The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-25
THE TRAVERSE COUNTRY.
Indiana People who Seek Recreation
i'm Northern Michigan.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BAY VIEW, July 2.--The machinery of
university and assembly life at Bay View
has been set in motion. There was -four
ism of trumpets on Wednesday evening,
when a concert that included the assembled
musical talent, vocal and instrumental, in
augurated the summers work. The Indi-
ana University Glee Club Quartet gave a
fine concert on Thursday. indianapolis
people always have warm place in their
hearts for Bay View, and are already well
represented, both in the hotels and cot
tages. Friday evening one of the Bay View
directors, as he stood among the piles of
trunks lately arrived at the station, said:
I'VE never saw anything like this so early
in the summer" Mrs w. D. Cooper and
daughter, Mrs. G. M. Chandler and Miss
Cooper. Mary Nave and Miss Margaret
Dorman are at the Ives cottage with Mrs.
H. A. Schlotzhauer and Miss Pye. Mr..
Philip Goetz and family have taken cot
tage in Fairview Park; Mrs. Gregory and
Mrs. S. D. Pray and family will be at the
Howard House for the summer; Mrs. Max
Leckner and family have taken cottage
for the season; Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Metcalf
and family, Mrs. Sallie Grub and Mrs.
Commingor, Mrs. Condo and family, Mrs.
Frank Fishback and family and Mrs. John
Fishback, Miss Emma Orms. DIR. and Mrs.
Lafayette Page and family. Mrs. Mans
field and family, Mrs. Jonn Appel and
daughter Elsie and son Fred, Rev. and Mrs.
Duncan of Sheblbyville, formerly of Indian
apoliS, are all located at Bay View. Mrs.
Anna O.. Eldridge, OF Irvington, Ind, con-
ducts daily Bible reading and song serv-
ice at Bay View. Mrs. h. Il. BriggS and
Miss Timberlake of Lafayette, are Bay
View residents for the summer The Indi-
Stanton l.. White, impersopator and comic
soloiSt; Thomas h. Bracken, first tenor;
Ernest p. Wiles. second tenor; e. Norman
second bass. Their first appearance, before
a large audience in the auditorium, won for
them deserved applause and they are an
afternoon. The Sunset ODE was very fine,
and THE Boarding House Song" very fun
NY Both were enthusiastically encored.
Sentiment in favor of athletics always
runs high at Bay View. On Friday after
noon the first field day of the season was
held at Recreation Park. The programme
announced baseball and variety of races.
The interest was by no means local. The
players were mostly college men. Critenius,
legiate record as fast runner. Burt Hodg-
don, of Michigan University, is distance
man; Edward Jones, of the Michigan Ag-
ricultural College, holds the intercollegiate
championship for running.
Prof. A H. Merrill, who has charge of the
school OF f. oTaToIy at Bay View gave an
torium on Thursday. Professr Merrill is
perfectly natural. without any apparent eff
fort. His reading was the best possible adj
vertisement for his teaching.
At Wequetonsing the Colonial Danes and
Daughters Of the American Revolution have
organized to work for the soldiers. A con-
cert will be given by the assembled talent
of the resort on Monday evening and the
money sent to the hospital corps of the
D. A. r. Society at WeQuetonsing is large
ly drawn from Cincinnati, Louisville and
st. Louis. Small social parties, Welsh
rarebits and bowling parties are the pres
ent recreationS at Wequetonsing and the
Point. and golf links are popular in all sorts
sored all the golf This year Roaring Brook
and Harbor Point have each their own
fields Interest in tennis has been revived.
and tournament will be held later in the
season. Bowling has acquired a new inter-
est and athletics have ardent deyotees
among the young people. Junior baseball
has been organized at all the resorts which
promises well for the players of the future.
Petoskey always works hard for it's sum-
mer visitors. The cycle path leading from
Petoskey through Bay View, almost to
Roaring Brook, is in fine condition.
w. w. Orr, of Muncie, Ind, has arrived at
Harbor Point The clubhouse is said to be
full, but there is always room for one more.
In cottage at Mackinac island for the
summer.
Prizes for the athletic contest at Bay
View on Friday afternoon were generously
contributed by the Petoskey merchants, and
the occasion was one of lively interest. Burt
Hodgman of the University OF Michigan,
was the hero of the day, winning the run
ming broad jump, the one hundred and
twenty-yard hurdle race, the mile run and
the half-mile run. F. M Churchill threw
and six inches. The mile walk, won in five
minutes, was very amusing.