South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-07-05
TEN THOUSAND ATTEND
PICNIC At RUM VILLAGE;
CITY LONELY YESTERDAY
Various Lodge and Club Outings and Family
Trips to Surrounding Lakes, Leave South
Bend Almost Deserted
Noise is Heard During Day.
SPRINGBROOK PARK DRAWS NEARLY 5000

South Bend yesterday celebrated a |
safe and sane Fourth Of July and still
maintained a spirit OF Americanism !
and patriotism without INDUCING TO !
excess in pyrotechnic displays The
mediurl FOR the most part was the |
picnic" The civic celebration az |
Rum Village or course took the
lead. Others that drew big crowds |
and left the city practically deserted
u ere the Knights or Columubs out
ing at Culver; Spanish Wa. Veterans
at PottawatOmie park the water
carnival at Diamond lake; the boss
races At SpringbroOk IN addition to
other attractions. those that were
left had private little outings at the
numerous lakes surrounding the city
Ten thousand south Bend folk
tramped the hills and dales of Rum
Village at the first municipal picnic.
scattered about the 1O4 acre park.
the hulsides dotted with sweltering
albeit happy and contented human
it's. picnic parties everywhere, south
Bend paid tribute 10 its newest and
largest park. and enjoyed safe and
sane Fourth of July.
Early in the morning. even before
the civic club parade the crowd be-
gan 10 stream into the park. Men
and women tugging lunch baskets,
little girls in white dresses. old and
Young. all came 20 swell the motley
crowd. with one or two slight eX-
ceptions the program of events went
off without "A hitch The "shebang"
opened formally with the coming of
the parade. Immediately followed by
the dedicatory exercises at which
the new park was dedicated TO the
public of south Bend
DO Thriving Business.
AT noon the gang was all there"
Refreshmeut booths. most of which
were i'm charge of the various civic
centers did a thriving business At
1880 o'clock the afternoon program
was started. beginning with the in
teresting maneuvers OF the South
Bend Turnverein and closing with
the sham Indian-soldier battle.
The civic club parade formed at
Kemble and Prairie avenues and at
10 o'clock started for the municipal
picnic. The various schools and civic
centcrs had floats while a number
of fraternal organizations had at
tractive floats. Nelson Jones. Craw-
ford staples. and Ben Yerrick. the
latter as Uncle sam, headed the pro
cession. following which a small
platoon OF police came, headed
los Capt Guy l.. Bunker. Next in
line was ElbeTs band, Harmony
Camp. No. IS. NJ. w A, followed by
the Montauk tribe 80. 426, Red Men
in their picturesque costumes. The
J.. %. T. NJ had a pretty float Next
i'm line was the school float in which
was pretty Miss Genevieve Hardy. the
goddess of liberty, and her attend
ants The south Bend TUrnverein
with their three floats was next in
order followed by the different
schools The CoQuillard. Perley,
Laurel. Elder oliver and Chief
Rum. Haley and sample portable
were well represented The judges
awarded the Turnverein the $25
prize for the best fraternal represen-
tation. and the Haley school the $50
prize for the most children i'm line.
Honorable mention was given To an
the organizations Members of the
-
were taken from the post head
quarters i'm large trucks and escorted
10 the speakers stand 20 be present
at the dedicatory exercises. All of
the floats unIoaded near the stands.
DC PAW Head speaks.
DIT Edwin r.. Grose. president Of
De Pauw university. delivered the
patriotic address of the day. His
talk was different from the usually
rally-around-t he-flag and remember
the constitution sort of Fourth of
July patriotic appeal lie enumerat-
ed three specific points. three gigan-
tic tasks FOR the patriotic citizen of
today to perform. In brief they
were: CD Noralize the material
forces of today CD put the great
dominating social movement in safe
hands. and C3) transform the rabid
insane. wicked nauonalism into a
mammoth spirit OF internauOnalism
and humanitarian.
IN developing his first point Or
Crosse said that ne spoke about the
great wealth OF this country. richer
IN resources than that OF any other
nation. with its capital well titled
farms. giant factories, productive
mines. and large forests. not I'm a
sense that the making OF more
wealth should be discontinued. but
that the great riches should he ex-
pended through proper channels
This" ne said. was higher pa
tuotism III those who possess the
great material worth do not use il
for themselves but. rather. FOR the
benefit OF all mankind. then theirs 8.
a spirit OF higher patriotism.
Iauds social Movement.
This social movement. that
speak or is movement that Is
sweeping on. 3p 90 you can't. de-
uounce il and yo,t waste your breath
Tn people are coming into their own
The damming OF treae onrushing. al
enveloplng waters cannot bee aC
complished. IL is becoming factor