The Portland daily press., 1898-07-27
THE GRocERs.
The oniciaI Programme of the Annual
Festival.

The oficiaI Programme of the Annual
Festival.
The thirteenth annual picnic of the
Portland Retail Grocers, Provision and
Fish Dealers association will be held at
the Everett and Alberta hotels at Old
Orchard. Merriman's band will provide
music. Chief marshal, Chauncey W.
Lombard; aids, F. A. Blossom, George
Barrows, B. L. johnson. E. e. Moulton;
standard bearers. Philip Silva, Walter
Marshall; steward, John Flavin; armor.
er, Sidney Moulton.
Members will please meet at Monu-
ment square to form for march to Union
Station ut O'Clock, On Wednesday morn
ing, July 81, 1898. Trains leave Union
Station at O'Clock. Tickets can be pro-
cured of the committee.
Chairman-A. T. Hail.
Secretary and Ireasurer-E. M. Themes,
Committee on Sports-F. W. McConkey,
John Church, Morris Dunn, B. L. John
son, G. T.. Tibbetts, +. A. Blossom.
Committee on Transportation and Din
ner-Perley Chase, Chauncey w. Lom-
bard, Geo. G. Barrows, Ernest Cole, W.
ii. Goodwin. G. +. BARTLETT, D. B. Kiley.
Music and Dancing-Chauncey Whom
bard, E. M. Themes, Morris Dunn, Ed,
ward Illsley, Geo. Berry, W. Johnson.
Finance and Printing-Perley Chase,
e. nj. Themes, L. A. Mckinney.
The following will be the events of the
day:
$50 a. m.-Base ball, Grocers VS.. Pro-
duce Dealers. Prize, 10 sacks Hour from
Brown & Josselyn.
$40 a. m.-Rope pull. Prize, 100
company, j. E. Vose, agent.
9.450 a. MOO yards dash. As years
and over. Prize IL pounds hominy from
the 81. o. company.
1000 a. m.-200 yards dash, 200 pounds
or more. Prize, gold-headed cane FROM
Portland Beef company.
1910 a. m.--100 yards dash, Is years or
under. Prize, box candy from G. e.
Sawyer.
1920 a. m-Throwing hammer. Prize
100 pounds ketchup from Milliken- Tom
linson Company.
1O.3O-Putting shot. Prize, Dutch
cheese, from l. S. Bean & Co.
1915 a. m.-Three-legged race. Prize,
pounds coffee and silver spoon, from G.
A. Cross & Co., Boston.
lib a.m.-Potato race. Prizes pounds
coffee from G. A. Cross q Co.
IL. 30 a. m. to p. m.-D1nner.
1.30p. m.-Ball game between East
Ends and West Ends. Prize, 10 pals
lard from Maine Cold Storage company,
j. ii. Vose. agent.
Las p. m.-Hop, skip and Jump. Prize,
100 pounds mixed pickles from Heinz
Pickle company.
200 D. m.-Pole vault. Prize, one UNI
brella from J. W. Trefethen.
2.15 .. Outstanding high jump. Prize,
um brella, from L. B. Griffin & Co.
$50 p. m.-Running high jump. Prize,
case deyelled ham, from Armour & Co.,
A. A. Chenery, agent.
$40 .. m.-Standing broad jump.
Prize, ice cream freezer, from Kendall 81
Whitney.
.s25O p. m.-Ball game. Prize, keg
mixed pickles, from e. d. Pettingill q
Co.
500 p. m.-Running broad lump.
Prize, umbrella, from j. W. Lavill % 20.
g. 10 p. m.-100-yard dash. free for all.
Prize, case tea biscuit from Kennedy
Biscuit company, Harry Thomas, agent.
Second prize, l case bay lunch, from
g. & K, bakers.
32op. m.--I0O yards dash. Prize,
case Fl. O.. from Hornby's Ell. O. COM
pany.
case Van Houteu's cocoa.
$40 D. MO yards dash for ladies.
First prize from Schlotterbeck & Foss.
Second Prize, punch bowl.
$50 D. m.-50 yard dash for ladies, $50
pounds or over. First prize from Muir
dock & Freeman; second prize case her
ring from Twitchell, Champlin company.
4.15p. m.-Climbing creased pole.
Prize, 10 1-pound cans coffee from il. W.
Spur & Co.
Dane ing from p. m. to p. m. Best
lady waltger, silver water set from Cum
mings Bros. second prize, manicure set
from 9winal Wright, Boston. Oldest
grocer's wife, one case psarline from j.
Pyle & Son. Grocer attending with most
children, / barrel PiTlsbury's -four from
Norton, Chapman & Co. Oldest grocer
attending, umbrella from W. Z. Studiey.
Donations have been received from the
following firms: Twitcheil, Champlin
Company. case peas; G. II. Guppy &
Co., cigars; J. B. Donnell & Co., case
baked beans; W. 81. Raymond, cigars;
Sturdivant g. Norton, cigars Secondhand
Bros, so pounds pressed ham; Norton,
Chapman g. Co., l case vitoes; e. D.
Pettingill g. Co., case mixed pickles;
Shaw, Hammond & Carney, cigars;
Chase & Sanborn, badges; E. NJ. Stead.
man g. Co., cigars; N. Z. Fairbanks &
Co., soap. W. Fl. Robinson, agent; Ire
fethen & Bearce, I case salt; Kendall
Manufacturing company, umbrella, q.
J. Lane, agent; Twitchell, Champlin
company, ] case herring; Martin, Hall &
Co., cigars; Winslow, Nelson g. Rand, 1
case tea.
In the games and sports no one will be
entitled to prize who has not been con-
nected with retail grocers, provision or
fish dealers, or the who esale produce
dealers for at least six months, and no
person will be allowed more than one
prize No person will be allowed to wear