Bob Ash, Dick Wolff, Mary Webber, Ray Schoenfeld, Ed Rounds and others were instrumental in maintaining and growing the organization. Meeting locations changed a bit, but eventually they moved to the new facilities at Wesley Willows, where an optional lunch preceded each meeting presentation.
By the time COVID -19 closed down all such public gatherings in 2020, the average attendance was over 50.
"I've been a member of the Rock River Valley Round Table for about 15 years, retired Rockford radio and TV journalist Bob Pressman says. "At my first meeting, I was impressed with the number of people and surprised by how many I already knew-- none of whom had ever mentioned [the group] to me."
Pressman, like others in the group, has presented several programs, including ones on Reconstruction and myths and facts about the Civil War.
--Old Secesh
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