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Foust Family Reunion and Birth dayCelebration.On Saturday^ ,Nov. 9th, the family of M r. Tlioe. G. Foust held a reunion, of which' thfe Greensboro News gives the following account:A happy and genuine surprise was given yesterday to Thomas C. Foust, who lives one mile south of Graham, when all his sons and daughters ad their families joined him in a celebration of his 80th birthday. His childreu had planned the reunion without in-forming either Mr. Foust or his wife and came with well filled baskets. It was the first time in many years the entire family had gathered in the old home. *Mr. Foust, who is hearty and strong, and who enjoys the best of health, early yesterday morning left .the dwelling for a large corn pile, remarking that ho must get it shucked aa«oon as possible. The shucks were flying when a messenger from the house told him some company had arrived.“Oh, well,” sa'd he, “I reckon the oompauy can get along without me,” and he pulled the shucks from another ear.The company continued to arrive, however, and in a few minutes, as one of his sons expressed it, “he got on to the racket” and went to see for himself. He found the house filled with his descendants.Those present were: Dr.'J. I. Foust, president of the State Normal and Industrial College, and wife and children, M^ry and Henry; Prof. T. R. Foust, Superintendent of Pub ic Instruction in Guilford county, and wife and childreu, Roswell, Elizabe.h, Eugene and Sarah; Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Henley and child, Claire, of Greensboro; F. L. Foust, principal of Pleasant Garden High School, and wife; Professor and Mrs. L. Lea White and child, of Winston-Salem; J. A. Foust, fanner, wife and child, of Graham; Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Smith, of Elon College; Miss Mamie Foust, of Graham; Miss Mariah Foust, of Greensboro, sister of T. C. Foust. IFinding the nature of the company Mr. Foust would not resume his corn shucking, but set himself to an entertainment of his children and grandchildren, assisted by his wife, who herself is 75 years of Age, and who like him, is blessed with a rugged health. When some of the children suggested that they go to the corn pile and get the job lone he would not hear to it, foregoing the custom that prevailed, perhaps, when the children were children iu size. For that day he himself, was content to let the corn wait.Mr. and Mrs. Foust and their entire family have always enjoyedfltho best of health and prosperity. Hut one cliil 1, an infant, was lost.
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Graham Alamance Gleaner
Graham, North Carolina, US
Thu, Nov 21, 1912
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