Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29


MAJOR EDWARD w. PICKERING
ITO, for the Modern Woodmen of
II America picnic! Venice, Sep
IL tember 4, s, 6 and 7. Ho, for the
sports and games the Marathon race
and the tugs of war! and no, for the
competitive drills of the teams of the
Woodmen and those of the Royal
Neighbors of America!
The association has all but wound up
the details for the picnic, and only a
few of the final arrangements VIII De
attended to by the committees at the
last meeting to be held by the asso-
citation prior to the picnic at the hall
of Golden State camp 431 South Hill
street, next Friday night. A vast
amount of work was attended to at
the meeting last Friday night and very
satisfactory reports were made by all
committees. President Pickering ex-
pressed himself as well pleased with
the work of the several committees and
feels sure that the success of the un-
dertaking is assured.
e. X. MCCarVer was at the meeting
Friday night and made some valuable
suggestions which were accepted by
the committees and which will add
much to the interest in some of the
, events. Mr.. McCarver said that every
thing at Venice is in absolute readiness
to receive the Woodmen and that he
expected to handle on the days of the
picnic one of the largest crowds of the
season. He has made many valuable
concessions for the WOOdmen and
many will take advantage of this op-
portunity to taLe an outing that other
wise would have remained at home.
The following is the program of
I . IA ty.ar
or alterations:
September 40 Il. m. to p. m, as
signment of teams to quarters; all
teams will report to Col. II. II. Morgan
| between the hours specified. Z p, m,
regimental dress parade.
September 5-11 a. m, religious serV-
ices conducted by the chaplain of the
regiment. G p. m, regimental dress
parade.
September Go a. m, regimental
drill: Marathon race, starting from Los
Angeles and finishing in front of tho
grandstand in Athletic field Venice
1915 a. m, r. n. A. relay race. 10:30
a. m, 100-yard dash for women lola
a. m, 100-yard dash for boys under 16.
1915 a. m, fat mems race (over 200
pounds. II a. m, tug of war. p. M,
street parade through Venice to the
auditorium. p. m addresses in the
auditorium; address of welcome by II.
b. Eakin. mayor of Venice; also ad-
dresses by Supreme Lecturer Charles
E. Whelan, State Deputy II. V. Rees
and District Deputy j. O. Burgess.
S:15 p. m. boat race. 3;45 p. m, NJ. w.
a. relay race and 100-yard dash for
men. p. m, wood saving contest
4:3O p. m, wood chopping contest. s.
p, m, nail driving contest. $50 p. m,
regimental dress parade and review.
p. m., swimming race in Venice bath
house.
September 10 a. m., pony class
drills. 10:30 a. M, junior class drills.
1:S0 p. m, senior class drills. 8 p. m,
r. N. A. class drills. p. M, regi-
mental dress parade. 1880 p. m, cleo
tion of officers (oVer Ship cafe). $3.50
p. M grand ball Gree to wearers of the
official badge in the Venice dancing
pavilion.
Members of the Modern Woodmen of
America will be given 20 per cent re-
duction in the rental rates in the Ven
ice villas-the most sanitary villa city
in the world.
In all the sporting events as we'll as
the team drills appropriate and costly
prizes will be given The Marathon
race is new innovation among the
Nj. w. A. sports, but it promises to be
a popular one and is likely to become
a fixture, as are many Woodmen that
are fonl of that sort of athletics. The
relay races of both the Woodmen and
the r. N. A.. will be events of interest.
and records are likely to be smashed
in both events. The 100-yard dash for
men promises to be one of the really
great events as there are some speedy
men entered for that race, and the one
that carries off the prize there will
have to make some record running.
The M. w. A. has the finest tug of
war teams in the entire state, and
there will be some strenuous effort 30
be seen when that event is pulled off,
and the team that gets the beautiful
cup that is offered as a prize will have
to earn it by the sweat of their faces.
All the minor events for both men
and women will add much to the
pleasure and amusement of the people
on the side lines
The events that are agitating the
teams of the different camps will be the
competitive drills on the field Tuesday,
September T. There will be ten teams
to dispute the right to hold the trophy
cup or urn which is now in possession
of Golden State camp, having been won
by that team at the picnic at San
Diego last year. This will be an event
that all those who are the least in
terested in military tactics would en-
joy great deal, as it is said by mill
tary experts that there is no body of
men outside of the regular army that is
teams of the Nj. w A. Some of the
best teams of the society will be come
petitors for the prizes on this occasion.
The Royal Neighbors will also con-
tribute their part in the exhibition
drills, as they have three teams to com
pete for honors.
Maj. Edward w. Pickering of Pasa-
dena camp, who is president of the
Southern California M. W. A. Log Roll
ing association, deserves great credit
for the splendid work and progress
made in the preparations for the picnic
at Venice September At.
Hon. Charles E. Whelan, supreme
national lecturer for the Modern Wood
men of America, is considered one of
the finest speakers on the American
platform today. He will be principal
speaker at the M. w. A. picnic at
Venice Monday, September G.
Anybody who would be able to find an
addrsss in tha directory would able O