(Provided courtesy of Mary Lou Inwood.)

78th Annual Collett-McKay Picnic Is Held

     With all its annual accessories, namely, cloudless skies, smiling sun, gentle breezes, immense baskets of epicurean, as well as more substantial delicacies, and assembled and annimated multitudes, the 78th annual Collett-McKay family picnic was held Saturday.
     An imposing entrance with memorial plates on the gateway marks the picnic grounds. The beauty of the young sugar trees, 15 in number, set out 19 years ago, and for several years so carefully tended and watered, have grown to considerable size, and the three tables, each 50 feet long, were placed under these trees which were just high enough to form a canopy with a draft of cooling air beneath.
     Interesting features are the large registers of those in attendance with 233 registering this year. The first picnic was held in 1866, and present this year was Mrs. Ella McKay Pidgeon of Columbus street, who well remembers attending the first picnic, as she was then five years old, she has not missed many of the family gatherings. In 1867, 111 persons registered, which is the smallest number recorded, with 542 in 1888 being the largest number to attend, though several years the number passed the 400 mark. Spread out on the page of one of the registers are names of those who were in service in World War I, and this year, two pages were given over to 31 names of the connection in the service of the present war.
     The picnickers lingered and talked and frolicked and relaxed in the sunflecked shade of the grove until sundown, Saturday, in accordance with the yearly custom, then they reluctantly dispersed with the enthusiastic and yearly comment that it had been "the best picnic ever."

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REUNIONS

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Warren County

COLLETT-MCKAY REUNION

     The 28th annual Collett-McKay reunion will be held at the picnic grounds on Saturday, August 14, Howard Collett, president announced today.

PLEASANT HILL SCHOOL REUNION

     The annual reunion of Pleasant Hill School will be held Sunday, August 15, at the home of George Zecher. Bring well filled baskets and table service. A program will be enjoyed at 2 o'clock.

HATHAWAY REUNION

     The Thirty-ninth annual reunion of the Hathaway family will be held Sunday. August 15, 1943; at the home of Mr. Leonard Hathaway, 1101 Central Ave., Franklin. You are cordially invited. Leonard Hathaway, president; Susie A. Davis, Sec'y Treas.

GORSUCH REUNION

     The annual Gorsuch reunion will be held at the Lebanon Fair Grounds on Sunday, August 15. Charles Gorsuch is president and Mrs. Helen Hichue is secretary.

HENSEL REUNION

     The annual Hensel family reunion will be held on Sunday, August 15 at the Miami Valley Chautauqua grounds according to an announcement made by Francis Girton secretary and treasurer.

BAUGHN REUNION

     The Baughn reunion will be held Sunday, August 15, at the Sugar Creek Baptist Church, two and one-half miles northwest of Washington C. H., on U. S. Route 35. A basket lunch will be served at noon according to Miss Harriett Plumly, secretary.

SKINNER-KIPHART REUNION

     The annual reunion of the Skinner-Kiphart families will be held on Sunday, August 15, at. Ft. Ancient. Alfred Kiphart is president of the reunion this year and Blanche Kiphart is secretary.

CORWIN REUNION

     Members of the Corwin clan will hold their annual reunion Sunday, August 15, at Harmon Park, according to Agnes Corwin, secretary.

SHOCKEY REUNION

     The annual Shockey reunion will be held at Armco Park, Middletown on Sunday, August 29. Ruth Moore is secretary of the clan.

WHITE REUNION

     Members of the White clan will gather at Newtonsville school on State Route 131 on Sunday, August 29, for a basket dinner and program. Ralph Lewis is reunion president and Hazel Thuney, secretary-treasurer.