The site of the first Catholic mission established at The Dalles, May 16, 1848, by the Reverend L. Fosseau, was marked by a bronze plaque June 21, 1936. The mission was a mile west of the city, near the present county hospital. The Right Reverend Edward J. Kelly, of Idaho, delivered the principal address. M. Z. Donnell read a sketch of the mission. Relatives of Father Mesplie, one of the early day priests of The Dalles, unveiled the tablet. The names of early settlers who were baptised in the mission were read. The ceremony was sponsored by the Wasco County Pioneers' Association, which has been active in placing markers at historic spots in Wasco county.
Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers sponsored the dedication of the bridge crossing Paradise Creek on the Umpqua River highway, July 26, 1936. The bridge was dedicated to the memory of the pioneer stage drivers of that section.
REUNIONS
DESENDANTS AND relatives of David R. and Mary Lewis held a family reunion at Helmick Park, July 26, 1936, Officers for the coming year are: A, R. Lewis, Crabtree, president; Mrs. Wallace Brown, Monmouth, vice president; Mrs. James Lewis, Monmouth, secretary. David and Mary Lewis came to Oregon in 1845 and settled in Polk County where Lewisville is now located.
The 37th annual reunion of descendants of Francis and Elizabeth Perry, pioneers of 1847, was held July 12, 1936, at the George W. Perry farm near Houlton. Officers elected were N. A. Perry, Portland, president; Eona Massey, Portland, secretary; Roy A. Perry, Portland, historian.
A family reunion of descendants of Daniel and Elizabeth Trullinger was held at Union Mills in the Molalla, August 2, 1936. The occasion was also the celebration of the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Trullinger. At the election of officers Ed Trullinger was chosen for honorary president; I. C. Trullinger, acting president; Grace Trullinger Eustice, Yamhill, secretary.
Decsendants of Trueman and Jairus Bonney, pioneers of 1846, met at Silverton August 9, 1936. R. J. Hendricks, Salem, told some interesting facts about the family. Officers elected were: Ralph Bonney, of Powers, president; Curtis Bonney, Klamath Falls, vice president; Etta Bonney Hall, Woodburn, secretary-treasurer.
Nearly one hundred members attended the reunion of descendants of Clinton, Thomas, Albert and Gilmer Kelly at Portland, June 27, 1936. Clinton and Thomas Kelly came to Oregon in 1848, Albert in 1849 and Gilmer in 1852.
Five generations of one family were present at the reunion of descendants of Jacob and Abraham Henkle at Corvallis, June 27, 1936. A picture in the Oregonian, July 5, shows Mrs. Rachel Kitson, the great-great-grandmother, Mrs. R. B. Mason, great-grandmother, Mrs. L. M. Wright, grandmother and Mrs. Nellie Huffman, mother of Gordon Leroy Huffman, great-great-grandson.
Representatives of twenty-seven families were present at the reunion of descendants of Samuel and Robert C. Kinney, August 9, 1936, at Champoeg Park, Dr. Alfred C. Kinney, Astoria, was in charge of the program,
The fifth annual reunion of descendants of Reason B. and Martha Wright Hall took place at Champoeg Park, July 19, 1936. Mr. Hall was a pioneer of 1846 and the founder of the town of Buena Vista.
The Hannah-Arnold clan, descendants of pioneers of 1854, had
