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Show Hundreds respond to call for Eyre Family meet The descendants of James and Ann Naylor Eyre, gathered gather-ed in Parowan on Saturday for their bi-annual reunion, and according to local mem-1 bers of the group who hosted the event more than 450 were in attendance, from Utah and the surrounding states. The reunion was held in the Third Ward cultural hall, with a business meeting being be-ing held at 10 a. m.. This was followed by a dinner at noon followed by program, with visiting taking up the rest of the afternoon. : Wm. M. (Mel) Eyre, who was in charge of arrangements for this year's reunion, states : that the large number in at- tendance, many coming from 1 long distances, enjoyed the : get-together very much and j all had an enjoyable time. During the business meeting officers were elected to carry on for next year, and have charge of the next reunion, which will be held in Cowley, Wyoming. Floyd G. Eyre, Salt Lake City, president; Melvin K. Bradshaw, Salt Lake City, 1st vice president; W. Clair Rowley, Row-ley, Parowan and St. George, 1 2nd vice president; Darrel Eyre, Lyman, Wyo., 3rd vice president; Paulino Rollins Stevens, Ste-vens, Cowley, Wyo., 4th vice president, and Ruben Dotson, Minersville, 5th vice president. Mrs. Wm. Grant (Geraldine) II. Bangarter, Salt Lake City was named secretary; Mrs. George H. (Lois M.) Rollins, Salt Lake City,' genealogist; Mrs. George L. (Florence E.) I Russell, Salt Lake City, treas-i treas-i urer; Melvin K. Bradshaw, of i Salt Lake is coordinator of re-; re-; search records; Mrs. Jennie Halliday, Murray as historian and Mrs. Lynn V. (Pamela) Ritchie is committee head. |