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Show CHARLES W. SEEGMILLER Over 150 Descendants and In-Laws Attend Seegmiller Reunion Here More than 150 descendants and in-laws of Adam and Eve Knechtel Seegmiller gathered in St. George last Friday to participate in a Seegmiller reunion, which was held especiall in honor of "Uncle especially in honor of "Uncle January 2, the eldest living descendant des-cendant of this family, who began their history in Maunheim, Ontario Canada in' the early 1800's, members mem-bers coming to Utah in 1866. Besides locab families, 65 relatives rela-tives from other parts of Utah and from other states attended. These included Mr. and Mrs. Rulon H. Seegmiller, of Medf ord, Oregon ; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. T. Stewart, Alamo, Nev.; Mr. and Mrs. Marion King Seegmiller, Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Thurber and daughter, Mary Lue, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Peterson, Peter-son, Mrs. Millie Helper Hanson, Mrs. Annie Heppler Dr. and Mrs. J. Gray McQuarrie and daughter Marguerite, and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Seegmiller, all of Richfield, Utah; Mrs. Anna S. Frost, Daniel S. Frost, Rose Frost Brown, Vera Frost Ford, of Kanab; Mrs. Ellie S. Woolley, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Thompson and six children, Maralyn, Mara-lyn, Herbert, Duane, Alvonia, Myles and Ellie Ann, of Ogden; John Edw. Heppler, Irene S. Richards, Mrs. Saide S. Ross, of Salt Lake; A. C, Ruth H. and Garn Seegmiller; J. LaMond, Cleone and Flora S. Perry; Emma S. Higbee, Rose S. and John P. Fuller; Rulon, San and Rona S. Wood, all of Cedar City; Mr. and (Continued on page four) m Oyer 150 Descendants and In-Laws Attend Seegmiiler Reunion Here (Continued from first page) Mrs. James G. Wilson and children. Melvin G.. Arlene and Roger, of Panguitch; Mrs. Zorabell Pollock and daughter, Olene. of Tropic: Sterling. Lula. Wendell. Dorl and Vilate Seegmiiler, all of Spring-dale: Spring-dale: Marie Seegmiiler, of Provo and Deola Seegmiiler, of Ephraim. The first assembly was held in the recreation hall of the South ward chapel Friday evening. Specially invited guests including Bp. and' Mrs. A. K. Hafen; Bp. Arthur Cottam. Mrs. Tina Macfar-lane, Macfar-lane, Mrs. Chlorinda Schmutz and Mabel Jarvis: Messrs. Richard Waddley, Marvin Jensen and the Misses Winnie Tobler and Fae Terry. Program The program included community commun-ity singing, prayers by Chas. W. Sr. and E. D. Seegmiiler: address of welcome. Elanor S. Smith: pan-tomined pan-tomined song. "Ten Pretty Girls and a Boy", by the Seegmiiler Juniors: letter from Mrs. Vilate Roundy McAllister, of Los Angeles, read by Miss Fern Seegmiiler: vocal solo, Mrs. Nita S. McQuaid: tribue to Charles W. Seegmiiler Sr. by his grandson. Donald Seegmiiler: Seeg-miiler: duet. "That Dear Old Daddy of Mine", by Paul and Fayonne Seegmiiler: dance duet. Ruby Seegmiiler and Evelyn Smith and Winnie Tobler assisted at the piano and pipe organ; brief life history of Chas. W. Seegmiiler Sr.. by Ella J. Seegmiiler; pageant "Conversion of the Seegmiiler Family" directed by Mrs. Ellen S. Bentley. Each member was ticketed as to their line of descent, their name and their generation, with reference to their particular branch of the family. Since many of these people had seldom met. some of them never before this occasion, this aided in the getting acquainted. Saturday's Program Saturday's program was arranged ar-ranged as a picnic outing at the Seegmiiler farm in Washington fields with side visits to nearby ' points of interest. Leaving St. j George at 10 a.m., the carvan of relatives motored through the i fields, assembling at noon for an Easter basket lunch. An unexpect-' ed highlight of this event came in ' the visit to the Washington Field Dam. an irrigation project for which so much of the credit of ! final accomplishment is due "Uncle i Charley" Seegmiiler. While the1 many descendants and relatives' surrounded him. this veteran far-; rr.er pioneer of Dixie stood on an i elevation of the structure and in ' a clear, concise address told of the-many the-many hardships of early days in Dixie, particularly of the problems of irrigation, and eventually of the construction of this "submerged" I dam, which proved the correctness correct-ness of his ideas on a dam that -s'ould be permanent, and which. -with the assistance of the late! Anthony W. Ivins, and the help of a railroad crew, and thousands of ' dollars of cash and lalwr. was j completed with its 600 feet of .solid, rock tunneling carrying the " A-ater to added thousands of acres j of land, a dam which has with-j f'Xd more than 40 years of floods, i Evening Procram J The meeting in the recreation hall Saturday evening featured an ( open hour of improtu addresses j and testimonies, and many items , of family interest, history and ac" : complishment. both serious and humorous, wore related proceeding; the formal organizing of the Seog- millers as a genealogical unit, which wa seffected as follows:; Gerald Seegmiiler. president;! Taylor Thurber. Richfield; Frank! K. Seegmiiler. Salt. Lake; Anna; 5. Frost. Kanab; Wm. T. Stewart i Alama. Nov.; Adam Seegmiiler. Cedar City: Rosco Seogmill'T. Ogtlen rinfi H"lfn It. SeogmilL-r, Oregon, district vice-presidents; Helen Starr. socrcIary-tre.isur.-r: V.-rda Seegmiiler. genealogy; Don-j nld Seegmiiler and J. K. G'-raldine .S'-ogmiller. historians, as corresponding corres-ponding secretaries, all of St., Oorge; pan Seegmiiler, Wm. A.! .Seegmiiler and Dan Frost, Tempi- j -ornmittee; George Seegmiiler, St. George chairman; Sarli- Ross and J. K. Ileppler, ;aids, program committee com-mittee for the 1030 reunion. |