Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1901 — OLD SETTLERS' MEETING. [ARTICLE]

OLD SETTLERS' MEETING.

A Balloon Ascension Will be One of the Features. s. At a meeting of 'the officers of the Old Settlers’ Association and the committee appointed to confer with 1 the citizens and business men of Rensselaer, on last Saturday, it was decided to have a reunion on the same general plan that lias been followed heretofore, with the additional attraction of a balloon ascension, provided arrangements can be made on reasonable terms, and the secretary was intrusted to correspond with an aeronaut living at Francesvllle, The directors and executive committee will hold a general meeting at the east court room on Saturday, July 27, 1901, at 2 P. M. and every director is requested to be present, also such other old settlers as have suggestions to offer toward making the 1901 meeting a greater success, if possible, than any that * have been held heretofore. At this meeting the program arrangements will be made aml.ull are requested to suggest suoli numbers as will be appropriate for this reunion. As no important gathering has beeft held in Rensselaer tl}ls year it is hoped and believed by the management., that with the co-operation of citizens and others that this reunion can be made an attraction that will be beneficial to all who attend.