The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-20
Some OF the Interesting Features Of
tho Big Picnic Near Suffer Yes
terday Which Was Not
able Event
HUNDREDS ATTEND III
Everything Desired for an outing In
the Woods Of Both GroWn-ups
and Children Was Provided
by Suffer Folks.
[By a staff Correspondent

[By a staff Correspondent
SUFFER-, H., June 20-The mem
rers Of the Evangelical church Of SUIT
ter held their annual picnic Thursday
in Althiede's grove. This picnic has
been an annual affair for thirty
years, and has become famous for
Inc good times it gives people who at
tend it from all over the country.
The Warsaw Commercial club was
present at the picnic. and brought
With it the Warsaw Tenth Infantry
band which furnished music for the
celebration. c. w. Thompson. OF
Hamilton, directed the band tn the
absence of John Kindig, who Is the
leader of this musical organization.
The band gave concert in the after
roon which was very fine and much
enjoyed by all the picnickers. The
players did good work and deserved
tile fine picnic supper which the SUIT
ter women prepared for them.
There were no speeches Thursday.
but no on missed them, for there were
plenty Of other attractions. The COM
mittee in charge of the days affair
conducted target shooting matches,
cane-races, and stands where good
things to eat and soda water could be
bought. In addition to these things,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Banks, Of Warsaw,
brought their merry-go-round to the
picnic grounds for the children to
ride on. 1t was real one, and had
horses to ride on and lovers tubs to
ride in
Buggy WHIPS For Motorists.
A few men distinguished themselves
fol excellent craftsmanship along GER
tain lines, at this picnic.
Frank Mulch and Carl Miller were
the champions in the target matches.
tut Carl Miller is the pitcher on the
Suffer baseball nine and someone
said, that was the reason he could
lit so many dolls with the balls in
the matches.
The Derkson brothers took all the
Irjzes in the cane races.
The prizes consisted of buggy whips
OF which these Suffer men had a
large number Both Of the Derksons
have automobiles and they said they
would gladly trade their buggy whips
fer gasoline.
For many years, prize has been Of
fered at this annual picnic for the
ing William Fl. Meyers and family,
C., Suffer, have been that lucky house
hold on several occasions. Mr.. and
Mrs. Meyers have ten children, but
most of them are grown and married
ricnic Thursday.
Concerning Large Families.
20 mill
containing six Or seven persons. The
fact that the present-day families were
smaller than in the good old days was
a topic Of much conversation among
the older men.
George Damron Of Basco attended
the picnic, and he remarked that he
wished his fathers family were all
tSere. He had thirteen brothers and
sisters. Mir. Damron also told about
his uncle who had sixteen children
and of friend of his in West Virginia
who was the father Of twenty-five chill
dren nineteen of them being boys
hut that was long ago.
The men were not the only ones
who could boast of knowledge con-
corning interesting families. Mrs.
Lois Herold. who lives north of
itdIHIlOn, piedSeu group vi heohah
re ople by telling them that she al
way took her family to Keokuk when
she desired real good photography
work to be done. Recently she came
TO keol1uk with the rest of her family
t. have pictures taken. There were
five generations Of them, the oldest
grandmother being ninety-six years
old and the youngest grandchild being
two years old.
Hundreds at Picnic.
There were seven or eight hundred
guests at the picnic Thursday and
everyone of them seemed to have a
fine time.
The church people of Suffer SAID
that they were very grateful to the
committee who had the picnic in
charge
The following men served on this
committee: Theodore Derkson, John
Negel, Henry Koehler. Wesley AL
thiede, George Mulch, John Koehler,
Henry Siemers, Godlick Humke,
Charles Humke, Charles Koehler, FL
mel Negel, Fred Negel, Sam Jacobs,
Louis Boadecker, Fred Haas, Louis
Jagels and William Duerkop.