Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-28
No More Postponements of Old
Settlers Annual Picnics.
ENJOYABLE MEETING YESTERDAY
i, Spite of Mondays Rain and Tues
day Mornings Clouds There Was a
Good Attendance and Affair Was
Observation-Disclosures Elected.
lFrom Wednesdays Da!ly.l

lFfom wednesdays Datly.l
There will be no more postpone
ments of the, future Wapello county
Old Settlers reunions and picnics, ac-
cording to a resolution adopted at the
meeting held at Agency yesterday
The reason given for the action is that
If the weather is too bad for the occa-
sion to be a success it will postpone
Itself. The picnic held at Fullens
grove in Agency yesterday was a de-
cided success in spite of the fact that
there was much smaller attendance
than there would have been had the
weather on Monday and on Tuesday
morning been favorable. However,
there was little or no rain in the
northern and northeastern part of the
county, and the people of those por-
lions went TO Agency in large numbers
to enjoy days outing. The princi-
pal speakers, most of whom reside in
Ottumwa, did not attend the reunion,
but nevertheless the day was spent in
a most enjoyable manner.
Officers Elected.
The meeting of the association was
held in the usual manner, and in ad-
dition to passing the resolution above
mentioned, providing that hereafter,
when the date is once fixed for the re-
union no postponement shall be de-
clared by the officers for any reason
whatsoever, the officers for the ensu-
Ing year were elected:
President-Jacob Lowenberg, Dab
lonega.
MISREPRESENTATION w. A. McIn-
tire, Ottumwa.
Secretary-Dr., J. F. Newell. Agency.
Treasurer-Major A. H. Hamilton,
Ottumwa.
Historian. L. Hartman, Ottumwa.
Executive Committee. L. Nye, S.
B. McClung, David Jay, Hon. S. H.
Harper, Elijah Johnson.
Township Vice-Presidents.
Agency-W. w. Connolly.
Adams-David Jay.
Cass-J. M. Swope.
Center-S. B. Evans.
Columbia-Abraham Stuber.
mpetine-George w. Dickens.
Dahlonega-John Giltner.
Green-Samuel Randall.
ighland--George w. Buckner.
Keokuk-John McWilliams.
Pleasant-John Kreigh.
Polk-Curtis Chisman.
& Richland-Ira Wilson.
Washington. +. Newell.
Why Not ottumwa?
The arrangement by which the Ole
Settlers association secured for it!
annual picnics the Fullen grove a
Agency, has expired, and there is now
an opportunity for another place to Sc
cure these annual events Caldwell
park, in the West End, is the best
place Ottumwa has to offer, and is
really the only park in the county thai
is fitted for use as a picnic ground
without making added arrangement
which require both time and money
Ottumwa is in the center Of the county
and all the railroads in the county cen
ter here. These are given as the reai
sons why in the future the picnic
should be held here.
~ Gone to Their Reward.
The number of the remaining pio
neer settlers is fast growing smaller
Every year number of these old resi-
dents are called to their reward
Since the last reunion, which was hell
: at Agency September Is, 1901, eighty
one of their number have passed
away. Many names are included il
the list of men and women who resid
ed in Wapello county from fifty t.
sixty years, and to them, with the re
naming pioneers, much of the credi
is due for the present wealth of We
pello county. The following is the lis
as compiled by J. l.. Harmon, histol
ian of the Old Settlers association:
w. w. Pollard, died September 1e
1901, at Ottumwa, aged &C years. Ha
lived in Wapello county thirty-si:
years.
Mrs. Mary A. Tolles, died septembe
%, 1901, at Ottumwa, aged 62 years
Had lived in Wapello county for fort
years.
]. H. Porter, died September "a
1901, at Ottumwa aged II years.