Mills County, Iowa
Family Reunions

ROSS FAMILY

ROSS REUNION HELD AT LAKEPARK
Glenwood Opinion Tribune
September 20, 1945

The annual Ross family reunion was held at Glenwood Lake Park Sunday, Sept. 2nd with thirty-five members present and 2 visitors.

Those in attendance were; Mr. and Mrs. J.I. Ross, Mr. and Mrs. R.N. Ross, Mr. and Mrs. William Meredith, Miss Helen Meredith and Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Ross, Mr. Quentin Ross and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Joe King and family, Mr. Robert Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Yates and family, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Watson and family, Mrs. Chester Meredith and son, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Harris. Visitors were Eillen Bomer and Rowena Sprague.


ROSS FAMILY HOLDS REUNION
Glenwood Opinion Tribune
September 16, 1954

The 1954 Ross reunion was held at the Glenwood Lake Park on Sunday, Sept. 12 for the descendants of Ballard and Elendar Ross, who came to this country from Scotland in 1829, and settled in Hillsboro, Kentucky. There were 46 present. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Sanders of Kansas City, Mo., came the greatest distance.

A business meeting was held and it was decided to hold the 1955 meeting on the second Sunday in September, at the same location. New officers were elected as follows: President, Lonnie Ross; vice president, Robert Stivers; secretary-treasurer, Quentin Ross; historians, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Watson. Visitors were Mr. and Mrs. G.C. Mayberry and Mrs. Cora Boyle.

The occasion also is a celebration of several birthdays near or on this date. H.N. Ross and son, Paul, of California and Edwin Ross of Glenwood celebrate their birthdays on the 14th, Bruce Ross on the 12th, and Lonnie Lynn Smith on the 15th. Those present were: Mr. R.N. Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Watson and two children, Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Yates, Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Rafferty and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Alva Vohs, Mr. and Mrs. Quentin Ross and two children, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ross and two children, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Reafling, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stivers, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Stivers and son, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Reed and two children, Mrs. Pauline Crose and three children, Mrs. Marvel Smith and son, Mr. and Mrs. G.C. Mayberry, Mrs. Cora Boyle, and Mr. and Mrs. Chris Sanders of Kansas City, Mo.


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