The Fowler family reunion was held Aug. 31 at Camp Alexander. This event is held the Sunday before Labor Day each year by the descendants of John and Milley Fowler who settled here in 1855. The reporter said that “a covered dish dinner was enjoyed by many as the family celebrated the reunion.”
Out of state family in attendance were J.B. and Susan Fowler of Oldtown, Idaho; and Joe and Charlie Fowler of Lamar, Colo. Others from out of state were Pamela Littleton and Emma Shockley of Oklahoma City, Okla.; and Hazel Fowler Curtis and Tim Curtis of Lee’s Summit, Mo.
From Kansas were Dennis and Janis Vock of Overland Park; Larry and Patti McGee of Paola; Mary, Jim, Masha and Levi Mackey, John Longwith and Jane Miller, all of Kansas City; Mark, Courtney, Piper and Paige Fowler of Manhattan; and Kerri and Kirk Owens and Dustin and Austin Lingenfelter, all of Hartford.
Those attending from Emporia were Jim, Bonnie, Summer and Libby Fowler, Wes and Nancy Fowler, Tanner Lasswell, Jackie and Eleanor Fowler, Merel and Jean Fowler, Wanda Fowler Gibbs, Rhonda, Scott, Austin, Kelsey and Megan Gordon, Gene and Rosalie Fowler, Tom and Ruth Fowler, David Fowler, Van and Loetta Fowler, Harry and Joan Fowler, Van and Lynda Hardesty, Larry, Tamara and Clayton Fowler, Charlene Bolz and Bob Wayman.
Class of 1953
The Emporia High School class of 1953 held their 55th reunion on Aug. 30 at the Emporia Country Club.
Attending from out of state were: Jim and Dorothy Bishop of DeKalb, Ill.; Richard and Kay Bitler Scheve of Nixa, Mo.; Jack and Barbara Crawford Garrett of Arizona City, Ariz.; Spencer and Yolanda Cuadra of Hemet, Calif.; Don and Beverly Flott of Rochester, Minn.; Bob Garrison of Ocala, Fla.; Dale Lowery of Los Angeles, Calif.; Melford and Ellen McGuire of Parkville, Mo.; Dorset and Mildred Meierhoff Wilson of Houston, Texas; Joe Ryerson of Adelphi, Md.; Richard Utter and Ginger Brown of Torrance, Calif.; and Jerry Whitsitt of Pearce, Ariz.
Those from Kansas were: Jo Ann Baillie Fehr of Iola; Phil Berg, David and Emma Ledwith Cook, David and Donna Maxwell Rorabaugh and Diana Wood Carlburg, all of Overland Park; Lora Lee Browning Kyle and Jim and Bessie Facklam of Lenexa; Jean Davis Whittington of Potwin; Norma Feltner Allen, Don and Shirley Garrison Moses, Philip Rogers and Bob and Joyce Winter, all of Topeka; Pat Gardner Stein of Olathe; John and Myrtle Hopper Posey of Arkansas City; Fred and Marge Jehle of Lawrence; Wayne and Louise Joergenson Stoll of Reading; Jim and Darlene Likes Barr and James and Norma Redick of Cottonwood Falls; Ardene Munson Hawks and Ruth Palmer McKenzie of Shawnee; Wilma Pearson Couch of Madison; Floyd and Polly Reichardt of Augusta; Jack and Donna Taylor of Council Grove; Art and Sue Bloomer of Wichita and Jon and Wanda Wilhite of Overbrook.
And, attending from Emporia were Dale and Carolyn Davis, Gene and Rosalie Fowler, Alton Hoover, Mary Ann Keating Law, George and Dorothy Korte Wllnitz, Don and JoEllen Blaylock, Dick and Sylvia Markowitz Koepke, Jack and Maxine Mitchell, LeeRoy and Mary Ann Phillips, Dwight and Winky Standiferd Bush and Bill and Lola Walker.