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     Mrs. Sam Shanks and son Jesse spent last week with relatives in Cincinnati.
     Rev. and Mrs. Peters and son spent last week at Epworth League Institute, Chautauqua, Ohio.
     Ladies Aid of the Friends Church met with Mrs. Walter Mitchner, Thursday afternoon.
     Mr. and Mrs. Oran Turner and son of New Philadelphia are guests of relatives here.
     Born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sieber, August 11, a son.
     The Collett McKay Reunion was held at the usual place on Saturday, There was a large attendance.
     Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Craig visited Mrs. Craigs parents and other relatives near Cleveland last week.
     Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Lemar are attending the World's Fair, this week.
     Miss Blanche Stephens of Springfield, is spending the week with Miss Leona Miller.
     Mr. and Mrs. Everett Blair of Detroit, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Blair, of Xenia, visited relatives here last week.

(Provided courtesy of Mary Lou Inwood.)

Collett-McKay Picnic

     The 68th annual Collett-McKay picnic was held at the picnic grounds on the New Burlington road, Saturday, and the attendance at the 1934 event numbered 294 members and connections of both families and friends.
     The Collett-McKay picnic is one of the oldest family gatherings in the state and for 68 years has been held in the same grove, the property of the families, and not once in the long period has it been prevented by rain. The picnic grounds affords and ideal setting and this year was especially attractive.
     The dinner was spread on a long table, literally heaped with good things to eat, and the hours of serving and the attendant visiting were prolonged in their extreme pleasure.
     Those from a distance on the register of attendance were: Miss Matilda Yeo, of Glendale, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Collett and daughter, Elizabeth, of Pittsburgh; Miss Martha McCune, of Cleveland; N. H. Carey, of LaHabra, Calif.; Pauline Dixson, of Oklahoma City; Mrs. Anna C. Little, Mrs. Mary Little Cannan, of Rochester, N. Y.; Mrs. C. L. Armentrout, of Elkin, W. Va.; Mrs. Jane McCune and daughter of Kokomo, Ind.

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Collett McKay Picnic
     The 68th annual Collett-McKay picnic and reunion will he held at the usual place near New Burlington, Saturday. This, the pioneer family in this county has been held in the same grove on the second Saturday in August 67 times and has never been prevented or broken up by rain. The affair annually attracts connections from other states, as well as a large number of the families and friends from all parts of this state and this year's attendance promises to equal if not surpass the crowd of preceeding years. The usual basket dinner will be spread out at noon.

FAMILY PICNIC TO
     BE HELD SATURDAY

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Collett-McKay Families To Hold Annual Gathering

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     The 68th annual Collett-McKay picnic will be held at the picnic grounds on the New Burlington pike Saturday and several members of the two families are arriving from a distance for the occasion.
     The Collett-McKay picnic is one of the oldest family gatherings in the state. No program is presented and there is no election of officers.
     Several hundred attend the affair annually.

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Harveysburg

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     Master Maynard Frost was unfortunate in breaking his arm while playing with some other boys one day last week.
     Mrs. Charles Boerstler and daughter, Miss Nellie, are here for a month's vacation.
     Mr. and Mrs. Everett Shumaker have gone to New York for an extended visit.
     Mrs. Herbert Carr entertained the Latin class of Wilmington college last Thursday evening.
     Mrs. Charles Gordon returned home Saturday evening from a visit with her sister, Mrs. W. P. McCarren and family of Walhonding.
     Mr. and Mrs. Ray Clark and children of Walhonding were week-end guests of her mother Mrs. Mary Tucker and family.
     Mr. and Mrs. Homer Caskey have returned home from a visit to the World's Fair.
     Miss Helen Randall is vacationing in Michigan with some girl friends from Wilmington.
     Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes Bunnell are receiving congratulations upon the arrival of a little daughter in their home on August the second.
     There will be an open air meeting here Saturday evening, August 18. Mr. Dowdell of Dayton will give an illustrated talk and there will be two musicians come with him to furnish music. The screen will be placed on Mr. Snell's store room for the pictures to be shown.
     The Woman's Civic League will meet with Miss Elizabeth Clark Saturday afternoon. A picnic supper will be enjoyed after the meeting.
     Mrs. Harold Graham of this place, but formerly of Waynesville died at her home Tuesday morning at 3 o'clock.
     The Collett-McKay picnic will be held Saturday at the same place.
     Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Dakin, Mrs. W. W. Welch and Mrs. Tom Welch and children were shopping in Wilmington last Thursday afternoon.
     The Friends' Miami Quarterly meeting will be held at Caesars' Creek this Saturday morning. Rev. Folger of Wilmington will be the speaker. He leaves Wilmington church soon to go to Indianapolis as minister there.
     The W. C. T. U. will hold their county convention at the Baptist Church in Franklin all day on August 20. Miss Mary Irvin, the state vice-president of the organization will be the main speaker for the day. She will have just returned from Sweden where the World's convention is being held.

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