NEWS: FRIDAY Family Reunion, 1918, Bald Eagle, Blair County, PA

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FRIDAY FAMILY REUNION.

  The fifth annual reunion of the Friday family will be held one mile north of 
Vail station, in the Bald Eagle valley, at the main school house, on Saturday, 
August 31.  All the friends of the family are invited to attend.  Trains will 
stop at the picnic grounds.

Altoona Tribune, Tuesday morning, August 20, 1918, page 5

FIFTH ANNUAL REUNION

Friday Family Picnic at Old Homestead at Vail

  The fifth annual reunion of the Friday family was held Saturday at the Friday 
homestead, one mile north of Vail station.
  Weather, in keeping with the spirits of the family has always favored these 
annual affairs, but this year, the sky, irregardless of its being Friday's 
Saturday, dripped incessantly.  That is how it happened that the clan assembled 
in the spacious barn.  There, they set up tables, and at noon partook of a 
sumptuous dinner.
  Because many of the most active members of the family are in active service in 
France, the attendance was not as large as that of former years, there being 
only one hundred present.  All expressed hopes of the boys being present for the 
next reunion.
  There were no deaths in the family during the past year.
  Officers of the family association re-elected to serve for the ensuing year 
are as follows: President, J. H. Friday, Philipsburg; Vice President, W. H. 
Friday, Bald Eagle; Secretary, J. H. Friday; Treasurer, Samuel Friday, Bald 
Eagle.
  The next reunion will be held the Saturday preceding Labor Day, 1919

Altoona Tribune, Tuesday morning, September 3, 1918, page 5