Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-08-25
YANKS, GOBS, LADIES
AND KIDS TO GATHER
AT STARVED ROCK.
PICNIC OF COUNTY AMERICAN
LEGION AT STATE PARK TO-
MORROW PROMISES TO BE
WHALE OF AFFAlR-BAND CON.
CERT, SPORTS AND DANCING
ON PROGRAM.

With decks cleared for action guns
in place and all ammunition in Il con
veniont place for the assault, a thou
sand or more legionnaires, who wore
the olive drab during the recent
world war, will swoop down upon
Starved Rock State Park tomorrow
TO give La Sale county what prom
ises TO be he largest and most thor
oughly enjoyable picnic in its history.
The formation not long back, of
the La Sale County association OF
American Legion Posts, made possi-
bic Thursday big undertaking, which
promises as a result Of extensive pre-
parati0n on he part of the county
officers and and their committee on
arrangements to pass Off without
hitch.
The outing will be go4 ten formally
under way at noon or as soon there
after as possible The opening gun
Not expected that all tlty reserves
will be on the line or the initial at
tack An hour later. say 100 p. m.
the forces will be in full array for The
gala event. From then on there will
be one continuous round of good
time until late into the night.
The sports commit ce has prepared
a particularly fine program consitng
of all kind of track events. baseball
games and mayhap one or two things
in the way Of entertainment that
managed to cvade programi1g, but
nevertheless will be staged. The un-
published feature of the sports pro
gram, if carried out, will be a thriller
and of the kind lhat eX-sodiers and
2obs have strong liking for
Each OF the Legion posts turnout
the county. and there are eleven of !
them, have given a guarantee that
hey will send ont delegations 100 Der
cent strong This insurcs Starved |
Rock will be oyerrpn, by large ana .
enthusiastic hosts Of bows who took /
part Ill making impossible the re
cent ahortive at empt OF akiser vii /
lie to make a vest n0Cket edition OF
the wild wide world
Speakina Program Short.
Acting on the theory hat the pin- !
lie idea would miecury ware U.ucA /
lime given over to speaking pro I
gram the idea of long platform lav-|
out has been handonoI especially
-inca it was learned Lieut. Col Theo- /
doro Roosevelt could "ot be here
with his buddies o spend the dar /
Or Roswell Y. Petit Of Ottawa, wiz /
make short talk to the aodiors and !
sailors explaining to them heir
rights under the army plans for vol
rational training and adjusted COM
pens2tiOn acts, together with what |
means have been provided by he /
for getting the invalid |
ed Nanks back to health.
Athletics.
The athletics. aside for the above !
mentioned unmCntiCnahes, viii con |
sid of wrestling matches, especially |
races. track events. tu@-o-'War and |
three indoor baseball games for the
county championship. These will |
take place during the early afternoon .
and will be under the direction Of Geo. |
Boyle, chairman of tn" c0mmi ee on |
sports End athletic program.
Band Concert and Dance,
a big item on the entertainment |
bill will be concert by the Spring !
Valley band, while an q traction Of /
equal Importance will be the dance |
at the pavilion, with special privileges
being accorded the eX.servirc men. |
The band will have twenty-five pucCes
and it is some band, believe u.
The order of the day is fOr biz
basket feed, with every man seeing
hat his women folk nll a hamper
we'll with good things to eat and then
bring 'cm along to the ricni" There
will be means OF eating at the park,
~. the safest way is 20 carry it
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