The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-10-05
CLUBS AND SOCIETIES
Enjoyable Occasions In the City's
Homes and Halls.

An enjoyable and somewhat re-
markable family reunion occurred
Sunday at the Richard Hull resi-
when the sons and daughters of Mrs.
j. M. Byers, who Is well along in the
eighty-second year of her age, gath
cred in the first reunion the Byers
family has ever held. The affair was
not in the nature of an anniversary
celebration, but the opportunity for
home gathering of all of the men,
bers of the family circle was made
possible and six of the seven children
gathered about the aged mother and
the enjoyment of the occasion was
unbounded. Some of the members
of the family circle had not seen
each other in years and this is the
first time they have all had the privi-
lege of being together in family re-
union. Mother" Byers has been
more, at the home of her son, J. d.
Byers, with whom she is living, No.
301 X avenue east. She was almost
too i'll at the coming of the reunion
day to attempt the visit, but she was
taken to the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Hull, and she soon entered fully
into the spirit of the occasion, forget
ting her ailments and enjoyed the
meeting with her children and grand
children and great grandchildren to
the utmost. Present for the occasion
were the children, Mrs. ID. b. Lyons
of Los Angeles, California; DR.. H. V.
Byers. of Newton; S. n. NJ. Byers of
Des Moines; Mrs. Lydia Moore of
Jefferson township; Mrs. Minta B.
Hull and John D. Byers of Oskaloosa
The seventh child, Engineer Charles
Byers of Seattle, Washington, was
the only one of the children not able
to be in attendance. His absence
was disappointment to all present.
Thirty-two members of the. family
children, grand children, great grand
children, husbands and wives, sat
down to splendid dinner. The
hours of the day were passed in visit
ing and in talking over old times and
the days yet to come. Almost all of
the grandchildren were present for
the day and among them Mrs. M. Lii
liam Coffin, wife of Professor Coffin
of Iowa City, and Mrs. George Fox,
daughter of Mrs. Minta Hull, and her
children, from New Sharon. No less
than seven of the great grandchildren
no rti nin tod in "a Tho bnl Ia
affair was the happiest kind of fam
lily gathering and it was the unani-
nous opinion of thoes present that it
should be made an annual affair at
the home of some member of the fam
lily.
The first open meeting of the Os-
kaloosa Woman's Club was held at
the club rooms Friday afternoon.
The board of management met at 2:30
and at 3 o'clock the meeting was
opened by a piano solo by Mrs. Noble
Holloway, after which the President,
Mrs. H. A. Hoover gave her address,
which is given below. This was fol,
lowed by a vocal solo by Mrs. Roy
| Kemble. Then the president pre-
scented the chairmen of the different
| departments to the club, who each
gave an outline of the years work
Never has the Oskaloosa Woman's
Club had better outline for the diff,
ferent departments.
Mrs. F. d. Reid of the Philanthropy,
ic Department presented a resolution
before the club as follows:
Resolutions of Approval.
I'VE, members of the Oska-
loosa Woman's Club, do hereby
express our appreciation of work
done by our Mayor and Council
men, in cutting obnoxious weeds
and removal of garbage, in clean
ing streets and alleys, in enforc-
ing the ordinance limiting the
speed of vehicles on our streets,
! and for improvements made in
our public park. AS housekeep-
ers and home-makers we heartily
commend any work done or &C
tions taken, that will promote
| sanitary conditions, enhance the
beauty of our city, make our
homes more pleasant and provide
purer atmosphere for raising our
! children"
After which Mrs. Ralph Holdings
worth gave a delightful reading.
| The district convention of the Sixth
District is to be held at ColfaX Nov
| and 2. The club elected four dele
gates: Mrs. J. c. Williams, Mrs. r
w. Clayton, Mrs. F. d. Reid and Mrs
f J. Jarvis
Then followed a social hour and
dainty refreshments were served by
the entertainment committee.
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