Pioneer Harms Family Reunion Held Sunday
The third annual reunion was held Sunday at the Chehalis Community Building by the descendants of the pioneer family of Theodore and Mary C. Harms.
A total of 80 were in attendance and included Grover Harms, Dillon, Montana; Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Harms, Aberdeen; Mrs. Mable C. Kosteras, Redondo Beach, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Harms and Danny, Drau, Oregon; Mrs. Magenta Walter Van Volkenburg and children, Steven, Ricky, and Maralie, Cosmopolis; Mr. and Mrs. Parke Harms, Ethel.
Also, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Harms, Fresno; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Harms, San Marcos, Calif.; Louise Marsden, Grand Junction, Colo.; Katie Marsden, Port Angeles; Hattie E. Stone, Bremerton; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Harms, Kathy, Teresa, Randy, Muskogee, Okla.; Mrs. Eunice Arnold and Irene, Portland; Mr. and Mrs. William Teeple and Bill Leonard, Mr. and Mrs. Mel Hurd, Seaside, Ore.; Mr. and Mrs. James Vining and daughters, Mrs. Judithe Harms, and Gary Luethe, Seattle.
Also, Mrs. Joyce Kempf and family, Mrs. Vivian Davis and family, and Hattie E. Stone, Bremerton; Mrs. Elinor Patterson and family, South Bend, Wash.; Mrs. Helena Harkcom, Mr. and Mrs. Louis M. Crichfield and family, and Molly Jo Whepkey and daughter, all of Gig Harbor; Mr. and Mrs. Jens Adolphsen, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Harms and Susan, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Adolphhsen, Susan and Kristy, and Mrs. Goldie Waller and Lyn, all of Chehalis.
Other out of town guests were Mr. and Clifford White, Cosmopolis, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph DeLane, South Bend, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Klapp, Gig Harbor, Claudette Boger, and Nick Bartlett, Seattle.
Source: The Daily Chronicle, 6 August 1962, page 3. Microfilm available at Centralia Timberland Library, 110 South Silver, Centralia, Washington 98531.
Transcribed by Kathryn Lester