CROUSE FAMILIES PICNIC IN RED OAK
Met in Beautiful Chautauqua Park Sunday, Sept. 6; Picnic and Visit
Malvern Leader
September 10, 1931
A very enjoyable day was spent at Chautauqua park in Red Oak, Sept. 6, when thirty-eight relaives and friends of the Crouse clan met for a picnic dinner in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Will Hudson and Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Lundgren
of Fort Dodge who are here visiting the A.F. and E.H. Crouse families and other relatives in this vicinity. Mrs. Hudson and Mrs. Lundgren are sister and niece of A.F. and E.H. Crouse.
At noon the usual picnic dinner of chicken and trimmings was served from one long table at which all were seated. After doing justice to all the good things the afternoon was spent in visiting and picture taking.
Those in attendance were: Mr. and Mrs. Will Hudson and Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Lundgren of Fort Dodge; Mr. and Mrs. A.F. Crouse, Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Crouse, and Harriett Clites of Hastings; Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Crouse of Strahan;
Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Crouse of Henderson; Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Crouse and children, Lorraine and Ralph, of Hastings; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Skaggs and Marion of Glenwood; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Clites, Warren, Shirley, and Wayne of Strahan;
Mr. and Mrs. John Shaffer, Harry, Doris, Gayle, Blanche, and Jean of Red Oak; Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Hall and Mrs. Laura Hall of Hastings; Russel Hall of Glenwood; Mr. and Mrs. I.M. Shaffer of Red Oak.
Thinking this should be an annual affair plans were proposed to meet next year at Des Moines.
(By Mrs. W.F. Crouse)
CROUSE FAMILIES PICNIC AT AUDUBON
Seventy-Two Relatives Meet Aug. 21 in Annual Affair
Malvern Leader
September 1, 1932
Seventy-two relatives and friends gathered Sunday for an enjoyable day of visiting and eating all of the good things that go to make up a good picnic dinner.
The Crouses knew that they couldn't all get together unless they drove a good distance so it was decided a half-way place would be the only way.
Sunday morning bright and early the relatives started from the north, south, east and west and stopped in a beautiful park in Audubon.
Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Crouse and Harriet Clites; Mr. and Mrs. A.F. Crouse and son, Waldo; and Mr. and Mrs. N.J. Hall of Hastings; Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Crouse of Henderson; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Clites
of Strahan; Mr. and Mrs. I.S. Shaffer, Mr. and Mrs. John Shafffer and children of Red Oak; Mr. and Mrs. George Crouse and daughters, Georgia and Mrs. Sylvia Dudley of Villisca; Mr. and Mrs. Will Hudson and daughter
Dorothy, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Clausen and daughter, Mignonette, Mr. and Mrs. Dee Crouse and son, Duane, and Miss Dorothy Merrill all of Fort Dodge.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hoover and daughters, Della, Hazel, Velva and Reola, and sons, Raymond, Herbert, and Verl, and Mr. and Mrs. F.A. Crouse and children, Katherine and Bonnie, all of Duncombe; Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Crouse and son, Henry, of Balley Junction; Mr. and Mrs. Van Thompson and son, Jimmie of Valley Junction; Mr. and Mrs. William Hudson and son, Dale, of Badger; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hudson and daughters,
Vera and LaVonne, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hudson and son, Frances, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hudson all of Otha; Mr. and Mrs. Glen Spike of Duncombe; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Clark of Gray and Mrs. Lillie Boles of Coffeyville, Kan.
This is to be an annual affair meeting the third Sunday in August 1933 with F.A. Crouse of Duncombe as president, A.F. Crouse of Hastings as vice president, and Dee Crouse of Fort Dodge as secretary.
All departed late in the evening felling well repaid for their day visit.
HOLD REUNION IN THE RED OAK PARK
Malvern Leader
August 27, 1936
Seventy-nine Attend Crouse Family Reunion August 16
Seventy-nine relatives and friends attended the Crouse family reunion and picnic held Sunday, Aug. 16, in the Red Oak park. An enjoyable day was spent with the picnic dinner at noon for which all brought
well filled baskets, and refreshments of ice cream and cake were served later in the afternoon.
Election of officers for the group was held and H.D. Crouse of Ft. Dodge was named president and Mrs. Albert Hoover of Lehigh, secretary and treasurer. The next meeting will be held the third Sunday in
August at a place to be selected by the committee.
Attnding this year's reunion were Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Crouse, Betty Ann Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Will Hudson, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Hudson, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hudson, Ft. Dodge; Mr. and Mrs. Lou Parsons and daughter
Patsy and Mrs. L.D. Walker, Billings, Mont.; Mr. and Mrs. Will Crouse, Mr. and Mrs. John Clark, Des Moines; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crouse, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Crouse, Marshaltown; Mr. and Mrs. George Crouse and daughter
Georgia, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Crouse and son Charles, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Crouse, Villisca; Mrs. Fannie Skaggs; Marion and June, Wayne, Warren and Shirley Clites, Mr. and Mrs. Carrie Dudley and Donna Lee, Glenwood;
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Crouse, Lorraine, Ralph and Norma Lee, Mr. and Mrs. A.F. Crouse, Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Crouse, Harriett Clites, Mrs. Susie Hall and Deloris, Ray Hickerson, Bernice and Jack Largent, Hastings; Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Walters, San Diego, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. I.M. Shaffer, Mr. and Mrs. John Shaffer, Blanche, Jean, Dorris and Ruby, Red Oak; Dr. and Mrs. W.E. Crouse and son Vincent, Creston; Mr. and Mrs. Merrill
Crouse, Henderson; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crouse, Strahan; Darrell Achenbaugh, Emerson.
