The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-08-01
RELATIVES SURPRISE
HORACE 4. ELWELL
Almost One Hundred Help
Milton Man Observe His
Eighty-first Birthday.

MILTON, Ind, Aug. IA pleasant
surprise was given Horace Elweii
Thursday at his home near Raleigh.
The occasion was Mr.. Elwells elghty-
first birthday anniversary, and the
surprise was arranged by his children
Mrs. A. F. Glidden, Mrs. Charles Rea,
G. Fl. Elwell and Mrs. B. F. Martln.
The house decorations were handsome
ly done in pink and white. In the
dining room, where an elegant dinner
was served to eighty-one guests, the
tables were beautiful in the color
scheme, pink and white roses being
used. A pleasing feature was large
birthday cake, decorated with eighty
one pink and white candles.
In the afternoon ice cream and cake
were served on the spacious lawn. The
day was delightfully."- spent by Mr.. FL
well and his guests, and he was the
recipient of many beautiful presents.
At the hour of retiring his many
friends wished him many more happy
birthday anniversaries. Those present
were Mrs. Savannah Miller Of Peru.
and Hiram Elwell of Milton, who with
Mr. .Elwell compose the surviving mem
bers Of their fathers family; Messrs.
and Mesdame J. d. Payne and family,
Hugh A. Payne and family, Franklin;
Carl Weyl and daughter, o. E. Hemp
hill, Mrs. Clara Clancy, Mrs. Dell Ben
son, Miss Grace X. Stephenson, lndl-
annapolis; Mrs. Linda Hinchmond,
Knightstown; Mrs. Ella Marven, Mr..
and Mrs. J. B. Marven, Miss Anna
Marven, Frankfort; G. H. Marven and
wife, Lebanon; Messrs. and Mesdames
Albert Williams and Frank Williams,
Richmond; Messrs. and Mesdames A.
F. Glidden, Horace Glidden and daugh-
ter, B. F. Martin and son Franklin,
Eli Marven, Mays; Mrs. Charles Rea
and son Horace, Falmouth; Mr. and
Mrs. Charles H. Elwell and sons and
daughter, Ralph, Horace and Miss Lu-
ella, Bentonville; Mrs. Oliver Manlove,
Miss Ida Jackson and daughters, Miss
Hazel and Miss Flossie, Lewisville;
Mr. and Mrs. l.. L. Broaddus and
daughter, Miss Merle, Miss Maggie
Powell, Mrs. l.. F. Powell, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Stone and daughter Jo-
sephine and Helen, Messrs. and Mes
danes Grant Williams and daughter
and son Maxine and Lawrence, Paul
Caldwell and daughter, Thomas Pow
ell, Theodore Hineman, Mrs. l. Zeller
and Scott Caldwell, Connersville; Hi
ram Elwell, Wilbur Elwell, Messrs.
and Mesdames Carl Williams and l.. +.
Zeller, Milton.
Horace Elwell was the son of Eli
and Elizabeth DeCamp Elwell, and
was born on farm in this township.
Club Entertains.
The Priscilla club will meet with
Mrs. F.. c. Mccormick Monday after
noon.
Mrs. G. B. Bryant was at Dublin
Thursday.
Mrs. Flora Ferguson visited rela-
tives in Dublin Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wallace and
Mrs. Harvey had as guests recently
Mrs. George Roundsville of Williams,
Ariz. -......
Mrs. James Coons is very i'll. suffer.
ing from gallstones. She was taken
Ill at Richmond. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Coons of Richmond are at her bed
side.
Mrs. D. H. Warren entertained at
her home on West Main street Thurs.
day afternoon in honor of Mrs. Jennie
Bartlett of Dallas, Tex, and Mrs. w
E. Wallace of Wabash. The house
decorations were simple and composed
Of flowers. Eighty ladies were pre-.
sent, all of whom were handsomely
gowned, and the company enjoyed the
lfterncn over their needlework and
beautiful fancy pieces. Mrs. Warren
.erved dainty luncheon. Among the
guests were forty-one relatives, mem
bers Of the Wallace family, which
1ates back into the early history OF
the settlement Of this township.
Among the relatives away from Mil
.on and immediate vicinity were Mrs
Bert Griffin, and Mrs. George Man
love of Connersville. Other out-of
own guests were Mrs. Sarah Potter
Gordon of New Castle, Mrs. Horace
Hurst and sister, Mrs. Harbeck OF
near Connersville, Mrs. Frank Mueller
of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Clarence
Langston of north of Dublin.
A short funeral service was con
Quoted at the home for the late Mis-.
Lorinda Mills, Thursday morning, the
Rev. Truman Kenworthy officiating
Mrs. Walton of Dublin gave two solos