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6/2/1910 There was a family reunion of the Stocks brothers at the home on Decoration day, an occasion which was highly enjoyed. There was present besides A. G. Stocks, the host, Dr. C. L. Stocks of Bushong, Kan., Tom of Waterloo, and Bert, of Lime Springs. 6/30/1911 Family Reunion--Seventy two members of the Lynes family were reunited at the home of Earl Lynes, near Plainfield Saturday. This large family have had five family reunions, which take place annually, and this one was just as enjoyable as any of the preceding ones, and perhaps more so as Mrs. M. J. Ham, a sister of the Lynes family, and her son Bert Ham, and bride, of Boston, Mass., arrived the morning of the reunion unexpectedly, and joined the happy throng. A large table had been built under the shade trees and at noon "the family" were seated around it and partook of a sumptuous dinner. The photographer was on hand and photographed the group. A musical and literary program was rendered during the afternoon and there was an election of officers for the following year, James J. Lynes being retained another year as president, and Mrs. Charles Farnsworth as secretary. Before the arrival of the train, the guests were treated to ice cream and cake. This home coming of relatives is anticipated by them from one year to the next, and is one of the pleasant events of their life. The majority of the relatives were from Plainfield, some from Nashua and others from Waterloo, New Hartford, Charles City, Sioux City, Boston, Dakota and Minnesota. Mrs. A. J. Blasier, Mamie and Roy Blasier, Mrs. Clara Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Peterson and daughter, Nellie, Frank Smith and Emma Hawkins were among the locals attending. 8/11/1910 A Big Family Picnic--One of the largest family reunions or picnics every held in this vicinity was the Cagley picnic held at Chickasaw last Saturday. There was one hundred and forty persons in attendance and only about 15 of them could not claim kinship to the Cagley "tribe". The picnic was held in the grove on the banks of the Little Cedar and the day was spent in a social way, visiting, boating on the mill pond and in disposing of a monster picnic dinner. The guests of honor were Mr. George Cagley, of Clarinda, and his sister, Mrs. David Hine, of Chickasaw, they being the only remaining members of the earlier generation of Cagleys. Several group photographs of the gathering were taken and it was also voted to make the picnic an annual event and to that end an organization was effected. Besides those attending from surrounding country and near by towns there was present George Cagley and granddaughter, Miss May Robinson of Clarinda, and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Porter, of Burr Oak. 8/25/1910 Grand Reunion--On the 22nd of August, 1910, occurred the second annual reunion of the Thomas family and a party of some seventy three people assembled at the old Thomas homestead, two miles below Nashua. They were descendants of Zenas Thomas, who settled there in 1861. He lived to the ripe old age of eighty years, leaving his earthly home in 1880. There are eleven of their children still living, the eldest being E. S. Thomas of St. Paul who is now past eighty one years old. Mrs. William Robinson with her husband now occupy the old home, where the reunion was held. Eight different states were represented at the reunion, as follows: Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Thomas of St. Pau;, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Fuller of Rockford, Ill.; Mrs. a. D. Kinne and daughter, Mary, of LaCrosse, Wis.; L. S. Thomas of Rainier, Ore.; C. A. Thomas of Raual, Neb.; O. B. Thomas and wife of Concordia, Kan.; Geo. H. Thomas and wife of Oklahoma City, Okla.; Aunt Martha Packard of Pine Island, Minn. The rest of the party were from the good old State of Iowa, the greater number from Greene. They were of all ages from six months to eighty one years. Those from Iowa were as follows: G. C. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Thomas and family; Mr. and Mrs. Ansel Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Knight and family, Mr. and Mrs. James Gibson and family; Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Freeman and family; Maude Stevens and family; Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Teeple and family; Arthur Thomas and family; Theo Thomas and family, all of Greene; Ed Hammond and family, E. E. Tracy and family, all of Nashua; Mrs. Florence Holmes and family, Estherville; Mrs. A. D. Eldridge and daughter, Abbie of Clear Lake. All the direct living descendants were present except Newton W. Thomas of Enid, Okla. A good old fashioned picnic dinner was served upon the lawn, a long table being built for the occasion at which all could be seated at the same time. Games and sports were indulged in and all enjoyed themselves hugely. Not the least enjoyable among the sports was a bath in the Cedar River a few rods distant from the old house. 9/22/1910 Potter Family Reunion--The annual reunion of the Potter families was held on Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Marvin Crooks home in Ionia. Over fifty relatives were present to enjoy the occasion. The day was fine and Mr. Crooks had made ample preparation and room for all as he had engaged the Konzen hall only a block from the house, where they served the dinner. There was an abundance of good things to tempt the appetites, many of which had been sharpened by long drives. Relatives were present from Charles City, Bassett, Nashua, Horton and from the vicinity of Ionia, and they spent a most enjoyable day. Mr. and Mrs. Crooks were presented with a fine davenport as a token of remembrance of the Potter reunion of 1910 being held at their home. 10/27/1910 Castors Have Family Reunion--The Castor families threw dull care to the winds last week and indulged in a sort of extended family reunion. On Wednesday a big family dinner was served at the home of Father and Mother P. T. Castor, near Republic, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Castor, of Chicago and Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Hoover, of Minocqua, Wis., who were visiting. The others who gathered around the table in the old home were Messrs. and Mesdames Perry Castor, Charles Castor, Charles Chambers, Amos Prudhon, Mack Ransom, Mrs. H. O. Potter and daughter Gladys, Mrs. Flora Pierson and the home family. It was a happy gathering and the day was enjoyed to the fullest by these good people. |
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