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| Beatrice Daily Sun, October 3, 1933 |
Family Reunion
Mr and Mrs C L Mann held a family reunion of all their family Sunday. They are the parents of thirteen children and all were present to enjoy the happy occasion. Those present were Mr and Mrs Charles Weirman and daughter, Donna Ruth of Beatrice, Mr Lester Mann of Chicago, Ill., Mrs Rulo Rathbun and daughter, Jacqueline, of Oakland, Calif., Mr and Mrs Roe Hudson and children of Powell, Mr and Mrs Perle Nickeson and children, Mr and Mrs Frank Carpenter, Orra Mann and Misses Vivian, Blanch and Bethel, the twins, Doris and Dean and Lettie Mann. The family are quite widely scattered, but hope for more pleasant reunions in the years to come.
"The family are quite widely scattered, but hope for more pleasant reunions in the years to come".
This weekend will be the 48th year for the annual Mann Family Picnic. In 1972, after the death of their mother, the 13 children of Clarence and Cora Mann devised the plans to start this annual tradition held every second Sunday in July. Of the 13 children, only one remains. Nevertheless, each year family members from two of the 13 (three one year) act as hosts for this reunion. As host, they set up the venue, provide drinks and some basic essentials and clean-up. It is also the responsibility of those picnic hosts to decorate the parents grave for Memorial Day that year.
This year we will celebrate the 120th wedding anniversary of Clarence & Cora, my Great Grandparents, who were married July 5, 1899. With the family even more scattered today, they would be happy to know there continues to be a reunion every year.
Taking turns being in charge is probably one reason the reunion has continued. There are no reunions on my side of the family. My husband’s family reunion keeps getting smaller and smaller. When our generation is gone, that will be the end of it as the second and third cousins don’t know each other.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was a good idea including decorating the grave. It's time for the second cousins to plan the reunion for their own first cousins. This one is nearly at that stage, too. Can you believe after 120 years, there is still a child of the couple living?
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