The Fifth Annual Picnic of the Nihilist Party of Canada
Sunday, August 24, 1969, Pinafore Park, St. Thomas, Ontario

Photos by Drew Gillies and Bill McGrath

John Boyle reads to the picnickers at the 1969 Picnic of the Nihilist Party of Canada.                               Photo: Bill McGrath	Bill Exley, with whistle and paper cup megaphone, directs the games at the Nihilist Picnic.                   Photo: Drew Gillies

Bill Exley competes in the No Running jump as Dave Gordon (seated, between Bill's legs) and John Cairns (standing, right) look on.	John Boyle (left) and the late Toby Chapman, with unidentified partners, compete in the Two- Legged Race.	Hugh McIntyre brings the rope for the Tug O' Nor

Hugh McIntyre summons the members of his team for the Tug O' Nor	Greg Curnoe (foreground, striped pants) competes in the Tug O' Nor.	Hugh McIntyre's Tug O' Nor team makes a valiant but ultimately losing effort. Hugh is the team anchor, at left with his back to the camera. Other team members are Bob McKenzie (second from left), London artist and librarian Anne Garwood (third from right, looking at the camera), Montreal sculptor Henry Saxe (fourth from right), and Pierre Théberge, who later became the Director of the National Gallery of Canada (fifth from right).

All photos from the October 1969 issue of 20 Cents Magazine, copyright © 1969 The Twenty Cents Publishing Company

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