Here is another in this series of Ritter family reunions, begun in 1898. The attendants are descendants of the four Ritter brothers: Paul, Heinrich, Martin & Caspar. This is a reunion that did not happen.
This article mentions people who usually attended from Ohio. My Ritter family was living in Ohio at that time.
Unfortunately, the Ritter reunion, begun in 1898, had to be canceled because of World War II and "unfavorable conditions."
Ritter Reunion Canceled Due to War Conditions
Ritter family reunion will not be held this year because of the gas shortage and other unfavorable conditions due to the war, Elias Ritter, North Market Street, announced today. Omission of the reunion was decided on by consent of the family. The reunion was to have been held during the last week in August at Rolling Green Park.
The Ritter family reunion is always an important event of the summer here as the family is one of the largest and most prominent of the section. Several hundred persons always attend and come from many states, about 25 or 30 attending from Ohio.
The family is looking forward to an even larger and happier gathering after the war.
The Daily Item, Sunbury, PA
2 Aug 1944, page 9
Newspapers.com
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