Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-02-23
PICNIC
IN CALIFORNIA Il
FORTY THOUSAND IN ATTEND
ANcE AT BIG OUTDOOR FETE
IN LOS ANGELES.
MANY FROM THIS SECTION
Registration by Counties Brings Out
That Many From Ottumwa and
- Vicinity are Attending
Event.

Los Angeles. Cal, Feb 22.-Th'
.. Iowa Association of Southern Califor
mia is today holding its great annua
picnic at Eastlake park, with an est
mated 10000 in attendance. The larg'
park is crowded like county fair, ant
everybody is enjoying himself. Thu
speech-making is going on, but it I:
only the immediate circle that car
hear, so great is the crowd.
| Again this year, the registration BY
i counties is a great help in locatins
ones friends, and in addition there are
4 several new booths, notable among
which is the special booth for the vet
Grams of the Fifty-first Iowa regiment
This splendid regiment, with it's bril-
liant record in the Philippines, where /;
took part in. many notable engage
ments, has quite number of its Off
GERS and enlisted men now living in
Los Angeles and nearby towns and to-
4 day they are meeting their friends at
their own particular booth.
The Iowa Association proper dates
back to 1900, when about 5000 enthu-
siasts met at Pasadena, to organize.
cince then, Washingtons birthday has
ways been Iowa day and the an
hual picnic has been a notable event
! am ng the city's festivities. The assO-
citation has grown by leaps and bounds
and now numbers in its rolls over 50,.
! 900 members 1t leads the other state
societies by wide margin, both ain
numbers and enthusiasm, supplement-
i~g it's mid-winter picnic by an outing
at the beach during the summer
months.
The officers of the association this
year are Hon. Stephen H. Taft, honor
sary president; DR.. Edward Hender-
son, president; P. S. Rishel, vice pres
ident; Frank H. Nichols, treasurer and
G. H. Parsons, secretary.
Among those attending the picnic
were noticed the following: l.. U.
Mckee. formerly of Waukon; Mr.. and
Mrs. o. H. Maryott, of New Albin;
Mr. and Mrs Charles O'Kellor Mrs.
Ella Leithold, G. j. NJ. Van Velzer,
Joseph McCundiff and Joseph Kieser,
of Postville; Mrs. l.. NJ. Judd, Hardin;
+. r.. and C. w. Bowman, J. L. Snavely
and Mrs. Snavely, E. NJ. Syp, Mr. and
Mrs. M. R. Stewart, of Greenfield:
Mrs. stibbins. Adair; Mr.. and Mrs.
G. Littleton. Avondale; w. F.. Clay,
Adair: D. M. Ross, Hebron; Mrs. s.
S, and Daisy Dean and c.. P. Wallace,
Spirit Lake; Mrs. S. J. Pegger, Lake
Park; S. c. Griswold and A. L. Austin,
Oskaloosa; M. G. Potter. Mr.. and Mrs.
Homer Calkins, Milford; Mr.. and Mrs.
C. H. Belts. Guthrie Center; Mrs.
George Dixon and e. E. Hadley, Stuart,
C. NJ. Buck and Edward w. Hopkins,
Guthrie Center: Mrs. G. H, Worrall,
Dexter; j. W. Abingdon, Webster
City; Mr.. and Mrs. c.. Miller Will
liams; Mr.. and Mrs. J. u. Richardson,
j. w. Garth, F. c. Miller and Mrs Mil
Ter. Webster City; Miss Florence "A.
Miller, Mr.. and Mrs. T. M. Price, Mrs.
J, B. GriLffith. Mr. and Mrs. A. Pal
mer and G. T. Ackley; Mrs. Eta
Setchell, Little Sioux; Mr.. and Mrs.
G. B. Scofield, Missouri Valley; Mrs.
E. Kemp Roberts, Dunlap; George H.
Hardin and Mrs. George S. Anderson,
Missouri Valley; DR.. and Mrs. D. V.
Hall. Woodbine; Mrs. w. T. Harrison,
r. w. Prim, II. G. Harrington, Mrs. s.
E. Page, Miss R. C. Stevenson, J. w.
Allin and Mrs. Allin, Miss Ellen NJ.
X, L. J.
and J. P. Cutler, Iowa City; Mr.. and
Mrs, Frank Friend, Missouri Valley;
Thomas Townsend, Des Moines; c. g.
Kidder and Mrs. Kidder, Epworth; |
Jason Russell, Mrs. Anna Booth Par
sons, w. F. Moore, Mrs. ]. F. Clement,
Mrs, Katherine Hoffman, A. c. Tiede, |
Mrs. Ida Goodwin Tibetts, F. W.
Brown, Mrs. Mabel Ruggles Hlilman.
Jacob Kuntz, Mr.. and Mrs. R. w.
Spensley, George I. Mosher, John |
Phelan, all of Dubuque; H. S. Briggs
and T. B. Banton, Epworth; R. M.
Close, w. w. Warren, Thos. Springan,
and Mrs. Springan, Mr.. and Mrs. lssac
B. Lee, Iowa City; William r. Doron,
H. P. Lewis, c.. Y. T. Penrose. Mrs. J.
j. Richards, j. l.. W., Lutte and Mrs.
Carl Boron, Cedar Rapids; John S.
Adams, Fred Jacobs, Mr.. and Mrs,
Joseph King Mrs. E. E. Cotton, Mr..
and Mrs. j. F. Johnson, J. L. Leavitt
and Charles Wood Waterloo; c. j.
and M. D. Philler, Cedar
Falls: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nelson,
Mrs Kate Whalen and J. w. Van SAINT,
Keokuk; Mrs. f. S. Mamie and T. F.
Schenk, Fl. Madison; H. Hulsbert.
Mrs. L. E. Davis, Mrs. NJ. E. Melvin,
Mr. and Mrs E. W. Emery, James
Nell, Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Garvey, Mar
shalltown: E. E. Thompson. Col and
Mrs. A. B. Shaw, G. D. Critel, A. T.
D. M. Johnson, j. B. Her
riman, Mr.. and Mrs. l. N. Rice, Chas. |,
Ainsley, Mrs. May Sherman, Mrs. w.
H. Conaughty, M. E. Beeks, Mrs. G.
B. Wright and Mrs! Jack Christie, Des
Moines; Miss M. Bell, Mr.. and Mrs. /
J M. Bell, George B. Scofeld, Mr.. and
Mrs. R. E. Watt, Mr.. and Mrs. Hugo
M. Cross, Mr. and Mrs. Charles F.
Snider. Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Brock
Council Bluffs; John Schofield, Mrs.
c. A. Gaspard. D. j. Steiner, Mrs. N. ;,
K. Fluke, Mr.. and Mrs. E. Richman .
Holmer E. Chantry, Mr.
and Mrs. j. E. Waldron, Sioux City;
D. M. Goodwin, Mrs. Edward F.
Ahrens, Mrs e. A. Lynn. Hawarden:
Mrs. J. A. Board, Mrs. NJ. E. Swift, Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Hines, Ottumwa and1
others.
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