Kate's Notes: For the convenience of fellow researchers, I am combining reports of Gilliland family reunions, specific to one area, into a single file. More reports can and will be added as they are found and transcribed.

From the Hutchinson News-Herald
Hutchinson, Kansas
04 June, 1956

Gilliland Reunion
Held Here Saturday

   THE ANNUAL Gilliland family reunion was held at the community house at the state fairgrounds Saturday with 70 attending. Among them were J. F. Gilliland of Hutchinson and his sisters, Mmes. Loren Leslie, Eugene, Ore.; A. R. Blackford, Hill City; Ora Leslie,  Beloit, and Arthur Honn, El Dorado. Mrs. Blackford and her sons, Maurice of Hill City and Roscoe of Garden City and their families, remained for a weekend visit with Mr. and Mrs. Gilliland. Others attending the reunion:
   Thelma Braden, Washington, D.C.; Keith Leslie, Miami, Florida; Mrs. Orvis Rupe and daughters, Chicago; David Schlingloff and Mr. and Mrs. David Schlingloff, Jr., Hill City;  Messrs. and Mmes. Charles Tice and family, and Milton Honn and family, Abilene; Lew Crossfield and family, Toronto; Arnold Weber and daughter, Anchorage, Alaska; Fred Gates, Earl Trenster, Mrs. Ralph Trenster and Ora Leslie, Beloit;  Arthur Honn, Mmes. Marjorie Reichert and son and LaDonna Adlesperger, Messrs. and Mmes. George Blackburn and children, Harley L. Foulk and daughter and Harold Honn, El Dorado; R. J. Gilliland and family, Charles Gilliland and family, Mrs. J. F. Gilliland, Mary Jane Inches and Arthur Quinn, Hutchinson.

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From The Hutchinson News
Hutchinson, Kansas
31 May, 1960

Gilliland Reunion

   Members of the Gilliland family met Saturday for their annual reunion in the Walnut Room at the Fairgrounds.
   In the group:
   Mrs. A. C. Gilliland, Arkansas City; Maurice Blackford and children, David Schlingloff, Messrs. and Mmes. David Schlingloff Jr. and family, Hill City; Ora Leslie, Beloit; Charles Tice and son, Abilene; R. J. Gilliland and family, Kenneth Blackford and family and J. F. Gilliland.

-- transcriptions by Kate Maynard, 2010