The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-07-26
THE WISCONSIN PICNIC

Last Friday at the east end of the
college grove, the Wisconsin people
who live in and around the city met
for their first annual picnic. Notice
had been published in all the papers
in the county, and about two hundred
and fifty people were present with
their lunch baskets we'll filled. The
picnic dinner was the first thing on
the program and all those present
punched themselves around in friendly
groups and got out their provisions
and altogether had a very satisfactory
feed. The lemonade being furnished
by the new Wisconsin Society.
After the demands of the inner mar
and woman had been attended to, the
chairman Of the organization meeting,
Geo. Duff, called the assemblage to or.
der and stated the plan OF keeping up
the old Wisconsin relationship by
means Of these annual picnics. He
called for some remaks from various
old residents and the following re-
sponded: J. p. Cheever, A. B. Dali
thOrp, Rev. B. A. Benson, H. B. Math-
ews, Rob't Henry, w. A. Caldwell, G.
N. Breed and Alice Ball Loomis. Many
pleasant "reminiscences were related
and lots Of people discovered in
amazement that their very next door
heighbor came from the same locali-
ties in Wisconsin.
A permanent organization was eff
fected and Geo. Duff was elected presi.
dent, H. B. Mathews, vice president
and Mrs. J. H. Bushnell, secretary.
After the formal melting, the rest of
the afternoon was spent in old neigh
bors getting acquainted, and many
people finding out that their grand
mothers used to wash clothes in the
same creek, and borrow each others
yeast from mother. The following is
a list of those who registered, but a
large number got away without put
ting down their names.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Allison, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. d. Kendall, Joe Mcknight, Cor
della Mcknight, Mr.. and Mrs. J. II.
Robert A. Storm, Mrs. L. H. Billick,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Glidden, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. J. Kendall, Miss Nellie Kendall,
Mrs. S. p. Miller, Mr.. and Mrs. H. II.
Avery, Mrs. Fred POlsean, Mrs. Frank
Slocum, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Duff, Mr..
and Mrs. E. w. Hyde, Mr.. and Mrs. q.
A. Loveland, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. p. CheeV-
er, Mrs. II. II. Hoy. Mr.. and Mrs. F. R.
Johnson, Chas. Lynch, Mr.. and Mrs.
II. X. Halvorson. Mr.. and Mrs. A. A.
Mccormick, Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Arthur,
Geo. II. Stoddart, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
West, Verne West. Mrs. Ethel Arne-
son, Mr.. and Mrs. C. l.. circuit, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. G. Loomis, Mrs. d. II. Eastman,
Mrs. Jas. Lindsay, j. D. Mcmillan,
Mr. and Mrs. l.. A. Mathews, Carl w.
Kinney, Mrs. A. f. Kinney, Mr.. and
Mrs. f. r. Kinney, Mrs. f. r. Picker
ing, Mrs. Jennie Pickering, Mrs. L. E.
Eddy, Mrs. A. r. Loomis, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fl. G. Voight, A. r. Loomis, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. Laid, Miss Elizabeth Evans,
Emma A. Thayer, Mrs. A. B. Holm,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Mathews, Mrs. Geo.
Coulter, S. F. Slocum, Carl H. Hannah,
Mrs. NJ. E. Wimsey, Mrs. S. G. May
land, Mr.. and Mrs. T. L. Chappell,
Hugh Roden, A. j. Schoenwether, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Sherwin, A. B. Dali
thorp, John Sloan, Mrs. Annie Cald-
well Sloan, Nels Gullick, Mr.. and Mrs.
John D. Wilson, Scion AmundsOn,
Rob't Henry, Geo. N. Breed, A. r.
Loomis, Mrs. C. B. Parmelee, Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. P. Sexauer, Rev. and Mrs. B..
A. Benson, Mr.. and Mrs. F.. M.
Kremer. Mrs. A. J. Schoenwether, Mrs.
Jennie Lloyd Merriman, Hans M. Kor-
stad, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul butcher, Miss
Gladys butcher, Mrs. A. Musser, Mrs.
Addie Smith Harvey. Mrs. A.. B. Dali
thorp, Miss Cora r. Gullick, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. II. Chichester, Thos. N. John
son, Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Caldwell, Mrs.
S. w. Armstrong, Mrs. J. w. St. John,
J. w. Warren, S. w. Armstrong.