Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 306, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1916 — Four Generations Eat Christmas Dinner Together. [ARTICLE]

Four Generations Eat Christmas Dinner Together.

It was a happy group that surrounded the table in-Alexander Merica’s beautiful home at the comer of Washington street and McKinley avenue, in this city, last Sunday and enjoyed a bountiful Christmas dinner. Four generations were seated at this festive 'board. Great-grandmoth-er Louisa A. Boyer, grandmother Mrs. Alex Merica, father Dean Merica, and son, Donald (Snooky) Merica. Great-grandmother Boyer is 77 years of age. Shefis the mother of eight children. Three of them are men and five of them are women. The eight are all married and are members of the Christian church. Two of them are preachers. Rev. T. A. Boyer is the pastor of a large church at Oakland, Calif., and Rev. E. E. Boyer has a similar position at Plymouth, Ind. ..The other son, Dr. J. S. Boyer, enjoys a large practice in the city of Sacramento, Calif. If the other four daughters are as happily situated as Mrs. Alex Merica, of this city, Grandmother Boyer has every reason to he as prirnd of her daughters as she must be of her sons. > We are all happy to have Grandmother Boyer and her children with us and The Republican extends to. her and to them all a Happy New Year Greeting: