Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-06-09
RURAL SCHOOL PICNIC
IS GRAND SUCCESS
FARMERS AND THEIR FAMILIES
GATHER ON FAIR GROUNDS
IN LARGE NUMBERS.
100 GRADUATE FROM sTH GRADE
Farmers Team Defeats Merchants
Ball Team in Holly Contested
Game During Afternoon.


Ball Team in Holly Contested
Game During Afternoon.
The Delaware County rural school
picnic and eighth grade graduation ex-
ercises held on the fair grounds Fri
day were by far the most success
full ever held here. The weather was
perfect and permitted the people to
was estimated that over five thousand
Of the rural people were present with
comparatively small representation
from Manchester and other towns of
the county. In the neighborhood of
a thousand ate a picnic lunch on the
grounds and more came for the after
noon program. The Manchester Con-
cert band played throughout the day
and gave concert during the noon
hour.
The day began with prayer by Rev.
H. L. Goughnorr, after which Miss
Theodosia Doolittle, Delhi, played g
violin solo, Professor ]. S. Hilliard
of Manchester, conducted the spelling
contest, which was won by Lucille
Mulvehill, of Prairie Township, repre-
senting the school taught by Miss An
ma Welch, which gives the school the
right to hold the beautiful loving cup
given by the four Manchester banks,
until the next contest. She also won
five dollar gold piece presented by
Strickland, Son & Caswell, and will
represent Delaware County at the state
contest at the state fair. Minnie Carr
of Richland township won second
place and a lavalliere, presented by
Jay Lewis.
After piano solo by Lydia Wendt
of the graduating class, the commence
ment address was delivered by Prof.
Earl Rodman of Upper Iowa Univer-
sity. A song by the class quartette
followed, and then the class of one
hundred were presented with diplomas
by superintendent w. A. Ottilie.
The afternoon program began with
the Maypole dances with number OF
schools competing, and very sbeauti-
full drills being shown. First place
in this contest was awarded Hazel
Green township, and the teachers,
Misses Oura Hooker, Maize Dolphin,
Beatrice Reilly and Sarah Littlefield,
Second place was given Adams town
ship, teachers, Misses Laura Dorman,
Ethel Robinson, Agnes Coleman and
Louise Kehrli. Bremen township
;r1 nIo chQraT{ MiSSGSs
Mary, Klinkner, Vera Domeyer, Elean-
or Kirchhoff and Marie Savage. Fourth
place was given to Coffins Grove and
the Misses Artazena Scablon and
Gretchen Evans, teachers. The Della
ware Township schools under Misses,
Mildred Noble and Florence Connell-
tied with the Coffins Grove school for
fourth place. Other very creditable
exhibitions were those of the Ryan
schools under Misses Marcia Foley
and Mary Weller, and the Masonville.
school under the Misses Mary Rose.
and Blanche McGee, and the Prairie
township schools with the Misses Re-
becca Scanlon and Grace and Mamie.
Annis.
Professor Cunningham, Of the Farm
Bureau Federation, made an address
to the older members of the crowd
while the younger people competed in
various contests, including running
races, hopping races, sack races, po-
tato races, wheel-barrow races, pie
eating contests and pole riding con-
tests. Thirty prizes were awarded
the winners who. were as follows:
Marvin Logan, Ben Turner, Bert Har
wich, Milton Aldrich, Frank O'Leary.
Carmen Robinson, lone Sill, Leo Keen
an, Dorothy Dichtelmiller, Arnold
Schneider, Phoebe Kruse, Clifford
Evans, Stanley Coon, Ralph Hilsenbeck,
Donald Skinner, Noble Sheppard.
Laura Byen, Lorraine Cassel, Gerald
Young and Dora Gibbs.
The crowning of the May Queen who
won this honor by securing the high
est grade in the uniform county exam
ination and who had as her attendants
the ones who secured the next highest
markings, was very pretty cere
mony. Miss Abbie Talmadge was the
queen anu ueI dIlcUudut was
John Patton. The other attendants
were Lydia Wendt, Beatrice Kane,
August Nieman and Marvin Logan.
Miss Zella Sill of the Manchester high
school, sang solo and the May Queen
also sang, both being heard very we'll
in spite of the confusion in the crowd
and necessity of singing in the open
air.
The big event of the day for large
part of the crowd was the ball game
between the farmers and the business
men. 1t was warmly contested, until
near the close, when the business men
seemed to be winded, and even the
substitution of City Attorney Leo
Tierney as pitcher, and NJ j. Mort
enson as catcher, failed to save the
day, and the farmers were victorious
by score of 1S to 9.
County Superintendent Ottilie and
the large number of teachers and pu-
pills of the rural schools are desery-,
ing of generous amount of credit
for putting on this successful picnic.
The Manchester Band, which furnish
ed music during the noon hour, and
during the afternoon, performed their
part in highly creditable manner.
Z. B. CHURCH.