1910 SCRANTON FAMILY REUNIONS

The Scranton Tribune-Republican  Wednesday, August 17, 1910

    The second annual reunion of the Richards family, descendants of Nathaniel and Peter Richards, will be held at Rocky Glen, Wednesday, August 24.  Dinner will be served on the grounds by a caterer.  All members are cordially invited to attend.
        Dr. O. B. Richards,
        secretary,
     Moosic, PA, lock box 555

[No follow up article found.]

The Scranton Tribune-Republican  Tuesday, August 16, 1910

     The Riker family reunion will be held at Northern Electric park, Saturday, Aug. 27.

The Scranton Tribune-Republican  Wednesday, August 17, 1910

     The fourteenth annual family reunion of the Riker family will be held at Northern Electric Park, Saturday, August 27.  The Ladies Aid Society of the church will serve dinner in the grove.  All friends and relatives are invited.
     Hazel A. Stark, secretary

[No follow up report found.]

The Scranton Tribune-Republican  Tuesday, August 9, 1910

    The Ross reunion will be held this year on August 18, at Northern Electric park, Clark's Summit, instead of North Abington Grange hall and grove.  All of the family are invited to attend this year.

The Scranton Tribune-Republican  Monday August 22, 1910

    The members of the Ross family held their seventh annual reunion at Northern Electric park last Thursday.  After a basket dinner had been served a business session was held.  At 2:30 o'clock the business was called to order by Evert Ross in the absence of the president, W. S. Ross.  The following were elected as officers for the ensuing year: president, W. S. Ross, Dalton; vice-president, Giles Ross, Wilkes-Barre; secretary, J. D. White, Scranton; treasurer, A. L. Ross, Dalton; committee on entertainment, Mrs. O. Jay Ransom, Carbondale.  The reunion will be at the same place next year, the third Thursday in August.

[No list of those attending was published.]

ROSS, Evert     (not given)
ROSS, Giles     Wilkes-Barre
WHITE, J. D.     Scranton
ROSS, A. L.     Dalton
RANSOM, O. Jay, Mrs.    Carbondale

The Scranton Tribune-Republican  Saturday, August 27, 1910

     The first reunion of the Samson family was held at Nay Aug park last Thursday.  Many members of the family were present and at 12:30 o'clock partook of luncheon.  Early in the afternoon a business meeting was called to order by Hayden Samson of Peckville.  He gave a brief but interesting history of the family after which a motion was made and carried that the reunion be made a permanent organization and the following officers were elected: Verna L. Samson, Carbondale, president; Eugene Swingle, South Canaan, vice-president; Cora A. Coates, Peckville, secretary; and George Collins, Cortez, treasurer. The date for the next reunion was set for the second Thursday in August, 1911, to be held at Nay Aug park.  An entertainment committee was appointed, as follows: Adelbert Day, Carbondale; Hayden Samson, Peckville; and Chester C. Samson, Scranton.

     Those present were as follows:
 

SAMSON, Verna L., Mr and Mrs.		Carbondale
- SAMSON, John	son
DAY, Adelbert, Mr and Mrs.		Carbondale
INCH, Orrila Day, Mrs.		Carbondale
STEARNS, Walter, Mr and Mrs.		Carbondale
- STEARNS, Helen	daughter
SAMSON, Hayden, Mr and Mrs.		Peckville
KINBACK, J. H. , Mr and Mrs.		Peckville
COATES, Cora A., Mrs.		Peckville
- COATES, Ida May	daughter
SAMSON, Jane, Mrs.		Peckville
KENNEDY, Elmer, Mrs.		Peckville
- KENNEDY, Grace	daughter
SAMSON, J. W. , Mr and Mrs.		Scranton
SAMSON, Chester C.		Scranton
SAMSON, Hayden		Scranton
SAMSON, Clarence, Mr and Mrs. and daughter		Scranton
SAMSON, John, Mr and Mrs.		Scranton
DOERICK (?), Lillian, Mrs.		Scranton
- DOERICK, Nina	daughter
LORBER, Cora, Mrs.		Scranton
MUNSON, Charles		Scranton
SAMSON, Frank		Scranton
- SAMSON, Frank, Jr.	son
HOWELL, George, Mr and Mrs.		Scranton
HAND, David, Mrs.		Scranton
- HAND, Catherine	daughter
WEBBER, Richard, Mrs.		Scranton
KINBACK, Will, Mr and Mrs.		Scranton
- KINBACK, Donald	son
- KINBACK, Homer	son
GAMELL, Nellie, Mrs.		Scranton
SAMSON, Leon		Scranton
COLLINS, Henry		Scranton
WHITFORD, Frank, Mrs. and daughters		Scranton
DAY, S. , Mrs.		Scranton
CONGDON, John		Honesdale
- CONGDON, Estella	daughter
- CONGDON, Dorris	daughter
BLAKE, Mollie, Mrs.		Hawley
COLLINS, George, Mr and Mrs.		Cortez
COLLINS, Helen		Cortez
COLLINS, Bernice		Cortez
COLLINS, RUTH		Cortez
SWINGLE, Eugene, Mr and Mrs.		South Canaan
SHAFFER, Frank, Mrs.		South Canaan
COOK, A. M., Mrs.		South Canaan
- COOK, Eugene	son

The Scranton Tribune-Republican  Thursday, August 11, 1910

   The seventeenth annual reunion of the Severance family will be held Wednesday, August 17 at the home of Leroy Knight, South Sumner avenue, Scranton.

The Scranton Tribune-Republican  Wednesday, August 17, 1910

 [under West Scranton news column]

 SEVERANCE FAMILY HOLDS ANNUAL REUNION -
   West Scranton Members Act as
   Reception Committee at Event

   With the West Scranton members acting as a reception committee, the seventeenth annual reunion of the Severance family was held Wednesday at the residence of LeRoy E. Knight, 146 South Sumner avenue.  Members of the family from different towns in this section of the state were in attendance.  The morning was spent in renewing old acquaintances and forming new ones.  Mrs. Knight, assisted by her sisters, Mrs. Robert Hinkle and Mrs. Jennie Nichols, served dinner at noon.

  The usual business meeting was held in the afternoon, Miss Lena Severance, the secretary, read the minutes of the previous meeting. Addresses were made by different members of the family.  The election of officers resulted as follows: Otis Severance, of North Scranton, president; Mrs. Ella Clarkson, Lenox, secretary; Mrs. J. E. Severance, Mrs. E. K. Severance, Mrs. J. B. Knight, and Mrs. Roy Roberts, entertainment committee.  Phonograph selections were played by LeRoy Knight.

  Those in attendance were:

[No locations given with list of those present, they were taken from the text of the report.]

Scranton Tribune-Republican Friday, September 2, 1910

     The eleventh annual reunion of the Shaw family was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Goodwin, of Taylor, Wednesday, August 31. It being a most beautiful day friends and relatives gathered from up and down the valley to help make it an enjoyable affair.  The morning was spent in greetings and renewing of old acquaintances after which all gathered in the large dining rooms where the tables were spread with dainties in which all partook freely.  After dinner a business meeting was called to order by president William Shaw.  The old officers were elected for ensuing year.  It was decided by the committee to hold the next reunion at Nay Aug Park sometime in August, date to be settled on later.  Sixty-five members were present and thirteen visitors.  After supper all departed to their homes, much pleased with the day's enjoyment.  Following were those present:
 

GOODWIN, James, Mr and Mrs.		Taylor
- GOODWIN, Henry		Taylor
REESE, Thomas, Mr and Mrs.		Taylor
CURTIS, Floyd		Taylor
ROSE, Albert, Mr and Mrs.		Taylor
- ROSE, Iris	daughter
- ROSE, Irma	daughter
- ROSE, Dorothy	daughter
GOODWIN, Joseph		Taylor
- GOODWIN, Muriel	daughter
- GOODWIN, Kenneth	son
GOODWIN, Sarah, and		Taylor
GOODWIN, George		Taylor
SWEET, Ellen Shaw, Mrs.		Taylor
- SWEET, Willard
PRICE, William, Mr and Mrs.		Taylor
WINNER, Sarah Shaw, Mrs.		Pleasant Mount
- WINNER, Grace		Pleasant Mount
SWEET, Frank, Mr and Mrs.		Ithaca, NY
- SWEET, Myrtle	daughter
- SWEET, Benjamin	son
RICHARDSON, Ellen		Ithaca, NY
SWEET, Arthur, Mr and Mrs.		Binghamton, NY
- SWEET, Mildred	daughter
SWEET, Edward, Mr and Mrs.		Binghamton, NY
- SWEET, Willard	son
SWEET, Harry, Mr and Mrs.		Marshal, TX
- SWEET, Arthur	son
- SWEET, Leslie	son
KIETH, Phoebe Shaw, Mrs.		Avoca
KIETH, S. W.
PARRY, Robert, Mr and (Jennie) Mrs.		Avoca
GRAHAM, James, Mr and Mrs.		Peckville
- GRAHAM, Marion	daughter
- GRAHAM, Hazel	daughter
- GRAHAM, Kieth	son
WADE, S. F., Mr and Mrs.		Scranton
WADE, Daisy		Scranton
CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph, Mr and Mrs.		Scranton
- CHAMBERLAIN, George	son
- CHAMBERLAIN, Robert	son
- CHAMBERLAIN, Dorothy	daughter
SHAW, George, Mr and Mrs.		Moscow
SHAW, James		Moscow
SHAW, William, Mr and Mrs.		Moscow
- SHAW, Grace	daughter
- SHAW, Fred	son
BIESECKER, Ira, Mr and Mrs.		Moscow
- BIESECKER, Kenneth	son

-  -  -  - VISITORS -  -  -  -
 

JENKINS, John S.		West Pittston
JENKINS, Jessie, Mr and Mrs.		Kansas City, KS
SARLES, Margaret, Mrs.		New Haven, CT
WHITE, James, Mr and Mrs.		Clark's Summit
- WHITE, Vannoy	son
GOODWIN, John, Mr and Mrs.		Clark's Summit
ALGER, Della, Mrs.		Clark's Summit
GOODWIN, David		Factoryville
COLLYER, Mae		Taylor
WARD, Stella, Mrs.		Taylor
GATES, Lizzie, Miss		Wilkes-Barre

A slightly different version was published in the Scranton Tribune-Republican, Tuesday, September 6, 1910.

     The eleventh annual reunion of the Shaw family was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Goodwin, of Taylor, Wednesday, August 31. It being a most beautiful day friends and relatives gathered from up and down the valley to help make it an enjoyable affair.  The morning was spent in greetings and renewing of old acquaintances after which all gathered in the large dining rooms where the tables were spread with dainties in which all partook freely.  After dinner a business meeting was called to order by president William Shaw.  The old officers were all re-elected.  It was decided by the committee to hold the next reunion at Nay Aug Park sometime in August, date to be settled on later.  Sixty-five members were present and thirteen visitors.  After supper all departed to their homes, much pleased with the day's enjoyment.  Following were those present:
 

GOODWIN, James, Mr and Mrs.		Taylor
- GOODWIN, Henry		Taylor
REESE, Thomas, Mr and Mrs.		Taylor
CURTIS, Floyd		Taylor
ROSE, Albert, Mr and Mrs.		Taylor
- ROSE, Iris	daughter
- ROSE, Irma	daughter
- ROSE, Dorothy	daughter
GOODWIN, Joseph		Taylor
- GOODWIN, Muriel	daughter
- GOODWIN, Kenneth	son
GOODWIN, Sarah, and
GOODWIN, George		Taylor
SWEET, Ellen Shaw, Mrs.		Taylor
- SWEET, Willard
PRICE, William, Mr and Mrs.		Taylor
WINNER, Sarah Shaw, Mrs.		Pleasant Mount
- WINNER, Grace		Pleasant Mount
SWEET, Frank, Mr and Mrs.		Ithaca, NY
- SWEET, Myrtle	daughter
- SWEET, Benjamin	son
RICHARDSON, Ellen		Ithaca, NY
SWEET, Arthur, Mr and Mrs.		Binghamton, NY
- SWEET, Mildred	daughter
SWEET, Edward, Mr and Mrs.		Binghamton, NY
- SWEET, Willard	son
SWEET, Harry, Mr and Mrs.		Marshal, TX
- SWEET, Arthur	son
- SWEET, Leslie	son
KIETH, Phoebe Shaw, Mrs.		Avoca
- KIETH, S. W.
PARRY, Robert, Mr and (Jennie) Mrs.		Avoca
GRAHAM, James, Mr and Mrs.		Peckville
- GRAHAM, Marion	daughter
- GRAHAM, Hazel	daughter
- GRAHAM, Kieth	son
WADE, S. F., Mr and Mrs.		Scranton
- WADE, Daisy		Scranton
CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph, Mr and Mrs.		Scranton
- CHAMBERLAIN, George	son
- CHAMBERLAIN, Robert	son
- CHAMBERLAIN, Dorothy	daughter
SHAW, George, Mr and Mrs.		Moscow
- SHAW, Grace	daughter
- SHAW, Fred	son
BIESECKER, Ira, Mr and Mrs.		Moscow
- BIESECKER, Kenneth	son

  -  -  -  - VISITORS -  -  -  -
 

JENKINS, John S.	West Pittston
JENKINS, Jessie, Mr and Mrs.	Kansas City, KS
SEARLES, Margaret, Mrs.	New Haven, CT
WHITE, James, Mr and Mrs. and son	Clark's Summit
GOODWIN, John, Mr and Mrs.	Clark's Summit
ALGER, Della, Mrs.	Clark's Summit
GOODWIN, David	Factoryville
COLLYER, Mae	Taylor
WARD, Stella, Mrs.	Taylor
GATES, Lizzie, Miss	Wilkes-Barre

The Scranton Tribune-Republican  Monday August 22, 1910

[Transcribed as published.]

    The eleventh reunion of the descendants of John Shiffer will their reunion this year at the home of Freeman Shiffer of Broadheadsville, Monroe county, which is twelve miles from Stroudsburg, on the 25th of August.

    The next reunion will be held in Scranton in 1911 at the home of Mrs. Richard Castner, who is one of the grandchildren of John Shiffer.

The Scranton Tribune-Republican  Wednesday, August 31, 1910

   Two Hundred and fifty members of the Shiffer family held a reunion Thursday at Broadheadsville, deciding to devote more time at the annual gatherings to athletic contests and a committee was appointed to take some steps to that end.  It was decided to trace the history of the Shiffer family in more detail, and to Jacob A. Shiffer, of Scranton, was assigned the task.  The home of Mrs. W. R. Castner, 541 North Lincoln avenue, Scranton, was selected as the place for holding the reunion next year - on the fourth Thursday in August.  More attention is to be paid athletics at future gatherings and a committee comprising of Arthur Shiffer and Teddy Rupert, of Scranton, and Charles Flagler, of Stroudsburg, was appointed to formulate plans.  The old officers were re-elected as follows: president, Joseph Shiffer, Stroudsburg; vice-president, George Stackhouse, Flicksville; secretary, Arthur Shiffer, Scranton; treasurer, Jacob A. Shiffer, Scranton.  The oldest direct member of the Shiffer family present was Mrs. Rueben Thomas, of Stroudsburg, whose years numbered seventy-eight. Mrs. Polly Keller, of Broadheadsville, whose mother was a Shiffer, and who will be eighty years old next month, started the fire on the grounds and helped get the dinner.  Mathais Frable, who was eighty-six two weeks ago, and Mrs. Emeline Smith, who will attain the same age next month, both of Broadheadsville, and a number of others over seventy, all lifelong neighbors of the Shiffers, were also present.
 

RUPERT, Ted M.		Scranton
RUPERT, Phoebe		Scranton
THOMAS, Albert J.		Scranton
THOMAS, Florence A.		Scranton
THOMAS, Stanley E.		Scranton
THOMAS, Phoebe A.		Scranton
SHIFFER, Carrie L.		Scranton
WARNER, Eugene F., Mr and Mrs.		Philadelphia
- WARNER, George R.	son
SHIFFER, Sherman S.		Scranton
- SHIFFER, Helen L.	daughter
SHIFFER, Harry A.		Philadelphia
SHIFFER, P. Arthur, Mr and Mrs.		Scranton
FLAGLER, S., Mr and Mrs.		Stroudsburg
- FLAGLER, Mary	daughter
- FLAGLER, Helen	daughter
COLEMAN, Thomas J., Mr and Mrs.		Scranton
- COLEMAN, Howard D.	son
- COLEMAN, Margaret J.	daughter
SHIFFER, Jacob, Mr and Mrs.		Scranton
ROBESON, S. D.		Stroudsburg
THOMAS, Rueben, Mrs.		Stroudsburg
SHIFFER, Charles H.		Wilkes-Barre
VAN AUKEN, H. P., Mrs.		East Stroudsburg
- VAN AUKEN, Howard R.	son
- VAN AUKEN, Margaret C.	daughter
SHIFFER, Thomas		Stroudsburg
SHIFFER, Mary		Stroudsburg
SHIFFER, Granville		Stroudsburg
HAWK, Edwin		Fern Ridge
SHIFFER, H. L. and wife		Orange, NJ
CUSTARD, Frank R.		Scranton
METZGAR, Thomas, Mrs.		Stroudsburg
SHIFFER, Hiram, Mr and Mrs.		Stroudsburg
STACKHOUSE, Jacob A. and wife		Snydersville
CASTNER, William B., Mr and Mrs.		Scranton
- CASTNER, Lulu	daughter
SHIFFER, Leah, Miss		Ackermanville
LAUFER, T. K.		Broadheadsville
KELLER, Polly, Mrs.		Broadheadsville
ROBESON, G. W., Mr and Mrs.		Washington, D. C.
- ROBESON, Mildred	daughter
- ROBESON, Myron	son
SHIFFER, John, Mr and Mrs.		Stroudsburg
SHIFFER, Donald		Stroudsburg
SHIFFER, Wesley		Stroudsburg
SHIFFER, Wesley, Mrs.		Stroudsburg
DREHER, Fred, Mrs.		Stroudsburg
SHIFFER, Lulu, Miss		Stroudsburg
SHIFFER, Lewis, Mr and Mrs.		Stroudsburg
- SHIFFER, Paul	son	Stroudsburg
HELLER, Charles, Mrs.
SHIFFER, Freeman, Mr and Mrs.		Broadheadsville
SHIFFER, Ella, Miss		Broadheadsville
SHIFFER, Kate A., Mrs.		Broadheadsville
SERFASS, Robert, Mr and Mrs.		Broadheadsville
WALZ, Eva, Mrs.		Broadheadsville
- WALZ, Emma	daughter
- WALZ, Helen	daughter
WEISS, J. Irwin and wife		Pen Argyl
- WEISS, Leo	son
HELLER, Frank, Mrs.		Pen Argyl
MILLER, Collinton, Mrs.		Pen Argyl
MENHENNITT, T. E. , Mrs.		Pen Argyl
METZGAR, Theodore S. and wife		Stroudsburg
- METZGAR, Marshall P.	son
- METZGAR, Isaiah	son
SHIFFER, Hiram, Mr and Mrs.		Stroudsburg
STACKHOUSE, John		Flicksville
ABEL, John F.		Wind Gap
FLAGLER, Joseph H., Mr and Mrs.		Pittsburg
HOPKINS, C. D.		Pittsburg
SHIFFER, J. F. and wife		Broadheadsville
- SHIFFER, Mary E.	daughter
- SHIFFER, John C.	son
STACKHOUSE, George W. and wife		Flicksville
STACKHOUSE, Elsie, Miss		Flicksville
STACKHOUSE, Harriet, Miss		Flicksville
STACKHOUSE, Alta, Miss		Flicksville
FLAGLER, C. S.		Stroudsburg
FLAGLER, M. Ada		Stroudsburg
FLAGLER, D. Alice, Mrs.		Stroudsburg
GREGORY, W. H.		Broadheadsville
ABEL, J. F., Mrs.		Wind Gap
ABEL, Minne C., Mrs.		Wind Gap
ACKERMAN, George, Mrs.		Wind Gap
KRESGE, Timothy		Broadheadsville
GREGORY, Emma L., Mrs.		Broadheadsville
SHIFFER, Joseph and wife		Stroudsburg
- SHIFFER, Russell	son

 [Names not listed but appear in article.]

SHIFFER, Joseph; Stroudsburg
FLAGLER, Charles; Stroudsburg
FRABLE, Mathias; neighbor Broadheadsville
SMITH, Emeline; neighbor Broadheadsville

The Scranton Tribune-Republican  Friday, August 12, 1910

   The second annual reunion of the Smalser family will be held at Lake Winola Thursday, August 25.  All friends and relatives of the Smalser and Nyhart families are invited.

The Scranton Tribune-Republican  Tuesday, August 30, 1910

   The Smalser family reunion was held at Lake Winola, Thursday, August 25. Those present were:
 

CAREY, Benjamin, Mr and Mrs. and son		Tunkhannock
ARUTS, C. A., Mr and Mrs. and family		Tunkhannock
NYHART, William, Mr and Mrs.		Taylor
NYHART, Howard, Mr and Mrs.		Taylor
NYHART, Lester, Mr and Mrs.		Taylor
NYHART, Helen		Taylor
CAREY, I. M., Mr and Mrs.		Mill City
AVERY, J. W., Mr and Mrs. and family		Mill City
SMALSER, M. J.		Mill City
SMALSER. J. A., Mr and Mrs. and family		Lake Winola
SMALSER, George, Mr and Mrs. and family		Lake Winola
BILLINGS, Frank, Mr and Mrs. and family		Lake Winola
SMALSER, Eva		Lake Winola
SMALSER, Frank, Mr and Mrs. and family		Scranton
PETERS, John, Mr and Mrs.		Sayre
SMALSER, John		Sayre
SMALSER, Margaret (Miss)		Sayre
MOYER, Charles, Mr and Mrs. and family		Clark's Summit
MOYER, Frank M., Mr and Mrs.		Clark's Summit
MOYER, S. J.		Scranton
CAHOON, W. A., Mrs.		Scranton
- CAHOON, Ruth		daughter
CRESS, Dr. and Mrs.		Tunkhannock
- CRESS, Helen	daughter
BEEMER, BERT, Mr and Mrs.		Taylor

    Officers were elected for the coming term and it was decided to hold the next reunion at lake Winola the last Thursday of August in 1912.  In case of rain the Friday following.

The Scranton Tribune-Republican  Wednesday, August 17, 1910

     Descendants of Jacob and Rebecca Snyder held their family reunion yesterday in Nay Aug Park.  Dinner was served at 2 o'clock and, according to the score kept by A. C. Snyder, and compared with the check list by another descendant, 171 members surrounded the tables.

   During the afternoon, when cars brought additionals, the park became fairly filed with Snyder folk.  It was supposed to be 'Ladies Day' at the swimming pool known as Lake Lincoln.  The lake was filled with bathers.  "Are you the only guard here to attend to all those children?" the lifeguard was asked.  "Oh, no, those children are all Snyders", said the guard.

     There were groups of them around the Everhart museum.  There were groups promenading the drives. More clusters decorated the lawns.  The picnic ground, where dinner was served, held another crowd.  In sixes and sevens, they sat around the benches and swapped Snyder tales.  More of them lined up at the zoo and fed peanuts to the bears.  Younger Snyders climbed aboard the old gravity coach and 'monkeyed' with the hand brakes, just as A. C. Snyder, chief of gravity men, used to do forty years ago.  Grandma Snyder, of one wing of the family, told a story of when they used to run 'rats' down the Lackawanna River from Olyphant.

     "Rafts, you mean," A. C. Snyder corrected her.  "They were rafts, not rats.  I often heard my father tell about the rafts on the Lackawanna" continued A. C. S.   "Oh, I though it was rats."

     It was the first time the Snyder family broke away from Lake Chapman, the stomping ground of every annual gathering of the family heretofore.   "We used to hold the reunion up at the lake, and say, maybe those farmers could not fix up a swell bill of fare," A. C. Snyder went on reminiscently, "but they never got up a better meal than this 'un." and he grabbed up a piece of cake to prove the assertion.

     The family are descendants of Jacob and Rebecca Snyder, who immigrated from Duchess county, N. Y., to Olyphant in 1816, when the valley was a wilderness.  That's where Grandma Snyder got the information about 'rats' running down the river.  The attendance this year was larger than last.  Next year it is expected that the gathering will be still larger, the forecast being based on the same theory that a family such as the Snyders, like the city of Scranton increased its census annually.

    Officers for the next year were elected after the roll call in the morning. They are: president, S. L. N. Snyder, of Scott; secretary, James McLaughlin, of Scott; treasurer, A. C. Snyder, Dunmore.  The committee elected to arrange for the 1911 reunion comprise: Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Snyder, of West Scranton; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Snyder, of Dunmore; Mr and Mrs. Abe R. Snyder, of Dunmore; Dr. and Mrs. Marion Snyder, of Dunmore; Byron Snyder and Belle C. Williams, of West Scranton.  The reunion is held annually on the third Tuesday of August.

[No list of attendees was published. -ed.]

The Scranton Tribune-Republican  Friday, August 26, 1910

  The twenty-second annual reunion of the Stanton family was held at Northern Electric Park August 24, the attendants numbering about one hundred.  After a basket dinner was served a business session was held at 3 o'clock.  The meeting was called to order by president Ray E. Stanton.  The following were elected officers for the ensuing year: president, Ray E. Stanton, Clark's Green; secretary, Mrs. R. C. Miller, Edella; treasurer, George L. Stanton, Justus.  A letter was read by Mrs. Olen Stanton from relatives in Denver, Colorado.  The reunion will be held next year, the fourth Wednesday in August.

[no list of attendees]

STANTON, Ray E.; Clark's Green
MILLER, R. C., Mrs.; Edella
STANTON, George L.; Justus
STANTON, Olen, Mrs.;  [not given]

The Scranton Tribune-Republican  Tuesday, August 9, 1910

    The Stone family reunion will be held on Thursday of this week at the Keystone Academy, Factoryville.

    The committee has secured the use of the hall and grounds for the day and have prepared an interesting program, both musical and literary.  It is expected that a large number of people will be present.

[No follow up report was found.]

The Scranton Tribune-Republican  Monday, August 15, 1910

    The fourth annual reunion of the Swartz family will be held at Nay Aug Park Wednesday, August 17.  The officers of the association are: president, Eli Swartz, Dunmore; vice-president, Chauncey Rhodes, Scranton; treasurer, Mrs. M. P. Rhodes, Scranton; historians, Mrs. L. M. Swartz, Alderson, PA, and Levi Swartz, Moscow; secretary, Chauncey L. Swartz, 135(?) North Rebecca avenue, Scranton.

The Scranton Tribune-Republican  Tuesday, August 16, 1910

    The Swartz reunion will be held at Nay Aug park, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 1910.  Relatives and friends are cordially invited.

The Scranton Tribune-Republican  Saturday, August 20, 1910

    The fourth annual reunion of the Swartz family was held at Nay Aug Park, Wednesday, August 17, when over four hundred of the family were present.  The meeting was opened with prayer by Rev. H. A. Depfer of Elmira, N. Y.  After a short business session, the following officers were elected: president, B. M. Swartz, of Elmira, NY; vice-president, C. W. Rhodes, of Scranton;treasurer, Mrs. M. P. Rhodes, of Scranton; secretary, C. L. Swartz, of Scranton; historian, Mrs. L. M. Swartz, Alderson, Pa, and Levi Swartz, Moscow.

    The Mitchell quartet sang several selections, which were greatly enjoyed by those present.  The singing was in charge of Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Beemer.  Rev. H. A. Depfer, of Elmira, acted as organist. Rev. Mr. Cody, of Ariel, made an address, which was heartily enjoyed by all.  The next reunion will be held at Nay Aug Park in August, 1911.

[No listing of attendees was published -ed.]  

The Scranton Tribune-Republican  Monday August 22, 1910

    More than one hundred of the descendants of the Swingle and Osborn families gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Swingle, at Varden, Pa., for the eighth annual reunion and picnic dinner, August 17, 1910. The day was almost perfect and after enjoying a dinner on the lawn, the business meeting was conducted, the minutes of the last meeting read and approved.  Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: president, E. H. Swingle; vice-president, F. M. Osborn; secretary, J. G. Bronson; assistant secretary, Eugene Swingle; treasurer, Freland Brundage; executive committee, E. H. Swingle, F. M. Osborn, J. G. Bronson.  A resolution was passed to meet next year at Lake Ariel, Pa., and invite all of the descendants of all Swingle and Osborn families. Short addresses were made by Rev. J. A. Tuthill, of Clifford, Pa., and Rev. E. W. Morrison, of South Canaan, Pa., and a letter read from Hanford Swingle.

     Those present were:
 

SWINGLE, E. H., Mr and Mrs. and family		Pink
DERSHIMER, G. W. , Mr and Mrs.		Pink
- DERSHIMER, Lottie	daughter
- DERSHIMER, Alice	daughter
- DERSHIMER, Rena	daughter
SWINGLE, Russel, Mrs.		Pink
SWINGLE, Dora		Pink
SWINGLE, Edna		Pink
SWINGLE, Henry		Pink
BRUNDAGE, Freling		Pink
PUGH, Eddie		Carbondale
PUGH, Alice		Carbondale
SWINGLE, A. R., Mr and Mrs.		Carbondale
BIGART, Mrs.		Carbondale
- BIGART, Annie	daughter
- BIGART, Maud	daughter
OSBORN, A. J. and wife		Laanna
PUGH, William, Mrs.		Varden
PUGH, Harold		Lake Ariel
PUGH, Elmer, Mrs.		Carbondale
- PUGH, Edna	daughter
HOLLINS, Charles, Mr and Mrs. and 3 children		Carbondale
OSBORN, F. M., Mr and Mrs.		Carbondale
- OSBORN, Clara	daughter
SPERL, Thomas, Mr and Mrs.		Carbondale
TUTHILL, J. A., rev. and Mrs. and five children		Clifford, PA
MENGLE, Charles, Mrs.		South Sterling
SWINGLE, Genevieve, Miss		South Sterling
OSBORN, Lyman, Mr and Mrs.		South Sterling
COBB, C. B., Mr and Mrs. and three children		Gravity
SWINGLE, H. H., Mrs. and three children		Avoy
SHAFFER, Benjamin, Mrs.		Avoy
DAMATO, Mrs. and son		Dunmore
SWINGLE, Francis		Dunmore
SAVITZ, Ralph		Dunmore
OSBORN, William H., Mr and Mrs. and two children		Dunmore
CHAPMAN, Daniel, Mr and Mrs. and three children		Dunmore
BRONSON, J. G., Mr and Mrs.		South Canaan
ROBINSON, Leah		South Canaan
SLOAT, Charles, Mr and Mrs.		South Canaan
MYERS, Edith, Miss		South Canaan
EMERY, Esther		South Canaan
EMERY, Bessie		South Canaan
SWINGLE, Hazel		South Canaan
SWINGLE, Almedia		South Canaan
SWINGLE, Ralph		South Canaan
SWINGLE, Claud		South Canaan
SWINGLE, Alvin, Mr and Mrs.		South Canaan
SWINGLE, Dorothy		South Canaan
SWINGLE, Bethel		South Canaan
SWINGLE, Elmer		South Canaan
OSBORN, G. W., Mr and Mrs. and children		South Canaan
MORRISON, E. W., Rev.		South Canaan
ROE, Frank, Mr and Mrs. and two children		Prompton, PA
BIGART, Charles, Mrs.		Hoadleys
- BIGART, Beatrice	daughter
WILLIAMS, Myra, Mrs.		Pink
COOPER, E. J. and family		Jermyn, PA
OSBORN, George, Mr and Mrs.		[not given]
HOUSE, Violet		[not given]
HOUSE, John		[not given]

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