(Newspaper unknown
date 1953)

CRISWELL REUNION
ATTENDED BY 137

       For the Criswell reunion held at Mackenzie State Park during the past weekend, there were 137 registrants, coming from as far away as California.  Distance record holders were Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Newlan from National City, Calif.
       The oldest person present was 74-year-old Mrs. H. A. Cook, Abilene.
       Elected officers of the reunion organization for the coming year were J. W. Criswell, Crosbyton, president; Miss Gertrude Schoolcraft, 1904 9th st., secretary-treasurer; and Mrs. Otto Crabb, Eastland, devotional chairman.
       Sunday's program included a devotional exercise conducted at 10 a.m. by the Rev. Alford Criswell, Abilene, and sermon by the Rev. Glenn O'Neal, also of Abilene.  The 1954 reunion was set for Lubbock next Aug. 13-15.

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Submitted by
Lena Stone Criswell