The Washington times., 1903-08-26
ORPHANS MADE HAPPY
BY KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Most Successful Excursion in History of
the Organization

The annual excursion of the Knights
of Columbus was given yesterday to
River View. Each boat going from
Washington to the popular river resort
carried large crowds. and it is estimated
that more than 5000 persons enjoyed
the entertainments provided by the sew
eral committees.
Among the happfest visitors to the
grounds were the orphans of st. Jo-
seph's and st. Vincent's Asylums. The
little ones were guests of the Knights,
and were given the privilege of all the
amusements on the grounds. The COM
mittee of ladies appointed to care for
the children was composed of Mrs. R.
E. Doyle, chairman; Miss Katharine c.
Maley, secretary; Mrs. Joseph S. Nc
Donough. Mrs. Charles E. Welsh. Mrs.
John T. Callahan. Mrs. Edward II. Ryan,
Mrs George w. Cook, Mrs. p. A. Talta-
vull, Mrs. e. L. Hinson, Mrs. Martin
Morgan, Mrs. P. H. Bradley. Mrs. Flor
ence Fugitt, Mrs. W. H. Callahan, Miss
Heloise Crossfeld, Miss Nellie b. Sage,
Miss Jennie Doyle, Miss Mae Sweeney
Miss K. R. Fitzgerald, Miss BERTHE
Doyle, Miss Nellie Maley, Miss Amy
Coghlan, Miss Nellie Hayes. Miss Mary
Lennon. Miss Mamie Wells, and Miss
Rica Markey.
The events of the afternoon and win
ners were:
75-yard race-Paul Cook won, H. Etchi-
son second. and J. p. Herring third.
50yard race-Paul Cook won, H. Etchi-
Second and I p Herring third
Fat mems race Crun over on charge of
foul-T. P. Kennedy won. Michael Burke
second
Race for girls under twelve years old;
Is yards-First heat, Marie Robertson
won, Alice Lucas second Second heat,
Agnes Slattery won, Katharine Eta sec
ond Finals, Marie Robertson won,
Agnes Slattery second.
Three-legged race-William Crawford
and Edward Connolly won; Charles
Bechtel and W. F. Moran second.
oss-country run; mile and one-half; I;
ten starters. P. Herring won, II.
Etchison second, and w. Colclesser
third.
Sack race; 70 yards-H. Etchison won,
Francis Marsden second.
Prof Maurice Joyce, of the Carroll In
stftute, acted as starter; Harry A. He
garty as clerk of the course. and Thomas
B. Nolan, j. A. DuVal, ana i. b. NC
Nance as judges.
A baseball game between Keane and
a team picked from other councils re-
suited in a victory for Keane with the
score to 6.
The committees in charge of the ex-
cursion were:
Invitation, ]. Percy Myers and Thomas
K Gallaher; press, Thomas X. Gallaher.
George A. Young, and Ronald Mcdonald; !;
entertainment, George T. Kolb, chair
man; Harry E. Brooks, secretary: Owen
A. Hart, f. R. Hilliard, James Hayes.
John A. Meyers. and Julius Wenig; in
charge of orphans. Robert z. Doyle.
George T. Kolb. Ronald Mcdonald. John
T. Callaghan, and J. Floyd Maley;
tickets at boat, Francis ]. P. Cleary,
Thomas x Gallaher. Harry F. Severn,
John G. Miller, Joseph B. Fitzpatrick. E.
J. Maloy, Thomas j. Trodden. DR.. w. c.
Pairo. and George A. Young; floor COM
mittee, John c. Myers. chairman;
George L. Dant, Robert E. Doyle, jr.,
Charles L. Ferry. J. II. Fable. C. Ber-
nard Werle, Frank J. Mulhall. Michael
]. Mangum, John f. Bifield. DR.. /. A.
Walker. and G.. Louis Eckloff
Executive committee, George W. Bar
~, chairman; j. Percy Myers, vice
chairman: Francis J. P. Cleary, secre-
tary, and DIR. F. o. Roman. treasurer.