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LAWYERS ENJOYANNUAL PICNICONE HUNDRED TWBNTY-FIVE POUNDS OF FISH AND 600 P0UND8 WATERMELONS.DAY AT WALMUT GROVEShelbyville today was practicallywithout attorneys, as the barrister*left the dty to enjoy. Ihelr annualouting at Walnut Grove, on the banks of Big Sugar Creek, northwest of the city. Approximately fifty attorneys and their guests left Shelbyville this morning about nine o'clock to speed the day plcnlclng.The lawyers were planning to have a good time all day. and to it in their own way. Will Yarling started away with a bunch of horseshoes and some stakes, intending to inveigle some of his comrades into pitching the shoes. Elmer Baaaett had his famous “frog” while practically the whole crowd carried either a fishing rod. or a bathing suit. Claude Henry started for Walnut Grove at six o’clock this morning, in order that he might be certain to get there before the picnic was over.That the attorneys possess an enormous appetite when they aregrouped together, (a evidenced by the^ .great amount of food that was taken along. One hundred twenty-five pounds ot fish, obtained from Cincinnati, were fried up and eaten. Landy Shaw, well known chef, was the cook, and by the time he was through with the Job, was aware that he had fried a few flsh. In addition there were 500 pounds of watermelons for the crowd, with a great quantity of salad and other food that is always to be had at a picnic. Boggstown physicians were given a warning as the crowd passed through the town, to be ready for an emergency call any time after the noon hour.
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Shelbyville Shelby Republican
Shelbyville, Indiana, US
Thu, Jul 07, 1921
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