Mrs. Malinda Fordyce, of near Bluff, was given a pleasant surprise on Sunday when about seventy of her friends and relatives gathered at her home with well filled baskets to celebrate her 71st birthday anniversary. Mrs. Fordyce is a daughter of Spencer and Nancy Simmons, deceased of near Clarksville, and was born October 30, 1840. She was the recipient of many useful presents. Waynesburg Republican, November 2, 1911