The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-08-14
Cain Family Reunion

HIGH WATERD, that the Cain
clan, their allied families and
friends assembled from the
Pacific to the Atlantic for their
annual family reunion.
Thanks to the courtesy of J. K.
WalkenshaW, secretary of the
fair board, Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert
Woodford and Paul McVay, the
picnic building with extra chairs
was found to be very COM
Portable place in which to eat
delicious 'share the basket
dinner, hold an interesting pro-
gram and visit with each other,
regardless of the torrents of
rain that continued to fall until
late in the afternoon.
After the dinner, Thurman B.
Cain, president of the West Vir
ginia Business College of Clarks-
burg, w. Va, and also of the
Cain family reunion association,
presided at a carefully planned
program which opened with
Stella Cain Parrish, of Carroll,
Ohio, leading the invocation
with Lords prayer repeated in
concert This was followed by
a moment of silence in honor of
the PASSING of one of the found
'ers of the association, A. Wade
Wells, husband of its secretary
treasurer.
There were a number of hum
erous recollections of early days
at the Ashton school by several
former scholars and a reading
given by Mrs. Bernice Harris
Archer, of Somerset. one of its
teachers, which was greatly en-
joyed.
Mrs. Eva Cain Robbins, of
GAINESVILLE, read a letter to the
reunion from Ada Doris Cain,
director of adult activities at the
GAINESVILLE YWCA and who was
awarded the honor of Cain of
the Year 1857" and who is now
in Europe on an extended tour
which includes the Worlds Fair
in Belgium In this letter she
quoted an article written by her
father, the late c. V. Cain, en-
titled Political SomersaultS"
and published in series of
articles he wrote for the New
Concord, Ohio, Enterprise, a
weekly newspaper, and signed
as Short Cuts" by Tyro.
Mrs. Violet Heddleston Deane,
of Salem, gave a humorous col
lection of memories referred to
as high jinks" at the Ashton
school,
A number of letters from
members of the association who
were unable to attend were read
by the secretary: Mrs. Qulntllla
"Kitt" Cain Yetter wrote for her
mother, the last of her genera
ton, our beloved Aunt Matt, J"
Mrs. Morris R. Cain, who will
reach the age of 95 in NoVem-
ber-they live in Detroit, Mich;
Mrs. Jennie Cain Barber, of
Lakewood, mother of two we'll
known members of the medical
profession, surgeans of renoWn,
DR.. Knowlton Barber of Chicago
and Dr.. Glenn Barber of CleVe-
land, as well as other children
who have distinguished them
selves in the field of engineering
and teaching; Lily Archer Hor
ner, daughter of Mary Cain
Archer, of Hoxie, Kansas, who
promises to be present at next
years reunion; Dewitt Dare Har-
ris from Washington, D. c.; Miss
Lena Alter, an old friend of the
Cain family, who enclosed a
poem written by herself as a
loving tribute to our old home
town, Caldwell.
A short address from Claude
w. Cain, historian of the associa-
ton. of San Francisco, California,
closed the program with big
laugh as he told a true story of
the hazing of the airplane host
ess on the plane in which he flew
to the reunion.
Election of the officers for the
coming year was held which
resulted in last years officers
being reelected: Thurman b.
Cain, president; Josephine Cain
Wells, secretary-treasurer, and
Claude w. Cain, historian.
Then came the big event of
the reunion which was the selec-
ton of the Cain OF the Year
1858" and without question OF
any other choice, Howard b.
Cain, of Cleveland, and Gates
Mills. son of the late Oscar and
his wife, Meta Cain, was award
ed this honor. His very dlstln-
guished career is briefed as fol-
lows:
Howard B. Cain is principal
member of the firm Howard B..
Cain-Architect" with offices in
the Park Building Cleveland. He
has the distinction of being a
graduate from the Lakewood,
Ohio high school, Western Res
erve University and Princeton
University. He won SchWienfurth
Engineering S h o arsh ip S at
Western Reserve University and