Show 1 41 1 I 1 F I 1 WM T L WAT tINS WATKINS FAMILY REUNION last saturday was n gala lay day for the watkins family the occasion I 1 I 1 was a celebration of the sand birthday ot of the patriarch and relatives assembled Isem bled from tar far and near to to do honor to that sterling pioneer the family of patriarch watkins numbers 20 children 99 grandchildren and 33 53 great all living A large number have passed ii assel into the other life on oil its his eighty second birthday william liam L watkins was as hile hale and hearty bearty asa as a boy almost As lie he came across the equale north of tile the court house saturday morning on oil tits his way to the opera house where the festivities were heldie appear to be a year older than lie was ten tan or fifteen years Year sago ago when lie he walked across the same square every morning to its ills in ili the coop co op store ile ho is a splendid example of oc what correct living and pure thinking will do for as one gazes upon ills his snow white while locks and listens to its his film voice proclaiming eternal truths the picture is a per perfect filet linage image of that formed in ili ones mind ot ol what a Pati larch should be all and no person can call hell be better batter for having listened lo 10 t 0 its his voice and felt the influence of ilia good spirit which calfi lites front from him we heartily joint join in ili saying long live the be Patr laich 1 cl 1 and may inay each year add its plea pleasure sul e to his life and labois the DIP pi as enfiled out in ill the I 1 opera house was as follows assembling at 10 0 clock a m n D until 1230 1 p ill n cold auld lunch par partaking more of the nature of P banque bano uil served to the enllie oni linny on ill file lie stage stage alerting Ale Ille eting in tile HIP auditorium at a t 3 p in nt at which a 1 sulan did program pro giani was wag i rendered rondo rende iod led concluding with an 01 rette entil entitled it birthday by I 1 lie birdien bil dien ind and grandchildren to r the S per of 30 this pal allt t or of tile he pro 1110 grain was vevy very beautiful dancing ill up stairs and partaking pir taking of during tile the evening finished the days celebration an ali organization org ani was effected to I 1 continue onlin uc tile the 17 reunion elanon each year sOll ol of tile iho folloN following VIng n arni bers joseph if watkin watkins s president lolin john if Nr walkin athing vice president gcorge W Wn lkins S and liea surer Cli ailes A and benjamin W watkins and lewis 0 johnson as is Ireni bels of nl tile As stated st atoil relatives came bioni far anil in near and in tile the following are tile hie names 1111 ries of those ples elit W V L watkins teah J Mi mills 1 johnson peter bohnson loh L 1 0 Jo linson and wife almida walta ker ke john johnson and wife lucius lolin on 1111 wil c wallace Jo linson hIvo ull Job Jo linson elva johnson Jo linson 1011 boll us its johnson soi vinetta johnson divid lu linson son hazel johnson lloyald johnsson John kib sion libon maila bateman Ilal nella 11 azra ara nj Ilat leman einan jamus james n bateman william L 1 bateman ni toman an and d wife dilando Oili indo bateman and wife phillip bateman iteman JJ and wife walter waller larson and wife zilpha bateman almyrtle bateman valois bateman Da dallis dalli bateman geoege l irson evalyn Batel Hit finan liall cluife Bater imil orial oilin oi lin ilo do V 13 ateman if wight clarence wight eldred wight J los os wight and wife jesse jcsse wight and bif wife e edwin petersen anil an i wil wife 0 auretta wight erma wight E L II if wight and wife lnora lenora whiting irene whiting and baby fred nelson and wife elmer nelsen joseph watkins and wife eddas watkins clifford ciifford watkins flora watkins norman victor watkins preston prestell watkins Wat kius IN melvin Telvin watkins clara watkins john II HW atkins Watkins jolin john watkins jr janie watkins nora watkins chaales A watkins and wife russell lucile watkins clairl watkins alice alica iw lewis P watkins and wife ethel watkins william watkins leland watkins nivin george W watkins and wife 1 lorence florence watkins reynold watkins eugene watkins mention glendon watkins victor watkins phyllis U watkins atkins leslie L I 1 watkins leo watkins devere and divorn watkins ackill at kill earl eari watkins bijah E watkins may ilay watkins Wat kius mrs bennie ij watkins clide watkins vornon vernon watkins lloyal watkins ala watkins ills melvln melvin watkins grace junius watkins and wife nora watkins dorothy watkins Wat kina aquillla AUL ilia watkins watkin mabel watkins george AV dav Is asand 1 anid wife and fla daughter tighter maui durue mary I 1 hadley adlay Tf idward edward hadley aidi wife Deat ilce hadley adley II mrs din dan goodfellow Good tellow and son oil glen E U A box ll L lis Fis liburn sr and wife 0 N stohl and wife bishop Bri brigham brichan ghan and wife david rees win horsley Il n D P burt thaddeus wi wight ait and wife mrs annio annie johnson so ohla johnson harriet wight mrs iverson Ivers L if cl risten seii george anderson adlia stoll loia peters louise wesley anderson mrs petersen |