Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1919-07-16
GOV. COOPER TO
WELCOME BOYS
Will Be Principal Speaker at Big
Soldiers and Sailors Picnic at
Georges Pond On July a.
Lexington and Community
WilI Give a Glorious
Welcome to All.

Governor Cooper has accepted an
invitation to make an address AT tins
Welcome Home Picnic TO be given oy
1he citizens of Lexington and vicinity
to the returned soldiers and sailors on
the afternoon O. July 24th from six &c
nine o'clock at Georges pond, neal
Lexington.
The engagement was made thru the
War Camp Community Service, who
have also secured a band from Caml
Jackson for the occasion, conditioned
on its not having been demopilizet
prior to that time. Music is always 3
welcome addition to a picnic, anc
the Camp jackson band is a very eff
ficient organization and will be .
pleasing portion to the picnic pre-
gram.
Where it has not already been done
the War Camp Community Service is
endeavoring to organize the counties
OF the State for the purpose of wei
coming the boys homo, and where II
is not practicable to put on a county
function. the county is subdivided in
to townships or school districts, and
some form Of welcome is planned for
each unit so organized. 1t has beer
decided by the local committee thai
in as much as this is a large county,
and the several towns would probab
Iy prefer having individual affairs,
sub county organizations would be
formed as seemed most convenient.
and a, series of welcomes would be
extended throughout the county.
There are possibly some towns IN
the county that have already extend
ed their welcome to their returned
boys. but the organization is to con
tinue until the whole county
is covered.
This picnic at Georges Pond is rar
tfcular1y planned for Lexington and
vicinity, and list of the names OF
the men who live On the rural routes
diverging from Lexington has been
compiled as a basis for the invitations
but those VINO live near Lexington and
whose mail comes from q different
postoffice are just as cordially lnVlt-
ed and urged to participate in the
exercises as tho they received lndlvld-
: ual invitations. 1t must be realized
that in the absence of any authorlta-
tive data as to the exact number OF
men who have returned, their names
and addresses. some shall in all pro-
bability bt left off the invitation list,
but this will occur only thru lnadVer-
tence and every returned soldier in
the county. and particularly those
who live in or near Lexington or VINO
get their mail from this postoa:ce, are
hereby invited and urged to be pres
ent at the exercises at Georges POND
at the time above mentioned with the
promise from the committee thot the
affair will be made as short and snap
: nv and interesting as the circumstan-
,cas permit.
Relatives of the returned soldiers
and citizens Of Lexington and vicinity
in general are cordially invited to
come and bring baskets well-filled
with lust such things as they alone
know will tickle the palates of the
heroes. After much discussion IN
: committee. it has been decided
that this is the form of welcome that
the boys will most enjoy and, I
course since it is their picnic we want
to do those things that will please
them most There will be lemonade,
iced-tea bottled drinks (sof), and
other things to supplement the LAVISH
spread that should result from the
emptying of the baskets, and nothing
will be spared to make the boys be-
lieve that the folks at home are really
glad to have them back again.
It is hoped that no soldier will al
low anything - prevent his attending
this picnic. as it Is meant US a public
recognition of the service they have