Logan County Illinois      Twentieth Bock Reunion   Lincoln Courier  1951
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Twentieth Bock Reunion

Transcription by William L. Stephenson, Jr., - Historian, Bock Family Association

July 1951

>From the records of Dorothy Laun

20th Roundup of Bock Clan

A throng of 130 members attended Sunday's 20th annual Bock reunion  at  the
Lincoln college gymnasium, according to Miss Dorothy Laun.

Oldest members present at the reunion were Mrs. Carrie Read,  Lincoln,  and
Henry bock of Beason. Mrs. Lillie Wark of  Mason  City  was  also  on  hand
despite her 84 years and the fact that she is not a member of  the  family.
Mrs. Wark is a popular person at these meetings and is usually on hand.

Youngest of the clan present were: Susan Kay Schoen, St.  Louis,  and  Gene
Apel, Atlanta, Clarence Bock of David City,  Neb.,  and  Mrs.  Mary  Lauer,
Tucson, Ariz., took the  prize  for  traveling  the  greatest  distance  to
attend.

Descendents of Marie Elizabeth Bock Raber and Elizabeth Bock Apel were  the
most numerous of the groups in attendance. Officers elected for  next  year
are:  Mary  Warrick,  Girard,  president;  William  Bock,   Elkhart,   vice
president; and Florence Wilmert, Lincoln , secretary-treasurer.