(Provided courtesy of Mary Lou Inwood.)

Couldn't Happen But Did; Rain Upsets Reunion

     The Colletts and McKays had a new experience Saturday at their yearly family reunion. It rained! For the first time in 101 years. Saturday was the 102nd reunion and followed a period of rainy, muggy weather.
     Nonetheless, the picnic reunion was held, on the Collett-McKay picnic grounds on Gurneyville Rd. All signs indicated rain Saturday, but that had happened before and rain had failed to fall. This time it did, right after long tables were laden with all kinds of foods, and plates were filled. The thick leaves of the maple trees above the picnic tables held off the rain for a while, then the heavens opened.
     Some skurried to their cars with their plates. The table with Collett-McKay memorabilia was quickly covered with plastic. Steam rose from the fire under the big iron coffee pot (it was still full of coffee). Of course the youngsters enjoyed the excitement, even getting wet. Fortunately there were no electrical high jinks and no wind.
     But the skies did eventually clear. Surprisingly, much of the food was not hurt, but the mud and wet drove the picnickers elsewhere to finish dinner.
     It was then that another problem presented itself. The cars were stuck in the mud. That took some doing to get them out. Young men, barefooted, pushed and pulled, then some tractors finished the work.
     Thus, another tradition of the Collett-McKay reunion has been broken. No one knows how (a small number compared with past reunions) registered but many failed to do so. Perhaps at next year's reunion, they will register for this one.

THE DATE BOOK

THURSDAY
     WOMEN'S AUXILIARY at Post 718, VFW, 8 p.m.
     ROSS GRANGE at Greeneview North School, 8 p.m.
     CEDAR GRANGE at IOOF Hall, 8:30 p.m.

FRIDAY
     FELLOWSHIP at Bowersville Church of Christ, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY
     TRYOUTS, Xenia Rainbow Girls, at Masonic Temple. 10 a.m.
     COLLETT - McKAY REUNION at Picnic Grounds, Gurneyville Rd., 12 noon.

SUNDAY
     LOYAL COUPLES CLASS of Paintersville UM Church picnic supper, with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pickering, Hussey Rd., 6:30 p.m.

TUESDAY
     AS WE LiKE IT HOME AND GARDEN CLUB with Mrs. Wayne Wead, 373 Bedford Ave., p.m.
     EVENING STAR COUNCIL 175, D of A, at IOOF Hall, Fairborn. 8 p.m.
     YMCA BRIDGE CLUB at Y, 7:45 p.m.
     WOMEN'S AUXILIARY Eagles Lodge, at Eagles Hall, 8 p.m.; officers, 7:45 p.m.

WEDNESDAY
     LEADERS CLASS, New Jasper Methodist Church, with Mrs. Dennis Tidd Hite Rd., 1:30 p.m.

THE DATE BOOK

WEDNESDAY
     SHAWNEE GRANDMOTHERS CLUB with Mrs. Mildred Wiechers, Lower Bellbrook Rd., 7:30 p.m.
     XENIA GRANGE at IOOF Hall, 8 p.m.

THURSDAY
     HOME AID SOCIETY with Mrs. Eva Greene, 409 E. Main St.
     LADIES AID at Jamestown Church of Christ, 11 a.m.
     FAIRBORN AAUW at King Cole, Dayton, 12:30 p.m.
     WOMEN'S AUXILIARY at Post 718, VFW, 8 p.m
     ROSS GRANGE at Greeneview North School, 8 p.m.
     CEDAR GRANGE at IOOF Hall, 8:30 p.m.

FRIDAY
      FELLOWSHIP at Bowersville Church of Christ, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY
     TRYOUTS, Xenia Rainbow Girls, at Masonic Temple, 10 a.m.
     COLLETT-McKAY REUNION at Picnic Grounds, Gurneyville Rd., 12 noon.

SUNDAY
     LOYAL COUPLES CLASS of Paintersville UM Church picnic supper, with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pickering, Hussey Rd., 6:30 p.m.

TUESDAY
     EVENING TAR COUNCIL, 175 D of A, at IOOF Hall, Fair- born, 8 p.m.
     YMCA BRIDGE CLUB at Y, 7:45 p.m.

THE DATE BOOK

TUESDAY
     XENIA-ALPHA CHAPTER OF Y-GRADALE at YMCA, 7:30 p.m.
     YOUNG DEMOCRATS CLUB at Millett Hall, Wright State University, 7:30 p.m.
     YMCA BRIDGE CLUB at Y, 7:45 p.m.
     LILLIE REBEKAH LODGE at Fairborn IOOF Hall, 8 p.m.
     JAMESTOWN GRANGE at Grange Hall, 8 p.m.
     CEDARVILLE REBEKAH LODGE at Cedarville IOOF Hall, 8 p.m.
     HAPPY LOSERS DIET CLUB with Mrs. Bobby Meyer, 1702 Pueblo Dr., 8 p.m.

WEDNESDAY
     BLUE STAR MOTHERS at Kingdom, 1:30 p.m.
     SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB OF YMCA at Y, 1:30 p.m.
     SHAWNEE GRANDMOTHERS CLUB with Mrs. Mildred Wiechers, Lower Bellbrook Rd., 7:30 p.m.
     XENIA GRANGE at IOOF Hall, 8 p.m.

THURSDAY
     HOME AID SOCIETY with Mrs. Eva Greene, 409 E. Main St.
     LADIES AID at Jamestown Church of Christ, 11 a.m.
     WOMEN'S AUXILIARY at Post 718, VFW, 8 p.m
     CEDAR GRANGE at IOOF Hall, 8:30 p.m.

FRIDAY
      FELLOWSHIP at Bowersville Church of Christ, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY
     COLLETT-McKAY REUNION at Picnic Grounds, Gurneyville Rd., 12 noon.

IN NEW BURLINGTON . . .

     A basket dinner will be served at 12 noon Saturday at the 102nd annual Collett - McKay reunion at the picnic grounds on Gurneyville Rd. near New Burlington.