Armstrong County PA Archives News.....BEATTY-WILSON Annual Thanksgiving Gathering Enjoyed 1936, 1942
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  Unknown 1936
   ANNUAL THANKSGIVING GATHERING ENJOYED
  The children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Mrs. Mattie Wilson met 
  at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S.M. Beatty on State Street, Dayton, on 
  Thanksgiving day.  A bountiful feast to which all contributed was enjoyed by 
  those present.  Those present were Mrs. Mattie Wilson, who is 88 years old, 
  enjoying the part as much as anyone present; Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Beatty and 
  children of Dayton, Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Beatty and children Eugene and Evelyn 
  of Vandergrift;  Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Hauser of Knox; Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Beatty 
  and children Raymond and Iva of Apollo; Pearl Beatty of Dayton; Mr. and Mrs. 
  W. K. Good and son Oran of Dayton; Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Wilson and sons Robert 
  and Wayne of Apollo; Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Beatty and daughters Thelma and Gladys 
  of Apollo; Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Smith and children Paul and wife, Florence, 
  Margaret, Maria, Ernest, Helen, Dean and Ruby of Echo; Mr. and Mrs. R. C. 
  Smith and children Carl, Clyde, Alma, Irene, Delia, Marie and Walter of 
  Barnards; Mr. and Mrs. Blair Rupert and Mrs. Louden of Spring Church; Percy 
  Beatty of Apollo; Miss Dorcas Wolford of Apollo and Kenneth Bittinger of near 
  Yatesboro.  For more than thirty years Mrs. Wilson's family has met at the 
  home of some of her children on Thanksgiving day.

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  Unknown November 1942
  FAMILY REUNITED FOR THANKSGIVING
  In keeping with an annual custom of many years, the descendants of Mrs. Mattie 
  Wilson, a former resident of Wayne Township, spent Thanksgiving Day together.  
  Many years before Mrs. Wilson's death she requested that her family and their 
  families spend Thanksgiving with her as long as she should live.  Since her 
  death six years ago, the family has continued to gather on this day.
  The family now consists of six children, twenty-nine grandchildren and twenty-
  five sons, daughters, grandsons and granddaughters-in-law.
  Of these eighty-two members of the family, sixty-one assembled in the home of 
  Thomas B. Beatty near Apollo on Thanksgiving Day and enjoyed a reunion and 
  sumptuous dinner.
  Those present were Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Beatty of Salina R.D. 1; Mr. and Mrs. 
  Oscar Beatty and daughter Evelyn,  Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Beatty and children, 
  Margaret, Billy and Kenneth, all of Apollo Star Route;  Mrs. Irene Houser and 
  son Arthur of Knox, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Beatty and children Raymond, Iva and 
  Glenn of Salina R.D. 1.  Rev. and Mrs. Clair E. Beatty and daughter Mary of 
  Salineville, Ohio, Mrs. Rena Ruper and sons, Dean and Philip, Mrs. and Mrs. 
  Clark Wilson, Mrs. and Mrs. Robert Wilson, Wayne Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. 
  Beatty and daughters Thelma and Gladys, all of Apollo R.D.  Mr. and Mrs. W. K. 
  Good, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hollenbaugh and children, Doris, Kenneth and 
  Carolyn, and Mr. and Mrs. Oran Good, all of Dayton, R.D. 1; Mr. and Mrs. Oscar 
  Smith and children, Dean and Ruby, and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bittinger, all of 
  Kittanning R.D.  Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith and daughter Shirley, and Mr. and 
  Mrs. Earnest Smith of Natrona Heights, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Smith and children, 
  Carl, Alma, Irene, Della, Marie, and Walter of Dayton, R. D. 2, Pvt. Clyde 
  Smith of Camp Campbell, Ky., and Mrs. Clyde Smith of East Liverpool, O.
  

  
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