Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-07-31
PICNIC A
BIG SUCCESS

DeWitt's Park was crowded yester-
day afternoon at the annual picnic of
the Odd Fellows of Danvillc. The at
tendance reached three thousand and
everybody had an enjoyable time. The
day was cloudy, but the rain held off
and the weather was very pleasant. 1t
seemed that practically everybody
from this city was at the park. All
the hacks were crowded and the en-
tire park was thronged with merry
picnickers. There We're many amuse-
ments, in which everybody took part
The young ladies pitched quoits, there
were base ball games, bicycle race,
shooting match and nail driving
contest. The picnic was big success
and all who attended were delighted
with the pleasures of the day
There were two May pole dances
given in the pavilion by the children
who sang i'll the chorus of the Queen
Esther" cantata. Both drew large
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applause.
A base ball nine of Odd Fellows
went up against the plucky First
Ward Juniors to their sorrow, as the
First Warders won by score of II to
2. The boys had it all their own way
and piled up runs very fast. They
were cheered on to victory by big
audience. The following We're on the
two teams:
Juniors-Williams, Mccoy, Kosten-
bauder, Scarlet, Ross, Davis, Lloyd,
Foust, Bowyer.
Odd Fellows-Hale, Mincemoyer.
Lovett, Camp, Morrall, L. Snyder, J.
Snyder, Fogel, Trumbower.
The second game had nearly the
same result, Washingtonville winning
from a picked club of Odd Fellows by
a score of IS to 2. The chief feature
was the hitting by the Washington
vile team. The batting order was as
follows:
Observation-Disclosures, right field
Lewis, shortstop; W. Hoffa, catcher;
Billmeyer, second base !; S. Hoffa, pitch
er; D. Mccormick, third base; Hoff-
man, first base Zehnder, centre field;
Seidel, left field.
Odd FELLOWSHIP Gerst, catcher f.
Klase, pitcher; D. Gibson, first base;
F. Warntz, second base; W. Mottern,
shortstop a. Lawrence, third base
D. Blizzard, left field; O. Gerst, centre
field; H. Riley, right field.
William Manning was the victor i'll
the half mile bicycle race. d. Gibson
started but his bicycle slipped and he
was thrown to the ground. Manning's
prize was an Odd Fellows chart.
A number of mArksmen were enter
ed in the shooting match at blue
rocks. The best records were made
by William Spciser, Lewis Dietz and
Charles Lawrence.
The most amusing contest was that
of driving a wire nail through a two
inch ash plank. The winner was Mrs.
Frank Helm, who drove the nail
through in twenty seconds. The others
in this contest were Mrs. John Eisen
hart, Mrs George Rowe, Mrs. Vert
man, Mrs. David Guest and Mrs.
Daniel Shultz. The prize was fine
cake.
The four lodges of Odd Fellows of
this city joined i'll giving this picnic
and general committee was formed
by representative of Montour Lodge,
No. 109; Calumet Lodge, No. 279 Dan
Vile Lodge, No. 7S0, and Myrtle
Lodge, No. S5S. It's success was chief
ly due to the hard work of this COM
mittee, the members of which were:
Frank Lee Miles, chairman; X. Rich
ardson, secretary; Fl. Seidel, treasur-
er; William James, William Farley,
William Christian, Samuel Morall, ID.
r. Williams, John Foust, Charles
Gerst, J. Jobborn, H. Gerst, +. Var
rance, William Camp, J. Fisher and
Oscar Shultz.