Briggs Family Annual Reunion At Russell
The Briggs family held its annual reunion at Allen Gripes home in Sumner with about forty relatives. Officers elected included Gerry Briggs as president and Arthur Briggs as vice president. Out-of-town attendees listed. next reunion set for August 1929 at Gerry Briggs’s home. Also notes on Ladies Aid and Epworth League activities and various local personal news items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Ladies Aid
U. B. Aid Society
Charles Gage
Fox Him
Epworth League
St. Luke’s Hospital
Russell-Akeley
Epworth Leaguers
Cable Hollow
United Brethren Ladies Aid Society
Cable Holow
Methodist Panic At Hamblin Home Draws Wide Attendance
Irvine August 18 The Methodist Panic gathering at the Hamblin home drew a large crowd with a picnic supper served cafeteria style. Distinct visitors included Robert Colter Sr of Cleveland Ohio and many from Dunkirk Warren Casadaga Jamestown and Warren. Guests shared meals and visited at Chautauqua Lake and with local families during the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvine
Adn
Arthur Hamblin
Robert Colter, Sr
Cleveland
Ohio
Howard Walters
Shirley May
Pittsburgh
Sampson
Fred Walters
Mabel Walters
E. Whenhart
Harry Conroy
Hamblin
Warren
Jack Stroeblein
Doris
Marjoris Jens
Bob McGougan
Dunkirk
N. Y
Floyd Smith
Fish
Edith Rhinehart
Shirley Mae
Walter
Irene Walters
Robert Colter
Mary Patton
Ralph
Whitcomb
Jamestown
Harold Lewis
Casadaga
Harvey Erickson
Busti
Bobby
Marguerite Colter
Erickson
Busta
Charles Jackson
C. J. Hesch
Chautauqua Lake
Pat O'Brian
Erie
Dan O'Brian
Ella
R. L. Patch
Elmer
Rex Patch
New Castle
Vinnie Patch
Bradford
Hazel Dashner
Emma Kennedy
Helen Huling
Ella O'Brian
Ed Munson
Harry Holmberg
Henry Walters
Youngsville
William Abplanalp
Porkey Porkey and Downey Reunion News
Aug 19 report notes a Lynch origin English family visiting Lynch and nearby towns after years away in Akron, Ohio. Downey family reunion at McGraw Grange hall enjoyed meal, dancing, and music by Rupert, Kightlinger, Martin and others with plans for a fall gathering. Mrs Rupert and two children shopped in Sheffield and Warren. Miles O'Donnell family attended Harvest Home picnic with guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Sauge Falls
Ohio
Don Reardon
Cauga Falls
Andrew Nelson
Irvine Run
Cena Anderson
John Olson
Cart Johnson
Arthur Ransom
Merle Scott
North Warren
Chester Coleman
Youngsville
Clinton Johnson
Elnora Westfall
Edwin Flick
Warren
Arnold Nelson
Cora Bell
Ridgway
Floyd Smith
Nelson
Rurdway
Kathaleenohnson
Harry Johnson
Porkey
Ohn
Lynch
Ella English
Florence
Clarence
Clyde
Akron
English
Phay
Waren
Showers
Tip Hunter
Downey
McGraw Grange Hall
Tidioute
Rupert
Mr. Proper
Grandma” Downey
Pers
McGraw
G. E. Rupert
Sheffield
G. W. Swanson
Miles O'Donnel
Miles
Scotch Hill
Village social notes and local visitors reported
Mrs Eagan and son from Pittsburgh visiting. Downeys travel to Town and Sheffield with Wayne as chauffeur. Picnic at Fools Creek hosted by Endeavor and East Hickory ladies with Asa Goodwill providing transport. Littlefield family reunion at Oakview Park drew 76 attendees with evening dancing. Roadside visit by Nellie Lackey Lloyd and Clendenning party described. article notes long years apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adies
John Freeman
Ben Hucklebone
Starbrick
Joe Suppa
OilaCty
Louis Johnson
Dorothy
Warren
Alice Johnson
Ludlow
Floyd Smith
Erie and
Girard
Fools Creek Mercantile Co
Shreman Dodge
Endeavor
East Hickory
Joe Douglas
Ase Goodwill
Pauline
Ed Patch
Mia
Henry Rudolph
Ira Fox
Paul Gorman
Helen and
Beatrice
Geo. Chaple
Robert
Mary Jane
W. T. Zabnizer
Wm. Carpenter
Evelyn Allabaugh
Erma Fuelhart
Doll Spencer
Fools Creek
Susi Spencer
Julia
Dewey Spencer
Asa Goodwill
East Enekory
Rupert
Clyde Littlefield
Statres
Tia
Fred Newark
Clara Welsh
Balltown
James
Mort) Crisswell
Lawrenceville
Crisswell
Whig Hil
Nellie Lackey
Lloyd
Jamestown
Harry Clendenning
North Warren
Return to Porkey Sparks Family Reunion Echoes
Residents recount visits and recall boyhood days in Porkey as B M Weaver and family join Elliot Weaver in shared memories. A note on health features mentions a slightly curved back deemed essential for beauty by Dr Charles H Wood of the National Progressive Chiropractic Association, linking posture to well being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peto
Porkey
Agale
B. M. Weaver
Jamestown
Elliot Weaver
Angeles
Charles H. Wood
National Progressive Chiropractiie Assistion
Beauty Shop Ad Promises Eugene Wave Service
A terse classified line offers immediate fulfillment from Metzger-Wright's in Warren with a call to 1820 or a written inquiry. It touts a permanent option in their Beauty Shop located on the Third Floor and mentions the Eugene wave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Metzger- Wright's
Metzger-Wright’s
Metzger-Wright
Eugene
Also Mentioned on This Page
Briggs
Russell
Ladies Aid
Ladies Aid Society
Inez Young
New York City
Washington, D. C
Mannery
New Brunswick
N. J
Young
Miss Young
A. Walker
Tilyou
Akeley
Titus Ville
Daugherty
A. E. Adams
LeRoy Daugherty
Glen Field
Coan
Charles Pay
Celoron
Littlefield
Oakview Park
Challenge Tire Sale
Devaes
Oldfield
TBS
Settee
Warren Garage CO
Penna. Ave
Geoven
Pele Groves
Valley
Armstrong
Groves
Pittsfield
Kane
Literary Guild
Crime Club
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