The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-21
GREAT SUCCESS
WASUN|0N PICNIC
THIRTEEN HUNDRED CAIRO PEG
PIE ENJOYED OUTING AT
FORT JEFFERSON.
GOOD ATHLETIC SPORTS
ccident-committee to Meet
Saturday-All Well Pleased
With Result

> Over 1900 people attended the Union
Sunday school picnic at Fort Jeffec
son yesterday, the steamer Thrc,
States taking big crowds each trip
! fhe day was ideal for an affair of thi
kind and not an accident married tn.
days fun. AT G:30 in the morning tn,
leyee was lined with people waiting
to get on the boat with even a large
, throng waiting for the 3 o'clock boaF
The last morning trip was made a
: II O'Clock when the boat tied up a
Wickliffe and the crew took their din
ner with the pieniekers,
The following is the number of tick
cts registered from each school: FRS
ICairo Baptist. 14g: Methodist South
Il3l; Lutheran l09: First Christian
l9S: Second Christian. IS; Calvary
Baptist. 10; not from schools 81 This
makes total of 1888 but there were
a great many tickets that We're not
registered Each person was required
to write his or her name and The
church they We're Connected with. and
as a result the executive committee
have a complete record of all who at
TENDED,
An invitation was extended 10 the
schools OF Wickliffe to Join the Cairo
ties for the day and a great man{
accepted the Invitation. For a while
Monday night it seemed as though
they would have 70 give up the picnic
as the executive committee learned
that they could not reach the grounds
from the landing. Arrangements
we're made to have timber and luu-
Der at the landing by o'clock in til,
morning and party composed OF
Messrs. Dewey, Wright and Neff, left
on Mr. Wings launch and built 2
bridge there, completing it 8 minutes
after the first boat arrived
Athletic Events.
The athletic events were In charge
of Earl Wrigh and many a funny
stunt was presented The winners
sol blue ribbons for first prizes and
red ribbons for second prizes Tn,
following is the result OF the various
matches held at the grounds:
Boys free for all, LIST prize. Dick
Pitcher. I'd prize Walter Jackson.
Girls free for all. 1st prize Haze
Han, I'd prize Edna James
Free for all sack race, LIST prize |
Charley Tauber, ID prize Cornelius
Foster.
Shackle race. free for all, Isl prize |
James Black. second prize, Hobart |
Rubeck.
Boys three legged race, LIST prize |
Roy Fredericks and B. Leman, 2nl
prize Vernon Ross and r. Thornberry |
Boys backward race. LIST prize Eu |
gene Land, second prize Karl Tauber
Boys blindfolded race LIST prize
James Rose, n prize Roy Richardson
Free for all in three and four yea,
ODDS. LIST prize. Anna May Thistle
wood. I'd prize Gertrude Ort
Fat mems race. LIST prize, C. "
Floyd, 2d prize Paul Baur
Lean mems race LIST prize. II. Perks
I'd prize. F. Culp.
Old mems race. 1st prize Mr.. Wise.
I'd prize, James Hoffman.
Young ladies' race LIST prize, Haze
Wise, "a prize Ada Croft.
Old ladies walk fast, Is prize Nan
y Summers. "a prize Mary Vestal.
Fat ladies' walk fast LIST prize Daisy
Walker I'd prize, Ina Goldsmith
Boys tug of war, lst prize, Eugene
.andon. 2d prize. Hobart Rubeck.
Girls tug of war. 1st prize. Alice
stewart I'd prize. Reba Richardson
Stand and jump, lst prize. Bert
rhrelkeld. I'd prize Brice Bumpus.
Boys run and jump. lst prize Byron
schulz, "a prize. Eugene Landon.
Hop step and jump, LIST prize. Frank
snow. 2d prize. Leonard Cox.
Boys best athletic stunt, LIST prize
lanes McCullen, "a prize, Hope Ru
,eck and Eugene Landon
Overland rope climb, boys LIST prize
Harry Thornberry, I'd prize, Marshall
Davis
Young ladies' race. LIST prize, Mrs.
PAUL Baur. "a prize Mrs. Paul s Dee
Immediately following the athletic
vents two games of baseball were c
'layed, resulting as follows: Washing. e
on, Is and Mixed Team, 0: the see
nd game was between small boys o.
afro and Wickliffe. the score beilgI
l to in favor of Cairo. The batter p
IS in the last named game We're Cal
o, Wilburn ami Foster: Wickliffe 0
ook and Colons. Il
Capt Hacker of the Three States u
nd the managers were all pleased
18th the outing. The committee will
Ieet Saturday night a. the Methodist
hurch to make a final disposition OF Il
he expenses and see about making k
lie Union picnic an annual affair. o.