Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 275, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1910 — Nine of the Oldest Men Entertained at Dinner Thursday. [ARTICLE]

Nine of the Oldest Men Entertained at Dinner Thursday.

The home of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Randle was the scene of a very pleasant gathering Thursday, Nov. 17th, the occasion being a mid-day dinner given in honor of Rensselaer’s oldest boys, nine of whom were there to answer present at roll-call. The names of those in attendance with ages and native states, are as follows: D. C. Hopkins, 89 years, Ohio. David" NoweTs, 89 years, Ohio? James Leatherman, 88 years, Pennsylvania. * —reSimon Phillips, 87 years, Ohio. George Daugherty, 83 years, Ohio. Joseph Parkinson, 82 years, Ohio. George Mustard, 80 years, Pennsylvania. J. T. Randle, 79 years. Virginia. Norman Warner, 77 years, Indiana. The aggregate of the ages is 754 years, the average 83 years. D. C. Hopkins was the oldest boy present, having six months the start of David Nowels. Norman Warner was [ the youngest, also the only native Hoosier. By the time all were assembled, Mrs. Randle, with her assistants, Mrs. May Witham, Miss Eunice Adamson and Miss Mary Leatherman, had the table loaded with everything good to eat, and the way in which they partook of chicken pot-pie, fried chicken and everything else, showed them to be boys still, although grown tall and gray. After dinner all repaired to the living room and the time was spent in pleasant conversation and story telling—fish stories seeming to have the preference. At three o’clock all departed for their homes praising Mrs. ’Randle’s cooking and thanking both Mr. and Mrs. Randle for a very pleasant day.