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THE DAIRYMEN PICNICShowers and Threatening Storms Do Not Ir•s3?3/i3stl19ft,tat,sear-Deter Boone County People Who SetOut for a Day's Pleasure.Inspite of a few* showers and a cloudy sky, the Dairymen’s picnic at Memorial Park on Wednesday was an unqualified success. Rain and threatening weather kept the people in during the morning, but in the afternoon they turned out by the thousands. The crowds at the Memorial Park resembled the throngs [that attended the old Boone count/ fair in its palmy days. It is estimated that 12,000 people were on the grounds.The novelty ocntests, the ball game, the dairy exhibits, the colored jazz band, and the airship rides were all run off in great style. The track where various races were run, was heavy, and was not condusive to fast time, but some of the contestants managed to cross the line each time and get the prize money. Ice cream was given away by the Indiana Condensed Milk Company by the hundreds of gallons, people standing in lines and crowds for it all afternoon.At night, with the Dixie Jazz Band playing, a big public dance was held on the square. The north side of the square was packed with onlookers, and some difficulty was had ia getting the crowd to give the dancers sufficient room. The dance ended about 10:30.The dairy exhibit was one of the best ever held in Boone county, and was judged by Prof. O. B. Reed, head of the dairy department of Purdue University. The contest was in charge of Perry Crane. The cattle were exhibited in the ring, and a pen was roped off for young heifers and cows. After the awarding of the prizes, Prof. Reed made an address on “The Value of the Herd Sire/’ explaining the necessity of getting a good bull and building up a good herd from him.Motion pictures of various scenes of the picnic were taken by the Empress Film Company, of Lafayette, employed by the condensed milk company. The little comedy, “Job andMartha.” deDictine: 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 Lebaifon, 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 cha«rge 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-(Continued from Papa EYmir 3
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Lebanon Pioneer
Lebanon, Indiana, US
Thu, Aug 14, 1919
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