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STILL YOUNG AT 94, IS GIVEN SURPRISEDavid Whitmire Plavs Violin Ik* I see I to Knlertain%Young Folks With Three-Quarters of aCentury A-lt;.On Sunday, October 6. tiic children,grandchildren and great-grandchildrenof David Whitmire, number I up r.o,surprised him in hi* home, three tulleseaat'of Navarre, honoring the ninety-fourth anniversary of his birth.Tile affair wsis pleasonth planned •nd when about noon he t:iv so many carriages coming up to the door heremarked to hid daughter: We are getting a good many visitors for one Sundav. and expressed anxiet a. to how they should be enteitalmd.As scon as the guest* had ali arrived. however, long tables were spread upon the lawn and u bin family dinner wa t arranged, dispelling hi*anxiety.Mr. Whitmire came to Cain n in 1834 when it was but a villas* and he ielates many interesting incidents connected with its early history.He la remarkably well for a man of bia age, being in perfect heslth excepting for an injmy received some time ago when he fell iu dismounting |Ba home.His mental tcult lee and he takes as much issues of the day as man. He cast hi? fiisi vote nearly 7:syears ago.In the afternoon music was furnished by the .voting people and Mr. Whitmire played several selections on his old violin with which he used to makemerry at the olden time festivities. He also sang several songs closing wit-h a touching hymn entitled ' The Christian's Farewell.He received many remembrances and tokens of esteem from those present, and from neighbors and absentMM£ .- u **;|i Present were;Mr. and Mrs. Abram Whitmire, Mr.and Mrs. Davidson ilrown, Mrs. Mary Brown, Mr. and*\lrs. Whitmire,Mr. and Mrs. .Sanford Whitmire. Mrs.1are unimpairedinterest in the when a youngiDAVID WHITMIRE.Ii-ta Wetter and children Bennie and Mary Wetter. Mr. John Whitmire, Mr. Carv Brown and daughters, Mr, (Jeorge Whitmire, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Whitmire, Mr. Charles Whitmire. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Shaeffer. Misses Iconic and Ruth Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Cly.ik* Brlnker and family. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Whitmire, Mr. and Mrs. John Thompson and children, Mr. and Mr*. Kdward Bussell and family. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil lx»o*, Miss Ginevra Brow n.
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Canton News Democrat
Canton, Ohio, US
Wed, Oct 09, 1912
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