Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-08-23
VAN TASSEL
REUNION

AT Mcclure, Henry county, Ohio,
was held on Friday, August 16, the
thirtieth annual reunion of the Van
Tassel family. All in all, it proved to
be one of the very best and most
happy of these meetings that the
family has experienced. Good cheer
and kindly greetings marked the en-
tire day.
The large number of new faces,
relatives that seldom or never have
attended, were made most welcome.
Among theS may be enumerated Mr..
and Mrs. NJ l.. Case, Bowling Green;
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank House, of Desh-
Ter; Mrs. j. p. Barton, Mrs. Bertha
Frey, of Leipsic; Mrs. Fred Dempsey,
Toledo.
Mr.. Frank l.. Van Tassel, of Yank-
ton, South Dakota, by some error in
reading his program of invitation, ar
rived three days earlier than the time
announced, and all were sorry he
could not remain to meet the COM
pany. Mr.. Van Tassel is in the grain
and banking business at Yankton and
could not be absent more than day
or two.
The officers and committees were
nobly. The day proved fine and the
lovely grove of beech and naples
made the place ideal for the event.
A mammoth table, nearly 100 feet
long, was arranged and was literally
made to groan with an endless vari-
ETY. of the finest the country affords.
No use to try to enumerate the long
list upon the menu.
The crowds began early to arrive
from every direction, by all sorts of
conveyances, and by 1890 nearly
every one had reported AT about
1880 the company was requested to
be seated at the banquet and right
royalty did they enjoy it. The sup
ply was so great that twice the num-
ber might have been served.
The president, |. N. Van Tassel,
then acted as toast master, and gave
a hearty welcome address, assuring
alT that they were most cordially
welcome and that every one was to
be committee of one to make the
rest enjoy the day. Good speeches
were made by Mr.. M. l.. Case, Robert
Dunn, Frank House, Robert G. Dunn
and then the exercises of music and
speaking was entered into.
One of the most pleasing events
was the drill by company of boys
and girls under the direction of Mrs.
Ettie Barnes. The amusement exer-
cises were full of interest to the en-
tire company.
Contests of nail driving, peanut
hunting, relay races and games were
pulled off. Fred Van Tassel, as mas
ter of these contests, was great sue
cess,
Each person present was supplied
with blue silk badge bearing the
inscription, "Thirtieth Annual Re-
union of the Van Tassel Family, Nc
Clure, Ohio, August 16, 1912"
Five members of the association
had been called by death since one
year ago: Reuben Van Tassel,
Bowling Green, o., the last one of a
large family Of children; the others,
Lyman, Silas, Sidney, Luman and
LeRoy, Sisters Mrs. Harriet West,
Mrs. Anne Kuder and Mrs. Millie
Plant all having preceded him; Frank
t. Lane, of the Toledo Blade COM
pany, died May 15; Rachel Harmon,
of Toledo, and Ettie and Stella Hem
bricks, of California, were the other
three who have been called by death
since the last meeting
Suitable resolutions were adopted
for these deceased members.
Officers for the coming year are as
| follows:
President. l. NJ Van Tassel, James
town, North Dakota.
Vice President, Fred Van Tassel,
Mcclure, Ohio.
Secretary, Laura Van Tassel, Wes-
ton, Ohio.
Treasurer, Oren Van Tassel.
Reception Committee, Miss Miriam
Dunn, Clarence Brown, Mrs. M. L,