Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-25

The Master Plumbers Association of
Wilmington and its guests, whose cele-
bration was mentioned in Every Even
ing yesterday, had a delightful time
at the Idle Hour Clubhouse, at Grubb's
Landing, where the festivities took
place, and the amusement offered, in
addition to the tempting food, proved
such an attraction that many remained
at the clubhouse until late last even
ing, enjoying the breeze from the
Delaware River, which washes the
club grounds.
The planked shad dinner, which was
the chief feature of the outing, was
served on the lawn between / and
O'Clock in the afternoon, and, as one
OF the Baltimore guests remarked, "It
could not be excelled. IL have eaten
planked shad, be continued, "but
none better than this. / don't know
who got it up, but 10 was gotten up in
proper shape. " This sort Of talk came
from many Of the visitors. which
pleased the local men all the more,
as they had promised a good dinner
and knew that their efforts we're ap-
preciated. Luncheon was served later
in the day and all had an enjoyable
time.
An interesting fve-inning game Of
baseball WAS played by Wilmington
and Baltimore plumbers, the latter
winning. There were also running
races, quoit pitching and other amuse-
ments, which We're participated in by
hosts and guests.
The members of the local association
proved themselves to be royal hosts.
Alfred Gawthrop presided at the
dinner and speeches were made by sew
eral of the local men and guests
Speeches were made by Dennis j.
Harrington, president of the local as.
ISOLATION; Harry A. Miller, Plumb
ing Inspector Edward f. Kane, George
b. Ward, John S. Grohe, James f.
Traynor, William McCoach Of phila-
delphia, John Trainor of Baltimore,
past president of the National Associa-
tioni Arthur Schlegel, president Of
the Baltimore association; Hon.
Samuel Q. Turner of Chester, George
II. Uber of Baltimore, A. @. Mylander
Of Philadelphia and others.
In addition to the visitors, whose
names were published yesterday, the
following Wilmington people we're in
attendance; Alfred Gawthrop, William
III. Heine, William r. Orpen, W. G.
Byrne, Fred G. Mammele. Jesse X.
Handy, Captain of Police Edward
Evans, William ID. Haddoclx, Joseph
Wigglesworth, Charles Stuart, John
S. Grohe, Patrick f. Walsh, James +.
Traynor, Frank j. Harrington, George
Hutton, Il. b. Mckinney, Albert JEFF
ferries, Robert o. Grier, William Il.
Inderlied, Martin Traynor, Harry Zim-
mermann, Frank W. Pierson, Leslie Y.
Christy, George b. Ward, Edward +.
Kane, plumbing inspector; Charles II.
Smith, Harry A. Miller, John s.
Stewart, Samuel l.. Lane, All. Kooch,
A. o. II. Grier and John l. Beehan,
and the committee having charge of
the outing, which comprised Dennis j.
Harrington, chairman; W. f. Groves,
i. g. Pranold, j. j. O'Conner and
Charles Stewart.
Fred G.. Mammele, president Of the
Idle Hour Club, and John @. Brison
assisted the committee in taking care
Of the guests.
Harry Zimmerman, thel caterer
engaged for the occasion, had a novel
device of his own for cooking the
planked shad, which proved a great
success and a novelty 70 many Of
those who watched him and his assist.
ants at, work. He had three double
open CRATES, in each Of which a hot
charcoal fire was kept. The shad were
placed on stout hickory planks, being
held thereon by steel CRATES, and being
secure, they were placed in perpendicu-
lar position, so as to face the hot fire.
Butter and other seasoning was ap-
piled while the cooking was in prog
ress, the seasoning being in one liquid
mixture. The cooking proved to be
an interesting feature, especially for