Mrs. Laurena Hains was very pleasantly surprised at her home on Spangler’s drive Sunday evening, when her children and other relatives dropped in to help her celebrate her sixty-third birthday anniversary. The guests brought well filled baskets and an elegant lunch was served. The evening was spent in an enjoyable manner with social conversation and music by R.E. Hains. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. F.A. Ross and sons, Elmer and Ralph Emerson; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Holbein and daughter, Myrtle May, and sons, Harmon and Russell; Misses Mary Hains, Clara Keck and Rosa Hains; Messrs. Leonard Patterson and R.E. Hains.
Source: Zanesville Times Recorder, June 18, 1909.