The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-06
REUNION OF The
CAPMELL FAMILY Y
It Was Held Yesterday Near Dalton,
Programme Rendered and
Those Present.

we'll family was neld yesterday at tne
Capwell school house. near Dalton.
The day was pleasant, but the air was
a little too cool for comfort in the
grove. After spending a couple hours
Of the morning in the grove and par
taking of the many good things that
were found there to eat at the noon
time, all adjourned to the school house.
where Charles 3. Capwell called the
assembly to order. Rev. F. j. Castner,
of Dalton, led in prayer.
Rev. r. r. Thompson of Dalton, was
introduced and gave a very able adj
dress bearing on cheerfulness in the
family. Look on the bright side of
life." he said. BE thankful you are
still on the earth and living. Do not
be discouraged, for you were never in
such a bad condition but what it might
have been worse"
He related several interesting Incl
dents showing the necessity of cheerful
ness in the home. The following pro-
gramme was rendered, interspersed
with singing:
Reading, 1.-THE Classical Parson,'
Miss Maud Millard
Defamation. 1.-THE Burial of Noses"
w. j.. Willard
| Reading, 1.-THE Fire. Miss Iva Capwell
A telephone message was read by
Miss Iva Capwell from Ezra Dean Cap
we'll, of Marced, Cal. 1t follows:
| Hello! Hello Central! Put me in conf
| muncation with those people at Capwell
| school house grove Hello! Say, it's no
| use to ask you people if you are all well.
| for no sick folks could ever make all
| that noise. Say, I'm a long way off and
| If you don't keep still You wont hear
what I have to say. Did you say YOU
were hungry? It's not time for lunch yet.
Well 1 would just like to get into that
| crowd and shake every little hand and
every big hand until your arms would
tremble Did you ask where l am? Well.
will tell you. In California. The long
est state in the Union. and in some re-
spects the greatest. Its climate cannot
be described by pen for we have in some
facts. snow all the year around. while
in one valley it never SHOWS. Yet in July
| with the thermometer at noon at 40 de-
grees in the shade. a forty-eght hours
| drive will set you down beside a snow
bank.
| This accounts for our evenings being
always cool and our nights beautiful to
sleep in. We are located in the great
San Joaquin valley, some 800 miles long
| and 60 miles wide. The most of it so
| level that one cannot tell which way the
water would run. There is range Of
| mountains on each side of us. east and
| west, and an almost perpetual sunshine
| above us. So you have a short descr!p-
ton of the place. When YOU add morn
kinds of fruit and nuts than you ever
| heard of in the east. you may draw upon
your Imagination for the rest.
Say, is that perfume on your clothes.
or do I smell pumpkin pie or perhaps a
combination Of rice pudding and short
| cake. Well, it's nice to have a fins time
| and get a chance to visit all ones rela :
tives in a day. ] hope it surpasscs your
| greatest expectations and you may all
| live to enjoy many more such reunions
| together. | have missed this pleasure
| together with many more. but am max
Ing continued preparations for the great
| reunion to which we shall all be sum-
moned. The poet has written. we shall
all meet again on the great Judgment
morning, the books will be opened. the
roll Will be called. How sad it will be il
forever were parted and shut out Of
heaven for not loving God
No doubt You have all made lots OF
preparations for this gathering, but are
you making any for that day. 1 want to
whisper in your individual ear, are you
| ready? I want to shout it down the lines
of ancestry SO loud that the dead lying
in that little graveyard southeast of this
| gathering place shall hear me, "Are You
Ready" and may each successive year
find you all striving to be ready for the
| great reunion, so there shall be no sad
| partings.
Ezra Dean Capwell.
| A permanent organization was then
perfected, the following officers being
unanimously elected President, Charles
II. Capwell; vice-president II. L. Cap
well; secretary, +. nj. Young; treas
urer. ]. c. Northup; committee on ar
rangements, Ruel Capwell, II. e. Cap
we'll, A. ]. Capwell committee on en-
tertainment, Mrs. Bertha c. Bailey,
Miss Candace Capwell, Miss Maud
Millard.
1t was then decided that the next re-
union will be held the last Thursday in
August. 1908, at the Capwell school
house. Those present We're:
Rev. +. ], Cartner. Mr., and Mrs. w. j.
Capwell, Glen b, Capwell, Roy Capwell,
| Nina Capwell, James Capwell, Mr. and
Mrs. w. Il. Capwell Mrs. Herbert Cap
well, Mr. and Mrs. A. ]. Capwell, MIR.
and Mrs. James Capwel, Miss Hazle Cap
well, Il. X. Capwell, Mr.. and Mrs Chas.
B. Capwell, MI and Mrs. III. Il. CapwelI,
MIR. and Mrs. j. B. Colvin. Mr. and Mrs.
W. r. Millard, Mrs. Bertha c. Bailey.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Northup. Mr.. and Mrs
Leander Yager. Mr.. and Mrs. John Grif-
fin. Mrs. Belle Thomas, Miss Alice Nor
thup. Mrs. Abbie Colvin Rev. r. r.
Thompson, Jay Capwell, Mrs. IL. Il. Cap
well, Harold Capwell. Miss Ola Capwell
Miss Maud Capwell, Miss Edith Capwell,
Mrs. =; G. Capwell, Ray capwelI, Frank
Capwell, Arthur Capwell Fred Capwell
Stanley Capwell, Miss Mildred Capwell
Miss Iva b. Capwell, Mrs. c. j. Bacon
Mrs. Emily Northup, Mr.. and Mrs. f. w
Colvin, Mr.. and Mrs. Dell Carpenter, Mr.
and Mrs George Colvin. Miss Dollie Car