What do you get when you combine dozens of grandkids from all over with hotdogs with all the trimmings, chips and ice cream? A bunch of happy kids!

That is what the historical society did in its second annual Grandkids Day, held at the Lincoln County Historical Park.

Everybody is somebody's grandchild so the historical society invited the public to a party. Members and friends brought their grandkids to the park and it was a hoot.

It was hard to estimate crowd size but over 120 hot dogs and 84 ice cream cones plus countless bowls of ice cream vanished before your eyes. It was decided that next year the kids would be counted before they got a head full of ice cream and were to active to count. Best estimates were just under 50 grandkids under 15 plus those over 15 who are somebody's grandchild.

The society honored the youngest grandparents in attendance, the grandpa with the most grandsons present, the grandma with the most granddaughters present and the most great-grandchildren present. Prizes naturally went to the kids and the boys made a bee line straight to the hanks of rope, John Deere caps and cowboy hats. Granddaughters were partial to the jewelry boxes and baby dolls. Both boys and girls liked the magnifying glasses.

After the hotdogs and ice cream the group was entertained with an awards program for the kids and then a game show format of "What is it?" More prizes were given for Vacation Bible School attendance, Summer Reading Program participation, working in a garden this summer, attendance at Red Devil football games, volunteer work at the May House, perfect attendance at school and many other noteworthy accomplishments. Then on stage by age group several rounds of "What is it?" were played. Hand tools, kitchen implements, a cut cross saw oiler, a butter mold, cotton scales, a muskrat trap, a lead bullet ladle and a section of lightning rod sometimes stumped the experts - even the 13 to 15 year old age bracket whose parents let everyone from the start that they already knew everything. The artifacts from yesterday even stumped some of the parents that had never seen how our ancestors lived. The most fun part was the imagination of the children and their guesses were hilarious. Did you ever think that a leather yoke that went around a mule's neck could be a padded toilet seat for the outhouse? Through the eyes of a child why not? See you and your kids at Pioneer Day the Saturday before Thanksgiving.