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;avy morning rains of late y Theresa Fountain. Freddie Fountain ht to,dampen the plans fojr-^ served as vice chairman of the reunion, Joey Fountain as secretary and Theresa Fountain as treasurer.
Entertainment was provided by ?Fuzzy? Tiblier and his band, featuring the vocalization of ?Fuzzy? and Stanley Fountain. Henry "?Buddy? Fountain was in charge of entertainment and led the group in singing the Star Spangled Banner at the beginning of the day?s activities.
intain-LaFontaine family i.buUonly delayed' the a for a few short hours. , ; Catholic Mass,' originally 4 for 9 a.ip. was held at 11 th a large group in atten-s the Rev. George Murphy tylass and officially opened ?s activities. The offertory de by the top honoree, Mrs. le FounUin Montgomery,
? by two of her children, Joseph Cecil Montgomery ?is Montgomery Stojcich. """ boys for the service were Fountain Jr. and Steve r. .
etting for the gathering was f Islands National Seashore t Ocean Springs and Albert Fountain served as general* an of the family reunion, the Id in ten years,
;r of ceremonies for the day ? ssell Quayp, who married tn-? Fountaifi . family? ^Brother i Lepre, a fountain "descen-ave the invocation and later afternoon gave an authentic rtrayal of the path of kinsliip down from the France-born rederique dit LaFonataine to ? Louis Auguste LaFontaine nown as Cadet) and husband >w LaFontaine.
: daughter Julienne LaFon-larried Jean Baptiste Ladnier ;ir daughter Julienne Ladnier d Francois Fountain (also i France) and the progenitors the Fountain descendants U} oh and Jackson counties. ? ;her Jerome Lepre was' ted-a-special certificate for [forts in researching the .ain-LaFontaine family
prize. Mrs. Geraldine (Fountain) Blessey reported that her newest granddaughter, Charlotte Paige Blessey, 10 days old Sunday, could
not be in attendance and was cer tainly the youngest.
Cecil Montgomery offered thi benediction at day?s end and Fred
reunion committee also ited special plaques to honor idow LaFontaine, accepted by :r LaFontaine Oliver, Bay St.
; and. to honor Dewey Foun-accepted by Mr,?. Dewey ieline) Fountain of New as.	i
i plaque to the honoree rine Felicia ' Fountain Mon-jry was presented to tliis ir-ol<4 matriarch of the Foun-clan.?She'is the only living. Idaughter of Francois and me Fountain. Her son, Cecil, sssed the thanks of Mrs. Mon-
Park rangers estimated the at-tendence at 1,000 in the reunion area and many other Fountain descendants were turned away after the park had reached its saturation point and the main gates were closed.
The day was ^pent in registration, meeting with olu friends, picnicking and swapping stories of the good old days. One of the most unique and original ideas was carried out by the Sheldon Fountain family who all sported white tee-shirts for the males and black and white striped blouses for the women with a Fountain-LaFontaine reunion logo on the front and a descendancy chart on the back.
Special awards were presented to ' Mrs. Amelia Alley as the oldest female descendant in attendance (82) (Emmanuel and Genevieve Fountain); Peter J. Lepre, oldest male descendant (8G) (Peter Lepre and Jospehine Fountain Lepre); Mitchell Everett Fortenberry, youngest descendant (6 week), parents are Melvin aud Mary . LaFontaine Fortenberry; and Myiv - na Fountain ^travelled the f?rtest (1,800 miles from Salt Lake City, Utah), daughter of Loren and ^Shirley Kw^jitain.
J A TV set was''pres?ii?d to Trey Gollott as the special attendance
ACCEPTING PLAQUE?Tuleter LaFuutaiue Oliver of Bay St. Louis, shown with her brother, Edwin LaFoauiae, accepts a plaque of reeoguitiou of the Widow LaFouUlut; at a recent reuuivu of the Fountain-LaFoutaiae families.
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