The annual Lippard reunion will be held at St. Martin’s Church, five miles south of Statesville, Thursday, July 15th. All the relatives and friends of the Lippard family are easked to come.
This annual event was begun during the lifetime of Mrs. Margaret Lippard, who lived to be more than 102 years old. After her death the relatives decided to continue the reunions as a kind of memorial to her, the place thereafter to be St. Martin’s Church grounds as long as such place is available.
The present officers of the Lippard Association are: President, J.M. Lippard, Statesville; Vice President N.A. Lippard, Barber; Secretary, C.N. Yount, Hickory; Historian, Mrs. C.N. Yount, Hickory.
The program for the day is as follows:
10 a.m.—Exercise in Church
Devotional Service—Rev. J.L. Morgan, Troutman
Address of Welcome—Rev. C.O. Lippard, Landis
Response to Address of Welcome—J.M. Senter, D.D., Barber
Introduction of Speaker—Rev. C.M. Yount, Hickory
Address—Rev. H.B. Schaeffer, president of Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory
Noon--Picnic Dinner in Grove
1:30 p.m.—Business Meeting of Association
Recreations
From page 2 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, July 10, 1926
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