Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 196, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1914 — BIG DAY AT CEDAR LAKE SATURDAY [ARTICLE]

BIG DAY AT CEDAR LAKE SATURDAY

“Dixon Day” Will Be Celebrated in Honor of Former Pastor of Moody Church. Cedar Lake is to have a new attraction on Saturday next, when “Dixon Day” will be celebrated at “Restawhile,” formerly Monon park. One of the greatest orators and preachers of the day, the Rev, A C. Dixon, D. D., now pastor of .the Metropolitan London, England, and former pastor of the Moody church, will deliver two addresses, one at 11 a. m. br on the .arrival of (the special train from Chicago, and the other at 4 p. m. The ground# will be thrown open to all that day and it is expected theta will Ik* a large attendance, not only from Chicago, but from the surrounding towns. The train leaving Chicago at 8-30 will accommodate passengers from the north, while the train arriving at Cedar Lake at 8:46 will accommodate thosA from the south. At night the special train leaving Cedar Lake at 7:30 will stop at all way stations to let off passengers and the Hoosier Limited will stop at Cedar Lake at 6:51 to take passengers south. All who desire are invited to bring their lunch and makp it a picnic day. Refreshments can be purchased on the grounds. There will he ball games, bathing, etc., between the meetings. A transformation has been made in the old-picnic grounds as the building-: have 'been painted and refitted and a number of new cottages and buildings erected to 'adapt the park to the purposes of its present occupants. , At present over two' hundred people are enjoying their vacation there and it is expected that there will be a large increase next year. The park has been leased b> the Moody ehureh o‘. Chicago. • ; :