Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-05
orTuMwANs in CALIFORNIA.
Annual Picnic Held January 22 at Pas.
adena in Honor OF lowans.

Several Ottumwa people were pres
emit at the second annual picnic, COM
posed OF parties from Iowa, which was
recently held at Pasadena, Cal. Mrs.
Caroline Eckers, Gus Applegreen and
Henry Pallister, who are spending the
winter in that country represented
this city. The picnic was held Feb
ruary %, and is to be made a perma-
nent affair by which Iowa people may
meet and renew acquaintances.
There were 5000 present, OF which
1,49S were registered. This register
shows the California and Iowa address
and is arranged by counties, also the
date of location in each, state One
elderly gentlemen went up to register
from his Iowa county and after doing
SO was looking over the list, when the
gave shout at the discovery OF a
name. He says, tsDo you know any
body from Long Beach?" eyes, why
so?' Here is the name Of one of my
boyhood friends that have not seen
for forty years, and he has registered
as living at Long Beach,"
He was assisted in his search and
one recognized the other. Then they
SehA1O tS6CllCl III al cuuUIdCe. LdLer
they We're seen sitting of to them
selves oblivious OF the thousands who
were going and coming all around
them.
Twelve people registered who went
to Iowa over fifty years ago. They
were Mrs Caroline Eckers, Ottumwa,
1912; U. L. Perdan, West Point, 1913;
Mrs. H. Montague, G. Dowell. Clinton,
1895; j. Langford Herrick. Lyons,
1915; A. S. Way, Trenton, 1913; Ma
than Udell, Centerville, 1S49; ~. w.
McManahan, Davis City, 184g; VIM.
Thornton, Ankehy, 1873; G. M. Par.
sons, Clinton, 1850; Mrs. I'LL. Perdan,
West Point, 1850: ". H. Cook, Davis
City, 1851. HI 3sg. ii
i Some Old Residents. IT.
There we're fourteen who were over
rs years old. They were: G. G.Haines,
Mrs. c.. G. Hainss, S.sH. Taft, II. A.
Cook, John Dicks, Mrs John Dicks, W.
H. Lunt, G. M Parsons, Carver Thomp-
son, J T. Carsons,,J. VIM. Wood Hen
Try Thompson, son.in-law of John
Brown. Of Harper's Ferry fame, Judge
u. r. Kinney and James Townsend.
Among the many present were
Judge j. r. Kinney and wife of San
Diago. The Judge was a member of
the first supreme, court of Iowa, after
tits admission as state, serving seven
years. At IS he is hale and hearty.
The others were Stephen H. Taft,
founder Of Humboldt college; Fred H.
Taft, former editor of Humboldt Kos.
mos; Col. j. X. Thompson, of Rock
Rapids. post department commander
G. A. R.; J. Donnell, member congress
Of KeOkuk county; Senators Delos,
Arnold and H. G. Henderson, of Mar
shall county; Nathan Udell, Appa.
moose; T. J. Caldwell, Dallas; Rich
ard Price, Winterset; DR.. G. j. Cook,
Hardin; j. F. Taylor, Des Moines; ex.
Sheriff Bliss, of Webster county
Frank T. Piper. Of Sheldon Mail; w.
Atwood, Baskerville.
Personals About loWans.
The late arrivals at the hotels In
Los Angeles are: Julius Keinz and F.
A. Corey, of Wrisley, Iowa, at the Ma.
tick; ]. H. Patterson, of Winfield, 10.
wa, at Natick: Gus Appregreen, OF.
tumwa, Iowa; w. H. Pallister, Ottum
wa, Iowa; e. T. Woodbury. and wife,
Council Bluffs, Iowa; Sidney Julian
Waterloo, Iowa; Albert Johnson, Lyn'
vile, Iowa.
Rev. c. /. McElhenny, pastor of First
Presbyterian church of Fairfield, Iowa
and B. s. McIlhenny, are taking in the
scenery Of Catalina for a week or two
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