Show MATHESON FAMILY HOLDS deunion IN CANYON special to the times during the visit of mr and mrs wm J matheson and part ot of their family including their daughters mrs kathleen gooch miss editha matheson and mrs gorchs son junior and their son mac who wh has just returned from his missionary services in great Bri britain iain a matheson family party was held at willow springs in beautiful second left hand canyon on monday july 3 1939 more than people including many close friends were in attendance coming from salt lake city panguitch milford enoch cedar city Mil valley st george and wm J and family from duncan arizona simon A matheson biest living son of alexander matheson was irl in charge of the afternoon program visiting singing story telling and games were enjoyed david matheson 83 year of age 1190 and oldest living member sang two numbers A most interesting part of the program was the report given by mae mac matheson who has been successful in obtaining a very splendid history of the matheson clan in scotland and had bad spent sometime in the library at edinburg gathering genealogical data daniel and catherine treasurer matheson who came to parowan carowan in 1862 were the first of the family to immigrate to utah and were the common ancestors of t the he group represented monday many happy memories were recalled and new contacts made the members parted feeling that the family as an institution is a splendid organization |