Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 126, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1903 — An Enjoyable Occasion – . x.i ,\Qrs"v [ARTICLE]

An Enjoyable Occasion - . x.i ,\Qr s "v

Was the assembling of 75 o t more of the relatives of Aunt Mary Coen, widow of Hugh Coen deceased, last Sunday Oct. 18th, at the home of her son, J. W. Coen, just north of town. The object of the meeting w r as twofold: First to celebrate her 69th birthday and second: to bid her ant) her daughter Miss Bessie good-bye, as they are about to leave for their home in Ledger, Oklahoma, after a visit of a couple of months, renewing old friendships and forming new acquaintances, all of whom regret to have them go. It is their first visit here in 11 years. The meeting of so many of these old friends was indeed very pleasant and as they all took with them well filled baskets, the dinner was no small feature of the enjoyment of the occasion. Such a dinner, only jthose who partook of it can imagine the quality and the quantity. The fragments seemed to hare been multiplied when taken up. » ~;4 These friends gave Aunt Mary as a present a nice black dress and several other articles, as a slight memento of their good will. After all this pleasure came the time to say good-bye the saddest word for ** ’Tis hard to part from those we love.” One of Them.