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I*jReunion Time In South MissisBy LOUISE SIMPS*f1rtitar1\vrIIn South Mississippi family re-unions and summertime go together like ham and eggs.And probably the granddaddy of aU family reunions is the Walters reunion, which has just ended its thirteenth session out on the Ridge Road.There, more than a hundred descendents of Clarissa Walters and the late Jessie M. Walters gathered to discuss world affairs, happenings since the lastreunion and to reminisce. ■IClarissa Walter* rOverseeing all this activity\n and actually the center of it was (1Mrs. Walters, who is still “up and at ’em” at 94. Each day at 6 a.m. one of her sons, Wilford (PeeWee) Walters would pickher up at the ConvalescentHome and deliver her back again at nine o’clock that night. Her other surviving son in this area is Milton Walters, who •Ilives close by the reunion headquarters on the Ridge Road.Other members of the family came from far and near. There were some from Kissimmee, Fla.; others from Ohio, Arkansas, Louisiana and West Virginia to enjoy this refreshing bit of “back home” hospitality so typical of this section of thecountry.ri)itieKgsdFine Food Not the least of the reunion activities was eating — and how well they ail ate is recognizable in this typical breakfast menu: Hot biscuits, sausage, eggs and coffee. There were three women who cooked enormous mealsin the kitchen area of the pavilion; members of the family brought luscious cakes and pies, and innumerable chickens and steaks were cooked on the barbecue pits, amid much kibitzing.To be exact. 200 lbs. of steak were cooked Saturday night.Lee Graves, president, will be succeeded next year by Ladell Walters. C. W. (Cotton) Walters is vice president and Mrs. Claudie Kitchens is secretary.F\\c1sItt1t11IA1lt;1
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Laurel Leader Call
Laurel, Mississippi, US
Fri, Aug 18, 1972
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