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Newspaper Article (The Times-News, Hendersonville,
Henderson County, North Carolina 5-August-1940)
DRAKE FAMILY REUNION SET - 41st
Gathering Will Be at Pleasant Hill, August 18
An old established custom now in the second generation,
the Drake reunion, will hold its 41st annual meeting for relatives and friends
at Pleasant Hill Baptist church on Kanuga road, four miles southwest of
Hendersonville on Sunday, Aug. 18, which has been the regular meeting place
since the reunion organization was founded in 1899 by the late R. T. Drake and
others in the Pleasant Hill community.
It has been the custom to meet and hold a memorial
service at the Pleasant Hill cemetery, decorating the graves of relatives and
friends. From there they go to the church for a morning service, after which
dinner is served beneath the shady trees on the spacious grounds of the Pleasant
Hill Baptist church.
The afternoon is given to special musical program, also
recognizing the friends and relatives who have come from a distance.
Also recognized are the new husbands, wives and babies in the connection since
the last meeting.
It has carried the name of "The Drake Reunion," as
among the early settlers in this part of Henderson county were Drakes.
The late Jas. D. Drake secured a land grant from the
State of North Carolina. He and his brothers were among the early settlers in
this community, which is now the Episcopal assembly grounds, Kanuga Lake.
If you have not attended a Drake reunion, judging from
the past, you've missed a great deal for there's always a hearty welcome
awaiting you, with well-filled baskets for a sumptuous dinner, followed by a
good program that will be enjoyed by all.
All relatives and friends are invited to be with the
family reunion.
It has been an established custom for many years to adopt any friend into the
Drake family who has attended more than one reunion.
The connection has been highly honored by the adoption
of many friends of the Drakes.
Many relatives and friends from adjoining counties and
out of the state look forward with pleasure to the Drake reunion, for it is here
they mix and mingle with homefolks.
The present officers are: Mrs. Joe Anna Brown,
president; Mrs. Lila Ripley Barnwell, vice-president; Miss Futh Reece, secretary
and treasurer.
The musical program will be in charge of Mrs. Callie
Drake Albea, assisted by J. M. Drake.
The officers request that the Drakes invite their
friends and relatives to meet with them and come with their well-filled baskets,
which have been the custom handed down to the present generation.
-Contributed.
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