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Show Bunkers Hold Annual Meet Gn Delta Tour Descendants of Edward Bunker met in family reunion at the IOOF Hall in Delta, Saturday, Sept. 4. Visitors registered at 10 a. m. at the Ed Bunker home and were conducted on a tour of the farming districts and to Old Fort Deseret. Guests from Las Vegas, Overton, Bunkerville, Nevada; Bakersfield, Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif orian; Salt Lake City Springville, Ogden, Veyo and St. George, Gun-lock Gun-lock and local residents attended. At 1:30 about 220 people sat down to a chicken dinner served by the Delta First ward Relief Society. So-ciety. Lyle Bunker, as master of ceremony, made the introductions and announced the program numbers num-bers given during the banquet. D. A. Bunker, Los Angeles, Ezra Bunker, Salt Lake City, Hector Bunker, Bunkerville, and Delia Li-sonbee, Li-sonbee, Delta, were the living members of the first generation present. Francis Bunker, Arizona, and Robert Bunker, St. George, were unable to attend. Also present pres-ent was Mary J. Bunker, wife of Stephen Bunker, now in her 89th year. Officers of the Bunker organization organiza-tion present were Berkley Bunker, Las Vegas, president; Albert Bunker, Bun-ker, vice chairman and many members mem-bers of active committees. Pres. Bunker conducted a short business session, at which Lee Leavitt of Gunlock, Utah, was appointed as chairman for next year's reunion. It will be held in the vicinity of St. George, with other committee members from that locality. Everyone received booklets with a picture of the Guardian of Deseret Des-eret on the cover, father Bunker's testimony as a theme, and their aim to acquaint the present generations gen-erations with the names of the first generation of children. The program included a .pep song written by Emily Bunker; a tribute to the family by John E. Steele; reading, Tenna Gronning; music, Lorna Bunker; Family Tree, Josephine Walker; music, Hazel Walker; "Uncle Will's Testimony," by Eddie Bunker; reading Chlora Twitchell; dance, by three duagh-ters duagh-ters of Mrs. Helen Bunker Florene; The opening prayer was by Ezra Bunker, and after the business meeting and community singing, Ira Earl gave the closing prayer. A clipping was read, from the Chronicle of 1915, telling of the Bunker reunion held on Thanksgiving Thanksgiv-ing Day in Delta, with 150 family members present. Rex and Ben Bunker, as reunion chairman express appreciation for full cooperation of all local committees. com-mittees. Josephnie Walker, Family Historian. |