The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-08-25
Company . Reunion.

j. w. Smith of this city furnishes
us the following detailed account of
the, golden reunion of Company d. at
Ovid Saturday:
The golden reunion at Ovid Satur-
day last was grand success and will
only be forgotten by the veterans
when the final muster out reaches
them.
The day was pleasant and cool and
everything had been fitted up at Ovid
for grand reception. On the arrival
Of the 1896 train large crowd met
them at the depot with martial band
They were soon in line and Is sur
vivors of that little band that rode
away from that little village so years
ago, less one day, marched behind the
band with their Co. d flag floating on
q pleasant southern breeze. They
were soon in the opera house, where
the business meeting was held. Min
utes of the last meeting and financial
report were read by the secretary and
approved by the members.
The election of officers and place Of
the next meeting were in order Elsie
Is to be the next meeting place, and
the officers as follows: e. T. Veal of
Ovid, President; Andrew Traynor of
Omaha, Neb., Vice President; ]. w.
Smith of Owosso, secretary, for the
twenty-sixth time.
The business meeting over with, the
hand led the veterans to the hotel
where dinner was served at one
o'clock.
Fifteen minutes before dinner the
Co. d remnant with the band as lead
ers, led them to private car stand
ing on a nearby side track, and they
escorted w. l.. Park, vice president
of the Illinois Central railroad, to the
hotel where he was born and where
the dinner was served His father
built the hotel So years ago, and he
was the the first captain of Co. d.
and in the Office of that hotel the COM
pany was enlisted.
Dinner is ready."-No one could
enter the dining room except men,
bers of Co. d., their wives and widows
Of departed comrades of Company d.
and the illustrious son of their be-
loved captain. The table was spread
for just the number that entered, 33,
l8 being members of Co. d.
At precisely o'clock the band
again led them to the opera house,
where for nearly thhree hours, were
songs and speaking and as much fun
IA ever took place in a national pollti-
cal convention. Comrades Traynor
and Smith kept up continuous cor
respondence for the last year in order
to get big joke on some of the men,
beers and in the middle of the meeting
the usher announced a message for
the president of Co. D., Traynor, who
opened and saw 1t was in reference TO
the company and was from London,
England. He announced the secre-
tary would read it. The secretary
glanced it over and said Co. ID was
known throughout the world, letter
from an old friend in London, who
called the name of member of the
company. The secretary asked If the
members who had been mentioned by
the friend in England would stand up
as soon as their names were called.
Seven were soon on their feet as hon.
ored by the friend across the water,
and others trembling for fear they
would not be called upon. Then the
secretary, with very sad look, pro-
ceeded with the letter and had reach
ed certain point when the seven
went down with lightning
and the house was in an up
roar.
Twenty-Five reunions have been
held in the last twenty-five years, bat
this, their golden anniversary, clean
cd up all previous records for good
time.
Nearly 35 veterans and others from
Owosso attended and all had grand
good time.
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