Remembering Some Falk Family Reunions

Although I attended a number of Falk Reunions as a child with my parents, it was in the 1980s when I began attending them as an adult. Since then I have been there almost every year. I was reviewing some of my photos from these reunions and realized that many of those pictured are now deceased. I am glad that I attended as many reunions as I did, so I had a chance to visit with these many relatives over the years.

The annual reunion is held in June so this is a good day to share a few photos of deceased members of the Falk family.

                                            1988 Dale and Delma (Falk) Drinkard

                                           1988 Nellie (Falk) and Kenneth Vannice

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                                                     2000 Mary (Starnes) Campbell

Who Else was in the WCTU Cookbook?

Yesterday I posted about the Linn County WCTU Cookbook which I own. While I was researching to see if my mother had submitted any recipes I noticed some other of my relatives were also in the book.

My grandmother, Mrs. O. J. Albertson of Halsey, had 5 different recipes:

      Quick Blackberry Jelly

      Jam Cake

      Buttermilk Cake

      30 Minute Angel Food Cake

      Boston Cream Pie

My Dad's sister, Aunt Vida, Mrs. Cecil Dawson, submitted 1:

      Hot Water Pie Crust

There were 11 recipes from Bond cousins:

Ruby Hayes Standish submitted 4:

     Rice and Hamburger Balls

     Baked Sweet Potatoes

     Ginger Drop Cookies

     Christmas Pudding

Nellie Bond Isom submitted 4:

     Scalloped Corn and Tomatoes

     Chocolate Roll

     Peanut Crinkles

     Grape Marlow

Irene Bond Clingman submitted 2:

     Spanish Dowery Cake

     Orange Cookies

Madge McVey Bond submitted 1:

     Butter Scotch Taffy

And there was 1 recipe from a Falk cousin:

Nellie Falk Vannice

     Steam Pudding

From attending family reunions over the years, I can attest that family members were good cooks.