Reunion

July 9, 1959

REUNION-Meeting for the first time in nearly 40 years, two sisters held a reunion recently when Mrs. Lela Hamm, right, came here to visit her sister, Mrs. Mary A Johnson, left of 1401 Ave J, Abernathy. The sisters were last together in November of 1919 when Mrs. Hamm visited the Johnson family in Childress County, Texas. Mrs. Hamm was living in Sidney, Arkansas at that time. Mrs. Johnson and her late husband, George E. Johnson, and their family moved here from Childress County, March 4, 1920. They farmed six and one-half miles west of Abernathy. Mr. Johnson died December 28, 1921. The Johnsons resided in Arkansas before moving to Childress county.

Editors Note: The “From the Vault” series began last year after a time capsule was discovered in the vault of the First State Bank that was addressed to the future owner of the Abernathy newspaper to be opened 50 years later. I’ve had the pleasure of scouring the pages of a year’s worth of newspapers that honor the 50th year anniversary of Abernathy.