The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1932-06-24
|4-H CLUB TOUR
BIG SUCCESS
NEARLY 400. CLUB MEMBERS,
LEADERS, PARENTS, OTHERS
TAKE PART IN TRIP TO
COLUMBUS, TUESDAY
MANY POINTS OF INTEREST ARE
VISITED AND MUCH OF EDU-
CATIONAL NATURE OBJ
SERVED BY MEMBERS
=(Contributed)

Three hundred and seventy fiv'
Madison county 4-H club members
leaders, parents and friends ATTENDED
the Madison County Al Club tour t.
Columbus Tuesday, June q, according
to Lyman f. Baker, county clul
agent. The group went by automo
bile, school bus, ice truck and live
stock truck.
About 100 people left London a
500 in the morning. They met about
225 people in West Jefferson. The
rest of the group were picked up il
Columbus. The group was escorted
through the city of Columbus By
mounted police.
The first stop of the tour was al
the Moores and Ross Milk Co., ano
the Furnas Ice Cream Co. The group
was divided in half, one half going
through one plant and the other thru
the other plant. Both groups were
taken through both plants. At Moores
and Ross the members Of the tour
saw the assembling plant where the
drivers trucks are assembled, the re-
frigerating plant, the boiler room, the
pasteurizing room and new pasteur-
izer just being installed, condenser
and bottlewasher, the bottling ROOM
the receiving and weighing depart
ment, the cold storage, and the ice
cream room. The Furnas Ice Cream
plant showed the group how they made
ice cream, pop-sicles, whip cream and
other delicacies. Ice cream was serv-
ed to the members of the tour at each
of these plants.
The group was led by police escort
to the Central high school where they
parked and divided. The girls were
led through the F. & r. Lazarus Dept.
store. They saw the refrigeration
plant, the print shop and many other
interesting things.
The other group went through the
Columbus Dispatch building and saw
the Columbus Evening Dispatch be-
ing printed They visited the limo
type rooms and the editorial depart
ment Each of the members was pre-
sented with a little booklet giving
some interesting things about the Co
lumbus Dispatch. From there they
went through the State House on
their way back to the automobiles.
The next stop of the tour was at
the stadium at Ohio State university
for picnic dinner. Tables and chairs
had been arranged for the group UNI
der the east wing of the stadium by
the athletic department of the uni
versity. During the noon hour many
of the members of the tour explored
the stadium. Following the lunch the
group was divided again into those
who were going to the baseball game
and those who planned to go to the
Art Gallery.
Those expecting TO go to the base
ball game were taken through the
mems new gymnasium and natator7
iun. The new gym has one large
room which has space for five basket
ball courts. This room is used for
physical education classes. The group
saw one of the large locker rooms
which occupy about half of the base
ment of the building. They also saw
the wrestling room, the hand-ball
courts and the corrective physical ed
lcation room. While visiting the nat
atorium the group was privileged to
see one of the members of the Ohio
State swimming team swim several
lengths in the pool. The varsity pool
is rs feet long, 7 feet deep atone end
and IL feet deep at the other.
The group which planned to go to
the Art Gallery visited the Archaeo-
logical Museum at the university be-
fore going through the gymnasium
and natatorium.
About 200 members of the tour at
tended the Columbus Minneapolis
baseball game in the new Columbus
Red Bird baseball stadium. The rest
Of the group enjoyed the many beau
tiful things to be seen in the Colum-
bus Gallery of Fine Arts.
Arrangements for the tour were
made by Lyman F. Baker, county club
agent, in cooperation with the Ohio