The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-07-04
GIRLS OF rs.
Enjoyable Reunion of Old Asso-
ciates at Fremont.

rs sisters at school and the associa-
ton was continued after the end Of
the school work. The friendships
and relations begun in the school
days have been firmly cemented in
the Organization and each recur-
ring meeting is an event in the lives
of all of the members.
There are about twenty me mbers
of the association. In addition to
the school girls there were number
of young ladies who were associated
with the others. All had lived in or
near Fremont and there was COM
mon desire that the friendships and
associations which existed in the old
days and which were blessed with SO
many happy times and occasions be
perpetuated by the annual coming
together of as mary of the old crowd
as could find it convenient to reach
the place of meeting. This was the
sixth annual meeting and was, as all
others have been, very successful.
The following report of the meeting
together with letter from an absent
member will be read with intere est by
the friends of the parties mentioned.
Reunion OF ''The Girls of'7s"
Fremont, Iowa, June 2S.
After another year of separation
the "Girls of '7S" met at the home of
Mrs. Steward McClain, Wednesday,
June 10Th.
Although the sky was full of clouds
and the day gloomy, early in the
forenoon the girls were seen vending
their way westward.
All of the band were present ex-
cept three who were not permitted
to meet with them but they hope to
be present at the annual picnic.
After the usual length of time de-
voted to laughing, talking and gen.
eral greetings they began prepare
tions for "the event" of the day.
What was it you ask? Why, dinner,
of course. The we'll filed baskets
were brought forth and emptied of
their contents. Soon seventeen
ladies were busily engaged enjoying
themselves to the fullest extent.
Everything that could be desired was
there before them.
After dinner they gathered together
and spent the afternoon in talking
over girlhood days, recalling many
happy "reminiscences of school life,
and reading letters from the absent
ones. During the afternoon they
were pleased to welcome Mrs. Ar
ganbright's mother, Mrs. Fellars and
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Dinsmore. They
enjoyed very much the talk given to
them by Grandpa Dinsmore.
Surely, God has been good, for
many are the blessings he has given
with free and willing hand. The
links that bind this band together
are still unbroken and it is the prayer
of all that they may long continue
thus. But with the blessings come
the sorrows, for since our last meet
ing two of the girls have been called
upon to mourn the loss of loved ones,
Mrs. Josie Rankin having lost her
father and Mrs. Laura Byram, her
mother. The girls extend their sym
pathies to these two of their num-
Der who grieve over the loss of
earth's dearest friends. But thus all
are reminded that life is brief and
"Ye know not the day or the hour
when the Son of Man cometh," and
that it is only through Gods mercy
and loving kindness that we are
spared to meet year after year.
The reunion next year will be held
in June at Mrs. Malcomb Triplett's,
and the annual picnic Is to be held
this fall at the home OF Mrs. Allie
Eastburn and they will gladly well
come their parents, husbands and
children.
Late in the day they wendell their
way homeward, each one hoping for,
and looking forward to the time
when they shall meet again.
Those present were, Lille McClain,
Libbie Coen, Maggie Wilson, Josie
Higgason, Emma Springer, Mary
English, Anna Ellis, Allie Krout,
Addie Arganbright, Ida Gordon,
Laura Heinzman, Josie Rankin, Ruth
Triplett, Hattie Funk, Stella Watts,
Florence Eastburn and Jennie Caves.
Those absent were, Kate Byram
Reese, Maggie Ehrenhard and Laura
Byram. A FRIEND
The Letter
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