Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-23
LADIES WILL ACCEPT
PINE BEACH'S OFFER
HRS. VI. ". HARDWOOD Selected to
Act as General Manager Of
Resort Next Saturday.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR HOSPITAL DAY
Park Managers Propose to Turn
Everything over to the Ladies',
Who win Appoint Managers and
poorkeepers for All the Conces.
slons-ReuIn Boosting at Once.

After inspecting the various con.
ccssions at Pine Beach park, the
special committee OF eight appointed
by the board OF managers OF the
Newport News General Hospital met
at Hotel Warwick ut D o'clock yestcr.
day Afternoon and accepted the offer
OF the park management. The offer
is TO make next Saturday Hospital
Day" mt tho park; to turn all OF the
concessions over TO ladies' represent
Ing the hospital, and to give the In
atitution the entire gross receipts OF
twenty-seven OF the shows, fifty per
cent OF three others and twenty-five
percent of the remaining five.
Ladies' Had Pleasant Time.
The committee. which Is composed
OF Mesdames Ebert Nexsen, w.
Hnrwood, o. p. LoomIs, II. Il. Holmes,
@. II. Tall and J. Hugh Cnffee. Jr,
and Messrs. L. -. Manvillo ana j.
Hugh Caffec, Jr,, left this city for
Pine Beach Mt | o'clock yesterday
afternoon on the steamer Nnnticoke.
At the Pine Beach pier tho party was
met by the managers OF the park
and escorted over tho grounds and
very pleasant afternoon Mt the mark
the committee returned to this city
and reported to the meeting ut Hotel
Warwick.
The meeting was ATTENDED by a
number OF ladies OF the city ana con.
siderable enthusiasm wns manifested
Mrs. Ebert Ncxsen, chairman OF tho
Investigating committee. reported
that her committee had found every
thing In very creditnblc order ut Pine
Beach and that nothing was seen
there That could bo Objectionable TO
anyone. Tho other mombers OF the
committee spoko I'm high praise OF
the park and expressed the opinion
that every person who went there OH
Hospital Day" would have n very
enjoyable time.
A Permanent Organization.
After tho reports had been made
the committee formed n permnnent
organization to take charge of the
Pine Besch park Saturday. Mrs. w.
w. HARDWOOD wns elected general
I manager of the resort for the day
With MeBdames Nexsen aud Caiiee MS
her assistants. Mrs, G. II. Tall was
named secretary and Mrs. II. b.
Holmes, treasurer.
The committee Will hold another
meeting ut tho Office OF the Old Do
minion Land Company tonight to mp
rpint The managers and doorkeepors
for the various concessions Mt Pine
Beach Saturday Each member OF
the body will take ten other Indies
to the meeting making total of
about sixty ladies' present. All mr..
rangements for Hospital Day" will
he concluded tonight and tomorrow
the ladies' VIII sot TO work with n
vim 10 boost the day.
List Of Concesslons.
The CONCESSIONS Ar Pine Beach
which VIII be turned over to the la
dies representing tho hospital are:
Rostock's Animal Arena Toboggan:
Merry.go round; Monkey House;
Hereafter; Miniature Railroad; sknt-
Ing rink; knife board; cologne game:
check room; Dodging Coon trolley
car tours! shoot the chutes; circle
swing; Amnsea; snake show: KATE.
eniammer Castle; Penny Arcade;
shooting gallery; captive balloon;
devil fisher; Submarines; Old planta.
ton; Delta Midget Lady: ice water
machines: The Philippines. Opium
Den: Dave Wnldman's lunch room;
Is. Nuley's five cent hotel: George
Combs Pine Reach cafe; Pocahontas
Sen rood Company; Souvenir Palace;
Feather flowers anu boot black
stands
Executive Committee.
Messrs. l.. B Manville. chairman.
II. L. Cunningham and Il. j. Patton
lave been appointed members of
the executive committee. which will
have charge of Hospital Week. in
this city, which will begin next Mon.
day. This committee will appoint n
sub committee OF six members and
each member of that body will pick
team of ten to assist him In the
work of raising funds for the hos
pital.
The sixty committeeman will make
thorough canvas OF the entire city,
soliciting contributions for the pres
ent hospital and for the erection of
new building. The plans for this
canvas Will be perfected and the sub.
committee named this week.