Family Reunions/Birthdays: David E. Gaar, 1926, Winn Parish, LA
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From: July 15, 1926 Winn Parish Enterprise

Family Reunion

Sunday, July 11, 1926, Mr. D. E. Gaar and children very fittingly celebrated
his eighty-second birthday, with a delicious dinner, which was served in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Stovall, of Sikes, in which city the reunion was
held.  The following were present on this happy and pleasant occasion: D. E.
Gaar, Dodson; Miss Zella Gaar, Dodson; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Sanders and children
Will Ed., Wilbur, Waylan, Rose Mary, and Mormale Sanders, of Dodson; Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Payne and daughters Misses Hazel, Mildred and Arlene, and son, J.
B. Payne, Jr., Leesville, and Misses Kathleen and Laura Alma Poland, also of
Ruston; Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Gaar, Gaar's Mill; Beeson Gaar, Gaar's Mill;
Wayland Gaar, Gaar's Mill; D. E. Gaar, Jr., Gaar's Mill; Olga Gaar, Gaar's
Mill; Mr. and Mrs. Guy Gaar, Gaar's Mill; Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Gaar, Gaar's
Mill; Representative and Mrs. J. W. Gaar, Gaar's Mill; Willie Gaar, Miss Annie
Mae Gaar, Gaar's Mill; Shelby Gaar, Gaar's Mill; Edwin Gaar, Gaar's Mill; Miss
Florene Gaar, Gaar's Mill; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gaar and children, Evora and Paul
Vane Gaar, Gaar's Mill; Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Stovall and son, Charlie, Norma
Ellen and Katherine Stovall of Sikes; Mrs. Mouser and son, Grayson; Rev. H. K.
Kleinschmidt, presiding elder of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Ruston;
Misses Maurine Stovall, Sikes; Woodrow Stovall, Carol Stovall, John Wayland
Stovall, James Stovall, Misses Sarah Elizabeth and Evline Joyce Stovall,
Sikes; Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Prince, Sikes.

On this happy occasion, sixty eight people including children and
grandchildren, met and spent the day very pleasantly and enjoyed a delicious
dinner in the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Stovall, of Sikes.  The affair had
been planned for some time, thus assuring a happy meeting of the participants.

Mr. Gaar, a native of Georgia, came to this country many years ago and was
married to Miss Amanda Elizabeth Grisham, and reared a large and prominent
family.

Mr. Gaar formerly resided at Gaar's Mill, the little town or community which
now bears his name, and was one of the most prominent citizens of that
section; later he removed to Dodson, where he has resided for several years.

On this occasion, a number of presents were presented to "Uncle" David, as he
is familiarly known by his many friends and at the conclusion of the day's
program, each member of the party, upon departure, expressed themselves as
having enjoyed the affair and the splendid dinner very much, and expressed a
desire that Mr. Gaar may have many more happy birthdays.