Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-09-08
THOUSANDS ATTEND
THE BIG PICNIC
PEOPLE OF COUNTY JOIN WITH
FARM BUREAU siEMBERS IN
MAKING 1T A GALA DAY.

The second annual picnic of the
Audubon County Farm Bureau was
held in Extra on Tuesday of this
the attendance was estimated to be
week. The weather was ideal and
not less than 5000. The business
houses of Audubon and the city pub
lie schools closed for the occasion
and from the looks or the town, ev-
erybody in Audubon was in Extra.
The program was carried out in
the beautiful city park and promptly
at. ten o'clock the Extra band began
the festivities with delightful band
concert. This excellent band dis
pensed some snappy music while the
crowd gathered thick and fast Just
before clever, o'clock the band led
the big parade in which six of the
townships of the county participant
ed Each one had a number of
floats on which were displayed the
products OF the individual township.
The schools and the churches were
not forgotten as a part of the devel-
| opment of the county. The town.
ships represented in the parade were
Audubon, Cameron, Douglas, Greel-
ey, Melville and Hamlin. Greeley
won the silver cup this year, it hav-
ing been declared first winner.
Douglas township took second place
and won SIS, while Melville took
third place and $40 prize. 1t was
a pretty hard problem for the judges
to decide which of the townships was
Eentitled to first place. s
Hundreds of people took advan-
tage of the opportunity of enjoying
a picnic dinner. The park was fill
ed with picnicing parties, as we'll as
| the beautiful lawns at the homes of
Extra people, where every courtesy
possible was shown the visitors. Free
coffee was served to all.
| Immediately after dinner the pro-
gram began in the park, which was
a number of delightful selections,
after which A. j. Leake made the
address of welcome.
| There was a slight change in the
program as originally planned. Il.
II. Cunningham had been scheduled
to make the address of the day, but
on account of pressing business mat
| tiers he was detained. However,
the substitute, C. w. Hunt, presi-
dent of the Iowa Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton, filled the place most ac-
ceptably. The speaker had real
message for the farmers. He was
in close personal touch with the bus
mess as it affects the farmer and he
told them many things that were of
interest not only to the farmer, but
every man and woman present. We
are sorry that space does not permit
us to print his address in full.
A long program of sports follow
ed the masterful address, which in
cluded races and athletic feats Of
all kinds.
At four o'clock a ball game be-
tween the farmers of the north end
of the county and the farmers of the
south end of the county took place
in which the north end won by a
score of 10 to 4. This was followed
by a game between the business men
of Extra and Audubon, in which the
latter won by score of 8 to l. In
the tug-of-war which took place
shortly before the ball games the
south end of the county was success
full. They are good-hearted and
good-natured fellows down there,
and not wanting to be selfish,
thought it the best part of valor to
permit the north end to carry off
the baseball honors. So, after all,
honors were quite evenly divided.
The evening was given over to
boxing and wrestling. A large stage
was built in the center of the park,
where this was carried on. Dancing
was also provided for those who en-
joyed that pastime. A splendid or
chestra furnished music at the
American Legion hall, which was
filled to OVERLOOKING until after mid
night.
Following is the result of the
wrestling and boxing matches:
Chas. Marshall of Atlantic, at
165 pounds, VS.. Dale Hansen, of
Anita, at $50 pounds. First fall
won by Hansen in IS minutes. Is
seconds; second fall to Hansen in
6 minutes, so seconds.
Harvey Miller, of Coon Rapids, at
172 pounds, VS.. Harold Layland, OF
Audubon, at 155 pounds. First fall
went to Layland in Is minute and
10 seconds; second fall forfeited to
Layland when Miller hurt his side.
Claude Wells aged and Frank
Wells, aged z, of Audubon. First
fall to Frank Wells In minutes;
second fall to Claude Wells in 5
minutes; third fall to Frank Wells
in minutes. The boys are broth
ers, sons of Mrs. Claire Eaton.
Then came the boxing, In which
Earl Sykes, of Oakfield, at 1873
pounds, VS.. Riggie Sykes, of Oak
field. at LAG pounds. went four
rounds and a half on a six round
match for knockout.
The last thing on the program was
the motion pictures. which were
shown in the park. There were sew
en- very interesting reels. Everybody
had such a good time that at the
close of the program were reluctant
about going home.
The picnic was a huge success
from every viewpoint and the people
of Extra are to be complimented for
Handling che large crowd so well.
] There was no hitch in the proceed
ings at any stage of the game. Ev-
erybody was having a good time.
According to arrangements the
picnic will be held lin Audubon next
year, and some of the townships are
already laying plans TO capture the
silver cup. Douglas township is go
ing to make a big effort to get 1t
back, while some of the other town
ships are determined to have it
themselves.