The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-31
HUGE CROWD AT
BUREAU PICNIC
HELD IN ALEDO
Women Serve Food TO 5000 People
in Less Than Two Hours
Time.
Especial to The Argus.)

A1edo, Aug. 3l-WiIn peIIec
weather, a record attendance, friet
chicken enough for yerybody and
not an accident to mar the days
program. the Mercer county farm
and home bureau picnic held yes
terday at the fair grounds in Aledc
nroyed to be a -whiZzer. 1t was
estimated 5000 people attended the
event
Committees in charge of the day
events had everything arranged 80
that from the time the crowd De-
gan to gather at 10 o'clock IN The
morning until they took a reluctant
leave of the grounds at a late nour
in the afternoon there was amuse-
ment for everybody.
The main event OF the morning
was a baseball game between the
Joy and North Henderson teams.
Twelve innings were played and
the tilt ended in a score of to L
in favor Of Joy. The girls baseball
teams frow Burgess and Aledo play
ed one inning of a game before
dinner, the score standing to ),
in favor OF Burgess when the din
ner gong sounded
Women of the home bureau had
arranged the serving proposition
80 that the crowd was served in
less than two hours, there was no
confusion and everybody had plen-
ty to eat Baskets containing food
were handed in to the committee
early in the morning. Dinner was
served cafeteria style in the new
cattle barn, the crowd going IN
at the south end and going out,
laden with eatables of all kinds, at
the side entrances To the east of
the cattle barn, Chef Cooper reign
ed supreme over the coffee booth.
Four hundred gallons of coffee were
made and served to the picnickers,
The main feature of the menu was
fried chicken, mostly provided by
the home and farm bureau members
who attended the event
Good Program.
l. F. Gillmor acted as announcer
for the afternoon program The
amphitheater was packed and man!
were forced to stand. p. S. Richey
farm advisor for Mercer county
led in the community singing
which opened the program. Copies
Of some clever farm bureau songs
were circulated among the crowd
and a rousing chorus was the re-
suit.
Miss Fannie Brooks, health spe
cialist from the University of Illi-
nois, gave the first address of the
afternoon. Miss Brooks talked Of
the bureau organization from a wo-
mans viewpoint and told of the
work accomplished in the past and
the program outlined for the fu-
ture. She laid special emphasis on
the fact that the home bureau was
national organization, entirely
financed and run by women.
Following Miss Brooks, Senator
Harold Kessinger of Aurora, ad-
dressed the crowd Mr. Kessinger
spoke on The Farmer and the
Changing World" His talk was
one of the cleverest and most in
teresting that has ever been de-
Hvered in Aledo. His humorous
sayings kept the audience amused
and his concise statements OF facts
concerning the present situation in
the, agricultural world showed that
he+knew and understood the farm
ers problems He specially urged
Organization for the farmer. Once
organized. the farmer has only one
thing to fear. That Is himself. The
only way the organization of farm-
ers can be beaten is from the IN
Biffe- You may get discouraged,
you may have the wrong men In the
wrong place, and you may have
trouble. but stick to the ship" stat
Cd the senator.
Special music for the afternoon
was furnished by the Syea male
quartet Of Moline, which gave q
number OF splendid selections. The
last event ON the program was the
pageant given by the home bureau,
In which 10 women and children
took part The idea depicted was
that OF the natural qualities and
acquired talents which are to be
found IN the successful home
maker and the rewards which are
given to the woman who makes a
real home. Mrs. viii Clark. presE-
dent of the home bureau, took the
Part OF the homemaker. The beau
tiful costumes and setting of the
stage made the pageant a delight
full one.
Special sport events held follow
ing tho speaking Included a horse
shoe tournament which was won by
Messrs- Gaylor and Whitehall OF
keithsburg. These men will rep
resent Mercer county at Dixon Sat
urday. In q tug of war between
the south and north sides OF the
county the south side won. Races
OF various sorts were also held.
The remaining four innings OF
the game between the Burgess and
Aledo girls were played later in
the afternoon. John Harris OF Per-
ryton township umpfred. Aledo was
swamped by score OF 10 to IL. In
a game between boys o Burgess
and Viola, Burgess again copied
the victory by score OF 25 to s.
1t was almost dusk when the last
OF the automobiles carrying tired
but happy picnickers left the fair
grounds, declaring that the event
had been all that they had hoped
for.
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