Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1914 — County Commissioner Welch Given Surprise Saturday. [ARTICLE]

County Commissioner Welch Given Surprise Saturday.

Saturday, Feb. 21st, was not the anniversary of the birth of County Commissioner Charles A. Welch, of West Carpenter, but it was nevertheless made the occasion for a surprise dinner with Charley as the “goat.” He was pursuing the even tenor of farm life, giving occasional thought to the business affairs of Jasper county, which he Is so ably helping to manage, when in rolled some forty of his neighbors and prepared for a big dinner and a pleasant visit, and the day was most happily spent.