Porter Family Reunion-1935

ALLEN, ARNDT, BEALS, BERRY, BRAUGHT, BURKHARDT, CAMERON, CONNELY, CRABTREE, DAVIS, DULLARD, GOODELL, HENDERSON, HOGLAN, HOWARD, HOYT, HUBBARD, HURLBURT, ISKE, JOHNSON, JONES, KINO, MCFADDEN, MCMURRAY, MCQUISTON, MILLER, MILLHOLLIN, MUSTON, NEWPORT, PATTERSON, PEIFFER, PERRIN, PHILLIPS, PORTER, POWLESKE, RIPPEY, SATTELE, SEGO, SPICER, TRUSLER, VANDER LINDEN, WEIGLE, WENDALL, WESTON, WINSON, WOOD, WRIGHT

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Date: 2/9/2015 at 21:24:33

Historic Tea Kettle Shown At Porter Family Reunion
Captured From British in 1778 – Cast at Time Liberty Bell Was Poured
A joint Porter reunion of 140 relatives gathered at Union Park, Des Moines, Sunday. Relatives from various places in Iowa were present.
Owns Historic Kettle
Bruce E. Sattele brought an old tea kettle that was captured from the British at the battle of Monmouth June 28, 1778 by his great-great grandfather, James Spicer. It is made of the same material as the Liberty Bell and cast at the same factory. It was full of butter when captured.
A dinner was served cafeteria style.
Those present were: (Descendants of John Porter) Mr. and Mrs. Ray R. Porter and Allen and Dona, Newton; Mrs. Almira Perin, Baxter, Mrs. Martha McQuiston, Baxter; Mr. and Mrs. Carrie Connely of Rhodes; Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Perrin, Des Moines; Mr. and Mrs. Irvine Jones and daughter, Geraldine, of State Center; Raymond Perrin, Des Moines; Mrs. Guy Kino and Irvine of Ankeny, Ia.
(Descendants of Moses Porter) present were: Gifford Davis of Guthrie Center; Clara Cameron of Guthrie Center; Hattie Davis of Guthrie Center; Eva Cameron, Des Moines, John Goodell, Luella Crabtree, Newton; Beth Cameron, Des Moines; Al Newport of Panora; Etta Weigle, Des Moines.
Descendants of Joseph Porter present were: Arthur Porter and wife, Des Moines.
Descendants of David Porter present were: Nell Hurlburt, Guthrie Center; Flavius Porter and wife, Donna Hoyt and husband, Clint Porter, Alva Porter, Francis Millhollin, Jim Porter and wife of Guthrie Center; Mr. and Mrs. Laurence McMurray and daughter Eva and two grandsons of Liberty, Neb.; Floy Hubbard, Seattle, Wash.; G. L. McFadden and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Vander Linden and Carol, Mr. and Mrs. Sam McFadden and family, Mr. and Mrs. Albert McFadden and family, Prairie City; Mr. and Mrs. Ben S. Wood, Marshalltown; Marguerite Millhollin, Guthrie Center; James Porter, jr. and stepdaughter, Doris Henderson, Clarence Burkhardt and Irene, Lela Hoglan, Barbra Jean Hubbard, Billy Hoglan, Mary Louise Burkhardt, Guthrie Center; Max Millhollin of Washington Rodger Hubbard, Seattle, Wash.
Many From Newton
Descendants of Elvera Porter Trusler present were: Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Trusler, Newton; Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Berry, Mr. and Mrs. John Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sego, Baxter: Mr. and Mrs. Carl Weston, Mr. and Mrs. Sid Weston, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rippey, Mrs. Mary Trusler, Mrs. Celia Iske and Elmer of Ira; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Beals, Scranton; Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Howard, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Jones jr., Knoxville; Mr. and Mrs. Edd Powleske and family, Mingo; Mr. and Mrs. Willard Dullard, Des Moines.
Descendants of Catherine Porter present were: Mr. and Mrs. William Peiffer, Des Moines; Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Sattele, Newton.
Descendants of William Porter present were Lillie Margaret Johnson and Helen Winson, Guthrie Center; Mrs. B. Irene Johnson, Opal and Wendall, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Braught, Des Moines.
Guests From St. Charles
Descendants of Andrew Porter present were: Margaret Phillips, Myrtle Phillips, Herman Phillips, Elizabeth Porter, Mrs. Elisa Porter, George Muston, Guthrie Center; Earl Porter, Truro, Arthur Johnson, Elois Johnson, Scranton; Zella Johnson-Patterson, Herbert Patterson, Nevada; Vera Allen Porter, Jean Allen, St. Charles, Ia.; Mrs. Tom Porter, Ruth Porter, Norma Porter, Des Moines; Thomas and Rose Porter, Truro; Mrs. H. H. Phillips and sons of Guthrie Center; Mr. and Mrs. Arndt and sons and Verna Davis, Des Moines.
Source: Newton Daily News; Wednesday, October 16, 1935