Old Settlers Hold Picnic

From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, August 14, 1925:  Hog calling and fiddling were the most popular contests at the Marion County Old Settlers’ Association picnic in Broad Ripple Park yesterday afternoon.  Not all the 1,000 picknickers were old settlers, but they included many members of their families and friends.  Following an elaborate picnic dinner under the park’s shade trees, the program included old-fashioned songs such as Silver Threads Among the Gold, sung by the Lease sisters’ quartet and Blessed Be the Tie That Binds and When the Roll is Called Up Yonder sung by the entire gathering.  Speakers extolled the heroic work done by the pioneers and early settlers.  Prizes were handed out to the ugliest gentleman, the best baby, the prettiest girl, and the oldest man in attendance.  The prize for the oldest woman at the picnic went unclaimed.

“Old Settlers Hold Picnic,” The Indianapolis Star, 14 August 1925, p. 4:3