Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1911 — Birthday Surprise. [ARTICLE]

Birthday Surprise.

Mrs. C. H. Peck very happily surprised her mother, Mrs. Allman, last Friday afternoon by inviting twentyfive ladies to come and help celebrate her mother’s 77th birthday. The fact of the accomplished surprise, the presents, postcards and hearty congratulations made the occasion one of great pleasure to these Mothers in Israel. The guests were asked to relate some incident of their earlier lives. Bear stories, Indian stories and piioneer adventures caused the time to pas > very rapidly. It developed that Mrs. Jas. Greene was the oldest resident present Fifty years ago she came to this vicinity, when there was no Remington. Dainty refreshments were among the pleasures of the afternoon. Miss Lucile Sharpe gave several readings. The rainy weather kept some of the invited guests from attending.