Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1916 — Mrs. John Carlin Given Birthday Surprise Dinner. [ARTICLE]

Mrs. John Carlin Given Birthday Surprise Dinner.

Relatives and friends to the number of about 65 gathered at the Carlin home just south of I’arr last Sunday in honor of Mrs. John Carlin’s 61st birthday anniversary. The guests had all arrived when Mis. Carlin reached home from church at in company with the family of her brother, S. A. Brusnahan, and she was greatly surprised to find the house occupied with friends with well-filled baskets of edibles. The afternoon was spent in conversation and vocal and piano music furnished by Messrs. Otto Schreeg and John Murphy and Mesdames Victor Brusnaham and Lee Rardin. All departed at a late hour in the afternoon, wishing Mrs. Carlin many happy returns of the day. xx