Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 168, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1914 — FOUNTAIN PARK HAS A SPLENDID PROGRAM [ARTICLE]

FOUNTAIN PARK HAS A SPLENDID PROGRAM

15th to 30th-Aj*ine Array of Taly»ent Has Been Engaged — The twentieth annual session of Fountain Park will be held from Aug, 15th to 30th, and-the programs have been • circulated the past week and may be had at the banks and many of the stores in this city or in Remington, The session continues over three Sundays. The talent secured for this year is certain to attract ’ a large attendance at the park and the friends of the assembly will take especial pleasure in recommending it as the best place to spend a summer vacation among the refined influences of. th is well-establish cd educational resort. \ - y. The catalogue sets forth information about the cost of spending the entire period at the park. Most of the cottages tire privately owned or are rented early in the season. To accommodate the many who apply for privileges there are tents and tent space for rent. Accommodations can also be secured at the hotel, the rates being $1.50 per day, including rooms and board. Rooms per night are 50 cents and meals are 35 cents eaclT except’ Sundays, when the price i-j 50 t eents. C. H. Peck, secretary of the association, will furnish further information. All automobiles will be required toe liter at the north gate. .. The cost of admission for an auto is 25 cents. Season tickets for, automobiles are $1.50.

Season admission tickets are S 3. Single admissions 25 cents except on the two special days, Thursday, Aug. 20th and Thursday, August I 27th, when the admission will be 50 cents. The hack fare frdm Remington is 10 cents in each direction. A hack ticket good for 16 rides is $L There is a well equipped store, a barbershop, a hitch barn and a number of restaurants. The platform manager this year willbe Dr. H. Louie Calhoun, dean of the Bible college at Lexington, Ky. He has been the manager three previous years and his qualities of good nature and exuberance of spirit have made him very popular with the Chautauqua patrons. Since the last session he has been in the Orient and this will enable him to have- many ’ her and interesting stories and experiences to present to the regular attendants.

Saturday, Aug. 15th, is opening day, and is known as Grand Army and Sunday School day. r Old soldiers and the members auxiliary orders are admitted free if application is made to the secretary by the commandants of the orders. The Sunday schools of Jasper, Benton, Newton and Whte counties, coming as Sunday schools and prepared to furnish one song or one recitation will be admitted free. Secretary Peck must be notified that the Sunday school will visit the park a week ahead of opening day. The Sunday schools are urged to be on hand by Id o’clock In the morning. This would make a fine picnic outing for a Sunday school. The program for the first Sunday includes a sermon by Dr. Frank Grandstaff, readings by Miss -Marie Comer, lecture by Roland Nichols, musical entertainment by the Euclid Quartette and a sermonjecture by Mr. Nichols. . - - Thursday, Aug? "Wh? the’ first of the big days, Col. Bob Seeds is the lecturer. iHe is said to be a live wire and one of the leaders Of theT Chautauqua platform. On Sunday, Aug. 23rd, Sylvester* A. Long will deliver the lecture. On Thursday, Aug. 27th,■ Prof. H. A. Adrian will be the speaker. He is known as the “Burbank Man.” Sunday, Aug. 30th, is closing day, and Clinton N. Howard wjll be the lecturer. His subject will be: “Why God Made a Woman.”

Others on the program are Dr. George R. Grose, D. D., president of DePauw University, White’s Musical Review, Pilgrim Girls Orchestra, William Sterling Battis, Clinton N. Howard, German, the Wizard, the Beulah Buck Quartette, Williams Colored Singers, the Hearons Sisters’ Concert Co.. The Oxford Co., Maude Willis, interpreter of masterpieces, the Euclid Male Quartette, H. V. Adams, Glenn Frank |nd Miss Maidia Schwancke, who will give let! tn res and demonstrations on domestic science, household eco.nomics and hygiene. This talent is distributed equitably throughout the assembly and no one can make a mistake if they spent the entire time there or if they select any day for a visit and take friends to the assembly. It is a splendid program, tastefully arranged and this shouldbe the banner year in the history of Fountain Park.