The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-28
A HUGE SUCCESS
Two Thousand People Participate In
Farmers First Annual Picnic In
This City Saturday.

| Ihls City Saturday.
Athena Band.
America. sung by everybody and
led by the Athena band.
Prayer.
Song. by two little girls.
Address of Welcome, Mayor No
Even.
Response, +. A. Sykes. of Milton.
Song, by Children of Lamar Union.
Address, W. Fl. Bleakney of Pen
dletou.
Song, Pendleton quartet.
Dinner
Athena Band
Address. A. A. Elmore. State organ
izer of Washington.
Vocal solo. Mrs. R. q. Sailing. of
Weston.
Recitation, Mrs. Harris of Athena.
Vocal solo, Jos. N. Scott, of Athena.
Address. DR.. N. g. Blalock. of
Walla Walla.
Vocal colo. Miss Zelma DePeatt, of
Athena.
Short addresses will be given by DR..
Campbell, James johnson, Alva
Shumway, d. @. Kirk, Chas. Hill. +.
A. Sykes and Others. interspersed with
songs and instrumental music.
Chairman. I. J. Lieuallen, Marshal
OF the Day, A. L. Swaggart.
That was the program and every
body and bis hired man had a good
time. The tadge of good fellowship
was worn by all and the first annual
picnic under the auspices of the Far
mers' educational and Cooperative
Union of Umatilla County went down
in history under the banner of success.
They came from everywhere, on
trains. in automobiles, carriages and
on horseback. The special excursion
train from Pendleton was crowded and
the one from Walla Walla brought
many more to swell the ranks of the
merrymakers. Everything took place
as scheduled except the weather and
the man who runs it down at Portland
turned on too much of his Alaskan
current and the Union should put him
III cold storage and thereby give him
some of his own medicine.
To begin with the most appropriate
parade ever witnessed ON the streets
OF Athena was pulled of under the
leadership of Grand Marshal A. l..
swaggart. Mounted on fiery steed,
bearing scepter-llke, hoe, he was
followed by ID automobiles owned and
driven by farmers. The appropriate
ness of the parade in connection with
the occasion was at once suggestive
and impressive because of the fact
that II anyone hereabout can afford
to own and ride in automobiles it ia
the farmer.
The program bristledwitb good fea-
lures. principal among which in the
forenoon was the song by the little
girls from Lamar Union; singing of
farmer songs by the Holdman trio, the
Pendleton quartet and DR.. Blakenoy's
and DR.. Blalock's addresses.
The pleasures of the basket dinner
were somewhat marred by the cold
weather, but nevertheless the contents
Of many baskets were spread on the
grass and partaken OF by the scores of
piCnioers.
In the afternoon Mr.. Elmore, de-
livered the principal address and held
The attention of large and apprecia-
tive audience. Short addresses were
made by others, including Prof. e. j.
Klemme
Songs and recitations were inter
spersed with these addresses and were
greatly enjoyed, especially the elocu-
tionary renditions of Mrs. Harris and
The vocal solos of Miss DePeatt. and
Mrs. Sailing, of Weston. And, by the
way, one of the best numbers of the
lay and which was not announced on
The printed program. was the aero
oatic stunt put on by Cass Cannon.
Mr.. Cannon performed feats of midair
equilibrium gyrations that simply as
his large audience--by proxy,
he did. Cass' act was all right. all
right.