The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-01

Big Crowd Assured.
II the celebration {. Centerville is
proportionally larger than the prelim-
mary gathering here. Wayne county
will hold the biggest picnic ever held
In this part of the state. From all
sides came predictions of the monster
crowd that will attend.
Machines were parked two abreast
on the streets and the boosters
swarmed the center. blocking traffic
and turning the town into big meet
ing place. During the evening more
machines. running independently of
the booster trips, came from Richmond
and Centerville, all loaded to capacity.
The boosters descended on Hagers-
town, overwhelming the good roads
boosters. The origin Of the trip is
traced to an invitation from Grover
Shinn, township good roads chairman,
who suggested that two or three ma
chine loads of Richmond good roads
boosters come to Hagerstown on We'd
nesday night to hear the Teetor band
concert. Lawrence Handley quickly
took up the idea and suggested the
county booster trip.
There were 140 orders for supper
from the Richmond crowd. Probably
100 others arrived later.
centerviIle Arrives.
At o'clock the Centerville trip
arrived from Dublin, making a spec
! tacular entrance into the town, each
kar carrying big sparklers. There
ere thirty-five machines In the party,
hiking trail of light mile long.
he passengers numbered $50 persons.
With this crowd to handle Grover
Shinn. the Teetors, L. A. Handley. W.
,. Jones and others quickly formulated
program OF speeches with numbers
Y the Whitewater and Teetor-Hartley
Rnds interspersed.
The program follows:
Nusic by Teetor- Hartley band.
Remarks by DR.. l. S. Harold, father
II Old Trails movement
/! Remarks by j. O. Blose, secretary.
of county good roads association.
Music by Whitewater band.
Good Roads in Wayne County" by
i. S. Bowman.
Music by Teetor- Hartley band.
"Get-together." by Charles w. Jor-
pm.
Cornet duet, Lothair and Macy
eetor
Concert program by Teetor-Hartley
sand
Shinn Speaks.
, Grover Shinn compared the value Of
the National Old Trails road improved
from coast to coast, with the Panama
canal. He said the road improvement
can be made to bind the nation at one
eighth the cost Of the Panama canal
He introduced DR.. !. s. Harold as the
father Of the National Old Trails
movement, in Wayne county. and
president OF the county organization.
The short enthusiastic talk by DR..
Harold was we'll taken. He gave the
>. A. RS credit for developing the
value of a national highway by start
ing movement several years ago to
place markers along the old trails.
designating them by the names given
them by the builders.
Wants Crop Exhibit.
The movement to improve the
National road under government con-
troll was started three years ago, he
said, when governors from all states
touched by old trails, appointed dele
gates to meeting in Kansas City.
The National Ola Trails association
was the result. He asked that the
Wayne county celebration Monday be
attended by big delegations from
every township, bringing wheat oats.
clover. alfalfa and other products of
the land with them fora farm products
exhibit
- His call for cooperation, was plea
. emulate Abraham Lincoln. who, dur.
ing the heighth of the Civil war, asked
Hcongress to appropriate $4,000, 900 for
railroad across the country and turn
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