Anson Bowen Call Family Organization

Anson Bowen Call 1863-1958

2011 Reunion
The Thursday prior to April Conference
Further details pending

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The 2010 Reunion

The 2010 Reunion is now history. It was held once again at the Provo Oak Hills Stake Center, just across from the Provo Temple overflow parking lot. Family members started gathering, visiting and registering at 6:00 pm. There were a number of displays, including posters along the cultural hall walls with photos of each of Anson's four wives and all of their children except for Homer. There were also tables with copies of some 20 family items for purchase, including the new (to most of us) Selected Missionary Diary Entries, Papers, and Correspondence 1895-1913 as transcribed by Tierney Lichfield, both printed and on computer CD-ROM. Lively mariachi band music played in the background while all enjoyed chips and salsa followed by a Mexican dinner served up by Eran's children and grandchildren. As dinner was wrapping up Wendy Grow (a grandaughter of Ara) led a fun attendee quizz with candy treats for the winners. Then, with the younger children being entertained in the back corner, we heard interesting and inspiring vignettes from descendants of Anson's children. Among the 140 or so who attended the reunion were first-generation family members Lorna (who turns 104 in May), Fulvia, Nelda, Vesta, Ruth, Glenna and Eran.

Oh yes, an election was also held whereby a new family organization presidency was nominated and voted in. So for the next couple of years we'll be led by none other than Anson Bowen Call, III as president, with his son Michael as president-elect and others of his family planning to help out as well. We appreciate and look forward to their willing and able service on behalf of this great family during the start of this next decade. It's a major undertaking, as the descendants of Grandpa Call now number in excess of 3,800.