From August 31, 1911 edition of the Ridgeway Journal:
The A. G. Scott family (no relation) held a huge family reunion in the Ridgeway city park. Sixteen brothers and sisters were able to get together for the first time since their mother had passed away fourteen years earlier. “Six states were represented, as it were, by those who came from a distance. There was Charley from Chicago, Illinois; Ota from Towner, Colorado,: Minnie from Chase, Nebraska: Zenith from Washington, D. C. Edna, from Indianapolis, Indiana, and Eva from Topeka, Kansas, the balance of the family living ere There are sixteen in all and every one is enjoying the best of health.” The next day, 140 more family members joined them for a day of picnicking, games, music and stories from Uncle Bill Graham who told of how “he had marched into the battle of Gettysburg to the tune of "Smithton" which they had just played” and if the call came again, he would gladly join up again to serve his country.
The afternoon had a variety of entertainment including a family ball game in which Ol Scott “in a heartrending effort to make a home-run, went on on all fours between third and home, his wind about gone. He made a brave effort to reach the goal on his hands and knees but put out ten feet from the plate.” There was also “an interesting foot-race between Aunt Rachel Robb, age 82, Kenneth Scott, age 12. Mrs. Robb easily won, and undoubtedly holds the record for one of her age.”
Altogether it was a great day for the family and made many memories.
