The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1925-03-27
ASSOCIATION OF
STATE PIONEERS
TO MEET In APRIL

Pioneers of Arizona, the state
which in the past few years. has ad-
vanced from the position of baby
state" to an advanced rank in the
sisterhood Of states, will gather to-
gether in Phoenix on Friday and
Saturday, April II and IS, for their
fifth annual pioneers reunion.
Old timers, men and women who
have witnessed the growth of the
great commonwealth and have help
ed it's advance in the years when
life meant struggle, want and
sometimes desperation, will assem-
BILE again to exchange reminis-
ences of the early days" and to
greet again old friends The ranks
of the pioneers are thinning yearly
but there are still thousands who
have spent the greatera portion of
their lives in Arizona and have
watched barren wastes of cactus
blossom into the fertile areas of
today.
1t is in honor of these old timers,
whose personal records correspond
precisely with the splendid history
of Arizona, that the annual reunion
has grown each year in interest
until it is the outstanding event of
it's kind
Already the program committee
is busy formulating plans for the
reception, entertainment and care
of those citizens who will go to
Phoenix next month. Started five
years ago, to honor the memory of
the real pioneers and to provide a
place where they might assemble
and live over again the thoughts,
words and heroic deeds of yester-
year, the reunion bids fair this year
to outshine every previous occas-
ion.
Every feature of the program will
recall some topic of an earlier day.
The coming event is primarily for
the pioneers and every effort has
been made to make of the occasion
a reality. Old-fashioned fun and en-
tertainment, dear to the hearts Of
the trail blazers, will be furnished
in abundance, to recall the doings
of 35 years ago and longer.
The feature of the affair will be
a genuine, old-fashioned barbecue
dinner, such a dinner as was
common affair of the early days.
The service of one of the most skill
Jul barbecue chefs in the southwest
has been secured, because this
,ea<Tre of the reunion will be most /
Charles NJ Clark, of Miami, presi-
lent of the Arizona Pioneers asso-
iation, has been touring the state !
ecently in behalf of the fifth an
IuaI reunion and states that he has /
ound the greatest interest in all !
ections of Arizona. His observa-
ions, he has stated, lead him to be-
ieve that the coming affair will
e by far the most brilliant and
uccessful which has yet been
iven,
One of the features of this years
eunion will be the display OF |
elics of the pioneer days. Old
words, pots, kettles and numerous
photographs depicting actual scenes
# long ago, will be prominently
Iisplayed where the pioneers can
Jew them. Mr.. Clark is gathering
hese relics from all over the state.
There is only one qualification
or membership in the Pioneers as
ISOLATION and that is that every
,erson attending, the affair must
lave been a resident of this state
or at least 35 years. II he can
claim that many years as resi-
lent. he is admitted without ques-
ion to the association.
For five years the Arizona Re
publican has sponsored the annual
,eunion and has received the pio-
1eers of the state as its particular
guests. 1t is not necessary to be-
ong to any organization of pioneers
% ioin the annual reunion in Phoe-
nix. All that is necessary is to
have the required residence in Ari-
IONA and then register with The
Arizona Republican, so that the
proper provisions for the enter
tainment and comfort OF all may
be made.
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