Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1908 — A GROUP OF OLD TIMERS. [ARTICLE]

A GROUP OF OLD TIMERS.

A sight not witnesses on the streets If this town for years occurred Monday morning, when Wallace Murray, William Kenton, Joseph V. Parkinson, Henry Harris, Louis Davisson, Simon Phillips, Benjamin Harris and James Shindelar, Sr., were all on the street at practically the same time. These men are all early settlers and in* all probability would rank in the first row as the largest group of old settlers that have met for many a year. Their ages all range well up In the seventies, and some are past 40, Simon Phillips being past 86. And this group does not inculde the names of John Makeever, the dean of them all in age, William F. Powers, David Nowels, Wm. Bull or David Halstead, who live in town but who were not on the street on the morning in question. And all those mentioned appeared to be enjoying very good health, with a prospect of meeting again some years in the future. Here is to their future health and happiness, long may they live to enjoy the friendship of their fellows.