Walter Merritt Smith, Tiverton, R. I. Joel Packard Bradford, M. D., Acushnet, Mass.

Mrs. Joel Packard Bradford, Acushnet, Mass.

Elizabeth P. Morse, Fairhaven, Mass. Mary A. Wing, Fairhaven, Mass. Harold C. Wing, Fairhaven, Mass. Mabel H. Wing, Fairhaven, Mass. Alfred B. Wing, Fairhaven, Mass. Esther N. Wing, Fairhaven, Mass. Gulielma Howland Snow Ruhmpohl, Fairhaven, Mass.

Ella M. Snow, New York City.
Edw. Manchester, Jr., So. Dartmouth,

Mass.

Geo. L. Weston, Portland Maine. Dorcas Weston, Portland Maine. Blanche L. Weston, Portland Maine. James E. Lovelace, Providence R. I. Florence L. Lovelace, Providence R. I. Mary Emma Howland, New Bedford, Mass.

Alice Howland Macomber, New Bedford, Mass.

Elizabeth M. Wing, Brookline, Mass.
Annie Ewer Rose, Sandwich, Mass.
William J. Rose, Sandwich, Mass.
Grace Wing Merry, Brookline, Mass.
Mrs. Abbie A. Potter, Gowanda, N. J.
Susan Sisson, Westport, Mass.

Carrie M. D. Potter, No. Dartmouth, Mass.

Hattie A. Potter, New York. Mary P. Wing, So. Westport, Mass. Emma R. Tripp, So. Westport, Mass. Frank E. Wing, Boston, Mass. Ada L. Wing, South Westport, Mass. Warren A. Tripp, South Westport, Mass.

Chas. H. Wing, New Bedford, Mass. Mrs. Chas. H. Wing, New Bedford, Mass.

Avis A. Wing, New Bedford, Mass. Mrs. Chas. M. Hussey, New Bedford, Mass.

Mr. Chas. M. Hussey, New Bedford, Mass.

John F. Wing, Dorchester, Mass.
Mrs. John F. Wing, Dorchester,

ION

The 36th annual reunion of the Wing family was held at their Pavilion, Phillips, on Thursday, August 25th. It being an ideal day about 150 assembled and enjoyed a picnic dinner, with beans baked in the ground and coffee furnished by the Association.

In the afternoon the following program was enjoyed: Singing, "America" by all, Mrs. William Gates, Organist; Lord's Prayer, led by Mrs. Jennie Wing; Reading, Mrs. Jennie Wing; Song, The Rose and the Lily, Elsie and Edna Wing; Reading, Maude Lufkin, Grandma's Album; Recitation, Another If, June Hagan; Song, Jumping Jack, Edna Wing; History of the early Wing families, Bion Wing; Song, Birds, Elsie Wing; Reading, Hazel Doyen; Singing by all, "Nearer My God to Thee."

Then followed the business meeting. The reports of the Secretary, Treasurer and Historian were read and accepted. On motion of Earl C. Harnden it was voted that the present officers serve for the ensuing year, as follows; President, Leon Wing; Vice President, Everett C. Wing; Treasurer, Ira Harnden; Secretary, Bion Wing; Historian, Maude Lufkin. A program committee was appointed, consisting of Mdms. Maude Lufkin, Louise Harnden and Marion Wing. The meeting closed with singing by all "God Be With You Till We Meet Again."

Immediately after the close of the meeting the Executive Committee unanimously voted to extend an invitation to the Wing Family of America, Inc., to

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states, from the names found in the "Owls" 1917 to 1927. They are those who have attended the reunions, have been identified with the "Owl" as subscriber, as a member of the organization, as a relative of some one known to members of the "Wing Family", known to the committee on organization or connected in some way, by which the committee judged they were the people who would do work well. The states in turn, saw or communicated with the local folk. It is hoped the above will enable those of the family in the remaining states, who are identified with the Association, to send a line to the Organization Committee expressing their willingness to take up the work at least in a small way, if impossible to give more time to it.

Since the "Owl" is not indexed, the names of people in some of the states were no doubt overlooked.

Why not do something toward organizing and send it to this column in form of a Christmas greeting in the December issue of the "Owl"?

"Service is the rent we owe for the space we occupy in this world." May we Serve by helping some one, who shall come into this great family organization and realize the joy of kinship.

"We get by giving; but we have to give first."

NUMBER 1, Washington Unit, of "The Wing Family of America, Incorporated" is the first State in the Union to organize as a state association. A Seattle paper contained the following notice.

"Wings which are spread over Seattle, Tacoma and the surrounding country will fold in Volunteer Park August 6th from 4 to 8 o'clock in the evening, when all residents or visitors in the vicinity who bear the name of "Wing" or trace their descent to the "Wings", assemble for a "Wing" family picnic, program and promulgation of a State organization.'

Though a "week-end" and the vacation season, there were 40 of the family present.

Each one soon found his place in the group by means of a large sign which had been hoisted from tree to tree, on which were the words "Wing Picnic."

"Blood is thicker than water" and it

was but a few moments until each one present felt perfectly at home.

Previously, few of the "House of Wing" had even met, save those of his or her immediate branch, but they voted unanimously to meet quarterly.

Those from Seattle were: Frederick A. Wing, Theodore C. Wing and daughters, Miss Alma J. Wing and Helen F. Wing Scott (Mrs. Clarence A.) Harry Nervin Wing and Mrs. Wing, Manley E. Wing and Mrs. Wing, their daughter, Rosa E. Wing Martindale (Mrs. B. N.) and husband B. N. Martindale, Miss Martha S. Wing, Mrs. Bert Elden Wing. son and daughter, Fred S. Wing and Mrs. Mabel Wing Hammons and son, Charles Ross Hammons, Mrs. Fred S Wing, Mrs. Esper Wing Kuest and daughter, Florence Sylvia Kuest, Mrs. Earl W. Wing and daughters, Gladys Marie and Frances Lucille Wing, the Wing brothers, Guy and Ralph, Carrie Wing Easterbrook (Mrs. H. W.) and sister, Mrs. Ida Wing Dunkley, Laura Wing Benson (Mrs. Henry V., Sr.,) and husband Henry V., Sr., and sons, Henry V., Jr., Lewis Wing and Richard Leigh, George A. Smith and Dr. Emma Wing Thompson.

The out of town were Josephine Wing Miller (Mrs. T. S.) and husband, T. S. Miller, Auburn, Wash., Capt. Duncan Wing, U. S. Army, and Mrs. Wing, Ft. Sam, Houston, Texas, Harry Steward Wing and Mrs. Wing, New Mexico. Francis E. Wing, Portland, Ore., and Mrs. Alice Wing Cornell Howland Macomber, New Bedford, Massachusetts

An Original Poem by Miss Alma Jean Wing, Seattle, Washington, describes the occasion:

They came, all those Wings of Seattle,
And they picknicked in wonderful style,
At Volunteer Park, on a fair P. M.
They met with a handshake and smile.
'Twas the work of our Emma Wing-Thompson,
(She does do the loveliest things!)

And her cheery ways-who could resist her
As she introduced dozens of Wings?

There were Wings who lived near, in the city,

There were Wings came from towns far away,
There were Wings who gave talks and gave poems,
And Wings who had little to say.
And when everyone was acquainted,
(Genealogy book had been scanned,)
All sat down to the bounteous supper
Those women of Wingdom had planned.
Then it was that we heard all about it,
Dr. Emma then gave us her plan,
For future State organization,

And of course, if Wings WILL, why, they CAN.
And so these Wings did, and they voted,

Dr. Emma was President made,
And Mr. Guy Wing, as Vice-President,

Must be ready to come to her aid.

Then speeches there were, splendid speeches,
Some from out-of-town ones of the clan,
We heard Capt. Wing, up from Texas,
And from Portland, we heard a young man.
We listened to Mrs. Macomber,
Who told us some wonderful things.
And something of Sandwich Reunions-
She's one of the nicest of Wings.
"Cafeteria" Wing folks were with us,
(Where folks eat they're sure to be near),
When Ralph and Guy came to our party
They added so much to the cheer.
Frederick A. Wing, our Director,
Talked to us, and then Emily Wing
Read to us an original poem,

And then we got ready to sing.

But just before that we got busy,

We found some folks wanted the OWL,

That never had gotten acquainted

At all with that elegant fowl.

There were more good words too; Dr. Emma
Spoke of "Daniel" and "Stephen" and "John",
And of those delightful Reunions-

We might have been there until dawn.
Then "Blest Be the Tie" we were singing,
And the "Tie" is a blest one, we're sure,
And all the good Wings of Seattle
Will see that it long will endure.

(Miss Alma was too modest to include herself in the poem as the Secretary Treasurer of Washington Unit, of "The Wing Family of America, Incorporated".) E. W. T.

TWLIGHT ON PUGET SOUND.

AN ORIGINAL POEM
by Emily D. Wing

The summer twilight deepened,
The flowers had gone to sleep.
The dew began to glisten

On the grass beneath our feet,
The stars in the heavens above us
Showed faint, twinkling gleams of light,
As though they were just awakening
From slumbering all their night,

And the calm of the summer twilight
With the flowers fast asleep,
The birds gone to their nesting,

Now and then a call of some lone bird

Lent a sadness over all,

The soft, rustling sound of leaves

Wafts gently a rose perfume on the breeze,
And as the twilight deepened
The dewdrops diamonds seem,
And the stars fill the heavens
With myriad gleams of light.
Then comes the hush of night
Majestically over the mountain,
The moon showed a rim of light,
And higher and higher it mounts,
Till over the rippling bay

It sheds a shimmering path of light
Far out on the silver way,
And softly the twilight deepened
Into the silence of the night.

New subscribers to the "Owl" and new members, as a result of this meet

ing were Mrs. Ida Wing Dunkley, and

Mrs. Carrie Wing Easterbrook, each "Owl" and membership. Mrs. Josephine Wing Miller, Miss Alma Jean Wing and Mrs. Hattie M. Wing, each the "Owl". Margaret Melvina Perry Broadhead (Mrs. D. B.) Box 122, Nephi, Utah writes: "Can you tell me where I can

get my Wing genealogy? My grandmother was Eunice Wing, born in Mass., and married Gustavus Adolphus Perry about 1835.

My father's name is Henry Elisha Perry, who married Elizabeth Zabriskie. Their children: 1, Susan Amelia Perry, (deceased). 2, Eunice Jane Perry. 3, Henry Morgan Perry. 4, Rosalie Elvira Perry. 5, Hyrum Elisha Perry, (deceased). 6, Margaret Melvina Perry. 7, Heber William Perry. 8, Lucy Elizabeth Perry.

Henry lives at Rigby, Idaho; Rosalie married Jude May and lives in Lovell, Wyoming. The remaining reside in Utah. My parents and grandparents are buried in Brigham City cemetery, Utah.

I am subscribing for the "Owl" and beginning to plan now to attend the next Reunion."

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In reply to the circular letter sent Mrs. Helen L. Steele (Mrs. W. A.) Van Buren, Arkansas, asking her to help organize, she replied. "I will be glad to assist in any way looking to an organization. Will be in Little Rock in the fall, also at Hot Springs and will see if the City Directories carry any "Wings" and will look them up.

It will be impossible for me to attend the Reunion in August, as I am in the midst of wedding preparations for my daughter. Hope the Wing Reunion will be a success in every way."

Mrs. Ada Wing Mead, wife of Prof. Mead, Brown University, Providence, R. I., says of the organization work. "Once undertaken, such a fine piece of organization as you propose must be backed by enthusiasm and a strong and steady shoulder at the wheel."

From Mr. Howard W. Derby, Rio Oso, Sutter Co., Cal., "It would seem that the plan of local family units, which could meet annually, is the best way to build up and maintain interest in the

family association, which alone can as

sure the continued publication of the "Owl".

I shall do what I can. The state of California is so large from north to

south, that it would seem to be most practical to organize units in the two sections of the state.

I have written to Helen C. Wing of Claremont, Cal., enclosing circular letter, suggesting an organiza. tion of the "Wings" of Southern Cal., also sent her names of other southern Cal., kinsfolk, I found mentioned in the "Owls".

There, they have a larger percentage of people interested in genealogy than the northern part of the state, and I am hopeful of an organization.

I know of a number of Wing families in northern Cal., but have not been in touch with them. As soon as I can will do so.

It has occurred to me that the Wing family members might adopt a plan of filing genealogical charts showing the ancestry of the Wing wives and sources of the same.

Those interested could secure copies by paying for the time of having charts copied. I would suggest this plan, since there is not space in the "Owl" to devote to these lines."

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Miss Mary Grace Richards, 374 Taylor St., Portland, Oregon, says "I find eighteen people by the name of Wing, listed in the Portland telephone directory. and I shall do some phoning."

Did You Know This Deceased Soldier, John Charles Wing Alias James E. Rogers or His Father James or John Wing?

First, read the "Owl" of December 1926, pages 2607 and 2608 and June 1927 pages 1632 and 1633.

The deceased probably lived in Seattle, Washington, during the '90's, was 12 years old and ran away from home because of his father's remarriage.

He enlisted in the Navy in N. Y. in 1904 and took the name of James E. Rogers. His service was mostly continuous until his death overseas in 1918 as John Charles Wing Alias James E. Rogers (sometimes known as Charles Levi Wing) Chief M. Mate U. S. Naval Air Station, Pauillac, France.

Discharge papers were from San Antonio, Texas, giving birthplace, Kansas City, Mo.

Was married in 1908 to Rose Boyle, in Philadelphia. It is for the son of this marriage that a residence must be

established for his father or grandfather, that letters of administration may be taken out.

He married the second time to a woman whose first name was "Anita". The son was with his father and his stepmother for a short time in Pensacola, Florida. "Anita" passed away in San Antonio, Texas, in 1925.

The first wife was married under the name of "Wing", the second under the name of "Rogers".

The veteran's father (James or John) lived in Portland, Oregon, about 1908 About this time he spoke in Seattle and Bellingham, Wash., on political questions. Later on the veteran's stepmother was still a resident of Portland or West Portland. Does anyone know of a "James Morton" or a "James Morton Wing?"

Will those of the Family look this matter up, who reside in San Antonio, both Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kansas, Philadelphia, Pensacola, Portland, Oregon; Bellingham, Wash.?

If you have any information, remember what it will mean to this orphan boy. Everything you say will be considered confidential, if you so desire. Please send all communications to Dr. Emma Wing Thompson, 4513 University Way, Seattle, Wash.

DEXTER GENEALOGY

I have just received word from the Registrar General, National Society of Daughters of American Revolution, that my supplemental application has been verified on the records of Isaac Dexter, born June 13, 1744, who was in Capt. Ward Swift's 2nd Sandwich Co., which marched on the alarm of Apr. 19, 1775: services three days: Mass. Soldiers, Sailors Vol. 4, page 721.

You will remember that Isaac Dexter married Keziah Wing, and they were the parents of Nathaniel Dexter-the descendants of Nathaniel-might be interested.

Yours truly,

(Miss) Elizabeth Wright.