Memorabilia from 1932
Posted: Monday, 15 August 1932.
Wilmington News-Journal, Wilmington, Ohio, Page 3.
(Provided courtesy of Mary Lou Inwood.)
Collett-McKay Picnic.
Another ideal day was on hand, Saturday, for the annual Collett-McKay picnic, with slight exception in the 60 years this reunion has been in existence, the weatherman has been unfavorable. The woods, a plot of ground, owned by the family association, never appeared more beautiful for the enjoyable gathering.
The attendance register showed 270 present, 50 more than at the 1931 event.
The bountiful basket dinner featured the day's happy visiting. Hiram Poor, the colored man who had made coffee for almost 40 consecutive years, having passed away during the last year, John Simpson had been secured and utilized the large kettle to boil the delicious refreshment.
Connections were in attendance from Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Cleveland among other points in this State. From a greater distance were: Mrs. Anna C. Little, her daughter, Mrs. Mary C. L. Carman, and Miss Alice A. Chester, of Rochester, N. Y.; Dr. George A. Collet, Crawfordsville, Ind.; Miss Eleanor Collett, Chicago; Mrs. Glendora Haines Weibe and daughter, Alice K., of Bellview, Fla.; Rev. W. H. Cossum, wife and daughter, Catherine, of Jackson, Mich.; Mrs. J. H. Haynes and Ruth A. Haynes, of Brock, Ind.; Mrs. W. C. McCune and daughter, Virginia, Kokomo, Ind.
Posted: Thursday, 11 August 1932.
Wilmington News-Journal, Wilmington, Ohio, Page 3.
(Provided courtesy of Mary Lou Inwood.)
 Collett-McKay Picnic, Saturday
The 64th annual Collett-McKay picnic will be held at the usual place, Collett-McKay picnic grounds, near New Burlington, at the usual time, second Saturday in August. This scenic spot, a 4-acre tract owned by the Collett-McKay family association and used for this purpose, is located in a beautiful sugar camp.
The gathering has been termed "picnic" since it was started many years before the more familiar "family reunion" was known and is still a picnic because it is carried on the same as formerly.
Already a number of the family connections have arrived and others are expected from a distance for the 1932 event.
Posted: Wednesday, 10 August 1932.
The Miami Gazette, Waynesville, Ohio, Page 1.
Collett-McKay Picnic
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The 66th annual Collett-McKay picnic will be held at the usual place, their own picnic grounds at the usual time, the second Saturday in August which is August 13th.
Posted: Tuesday, 9 August 1932.
The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio, Page 3.
 The sixty-sixth annual Collett-McKay picnic will be held at the usual place Saturday.
Posted: Monday, 8 August 1932.
Wilmington News-Journal, Wilmington, Ohio, Page 5.
 Social Calendar
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MONDAY, AUGUST 8
Duplicate bridge at Snow Hill Country Club, 8 P. M., prompt.
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 9
Tuesday Kensington club. Picnic supper at Fort Ancient for members and families.
Important business, in conjunction with regular meeting. Hebron Rebekah lodge, 7:30 P. M. at Odd Fellows temple.
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10
Presbyterian Womans Bible Class meeting 2 P. M., with Mrs. Robert McCoy, Port William road.
Antram Corner Community Club family picnic at home of Mrs. Herbert Peterson.
Center W. C. T. U. 2 P. M., with Mrs. Horace Sprague, Mesdames Hamilton and Pendry, assistant hostesses.
Presbyterian Church School Council, 7:30 P. M. at Manse.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 11
Wilmington W. C. T. U., 2:30 P. M. at Friends Church. Important business.
Mrs. R. C. Stumm, Rombach avenue, hostess to Presbyterian Aid Society.
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 12
Delta Omega Theta alumnae sponsor dance at Snow Hill Country Club. Actives invited. 9 P. M. - 12:30.
Mrs. Bernard Kaufman entertains her Bridge Club, 2 P. M
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 13
Annual Collett-McKay picnic.
Posted: Saturday, 5 March 1932.
Wilmington News-Journal, Wilmington, Ohio, Page 2.
(Courtesy of Kim Becker Price.)
 HIREM POORE IS CLAIMED BY DEATH
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Familiar Figure at Picnics Succumbs Wednesday
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Hirem Poore, 72, colored, maker of coffee and familiar figure at the Collett-McKay picnic for 35 years, is dead.
Poore died Wednesday night at his home in Harveysburg, and last rites were conducted at the Springfield cemetery, Saturday morning.
Poore came to Harveysburg from Kentucky when a young man, and had lived in this vicinity for many years.
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