| The Woodville school reunion of Hancock county met July 4, beginning with a basket dinner at noon. This meeting is held every two years. A short program was given, with Mrs. Clara Barbe in charge. The opening song was "School Days," Glen Barbe played several popular numbers on a saw, accompanied by Martha Vance at the piano. Orval Way, violin, Glen Barbe, banjo, and Doris Pogue at the piano played several numbers. A solo "Four Leaf Clover," by Evelyn Vance, aged four, accompanied on the piano by her mother. Readings were given by Ruth Way and Doris Pogue, who also read the school history. Many short talks were given. Those attending were:
Tennessee - Mrs. Clara Barbe, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Broadhead, Douglas, John and Philip, Henry Broadhead, Inez Schaufele, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kimbrough, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Way, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Vance, Evelyn, Jerry and Mary Ann, Willard Siepel, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Young, C. T. Conn. Colchester - Mr. and Mrs. Ira Pogue, Mr. and Mrs. Otho Holstine, Eloise Eleen, Beth Ann and Nancy, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Curtis and Danny, Mrs. Mae Conn, M. O. White. Macomb - Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Prentice, Richard and Ronnie; Hope, Homer, Charleen and Kathleen Foster. Plymouth - Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Prentice, Ella, Carrie and Richmond. Carthage - Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Huey, Catherine Booz, Sue Wear, Galen Dickerson, Flossie McCord Dickerson and daughter, Dorcas, and granddaughters, Judy and JoAnne. Blandinsville - Gertrude Shipman Lefler and Judy Lee. Webster - Lena Sammons Nelson. Hamilton - Mr. and Mrs. Arbon Decker and sons, Jery and Kent. Springfield - Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Barb. Galesburg - Orval E. Way. Keokuk - Mr. and Mrs. Glen C. Barbe and son, Orrin. Cleveland, O. - Mrs. Norine Barbe Cole and son, David Darby. New York - Aline Barbe. West Palm Beach, Fla. - Edna L. Way. Leedy, Okla. - J. W. Campbell. [illegible, maybe Denver], Colo. - Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Callihan. |
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