Beaver Press | 1914-02-06 | Page 7 | Real "Old Folks' Picnic"

REAL OLD FOLKS PICNIC combined ages of the participants reached the enormous total of ten thousand years an old folks picnic recently held in utah was remarkable tor for the fact that tho the ages of tho the participants reached the astonishing aggregate oi of ten thousand years only one person was waa under seventy devent y and the oldest had reached a hundred and three these old folks picnics are annual affairs committees being bein appointed in each district to superintend the arrangements every old person in each Ai district strict to ie called upon and furnished with a sill silk badge red tor for seventy years blue for eighty and white for ninety these badges secure tree free transportation and entertainment tor for the wear i or er and an attendant it if necessary the day is passed in feasting concerts and sports and amusements of varied descriptions script ions hundreds of prizes are awarded in the numerous contests as aa for instance to the oldest man the woman with the most children the th youngest civil war veteran the yf Ang est woman who chosed tile the american desert the man with the baldest baldesi head bead the woman with the oldest child accompanying compa nying her on the grounds and athletic sports aro are so on games and also an dancing contests for women between the ages of seventy and eighty potato races for the less lesa active who have pas passed sed fourscore four tour score and yarn winding contests for those who have passed ninety wide world magazine magazina