Genealogy Q: Why are these men smiling?

A:

They’ve just attended the very first Gerking Reunion  August 9, 1959! It’s Oregon’s Centennial Year -- that accounts for Sam’s hat and beard. And the luau shirts? They were very "in" that year in honor of Hawaii's admission to the Union!

 
L-r: Ralph William "Bill" Perry, Jr., Hood River, OR;
Darrell Leabo, The Dalles, OR;
Sam Gerking, Hood River, OR.




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