Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-31
scRIBEs SPEND ENJOYABLE
DAY ABOARD Pilots YACHT
Captains Boutwell, and sau!ch En-.
terrain the jamestown Press
cIub-Delegate to Denver.

Captain Boutwell, says the news.
paper men of Underwater are Il lot of
landlubbers--und at least sixteen OF
the twenty members OF the James.
town Press Club who were on board
the schooner yacht William A..
Graves Sunday are unable to deny
the allegation.
Captain Boutwell, is vice.prcsident
of the Nlrginin Pilots Association,
at whose invitation the Press club
held It's meeting Sunday OH board
the William A. Graves. He and
Captain Baulch, master of the yacht,
were the hosts and they spent the
day seeing that their guests enjoyed
the cruise. Such excellent hosts were
they that they seemed to be busy
only when IL fellow was looking over
the rail-
Some longheaded chap, foreseeing
seasickncss and other things, Sug.
gcsted that the business meeting of
the club be held as soon as the party
got aboard. This was done ana he.
fore the club adjourned the William
a. Graves was Off Cape Henry and
heading for tho Atlantic.
Mr.. e. Il, Kelley, chief Of the pub.
liclty bureau Of the Jamestown Expo.
sitlon, was elected delegate to The
National Association of Press Clubs
which meets Mt Denver, Col. on Aug
ust 81 Mr.. Kelley has been In bad
health for several weeks and In case
he cannot mako the trip he Is au-
thorized to- choose an alternate, to be
approved by the board. of trustees.
llo will invite the association to
hold It's 1907 convention at the expo
sition.
Other business was disposed of
and tho body adjourned to meet ut
the call of the chair. II Is probable
that II meeting will he held next
Sunday to net upon proposed amend
mcnts to tho constitution and to re-
ccivc from II special committee ap.
pointed yesterday.
Aftcr the meeting everybody went
on dock and for few minutes eli.
joycd watching the trim schooner
plough through the big waves, max
Ing something likc.-icn knots In Il
stiff breeze. Pretty soon silence fell
over the crowd; then one scribe
who had been busy telling what a
good sailor he was suddenly repair
ed to the rail. 1t was not long before
more victims surrendered and soon
there were only three or four still
able to smile.
a splendid dinner was served In
the cabin, but only very few OF
the guests were able to do 1t JUS
ticc. Many made brave attempts and
were forced to retire hurrledly.
shamefaccdly admitting defeat to
their less vcnturcsomc comrades
who had remained on deck. But
what they did to supper was plcn.
ty,
After the yacht anchored off Ocean
View again late in the afternoon the
scribes fished until rain drove them
below. Then supper was served.
1t was about 1880 O'clock In the
evening when. the party went ashore
after giving three rousing cheers for
their genial hosts and the Virginia
Pilots Association.
Tho following were the guests of
Captain Boutwell, and Baulch:
Messrs. Kelly, Wilkinson, Dudley,
Moore, Myers and Crown, of the vir-
ginian-Pilot; Maxwell, Hamilton and
Melvin, Of the Lcdger-Dispatch; Es-
sary and Alternately. of the Land
mark; Allen, Kelly and Holman. of
the jamestown Press Bureau; Epcs
and Titlow, of the Newport News
Daily Press; Hutchesop, of tho
Portsmouth, Star; w. Frank Wing.
humorist, of Norfolk; Yometo Kushl-
biki, concessionaire of the James
town exposition, and Albert Hess, of
the jamestown Magazine.