Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-23
SUNDAY SCHOOL EXCURSION.
Enjoyable Program Provided at Ma,
shall Hall YESTERDAY,

Joint excursion of the Sunday schools
| OF Grace Lutheran. Mt Pleasant Congre-
gational, Gunton-Temple Presbyterian, CAL
vary NJ. e. and First Congregational
churches was held yesterday at Marshall
Hail. The day was warm and bright, an
| ideal one for trip on the water. A large
crowd took advantage of the occasion the
Charles Manchester carrying down large
loads on each OF its trips. The early even
| Ing boat brought back the bulk OF the
children. and the rain came In the evening
at time when those remaining on the
grounds easily found shelter.
| One of the principal features of the day
was the athletic program which was run
| on In the shade of the trees. This was
In charge Of Mr.. A. M. Chesley, boys sec
rotary of the Y. NJ c. A. There was a
large number of entries in each event, and
there was strong competition for the rib
bons awarded the winners.
The first event was the J0-yard dash for
boys under fifteen years. There were 25
| entries. requiring five heats. Worden Hill
and Ralph Stephan secured first and sec
| ond places In the first heat; Carl Snyder
and Hubbard Quinter in the second heat;
Fred Berger and Ed. Taylor in the third
heat. Henry Heine and Herbert Brands in
the fourth heat and Albert ST. Clair and
Hawley Smith in the fifth heat. In the
semi,hnals, Carl SNYDER and Worden Hill
tied In the first heat, and Albert ST. Clair
and Fred Berger in the second heat the
final heat was won by worden Hill of Gun
ton; Carl Snyder of Mt. Pleasant Congre-
gatfonal. second, and Albert ST Clair of
New York Avenue Presbyterian third
The second event was a 50-yard race for
girls under fifteen years of age. There
were 20 entries. Anna Black and Janetta
Campbell were first and second in the first
heat, Hattie Pugh and Louise Gardner in
the second heat, Dorothy Lehman and
Frances Armstrong in the third heat and
May Whitaker and Margaret Ray m the
N ha Spo1h
OF Gunton won first place. May Whitaker
of Mt Pleasant Congregational second anu
Margaret Ray Of Gunton third.
Next was a 50-yard race for girls over
fifteen years, which was won by Margaret
Strawn Of the Mt. Pleasant Conversational.
Gertrude Thomas of the same school, sec
ond.
The fourth event was seventy-fiye va rds
race for boys over fifteen years In the
hrst heat Roy Carly and William Whit
taker were first and second. and in the
by qualified In the final heat Ward Fris-
toe of the Mount Pleasant Congregational
was first, and Roy Carly of the same school
second.
A potato race for girls came next. Lii
liam Kline and Hope Ottinger were fret
and second in the first heat; Margaret
McCambridge and Florence Evans in the
second heat. and Dorothy Harvey and
Maggie cellars in the third heat In the
final heat Florence Evans of the Mount
Pleasant Congregational was first and
Dorothy Harvey of the same school second
In the potato race for boys Wesley
Wymer of the First Baptist Church was
first out of ten boys; John Clark of Calvary
Baptist second
The inter-church relay race was contested
for by four teams. 1t was won by the
Mount Pleasant Congregational team. con-
sisting of William E. Whitaker Ballard
Moore Edward Fristoe and Frederick Simp-
son; ST. Stephens team, consisting of Ar
thur Guy, Robert Rawlings, Richmond Bry-
ant and Jesse Mckeever, was second
Mount Pleasant Congrega tional won thir-
ty-five points out of ffty-eight; Gunton
was second, with eleven.
The refreshments committee provided
free Ice and lemonade. The arrangements
for the excursion were made by Messrs
James E. West, A. M. Daniel, Lewis w
Call. H. c. Lehman and F. D. Gray, and
were very satisfactory.