Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-06-20
Everyone Talks on Monday
About the Picnic of
~ Sunday.

eaten to know that the eating was done
ut a picnic. For one of the popular Sun
day pastimes in this vicinity is picnics,
!. /. and that means of course that Monday
is given over to post mortems. Expert
elces are exchanged and rehashinng is
the order Of the day. Another good
+, reason for blue Mondays"
w.. Since every sixth person in Iowa has
, car and the average car holds five
!. ,people-with ten for every Ford-it Is
safe to deduct that practically every
: one goes somewhere on Sunday. But,
IA fur as that is concerned, 1t isn't
necessary at all for Webster City peo-
pie to have car in order to go on n
picnic, and a real "woodsy" picnic, too,
fer it ia only pleasant walk to the
east or the north until one is right on
the bank of the river.
Webster City is surely fortunate In
the number OF attractive picnic spots
that surround it. In fact, it is unusual
~ We'll SlluMlCu AOA tubS anu AotAAAe
will bring this home so cOnvincingly as
visit to some other community where
a few scraggly willows constitutes a
/" noted picnic ground or perhaps des-
pendent little mudhole will be the gath
cring place for hundreds ..l9.ay.
4 .. an',. N River Nearby. h5hJ =
":o'Here there are trees, all kinds OF
n wooded knobs with velvety green grass.
ard ~ for water, what's wrong with
.. the picturesque Boone river which
e Bounds the city on two sides. The wood
. ed banks Of the river afford innumer-
= kBle cool and shady places, ideal for
p!cnics. ~
Yes, it's true that Webster City IL
rich iii picnic places" Yoa';eo start
Out and 90 to u different place every
week and it would hardly be necessary
to double back before the next season.
Some people are awfully tight about
their picnic places, just as they refuse
to give recipes. After they have pic
nicked several times at the same spot
they look upon all others as interlOpers
and have even been known to treat the
tax payers for said spot coldly. OF
course, it is discouraging to drive miles
only to find the mecca of your dreams
occupied with hammock strung be-
tween your favorite trees, someone
using your stones for building a fire.
But such things do happen and there
IL nothing to do but make the best of 1t.
There il only one thing that should
arouse righteous ire and that is when
the debris from a picnic is not cleaned
up. The motto Of all true picnic fans
should be. that Of the army. "leave
place better than you find it."
Both Far and Near.
There are parks and picnic spots for
those who wish to walk only few
blocks; there are parks for those who
wish to 90 a mile or so, and there are
picnic places for those who wish to take
an auto drive Of ten or fifteen miles.
Within the very limits Of the city
are four small, but beautifully shady
parks. The court house park Is just
the place to take your lunch when you
don't feel like going far but when you
are tired of looking at the walls Of your
dining room. Then there Is the double
city parks, and IL you have children.
that ia the place to go, for there are
tObOggans, and swings and tee-totters
for the kiddies.
Just In the outskirts Of the city to
the north Is NokOmis park, nestled right
along the rivers bank, with plenty of
shade, and bath house where you
can make quick change Of buds If you
want nice cool dip In the river.
Among the other conveniences Of this
park is the baseball diamond, just east
Of 1t. This is especially appreciated by
restless husbands who are not interested
In the after picnic dinner talk Of the
ladies'
About a mile out of town to the
northeast is the Kendall Young park.
1t 100 has all the reluirements-river,
grass, trees, shade m everything. Then
about three miles south is Briggs
woods, and this Is becoming more and
more popular resort, especially since the
county has made some desirable i'm
80, 4 mi /.
while you are on picnic In either Ken
Gall Younk park or Briggs woods, you
should worry, for In each Is a small
pavilion erected just for the purpose Of