Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-06-18
BIG CROWD AT PICNIC
SEVERAL THOUSAND ATTEND THE
FARM BUREAU GATHERING =
AT PARK. 3

Several thousand farmers and city
| folks attended the annual Farm Bureau
picnic at Pine Grove park here Wednes-t
day and the picnic was pronounced q
big success. Early in the morning the
weather looked threatening but as the
time for the picnic drew near the sky.
cleared up and the day was an ideal
one for an outdoor gathering. With
a few exceptions, the business houses
in Little Falls were closed all after
noon.
People coming in from the country
brought basket lunches and they en-
joyed picnic dinner in the park at
noon.
A big program was put on in the
afternoon starting with beautiful
production entitled "May Queen: Can
tata," put on by fifty boys and girls
from Swanville, under the direction Of
Miss Florence Spreitzer of Ely and
Miss Agnes Buckley Of Sauk Centre.
This cantata was indeed fine and was
thoroughly enjoyed by all.
Following the cantata the city band
gave concert, which was followed by
community sing, led by Miss Laura
Brannen.
Mayor Bergheim gave a short ad-.
dress of welcome, in which he touched
on the need and value Of spirit Of
cooperation between the. city and
country people. j. J.. Jacobson, presi-
dent Of the Morrison County Farm
Bureau Association, made the response.
J. F. Connor of Redwood Falls was
the speaker of the day. Mr.. >Connor is
a farmer and has been active in farm
bureau work in Redwood county, in the
southern part of the state. He has also
assisted in organizing farm bureaus in
other counties. Mr.. Connor gave fine
talk on the purpose Of the Farm Bureau
and what the organization could do as
a county, state and national organiza-
tion. He said that what the farmer
needs is a definite program and he
should not be led by the radicals. The
farmers should have their home workers
in the field and have the program
brought before the people in the right
manner, not by radical means.
After this talk the band finished it's
concert and the program Of sports then
began.
The first number on the sports pro-
gram was two boxing matches by local
young boys. David Dinner and Ted
Crest were matched for the first and
"Baldy' Randall and Donald Wyatt
for the second. Both matches were
good and very interesting. Other sport
events were flour and coin stunt, in
which boys had to get a half dollar
from large Box of flour with their
mouth; sack and pole stunt, in which
|, a pole was suspended in the air from
two trees and two boys straddled the
pole certain distance apart and with
padded sacks tried to knock each other
off the pole; rooster chase, in which
the crowd formed a large circle, inside
Of which a rooster was released and the
children tried to catch it. Three Of
these stunts were pulled off, two for
boys and one for girls.
A temporary dancing pavilion had
been erected and dancing started at
about p. M, continuing until after
midnight. Falk's orchestra furnished
| the music.
Bernquist & Dunphy, proprietors Of
the Electric Store, lighted the picnic
grounds free Of charge with a station
ary lighting plant. The grounds were
we'll lighted. .
There were several concessions on the
picnic grounds, including refreshment
and doll stand, which was operated for
the benefit Of the local library to help
pay for the library lot. The library
board received two-thirds Of the pro-
ceeds from the stand, their share
| amounting to over 500. Members Of
the library board and many other citi-
zens assisted at this stand throughout
the afternoon and evening.
MEETING OF SCHOOL OFFICERS