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..u,v,Uo uiiu luiipn compton.Surprise ReunionSisters who had lost track with each other for 13 years were reunited on (Tiristmas dav.wMrs. Margaret Willis and her sister, Helen Donahoo, spent their last Christmas together when Mrs. Willis was six years old. After that Margaret stayed in Picher with her father while their mother took Helen to JoplinFor several vears they• wcorresponded, but they lost track after Mrs. Donahoo moved to St Ijouis, Mo., and became known by her nicknamewof Pocahontas Donahoo. Subsequently letters from Mrs. Willis were returned marked “unknown.”The sisters' father died thinking Helen was dead.A great surprise was in store for Mrs. Willis on Christmas morning when a car drove up to her residence and a woman, whom she did not immediatelvwrecognize, got out. When whe saw the visitor’s face, she knew it was her long-lost sister and. she said, “it was the most wonderful Christmas present everOthers who were present for the reunion on Christmas davwwere Mr. and Mrs. Horace Daniel and children, Baxter Springs; Mr and Mrs Hugene Anderson and sons, Columbus; Mrs Crystal Daniel, Treece; Mrs Shirley Dial and daughter. Joanie, Picher; Melvin Collins, Douthat; Carl Collins, Baxter Springs, and Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Saylor and children, Mary Ann, of Chetopa
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Miami Daily News Record
Miami, Oklahoma, US
Thu, Dec 30, 1971
Page 5
Full Page
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