Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1910 — CHRIS SAC AND WIFE SURPRISED BY FRIENDS. [ARTICLE]

CHRIS SAC AND WIFE SURPRISED BY FRIENDS.

Aged Couple Quite Overcome When Friends Apprise Them That It Is Their Golden Anniversary. —* —• Twenty-four friends of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Sac marched into their cozy little home in the southeast part of town at 11 o’clock this Wednesday mornlpg Jnd informed them that this was their golden wedding anniversary They had not forgot the fact but were planning to spend it quietly and were so completely surprised at the invasion of their home by their friends that they could scarcely express themselves as the women guests busied themselves opening up the baskets that had been brought in and spreading a fine dinner.

F. W. Bedford presented Mr. Sac with a pair of gold rimmed spectacles and there were other gifts including a purse containing $10.75 and an envelope that was not to be opened until after the guests had departed. —_— All had a jolly time and they made the anniversary of Mr. Sac and wife a bright place in their lives. Mr. and Mrs. Sac were married in Jasper county and with the exception of a few years spent in Missouri their entire married life has been spent here. They lived for many years on the old McCord farm southeast of town. She is 71 years of age and he will be 73 next Saturday. They have no children.