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Family gathers at recreation park as Shipps celebrate tradition
Amid a crowded Recreation Park on Independence Day 1920, 75 to 80 Shipps clan members from Lond Beach and beyond join Calvary Baptist Church ties in a festive reunion. Eldest daughter Thelma recalls family devotion while Enriqueta Velez Shipp, the Puerto Rican wife of Vera, notes pride in their faith bound together through shared meals, games, and songs as relatives from Florida to Santa Ana mingle with friends and local church groups.
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Annie Smith
Savannah
Annie
Judy
Recreation Park
Grayhart Shipp
Shipps
Thomas
E. 15Th St
Lond Beach
Calvaey Baptist Church
Santa Ana
Thelma
Enriqueta Velez Shipp
Vera
Enriqueta
Ezelle
Shipp
Calvary Church
Atx
Alcoholics Anonymous