Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1910 — THE “OLD BOYS” ENTERTAINED. [ARTICLE]

THE “OLD BOYS” ENTERTAINED.

The home of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Randle was the scene of a very pleasant , gathering, on Thursday, Nov. 17, the occasion being a mid-day dinner given in honor of ’“Rensselaer’s oldest boys/’, nine of whom were there to answer “present” at roll call. The names of those ip attendance with ages and native states are as follows: D. C. Hopkins, 89 years... .Ohi6 David Nowels, 89 Ohio James Leatherman, 88. .Virginia Simon Phillips, 87 ..Ohio Geo. Daugherty, 83........0hi0 Joseph Parkison, 82...:.. .Ohio Geo. Mustard, 80. .Pennsylvania T,. T. Randle, 79........ Virginia Norman Warner, 77.... .Indiana The aggregate of their ages is 754 years, the average 83 years. D. C. Hopkins was the oldest “boy” present, having six months the start bi David Nowels. Norman Warner was the youngest, also the only native Hoosier. By the time all were assembled Mrs.; Randle, with her assistants, Mrs. May Witham, Miss Eunice Adamson and Miss Mary Leatherman, had the table loaded with everything to eat, and the way in which they partook of chicken pot-pie, fried chicken and everything else showed them

to be boys still, altho’ grown tall and gray. After dinner all repaired to the living room and the time was spent in pleasant conversation and story-telling. Fish stories seemed to have the preference. At three o’clock all departed for their homes, praising Mrs. Randle’s cooking and thanking both Mr. and Mrs. Randle for a very pleasant day.