Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 241, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1920 — THORNTON REUNION. [ARTICLE]

THORNTON REUNION.

A pleasant reunion of the children and relatives of the late Geo. R. Thornton was held, at the home of the eldest living brother, E Sherman Thornton of Newton township on Sunday, Oct. 3rd. The total number present was fifty-two. The reunion was held especially in honor of Mrs. Maggie Fleener and W. L. Fleeher and son, Arthur of Greenburg, Kansas, who have been spending a few days renewing old acquaintances. This is Mrs. Fleener’s first visit in Indiana since the death of her mother, Mrs. Geo. R. Thornton, which occurred seventeen years x ago. The brothers, and sisters of Mrs. Fleener, who were present at the reunion, were Mrs. John Kimble, Hebron, Ind.; Mrs. Jennie Reynolds, G. L. Thornton and E. Sherman Thornton, all of Rensselaer, and C. D. Thornton, Chicago. . , . \ All the brothers and sister were present, with the exception of Della R. Renicker, of Greensburg, Kans., and Vernon Thornton of Spokane, Wash. . . . The pleasantness of the occasion was added to by the presence of the brother-in-law, Theodore Warne, and of Unde James, Blankenbeker, mL gJo. JLtLSw.'