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Show Reunion Near Reality For Family By Bey BoMnsoa' Th ambition of a Salt Lake man to bring his brothers and sisters sis-ters together, separated when their mother died 20 yeara ago, waa near fulfillment Friday. The search for his three brothers broth-ers and five sisters wad begun in 1937 by Paul Astorga, 1119 8. 2nd West. Earlier this weak Mr. Astorga located th next to th last member mem-ber of his family. Miss Merrlel Olson, Port Orchard, Wash. Mlas Olson will arrive In Salt Lak City Friday evening at Saturday Sat-urday morning for a reunion with th brothers and sisters of whoa existence she waa unaware for 20 years. The reunion is marred only because be-cause of the abaenc of another sister Mr. Astorga so far haa been unabl to locate. Separated la lSJt Mr. Astorga aaid th family waa separated at the death of hla mother In Idaho Falla, Ida in 1929. Moot of the children went to live with relative at the time. Hia two half slaters, Janet Nelson and Merrisl, were placed In a Boise orphange. Janet was then five and Merrlel three years of age, he aaid. "When I finally talked to Merrlel over the long-distance telephone, she waa shocked to learn aha bad a brother," be laughed. "But that waa nothing to her surprise when I told her she had three more brothers and five sisters." Mr. Astorga aaid that he located most of his brothers and sisters in Wyoming and Colorado after he first began to plan to bring mem logeiner. . Befueed laformattea Th orphanage st Boise refused to give him any Information about hla two half sisters for fear it might upset their present lives with footer parents, he explained. However, he left hla name and address at th orphanage and when Merrlel called the orphanage recently to leant aome thing of her background, th Information was given her. Meanwhile, the Astorga are ready to celebrate the reunion with their newly found (later. Two of Mr. Aatorga'a brothers have arrived ar-rived from Denver for the occasion. Other members of the family reside in Salt Lake City. |