Oley - More than 175 members of the Reider family gathered at George Reider's farm, two miles east of here, to celebrate the first annual reunion. The committee in charge was George S. Reider, Elwood Reider, Robert Wentzel and Albert Nein.

The event was informal and the several families brought picnic baskets well laden, the contents of which were spread out on long tables on the spacious lawn of George Reider's homestead.

After noon a brief business meeting was held and an organization effected with George S. Reider, President; Elwood Reider, Robert Wentzel, and Albert Nein, Vice Presidents; W.A.H. Reider, treasurer and Isaac R. Reiff, Secretary. This organization was charged with responsibility of arranging for future reunions for the family and gathering records of its history and family tree.

Those in attendance enjoyed the day. Music was rendered by an orchestra of boys from Pottstown, under the leadership of Leonard Huff.

A large proportion of those who attended were descendants of direct line from Johann, who was one of three original brothers who settled in the Oley Valley in colonial times. Johann was a ropemaker, who plied his trade on a farm about one-half mile east of Friedensburg, on the road to Kutztown, and who reared a family of elevan sons and daughters to maturity, all but one of whom reared large families. Of the elevan, all lived and reared their families in the Oley Valley, excepting one, who located in the State of Kansas. This one, Israel by name, had a number of children by the first wife, who remained in the East upon his removal to Kansas. He married again while West and has reared a large family in the eastern section of that State. None of these distant descendants were in attendance.

Of the two remaining brothers, Daniel and Jacob, there does not appear to have been so many descendants, although each was represented by several persons.