beautiful mountain top in Shirley Arkansas, hosted by Weldon Smith, brother of Shawnee Jim Smith. Thursday, we took a bus tour of …

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2012 Fun Fest in North Vancouver, B.C. Canada

In 2012 the Jim Smith Society descended on North Vancouver. The pictures to prove it…

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