Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-08-31
Stories and Letters.
ELvA TELLS OF THE PICNIC

Dear Editor and Juniors.-1 will
write a letter and tell you about our
third Junior picnic which was held
Saturday, August 10, 1912, at Ottum.
wa, Iowa, in Caldwell park.
1t was pretty cloudy and misty on
Saturday morning. My two sisters,
Ethel and Cecilia, and l, started from
our home at ten minutes to 8 o'clock
and arrived at the home of my friend
Edith Ever at ten minutes to nine.
Then Edith and Jeo Zwer, Ethel, &C.
ella and myself, all went down to the
Milwaukee junction where I was to
meet one Of my Junior friends, Neva
Espy. It misted a little while we
waited for the train. The train came
about 1914 Then We got Neva and
all started back for the Caldwell park
in hopes to meet lot of the Juniors
there When we got nearly to the
park. it began to rain very hard, but
we got in the band stand before we
got very wet There was only two
Juniors there when we got there.
They were, Creta Huston and Avis
Garretson,. Joe liver helped us as
far as the band stand. with our lunch
and Neva Shatel He intended to take
the Juniors pictures, but 1t was too
cloudy in the morning and Mrs. Weber
took them in the afternoon. We saw
two boys swimming when we got there.
We thought maybe thay were Juniors so
we went where they were and saw II
was Forest and Lawrence Weber. We
watched for every car hoping to see
more Juniors But In a little while
there was quite few there. Before
noon we went down to Crabb's boat
house. We had a fine time there.
Then we went back to the park and
swung a while. Then we had dinner
consisting Of buns, cake. bananas,
pears, pie, potato salad. plum jelly,
pickles, oranges, cookies. meat cheese,
candy, olives, beets bread. apples,
chicken and other things. When we
were almost through eating Vida Wahle
came. She was Just in time for din
ner After dinner 1t tryed to clear on
and finally did. We ran all over the
park and had fine times swinging.
Lillian Dawein had the headache for
swinging so much About 2:30 a few
of us Juniors, Maude and Mabel Skir-
vim. Hazel Vest, Edith and George
Fever. Ethel Cecilia and I. went to the
boat house again. We played there
a while and about o'clock the rest OF
the Juniors and Forests mother and
grandma came down to the boat house
and took our pictures. Neva Espy,
Creta Huston and Avis Garretson STAY
ed up in the park. Caroline Tout got
sick and had to go home before we
did We was all sorry it happened.
~ 10 went
town where we parted hiding each
other goodby, hoping to have as nice
at time at our next picnic. Edith, George
Ethel, Cecilia and went UP to see the
editor while. While down town we
saw one of our school mates Grace
INeaterown. On our way back to Ziver's
we stopred while at Crabb's boat
house. We got at Ziver's about
o'cloc, ice took our pictures, then
took us home in his row boat. While
at the picnic we looked for, Henrietta
Plaster. Albertina Park, Marie PIERCE
and a lot others and was very disap
pointed because they did not come
The ones at the picnic were:
Vida Wahle. Leona and Hazel Vest
Maude and Mabel Skirvin. Caroline
lTcut, Edith and George Ziver. Neva
Espy. Lillian and Frances Dahlen. LII
iljan Dawein, Avis Garretson, Creta
! Huston. Forest and Lawrence Weber
NV sisters Ethel, Cecilia and l. Mrs
Weber and her mother came In the
afternoon and ice liver was there
while in the morning. / met Maude
and Mabel Skirvin's sister down town
Your Junior Friend,
| Elva Huffman. age IS.
! Chillicothe. Iowa, r. r. NO. ].