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ELLIS FAMILY REUNION
Annual Re- Union Held at Beth1ekef
Presbyterian Church on Thurs
day. Large Crowd Present

The relatives and friends Of the Ell
lis family assembled on the spaciou2
grounds under the beautiful oaks, al
Bethlehem Presbyterian church, on
Thursday, July 25th to enjoy meeting
old acquaintances as we'll as new
faces.
Dinner was served-words fail I'd
express the enjoyment Of the well fllj
ed baskets and barbecued meats.
After dinner the reunion vas CALI
ed to order in the church by the chair
man, MI. AR. Ellis acting in the PLACID
of Mr.. E. Pressly Ellis, who was uni
able to be present.
Programme .~swts
Psalms Nos. 1923, 200.
Scripture Reading, Psalm 80.
Prayer: DR.. G. G. Parkinson.
Psalm 46. %nS2
Minutes.
Address: DR.. ]. s. Moffatt.
Essay: Miss Ora Ellis.
Reading Of the family Record.
Business Meeting.
|. Prayer: Rev. R. E. Telford.
The ninetieth Psalm was suggestive
and was read by Rev. M. F. Ellis. The
prayer showed the esteem of the fam
lily and a tender feeling for the abb
sent ones, very beautiful were the
words. The address was very interest,"
ing and edifying. He showed to the
audience an old sugar dish, made Of,
silver, lined with pottery, also an old
cup that the veterans of the family
had used,a cup that had seen the blood
of the war, a cup from which they
drank coffee. His subject was "An-
cestral Heritage" which he sub-divid5
ed into five parts: Cd Character; CD
Industry; (3) Good Common Sense;|
az Moral Integrity; (a) Honesty,
(b) Sobriety, (5) Religious Faith.
This family, he stated, stood for tho
Bible, for the Church, for sincere
faith in God, for prayer.
The younger generation Of the faml
lily had a trust in III hands: "Thel
Heritage of the pious ancestors" Miss
Ellis showed thought and the benefits.
derived of a family reunion.
The record of the family, read by:
the secretary, had been carefully pre-
pared and traced as far back as 1850,
when the grandfather Of the father.
John Eli Ellis, came over and settled
on the Atlantic Coast at Norfolk, Va;
The generations have been traced as
far down as the great-great grand chill
dren. ..
A novelty Of the day was the old
veterans present. There were ten who
had toiled in the war together. Their
names were: Messrs. w. R. Mundy,
G. w. Milford, A. r. Ellis, W. 7. Ellis,
S. T. Gordon, o. P. Hawthorne, r. ".
Crawford, S. P. Pressly, R M. Haddon;
and R. H. Armstrong.
The complete list Of those present:
Mrs. J. M. Haddon, Misses Cora ana
Lucy Haddon, Mr. Paul Haddon,MrA
J. C. Haddon, Misses Lula, Lallah and
Georgia Haddon, Mr.. and Mrs. w. T.
Ellis, Miss Eina Ellis, Rev. M. T. Eli
lis, Mrs. Nettie Simpson, Mack. Katie
James, Leta, Dallas, Claudia and john
ME Simpson; Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Ellis
Misses Ludie, Leila and Ola Ellis, Ale
vim, Callie, Charles, Robert and Toll
lie Ellis, Mr.. Orell Bowie, Mrs. lisa
Bowie, Mr.. w. C.. Strawhorne, Annette;
Ralph and Grace Strawhorne, Mrs.
John Ellis, MI. and Mrs. D. E. Newell.
Jodie, Sammie, Eva, Matte, James,
Paul and Callie Newell; Mrs. Della
Davis, Miss Kate Davis, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Davis, Ethel Davis, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. S. Moffatt Ellis, Misses Sarah
and Katherine Ellis, Mr.. and Mrs.
Sloan Ellis, Lois, Ralph and Rodney
Ellis, Mr.. and Mrs. Arnett Ellis, MI.
and Mrs. Will Davis, Margaret, Gus
sic, Allen, Clifton, Jack, Charlie, Thels
ma and Ruth, Mr.. Chris Davis, MI.
Lucian and Martin Ellis, Miss Mollfe
Ellis, Mr.. J. E. Hagan, Clyde, Mark.
Laurence and Marvin Hagan, MI.
Newt. and Plaxco Ellis, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. R. VIM, Elizabeth, Calvin ana
Hartnett VIM, Mr.. and Mrs. J. M
Strawhorne, Mr.. and Mrs. Will Straw
horne, Robert Strawhorne, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. W. Little, Miss Annie Belle
Little, Mr.. Robert Drake, MI. T..
Drake, Mr.. and Mrs. A. R. Ellis, Miss
Ora Ellis, DR.. w. Luther ELLIS, Jene
VIM, Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Mundy,
Sarah and Ruby Mundy, Mr.. r. IA,
Haddon. Mrs. Fannie Haddon, Chai-
mers Haddon, Louise Ellis, Mr.. EN-
NETT Gordon, Misses Lucia and Edna
Gordon, Mr.. and Mrs. Miller Ellis, Roy.
David, R. NJ, John Luther, Ebb, ana
Dwight Ellis, MI. and Mrs. D. b. Eli
lis, Allen, Julia, Eva, Matte, James
Paul and Callie Strawhorne. ME-. ana
Mrs. J. H. Greene, Mrs. Golden Grler,
Inez, and Lilly May Grier and MIS-.
Corrie Cathcart. .
There were present fifty-four
friends.