The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-19
PICNIC WAS
A SUCCESS
Thousands of People Sw arm
to Lincoln Park.
EVERYONE twas HAPPY
Merry Crowds Invade All
Parts of the Park.
Program Rendered, Athletic Events
are Held and a Ball Game lie
Played In the Afternoon.

One OF the greatest public de-
monstrations ever made in Marion
was the occasion of the great
uuioD Sunday school picnic held
at Lincoln park Thursday after
noon and evening. Fully tive
thousamd people visited the park
during the afternoon and evening
and more orderly crowd could not
be found anywhere
Jupiter Pluvius was exceptionally
kind and contributed his share to
success of the occasion. Had the
committee ordered the weather es-
|pecially for the occasion 1t could
not have been more suitable. The
evening especially was perfect and
the thousands who roamed the park
were intoxicated with pleasure at
the grandeur of the night.
Fifteen Sunday Schools were re-
ported at the occasion. 1t was the
formal opening of Marion parks and
had the service board planned for
la century, II cuold not have fixed up
on a better idea of celebrating the
|event From two o'clock in the af-
ternoon until IL in the evening. the
Marion street railway company had
more customers than II could carry.
People simply swarmed to and from
the park and everybody vas appar-
emily having a good time.
At 2:30 O'Clock an interesting pro-
gnlm was carried out at the park. J..
b. Virden, president of the union,
acted az chairman and after q shor,
pleasing speech, he introduced Rev.
George Barnard. who pronounced the
invocation. . The Steam Shovel band
was present and rendered several
selections a sa part of the program
and continued their excellent concert
In the evening.
| .IOne of the most eloquent talks OF
the afternoon was the address OF Rev.
Father Joseph Denning who dwelt for
thirty minutes on the theme, ''The
Outdoor Life" He paid an eloquent
Tribute to the Sunday School teachr
| and officer, the school teacher and to
others giving their lives to the edu-
cational cause.
Rev. j. p. Currin talked tlnter-
estingly for half hour on the theme
"The Religious Wants OF Our City. "
The address was exceptionally well
received and proved one of the not
able features Of the occasion.
At the conclusion of the address an
informal program consisting of ath-
letic events was pulled off. Running
races, shoe races. three legged races
coat contests and various outdoor
sports were enjoyed.
Perhaps what might be considered
the most important feature of the
lafternoon's entertainment was a ball
game, which was pulled off at 4
O'Clock A team representing Ep-
worth M. E. Sunday School played
team picked from the remaining
fourteen schools. 1t resulted in Ep-
worth winning by the score of IL to
lS. The battery FOR Epworth was
Gray and Burr. For the union, Rev.
Mapes, Mlnnehan and Cunningham.
The great success OF the affair was
largely due to the efforts of the of
ficers in charge who were as follows:
j. B. Virden, president; d. c. Mel
sen, secretary; J. C.. Markert, treas
! urer.
The committee on refreshments did
very commendable work and the total
lreceipts from the three stands netted
1929 80. The committee was COM
posed of Frank II. Owen, A. Rob-
|ertson and Otto Grossglaus.