Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-06-16
ANNUAL OUTING
TO Be AT ELDON
P. H. NJ. A. A., DECIDE UPON A
PLACE FOR HOLDING PICNIC
THIS YEAR.
TUESDAY JULY
East End ltems Of General Interest
Old Timers Reeollections Of
the First Outing Of Nor.
rell's Employees.


Packing House Mutual Aid association
Of John Morrell & Co.'S local plant
has been located for this year at FL
don. The date has been set for Tues
day, July 81.
The arrival of the committee at a
definite date and place of holding the
picnic was only after a thorough can
vass of the numerous cities bidding
for the picnic. The committee in
charge has been untiring in its efforts
to select a suitable place and date for
holding the annual outing. Many of
the old timers recall the first picnic of
the employees at Agency.
Thomas McGarry, the chairman Of
the committee, has received many cor
dial invitations from different cities
asking that the picnic be held in their
cities. among them being Washington,
Davenport, Agency,
Burlington and Moberly. But on ac-
count of not being able to go so far
the committee extends thanks to these
cities for their invitation.
Some History.
This Is called the fourteenth picnic
and it is the fourteenth given by the
P. H. M. A. A., but Mr.. Foster gave
the employees a picnic at Agency in
August, 1886, when there were only
about 300 employed at the plant. Thos.
Swords was the superintendent One
train was run, composed of coaches
and few way cars. The occasion
was considered great one. game
of cricket was played and the usual
amount Of fun INDUCED in. The COM
pany paid the men for the day and
furnished their dinners. The late
superintendent, f. j. Bullock, and
George Mitchell ran foot race, Mr..
Bullock winning.
Many of the boys who attended that
picnic are dead, while many others
have moved away. Among those who
are here yet who attended that picnic
are: T. D. Foster, T. p. Spilman, G. L.
Blundell, A. R. Brown, John Allott
James Treneman, James DAILY. John
Breakey, VIM. Kidd and few others
This picnic was enjoyed so much that
it soon developed into the annual out
ing.
Other East End Items.
T. d. and f. H. Foster left England
on their return homeward June 10 and
are expected to arrive in the very
near future.
Misses Lee, Ella and Aura Dale
Mahoney, daughters of Inspector T. B
Mahoney, corner of Second anc
Van Buren, streets, leave today fol
Chillicothe, Mo-, to be gone about 81,
weeks, visiting with their grandpar
ents.
G. Kemptner, travelling salesman
for the Openheimer Casing Co., of Chi
cago, was here on business last Wed
nesday.
Hiram Alexander, an old settler O.
Wapello county, passed through the
city last Friday on his way to visi
his daughter in Kansas City. Mr.
town.
Guy Fraser of the office force re
turned last Friday from few days
vacation
Kirk Newell of Agency township
was stricken with paralysis last Wed
nesday at his home three miles cas-
Of Agency
T. H. Berry of the general Office
force will be on his annual vacation
next Monday.
Conrad Alther of the foreign pack
ing room is building a new house or
Adam street.
David Rosenbaum Of the higt
school has secured position with J
Morrell & Co. through vacation.
Miss Maggie Mckinney cashier
at the Morrell market, takes
her annual vacation next week, com
mencing next Tuesday. She will visi
Mr.. and Mrs. Leisure at their sum
mer home in Minnesota and expects
to visit Mrs. Bell Nelson at Milaca
MINI. Miss Maria Mckinney will BIZ
cashier in the market during the alb
sence of Miss Maggie.
Mrs. B. Dover, who works in the
trimming room was called to Mt
Pleasant last Thursday by the sudder
death Of her father.
Evangelist J. w. Foote, who na,
been compelled to be at home on &C
count Of the sickness of his wife TO,
the past ten days, left Thursday aft
e:-noon for Nichols, Iowa.
Mrs. Ada Gear and her daughter
Villa from Hopkintown, are here visit
ing at the home of her sister, Mrs. ]
w. 5Foote on Iowa avenue.
Will Ramsell, law student at lows
City, arrived home today. He leave.
for Des Moines Monday and will tray
ell this sumner for Shannon & Mott o
that city.
The Y. M. G. A. will conduct ser
vices at Agency tomorrow Afternoon
and evening. The quartet will sing ant
W., B. Ramsell will speak.
Andrew Rundell will speak at OLE
Chapel tomorrow evening at 7:45.
Burchard Peck, and old employee o
the packing house and well known II
the East End, sang at Laredo, Mo-, il
the Christian church June 4.
T A. L. Lewis, weighmaster at thu
stock yards, will be in Peoria tomor
row on business
Mrs. Viola Gallapin of the trimming
room was called home last Friday OF
account of the sickness of her child.
MARS HILL.