The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-08-29
Calls Family Reunion

The sixth annual reunion of the Cal
lis family was held last Sunday in
the grove at Flatwoods church, two
miles west of Accident, with about
two hundred attending, and of which
number were one hundred and sixteen
relatives.
Relatives attending from Garrett
county were the families of Judge and
Mrs. Frank Calls, Marvin G. Calls,
Asa A. Calls, Joseph E. Calls, Ed
ward E. Calls, Carlton ]. Calls, Will
liam Herring, Lester o. Green, Geo.
S. Brant, Earl Weimer, Esco Evans,
Raymond Spear, Misses Grace C. Cal
lis and Mildred Herring.
Relatives from distant points were
Mrs. Caroline Calls, Mr. and Mrs. C.
Guy Harvey and daughter Mary, Ce-
ell Sanders, Aurora, w. Va; Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Schlossnagle, son Harry
and daughter Carolyn, Mrs. J. H.
Cooke, Mrs. Carter Glass, Johnny
Guthrie, Misses Mildred Montague
and Barbara Kay Densmore, Union
town, Pa; John H. Montague, ST.,
Mrs. w. H. Rodaheaver and son Henry,
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Rodeheaver, Jr.,
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Montague, of
Somerfeld, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
A. Conrad, Pennington, Pa; Mr., and
Mrs. Bryson Schaefer and daughter
LaRue, Stockton, Pa; Miss Kathryn
McCune, Hazelton, w. Va; Miss Doris
Mcintyre, Lakewood, O.; Miss Vir-
ginia Herring, Washington, D. c.;
Mr. and Mrs. James Martin, James
Martin, Jr., and Hazel and Adele Mar
tin, Mr.. and Mrs. F. Zihlman Calls
and daughters Claudette Mae and Rita
Ellen, Piedmont, w. Va; Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Kyle, sons Joseph Yves
ley and Earle and daughter Emma
Mae, Barton, Md; Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Feather, son Thomas and
daughter Alice Ann, GAINESVILLE w.
Va; H. Clay Glover, Mr.. and Mrs.
M. E. Jeffreys, Mrs. S. F. Meyers and
daughter Lenora Alice, Bruceton, w.
Va; Mr., and Mrs. Chester Hide
brand, Conemaugh, Pa; Mr. and Mrs
George Howard and daughter Sandra,
Mrs. Nora Howard Weimer and son
Mark, Johnstown, Pa; Lewis M. Pot
ter, Charles T. Potter, Latrobe, Pa;
Walter B. Calls, Jr, Miss Betty Sue
Calls, Mt. Carmel, Pa; Mrs. Gray
don S. Dunlap, Miss Dorothea Cox,
John Burton White, Carl r. White,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles D. Calls, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles B. Calls, Cumber-
land, Nd.
The day was ideal and all had a de-
iightful time and take this opportun-
ity to express their thanks and APP
probation to the people of the COM
munity for their splendid coopera-
ton in preparing the grove and the
tables.
Prizes were awarded to the oldest,
John H. Montague, ST., aged So; to
the youngest, Clara Jane Calls five
and a half months old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin G. Calls; long
est distance, Miss Betty Sue Calls
and Walter B. Calls, Jr., from Mt.
Carmel, Pa; head of family branch
with highest percentage present,
Judge and Mrs. Frank Calls. Other
relatives present who were past 80
years Of age were Mrs. Caroline Cal
lis, H. Clay Glover, who also received
prizes. A prize was awarded to Mrs.
Bessie Montague Rodahaver, author
of the Calls family poem, "Tribute
to a Name" in recognition of her
splendid accomplishment.
Officers reelected were Charles B.
Calls, president; Marvin G. Calls,
secretary-treasurer. Mrs. NJ E. JEFF
fryes was elected president.
The reunion will be held next year
at the same place on the third Sunday
of August.