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FOURTH OF JULY PICNIC (1939)

The 4th of July picnic wes held at Brown's Grove on Tuesday,
which followed Monday, a school holiday. There were approximately
70 people at the picnic, most of wham were older peoplee About one=~
fourth of the group were young children, oes fourth of college age,
end one-half teachers and graduate students in sumer school.

The picnic started at 8 aeme Tuesday morning, and before 9 Gee
the picnic was well under wey and lasted until 12:30.

Profs F. 0. Russell and family did a wonderful job on the pre-e
paration of the foode Prof. Russell's steaks were the theme of the
picnice

Reservations for the picnic were made on sheets like the one
attached to this report.

The problem of transportation was taken care of in wonderful
shape. Everybody had a ride, and none of the cars were overcrowded.
Everyone cooperated in fine style for the transportation.

Games

 

Dre Allen and Dave Shirk took care of the play equipment for
the picnic. The equipment was taken to the grounds in the stadium
truck by permission. This equipment should be taken out early enough
to be set up before the group starts eating. Following is a list of
the equipment taken out:

Baseball: 4 balls, 3 bats
Badminton: 3 nets, 8 rackets, 10 new and used birds
Archery: complete outfit without the backstop.

Horseshoes: 8 shoes, 4 stakes, hammer to drive stakes