Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-07
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EL-kELLEReFRAVEL FAMILY
| Fully seven hundred members Of tn
Hottel-Keller-Fravel families and thei
connections from seven states, attend
ed the Reunion at Fishers Hill Tues
day The eight states representa-
were Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland
Florida, South Carolina, Ohio, Penn
sylvania and Illinois.
This, the third annual reunion o
these prominent and highly esteemet
families, was decidedly the most pleas
ant and most important, one, as tht
history of the family is practically com
pleted, after three years of research
and intensive work by the historian O
the family, the Rev. w. D. Huddle, oil
Westerville, Ohio, and his assistants
Messrs. M. H. Hotel, and P. S. Rhodes
of Woodstock, and Mr.. j. K Hotel. oil
Spartansburg, S. c.
The exercises of the day were open.
ed by the singing of the hymn America
followed by the invocation by the Rev
Charles Robb, of Toms Brook, Va
The address by Prof j. Monroe
Hotel, of Edinburg, Va, one of the
most highly cultured and capable edu.
Gators of the State, was a mastery
tribute to the Shenandoah Valley and
to the state of Virginia, the Ancestral
home, of the Clan, now scattered
turnout the world, and extends hearty
welcome to the kinsmen.
The response by Mr.. j. X. Hotel, a
prominent attorney of Spartansburg,
S. C, was given in most delightfully."-
humorous style. One of the many
interesting features of Mr.. Hotels ad-
dress was the tatemeut that after
years of research, it is found that the
spelling Hotel is the correct one of the
thirteen different forms of the name
now in use.
Hymn % God of Bethel.
Then followed the Report of the
Historian, the Rev. w. D. Huddle, Of
Westerville, Ohio, who gave brief
outline Of the work accomplished up
to this point, with special emphasis on
the the political condition in the
Palatinate, which resulted ultimately
liz forcing the Hotels to America.
Among the many interesting state.
ments OF this speaker, was the one
that fifteen thousand defendants of the
Hotels from the Valley will have been
found by the time the history is COM
pleted.
Then followed the recess for luncheon,
a most elaborate one which had been
prepared by the home makers of the
family and, in quantity and quality
was amply sufficient to appease the
appetites of the entire clan,. had they
been present.
At two o'clock the program was re-
sumed by the singing of the hymn
How Firm Foundation, followed by
from visiting Clansmen, one
of the most pleasant features of the
day.
AT the business session, the follow
ing officers were elected President,
M. H. Hotel, Woodstock First Vice
Pres, P. S. Rhodes, Woodstock Sec
ond Vice Pres, w. j. Keller, Toms
Brook Secretary, Harry Funkhouser,
Woodstock Treasurer, D. H. Keller,
Toms Brook.
Executive Committee Mrs. F. H.
Cooley, of Middletown, Va, Mrs Eli
Splitter, of Timberville, Va, Jasper C.
Hotel, of Woodstock, Va, C. F. Coff-
man, Edinburg, Va, Leslie Saum, of
Saumsville, Va, and Howard Rosen-
berger, of Maurertown,
Rallying Committee-M. H. Hotel
ex-officio Chairman, Roy C. Wright,
Gailesburg, ILL.,, Mrs. Daisy Orndorff,
Star Tannery, Va, B. Whiten Hotel,
Toms Brook, Va, C. E. Crabill, Stras
burg, Va, j. L. Teller, Toms Brook,
Va, w. S. Hotel, IS South Market
ST., Baltimore, Md, w. L. Hotel, R.
F. D. 1, Friedens, Pa, Mrs. leila
Fravel, 1909 Franklin Ave-, Columbus,
Ohio.
The program was concluded with
the hymn-Blest Be the tie that Binds,
and the benediction by the Rev. R. D.
Hotel, of New Market.
The Band under direction of Capt.
F. B. Spiker, added greatly to the en-
joyment of the occasion.
Among the distinguished members
of the family who regretted their in
ability to be present were-Dr. w. L.
Hunton, Secretary of the United
Lutheran S. S. Board. Philadelphia,
Pa, Mr.. j. A. Huttel, Banker, of
Hellertown, Pa. Rev. Benjamin Hotel,
a prominent land owner, manufacturer
and capitalist of Coopersburg, Pa, DIR.
John 7 Huddle, pastor of st. PauPs
Lutheran Church, Washington, D. C
who is now travelling with his wife in
Europe, DR.. G. Clyde Fisher, Associ-
ate Curator of the Museum of Natural
History, New York City, DR.. Otto
Fisher, Surgeon in the Ford Hos
pital, Detroit, Mich, j. Klahr Huddle {
member of the U. S. Consulate at Ham
burg, Germany, and H. j. Huddle, eX
pert Court Stenographer, Hoboken
New Jersey.