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Show 3 | peaiam AAAAAAASA AAA awa a ed THREE GENERATIONS check the family book at the GXkEAT-GREAT GRANDPARENTS, Thomas Stolworthy and wife, in photo, are totally ignored by young Diane Randquist, 2, of Orem, as the family gathers for its annual reunion and she finds a bag of balloons for enters tainment, while the older folks visit, (Pictures by Phil Shurtleff, Herald staff photographer). Stolworthy reunion with, from left, Alice Hawkins, 8; Nancy Hawkins Richard Hawkins, father; Vance Hawk. ins, 11; Wilma Stolworthy Hawkins, 75; and Richard’s moth or, sharing memories and experiences, By WINIFRED N, JONES Herald Women’s Editor 9 he family reunion is a fine and honorable tradie tio... and in Utah it flourishes in a warm and hospitable environment, Summertime sees favorite gathering places filled with multigeneration groups sharing picnic lunches, games, reminiscent, experiences, memories and plans, Some families chose a three-day canyon eampout, some supper and an houror two of visiting, some a hall for a formal program and genealogy workshops... . but it’s the gathering of the clan that is important — the sharing of a family heritage, the knowledge that you belong to someone, that you are part of a continuing lineage. The oldsters remember how it was, the young adults speak of now, and the youngsters of tomorrow. Food is piled high by the womenfolks, the youngsters compete with cousins and teenagers retreat from the effusive aunts. Families travel from far and near to catch up on the news, to przen little, to share a feeling of renewal and reraembrance, So whip up a cake, mother, get the kids together and have Dad take you out to the park to meet the folks! { CAKE is of prime int 16, who dishes up lus ister, Hazel Ann, and his Stephen Ellis watch to see fair. The Ellis family, like of other Utah families, meets annually for a day of reunion. CHOCOLA’ to Kelly E while M FUN ANDG AMESfor the youn crowd is a traditional part of a nily reunion. Bobby Lindsey, 6, and Lisa, 8, of ylorsville take a high fling at the g3 at Provo's Kiw anis Park as they join aunt: uncles, grandmothers, and cousins for a day-long picnic, EVERYBODY SHARES IN POTLUCK when membersofthe Ellis family met under the shelter of a park bower to enjoya picnic dinneras they catch up onthe activities of various branches of the family since the previous reunion. RECALLING OLD FAMILYSTOR. ' IES, Will Stolworthy, 87, oldest living son of Thomas Stolworthy, the “patriarch” of the family, talks to other members ofthe family as they gathered at a Provo park for the traditional reunion, CHICKEN’SA MUSTwhen family members * gather for a few hours of visiting, eating, remembering. Hazel Ann Ellis, 6, gives a good goat ied chickenleg as her father Stephen Ellis, checks her method at a recent Ellis farnisy reunion. |