(The clippings below are from my Great-Grandmother, Goldia Rachel
MILLER WILSON's scrapbook. Grandma did not write down the original newspaper or date the clipping was from.)
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BONE GAP NEWS
BONE GAP, Sept. 3. - The
McDowell reunion was held Wednesday, Aug. 28, at Red Hill, west of
Albion. About seventy-three were present. Those present were Mrs. Rose
Wolfe, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin
Wolfe and daughters, Marilyn and Nadine of Mt. Erie, Ruby
Hedrick, Cash
Hedrick, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd J. Voyles and son, Lloyd J. Voyles, Jr., all of Albion; Lowell E. Wilson, Mary
Wilson and Ileeta, Faye
Wilson, all of Fairfield; E. L. McDowell, Minnie
McDowell, Eleanor
McDowell, Jimmie Deen
McDowell, all of
Golden Gate; Mr. and Mrs. Cloyd
McDowell and daughter, Imogene and Robert of Browns.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Wilson and daughter, Annis, Dale Musler, Mr. and Mrs. Dave
MILLER, all of
Armstrong, Ill.; Mrs. Elvis
Cropper and son, Stephen Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Simon
Wilson and daughter, Doris, all of Fairfield; Mrs. Mary
McDowell and son,
Irving, Virgina
Hornback and Helen
Hornback and Edith
McDowell all of Noble; Mrs. Reba Kerr, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Johnson, son and daughter of Ellery, Flora
McDowell, Rilla
McDowell, C. R. McDowell, Floyd R. McDowell, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mullinax and daughters, Dixie Rae and Diana, all of West Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Travis of Anna, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. George
Van Flossan of St. Louis, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. R. S. McDowell, Mr. and Mrs. Leo
McDowell of Mt. Erie; Mr. and Mrs. William
McDowell and daughters, Lillian and Naomi and Mr. and Mrs. Fyreere
Massie of
Golden Gate, Ill.; Mrs. Nelle
Bushong of
Golden Gate; Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Bushong of Manteno, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Asa Thread and daughter Iva
LaRue, Ben
McDowell and Mrs. Lura B. Voyles, all of Bone Gap.
A bountiful dinner was enjoyed at the noon hour. Pictures were taken in the afternoon.
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MCDOWELL HOMECOMING
The
McDowell homecoming was held Sunday, August 10th at the fair ground in
Albion. It will be held next year at the same time and place. Everyone enjoyed a bountiful dinner at the noon hour.
Those present were: Mrs. N. M. Bushong of
Golden Gate; Clayton
Bushong and son, Clayton, Jr., of Cisne; Mr. and Mrs. Frances Cloninger, of Mineral Point, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. E. L. McDowell, of
Golden Gate; Mr. and Mrs. Lester Reid
McDowell and children Edward
Ellis, Mary Lou, Norman
Rusell and Max Darrell of Bone Gap; Mrs. Rose
Wolfe, of Mt. Erie; Mr. and Mrs. Lot
Wolfe and children William, Bernard and Betty, of Mt. Erie; Mr. and Mrs. Irvin
Wolfe and daughter Marilyn and Nadine, of Mt. Erie; Arch
Wolfe, of Albion; Mrs. Mary
MILLER, of Armstrong; Mrs. Goldie
Wilson, of
Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Meitzler and children, Ruth and Dale of Armstrong; Mr. and Mrs. Ad Sander and grandson Steven Lee
Cropper, of Fairfield; Mr. and Mrs. R. S. McDowell, of Mt. Erie; Mr. and Mrs. John Gardner and children, Dwight and Norma Jean, of
Golden Gate; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
McDowell and sons, Bobby and Tommy, of St. Louis; Charles Kanady and Miss Naomi
McDowell, of Fairfield; Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Johnson and children, Joy Del and Joe, of Ellery; Mrs. Rena
McDowell, of West Salem; Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Gaede and daughter Marguerite, of West Salem; Mr. and Mrs. Asa Thread and granddaughter, Colleen Kieser, of Bone Gap; Mrs. Mary
McDowell and daughter, Miss Edith
McDowell, of
Noble, and son
Irving McDowell, Mrs. Helen
Hornback and daughter, Natalie of
Noble and Mr. and Mrs. Charles
McDowell of
Noble.