Monroe Twp. Alumni

Monroe Township Alumni Association Banquet will be Aug. 18 at Pat's Country Barn, Flora.

Registration will begin at 2 p.m., group picture at 4, and dinner at 5, followed by a business meeting.

Special classes to be honored will be the Class of 1957 (50- year), Class of 1947 (60-year), and Class of 1942 (65-year).

Anyone who has attended Bringhurst, Flora, or Carroll High Schools may join the association by attending the banquet or sending in $3 dues.

Reservations for the banquet are needed by Aug. 10. For more information, contact Patty Wagoner Wisler-Meade, 1141E, 50N, Flora, IN 46929 or ph. 574-967-3467.

Clem reunion

The families of the late John and Mattie Clem, who resided in Democrat Township near Cutler, gathered at the Flora Community Park at the Boy Scout Cabin on July 22.

Those attending were: Charles and June Clem, Bob and Debbie Kingery, Flora; Toni Cook, Mick and Irma Cook, Cutler; Jack and Norma Clem, Brian, Carolyn, Mary, Amy, and Mark Harlan, all of Bunker Hill; Roberta Anderson, Kokomo.

Also, Rita Hutton, Ken and Sandy Lord, Michael and Brittany Hutton, Robert Schmauch, Monticello area; Dyanne Hutton, Courtney and Madison Hartly, Michael Harrison, Reynolds area; Maxine and Nancy North, Brookston; Jim and Barbara Thompson, Lafayette; Stanley and Sharon Clem, Elizabeth Clem, Lebanon; Collen Tennyson, Lafayette; and Wayne and Ann Bowen, Winchester, Ohio.

A prayer was read by Debbie Kingery that her mother, Dena Clem, had written years ago for a past reunion. Irma Cook gave a reading in memory of a cousin, Linda Connaway, who recently passed away. Roberta Anderson reflected on family history and remembrances of Grandpa John Clem.

The cousins gathered for a group picture and also voted to donate two unused family burial plots back to Ball Hill Cemetery.