The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-08-16
Riley Family Reunion


friends to the number of 1S4 as
sembled in the shady grove at the
home of Henry Riley, near Rock
Springs, on Sunday, Aug. IL, for
the annual reunion, which was voted
this year the most delightful of the
several annual events of this nature.
Dinner was spread in the open, it
required one table sixty feet In
length and two other tables thirty
feet long to accommodate the assem-
blage. During the meal music was
enjoyed, a piano having been trans
ported to the scene on a truck, Mrs.
Granville Riley presiding at the in
strument.
The exercises opened with that
splendid old hymn Rock of Ages.
Prayer was offered by Walter Riley.
Reports were made by the secretary
Glenn Riley and treasurer George
Miles.
officers elected for the ensuing
year were: President, VIM. SINNERS;
vice-president, Philip Riley; sec.,
Glenn Riley; treas, George Miles;
program com, VIM. SINNERS, Sher-
man Lawyer; game CON-, Geo. Miles,
Glenn Riley.
The prize for the Oldest person
present went to Mrs. Jacob Keihl;
youngest person, Grace Louise MCKEE
J. ]. Hanna delivered brief talk,
followed by readings by Mrs. Wig
gins and VIM. SINNERS. Recitation,
Betty Lynch; remarks, John Clifford;
musical selection VIM. Booth; talk
by A. G. Reynolds, of Indianapolis,
Indiana.
The girls running race was won
by Diana Miles; boys penny race,
Teddy Riley; peanut scramble, boys
Raymond Haines, Jr.; girls, Gladys
Booth; quot pitching, women, Eva
Kurtz; men, David Nickle; husband
calling contest, Mrs. Granville Riley;
scavenger hunt, Raymond Haines.
Those present were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Riley, Mr.. and Mrs. Philip
and children, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Riley and daughters, Laynette At
kinson, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Ross,
and children, and Mr. and Mrs. David
E. Nickle and children, Miss Virginia
Riley, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Riley, Mr..
and Mrs. Warren Hastings, Paul
Hastings, Miss Eva Kurtz, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fillmore Martin, Mr. and Mrs.
VIM Booth and children, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilkes Riley, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chester Mathews, Mrs. Addie Haines,
Mrs. Helen Plummer, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Miles, Ida G. Virgins, Betty
Lynch, Hannah Alexander, Ed. Alex
ander, Mrs. VIM. Slicer, Mrs. Nora
B. Stebbing, Anna Carpenter, Alice
Maynard, John Wise, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. P. Cannon, Mrs. Mary E. Gamer
on, Mrs. Roy Krieder, Kennett
Matthews, VIM. J. SINNERS, Mr.. and
Mrs. Glenn Riley and children, VIM
Singleton, VIM. Griffing, Robert
Haines, Frank Haines, Raymond,
Haines, Thomas Harlem, W. r.
league, Mr. and Mrs. Granville Ril-
ey, and children, Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond Mace and son, Miss Hazel
Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Burkins,
Mrs. Raymond Burkins, Rose, Mar
garet Francis, Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman
Lawyer, Andrew Lawyer, c. E. Rid
enger, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Hays,
son Donald, Ruth Miller, Martin
Miller, Jr., Betty Douglas, A. A. Rey-
nolds, ]. J. Hanna, VIM. Riley, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Jordan, Mr.. and
Mrs. Horace Finnefrock, and child,
Granville Barrett, DR.. ]. B. Slicer,
Charles Grey, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Riley, John T. Riley, Harold Roop,
Mr.. and Mrs. Watson Lawyer, Mrs
Elizabeth K. Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Riley, Arthur Riley, Russell
Riley, Mrs. Trina Calvert, Billy, Jer-
ry, Mrs. Essie Bailey and children,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ McNamee, John
Clifford, Mrs. Jacob Keihl, Frank
Keihl, Agnes Haltz.