Mountain Crest Celebrates the 4th with a Barbecue Picnic, July 4, 1925

Fourth of July Barbecue-Picnic at Mountain Crest. . . Between 500—600 Attend—A.G. Hendren Furnished 205 Pounds of Barbecue Meat

The big crown of people who attended the 4th of July picnic at Mountain Crest will carry with them the memory of a most pleasant day. The weather was ideal for the occasion, there was no unpleasantness or disorder, entertainment in the form of interesting and instructive speeches filled in the time before dinner, and there was a dinner bountiful enough to satisfy the “picnic-complex” of the hungriest guest.

Participants began to arrive about 10 o’clock in the morning, and by 11, when they were called together by Mr. A.G. Hendren to hear the speakers of the occasion, there were between 500 and 600 people present.

The speakers were: Henry Reynolds, representing the Commercial Club of North Wilkesboro; J.G. Hackett representing the Kiwanis Club; A.B. Hayes of Mt. View, principal of the Mountain Crest school; H.I. Niswonger, state extension horticulturist; Mr. Fornham, state dairyman; J.C. Henry, president of the Wilkes County Poultry Association; and Judge T.B. Finley. Mr. A.G. Hendren presided and introduced the speakers. The State experts gave some valuable suggestions on ways of improving farm conditions by more attention to the county’s principal money-making industries, namely: fruit-growing, poultry and dairying. Mr. Fornham pointed out the significant fact that profits from dairy cows would be increased by the use of stock beets, soy bean and alfalfa hay and silage for food, and omission of grain feed for cows. Judge Finely said that in one month $90,000 was sent out of the county for automobiles and automobile supplies and accessories. He emphasized the fact that some money crop must make it possible for Wilkes to get this money back if the county is to prosper.

After the speaking was over, dinner was laid out on a long table which had been prepared. The excellent barbecued meat, pork and beef, was served with bread, pickles, sandwiches, pies, cakes and other good things from the baskets.

From the front page of the North Wilkesboro Hustler, July 8, 1925

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