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Showers and Threatening Storms Do Not I Deter Boone County People Who Set Out for a Day's Pleasure.Inspite of a tew showers and a loudy sky, the Dairymen’s picnic ,t Memorial Park on Wednesday was in unqualified success. Rain and hreatening weather kept the people n during the morning, but in the aft-smoon they turned out by the housands. The crowds at the Mem-trial Park resembled the throngs [hat attended the old Boone county air in its palmy days. It is esti-uated that 12,000 people were on he grounds.The novelty ocntests, the ball lam.s the dairy exhibits, the colored azz band, and the airship rides were ill run off in great style. The track vhere various races were run, wasleavy, and was not eondusive to fast ime, but some of the contestants nanaged to cross the line each time ind get the prize money. Ice cream vas given away by the Indiana Con-lensed Milk Company by the hun-Ireds of gallons, people standing in ines and crowds for it all afternoon.At night, with the Dixie Jazz Band rfaying, a big public dance was held n the square. The north side of the quare was packed with onlookers, ind some difficulty was had in get-,ing the crowd to give the dancers sufficient room. The dance ended lbout 10:30.The dairy exhibit was one of the jest ever held in Boone county, and vas judged by Prof. O. B. Reed, head )f the dairy department of Purdue University. The contest was in charge of Perry Crane. The cattle ivere exhibited in the ring, and a pen «ras roped off for young heifers and sows. After the awarding of the prizes, Prof. Reed made an address jn “The Value of the Herd Sire,” explaining the necessity of getting a ?ood bull and building up a good herd from him.Motion pictures of various scenes pf the picnic were taken by the Empress Film Company, of Lafayette, employed by the condensed milk company. The little comedy, “Job and Martha,” depicting an old farmerand his wife, who have lived on the farm for several years, coming to the picnic, and seeing the wonderful sights, was completed. The pictures will be shown at a local theater September 21 and 22.A part of the play ground apparatus, bought for the park by the Indiana Condensed Milk Company, was up and was used to full capacity all day. The Lebarion, Jamestown and New Hope bands furnished music music during the day. Several times during the day, small showers threatened to drown out the huge crowd, but each time it cleared up and did no more than sprinkle. A big auto truck containing Sheridan people advertising the dairymen’s picnic to be held in that city next Wednesday, was at the picnic and paraded around the old race track several times.The Curtis exhibition biplane arrived from Logansport about noon, in charge of C. K. Vance, with C. A. Tarver as machanician. The big bird gave a thrilling exhibition before alighting on the field just north of the park, from which it carried twelve passengers during the afternoon. Pilot Vance proved himself a careful driver, and made those who took the flights as passengers feel safe and comfortable. The twelve passengers, in the order in which they were taken aloft, were Fred Spray, field agent of the Indiana Condensed Milk Company; Frd Parr, employed with the same company; Mias Wilson and Master Wilson, daughter and son of one of the proprietors of the company; J. A. Dawson, Herman Reynolds, Mrs. Flora Cline, H. Earl Miller, A. E. Dawson, Ralph Fisher, Oren Mangus and P. B. 'Winter. The flights were timed for fifteen minutes, and circled about the city twice, attaining an altitude of probably a thousand feet or more. Passengers paid a % dollar a minute for the trip, with a minimum of fif-
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Lebanon Pioneer
Lebanon, Indiana, US
Thu, Aug 14, 1919
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