Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 227, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1915 — GAVE DINNER TO SOME OLD RESIDENTS [ARTICLE]

GAVE DINNER TO SOME OLD RESIDENTS

C. M. Paxton Entertained Five Whose Total Ages Was 328 Years— Had a Fine Time.

Mr. and Mrs. Chas. M. Paxton entertained five aged widows Wednesday at a noon day dinner and four of those who were their guests totaled 328 years of age, an average of 82 years. The oldest was Mrs. Jared Benjamin, aged 91; the second was Mrs. D. L. Richardson, aged 83 ;the third was Mrs. Micha Halstead, aged 78, and the fourth was Mrs. James Yeoman, aged 76. Mrs. John C. Martindale, aged 66, daughter of Mrs. Benjamin, was the other widowed guest. Of the younger set dinner guests were Misses Martha Benjamin, Edith Paxton, Nine Martindale and' H. R. W. Smith. Their ages are not furnished and Mr. Smith, who iA a retired newspaper man, says that he was unable to find out.

Mr. Paxtoon took the guests to his home in his auto and also took them home. The day was enjoyably spent in relating reminiscences of Jasper county and 'as all are very old residents and of very alert minds they recalled with distinctness many interesting events that occurred in the long ago.