The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-08-13
Publishing House Picnic.


forward to with the greatest degree
of anticipation and pleasure by the
National Baptist Publishing House
force is their annual picnic. This
was celebrated in the most enjoyable
manner Tuesday, August II, at CLASH
cal Greenwood, the beautiful and un-
rivaled pleasure resort, situated some
miles out on Lebanon pike, which has
become the Mecca of all those who,
like Major Ozone, of funny picture
fame, are disciples or lovers of fresh
air which gambols in wild abandon
and copious abundance through dell
and over the hills of that splendid
park.
At $3.50 o'clock Tuesday morning
large number Of those engaged in
operating the great publishing plant
assembled there and went short dis
lance to the corner of Third and 10
Johnston avenue, where special car
service had been arranged for their
transportation to the park, and at
900 o'clock as jolly and merry a
crowd of picnickers as ever went forth
was speeding away to enjoy the pleas
ures of the day Those who went out
on the cars in the morning were aug
mented by those who came out in
other vehicles in the afternoon.
Those who went out in the morn
ing enjoyed themselves according to
their own sweet will. While some
were lying or seated in the grass or
on benches under the luxuriant foil
age of the great trees on the hillsides
which furnished ample shade and
made all the more inviting because of
the strong cool breezes blowing there
as if for the purpose of making the
day an ideal one, others were stroll
ing about and others we're engaged
in other pleasant diversions or pas
times. Soon after II o'clock as if by
the touch of a magical wand everyone
seemed to have been reminded of the
fact that it was dinner time, and the
cry went up at once seemingly from
everywhere. 1t was not long before
the spreads had been made and the
good things" which had been hidden
away in well-loaded baskets were
transferred thereto; and doubtless
everybody in a good digestion to wait
upon a better appetite; for soon every
one was busily employed in replenish
ing the elmer man" and understood
the cause quite as we'll as the descrip
ton given by psychologists as to why
certain juices sometimes flow as free
ly into the mouth.
Sometime after dinner, about the
; middle of the afternoon when every
body was in mood for field sport, g
splendid program of amusementS
which had been arranged for the oc
casion was pulled off, and consisted Of
the following prize contests:
Event No. Sack Race Prize
Water Melon. Contestants: Messrs
Tom Pennington, Frank Johnson ant
Ferris Boyd. Winner, Pennington.
Event No. Egg Race. Prize
Beautiful Box of Fine Stationery
Contestants: Misses Eleanor Alfredo
Battle, Ruth p Mckinney, Alma L
Stevens, Matte B. Scales. Winner
Miss Battle.
Event No. 3-Longest Throw (base
balD. Prize, Dictionary. Contes
tants; Messrs. Scovel Richardson,
, Blaine Boyd, Archie Pointer, Chas
W. Kelly, Daniel Barry and Elm;
Winston. Winner, Rev. Mr.. Richard
son.
Event No. Potato Race. Prize
2 Pair of Socks. Contestants wer,
, legion. Winner, Rev. Mr. Chas. w
Kelly.
Event No. Stunning Race. Prize
!. Cake Plate. Contestants, all younl
ladies. Winner, Miss Eleanor A. Bat
o tie.
: Event No. 6-Running Race, Prize
\ Bottle of Perfume. Contestants, hos
o of lads. Winner, Master w. S. EllinG
ton, Jr.
l.. Event No. IA Hundred Yard Dash
o Prize, Pocket Knife. Contestants
: Mr.. Louis K. Thomas, Mr.. R. G. Pat
. ton, Prof S. P. Harris and Mr. J. D
Crenshaw. Winner, Mr.. Crenshaw
Chairman John H. Kelly, of tn
. Entertainment Committee, conducte,
the amusements and awarded tn
prizes in his genial and courtly way
3 and everybody seemed to have enjoye
the general fun with an enthusiasm
that was contagious.
6 The baseball game between the oil
h back numbers that used to compos
a the National Baptist Publishing Hous
+ team and the young hopefuls who nov