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History of Early Pioneer Families of Hood River, Oregon.
Compiled by Mrs. D.M. Coon

PIONEERS ANNUAL REUNION AT ROCKPORD GRANGE HALL SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 1929.

The following pioneers registered: Mrs. Meta Scobe, Mrs. Lizzie Kingdon, Leslie Butler, John Kroegher, O.H. Ehrck, Mr. and Mrs. F.H. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ehrck, Mrs. Nettie May, Mrs. J.R. Rees, Mae Fisher, John Gerdes, R.R. Absten, Mr. and Mrs. J.I. Miller, Mrs.C.F. Ellis, M.J. Foley, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Howe, Mrs. J.A. Mohr, Warren Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Van Blaricom, Mrs. A.H. Lindsay, J.B. Jackson, May Jackson, Ida Perry, Mrs. May Baldwin Jones, Mr. and Mrs. J.G. Jarvis, Mrs. J.O. Sieverkropp, Mrs. E.C. Miller, Wm. Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hawkes, Mrs. M.W. Woods, Perry Wells, Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Koberg, Mr. and Mrs. I.A. Henderson, Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Miller, Mrs. Delia Coon, Mrs. Phebe Foss, M.D. Odell, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Carson, Mr. and Mrs. T.F. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Howe, Mrs. L.E. Reed, Mrs. J.E. Ferguson, H.P. Jochimsen, Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Smith, Mrs. W.A. Lockwood, Mr. and Mrs. Dane Kemp, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Foss, F.L. Mack, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. A. Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Isenberg, Mrs. Jennie H. Hunt, Mrs. Bert Stranahan, Mrs. Ed Lage, Robert Vaughn, Mrs. August Bosse, Mrs. August Guignard, Mrs. Daisy Havens, Mrs. Alma Howe, Mrs. F.G. Church, Mrs. Maud Frary, Mr. and Mrs. A.D. Moe, F.H. Blagg, J.J. Gibbons, James Stranahan, Mr. and Mrs. Hans Lage, Mrs. Gertrude Balch Ingalls, Mrs. Troy Shelley, Mrs. Alfred Eastman, Mrs., J. Goshong, Mr. and Mrs. E.W. Dunbar, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. T. Prather.
Other pioneers residing elsewhere but meeting with old time friends and former neighbors were Judge and Mrs. Fred Wilson, Mrs. Lulu D. Crandall, Mrs. Viola McFarland, Price, E.C. Coon, Mrs. A.L. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Peters, Mrs. Maud Frary, Mr. and Mrs. Dorrance Smith, Mr. and Mrs. John Rathbun, Mr. and Mrs. L.H. Arneson and daughter Inga, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis, and Mrs. W.L. Ellis. Among those too ill to attend the reunion in 1928 were: Hans Lage and Mrs. Lulu D. Crandall who were both well and able to meet and greet their friends at the reunion of 1929.
Those who have passed away since the meeting of the pioneers in 1928 are: Eleanor (Smith) LaFrance, Mrs. Margaret (McKinley) Stranahan, Henry Coe, George Castner, James Lakin, Mrs. May (Blowers) Yates, Mrs. P.S. Davidson Sr., Benjamin Franklin Laughlin, a Hood River pioneer of 1852, Mrs. Spangler, Jasper Wickham, _____ Shutes, Edgar Locke, Mrs. Marybeth (Stranahan) Crowell Mrs. Ada (Garrison) Evans, Mrs. Woody, Mrs. Emily (Wishart) McCamy, Mrs. Lenora (Hinrichs) Larson, E.D. Calkins, ______ Carmichael, Nicholas Sinnott, Mrs. Elda (Crouse) Bartmess.
The pioneers began arriving about ten o'clock and spent the time in visiting with old time friends. The ladies in charge of the tables were Mesdames Foley, Foss Hawkes and Kingdon with younger assistants. The "50 year table" was more than full, the overflow being taken care of at another table. This table was made especially beautiful with its decoration of golden flowers. Many handsome flowers were in evidence among them some choice gladiolas sent from Portland.
The walls of the grange hail were made interesting with an array of pictures of old scenes and old time friends prepared under the supervision of Mrs. Bert Stranahan. In the afternoon a business session was held followed by a program. The old officer's held over and no election was necessary. Steps were taken to secure a marker for the unmarked graves of Nathaniel and Mary Coe. Talks were given by Judge Wilson and Mrs. Lulu D. Crandall and reminiscences by other pioneers.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bartmess had for many years provided the musical program for the pioneers, the death of Mrs. Bartmess the day before the meeting left the Society unprepared, but Fred Fisher, assisted by Mrs. Clara Moody at the piano, led in a community song service, while a piano solo by Mildred Arneson and a vocal solo by Marjorie Miller filled out the program.