Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 189, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1920 — ATTENDED FAMILY REUNION AT OXFORD [ARTICLE]

ATTENDED FAMILY REUNION AT OXFORD

Uncle John Southard of Milroy township was in Rensselaer Friday. He reported having attended a big family reunion at Oxford Sunday, August t. , _ . This reunion is .an annual affair and is known as the' Dawson-Frank-Jin reunion. Mr. Southard’s mother was a Dawson and her sister married a Franklin. , , The day was enjoyed at the park in the Benton' county town, some two hundred relatives being present. A most elegant and bounteous dinner was provided. There was no program this year, but the day was spent in social fellowship. Previously there had been a program consisting of address, declamation and sdhg. One of the relatives is a minister and he preached a sermon at the reunion held a few years ago. . Mr. and Mrs. Sohthard, their daughter, Mrs’. Walter Gilmore, her husband and children and John May and family-from this county, were present at Oxford Park.