The herald., 1894-08-16
FoRESTERS HAVE FUN.
THEY ENJOY LIFE AT TERMINAL
ISLAND.
The Annual Picnic of tho Order Gel
ebratsd Yesterday Most Pleas
autIy to All who
Attended.

TERMINAL ISLAND Aug. Is. - Yesterday
opened bright and beautifully warm, and
at very early hour the people COM
menced gathering, coming from Whining
ton, San Pedro and the large settlements SUR
rounding those places, SO by 9 O'Clock there
were fully 1000 present. The pavilion had
been tastefully and appropriately decorated.
and large piece of canvas with the CHEEKY
legend, "Welcome Foresters," was placed SO
as to meet their view on alighting from the
cars. The visitors were met by a reception
committee of Court San Pedro. and escorted by
them to the new dance pavilion, where Dr..
come. This was was responded to in happy terms
by the president Of the day, A. Orila. After an
excellent selection by the Los Angeles TheAter
band there were addresses by w. A. RYAN. J.
II. Krimminger, E. A. Meserve and ]. 6. Hall.
:. The circles were represented by Miss Annie
B: Andrews, T. 8; sealnans, :. Il. Millard, L.
nnnamon ana koDert j. Aucoc nxo By me time
hour had arrived, but as the large building
could not begin to accommodate the crowd at
one sitting, the waiting multitude INDUCED in
dancing
After dinner the majority adjourned to the
inner bay to witness the sculling races.
The first event was double scull race, the
contestants coming in In the following order:
Cy Duffy and Tom Gully first, Joe Bennett and
Herman Ellis second, and Ed Abbott and Joe
Bailey third; the first two boats receiving first
and second prizes In the order named.
The single skull race resulted as follows
Charlie McGinty first Axel Landstrum second,
Ed Anderson third.
Much interest was manifested in the yacht
event, and it was as pretty and as fair race as
was ever sailed, IA yachts taking part. The
winners were as follows: Class A-Columbus
first Winfred second; Glass B-Esperanza
first. Charles Foster second; Class C-Plug
first, and the yachts Hilda and Wild Pigeon
came in so close together that the judge de-
cided it tie and divided the purse between
them.
A special race was added by having the
schooner yachts Sparrow and Argyle sail over
the course, the Sparrow coming in first The
course sailed over was triangular and was IL
miles in extent.
The tug-of-war between the teams of the
courts San Pedro and Columbus Los Angeles
was lively it taking the San Pedro heavy
weights just hour and 20 minutes of the
hardest kind of pulling before their plucky
opponents were conquered.
Mrs. VIM. G. Cline of Los Angeles with her
two boys, Willie and George, spent the greater
portion Of the day here.
Mrs Charles Traver. nee May. Robinson. late
OF Chicago now of Los Angeles, was among
the visitors
Mr.. and Mrs j. Anderson of Cerritos thor
oughly enjoyed their day at the seaside.
Miss Stella Norton of Alamitos beach and
Miss Edna Mendenhall OF Whittier enlivened
the occasion by their presence.
Edwin A. Meserve and family came over from
Long Beach for the day..
Mrs. l. L. Fetterman of Long Beach and her
friend, Miss Florence Hoae of San Bernardino,
enjoyed themselves here today.
the afternoon.
Judge and Mrs, Savage and daughters, Nellie,
JOSIE Katie and Maggie of San Pedro were par
Elephants.