The Washington herald., 1910-06-01
EXCURSION LANDS
WITH ALL HAPPY
Trip OF Chamber to Old Point
Pleasant One.
ARRANGEMENTS ARE PERFECT
winning of Baseball Team and Talk
of Aviation Contest Puts Party in
Amusing Incidents of the Journey.
Voting Contest Is Held.

Members Of the Chamber of Commerce
who formed the excursion party which
returned TO the city from Norfolk yester-
day morning are very enthusiastic about
che pleasures of the trip.
The majority of them were talking
yesterday about the proposed flying trip
OF the aviators from New York TO
Washington on July 1. as the subject had
been preached Sunday night and formed
the chief topic Of conversation on the
trip back to the city. In fact plans for
the proposed contest were thoroughly
talked over and the excursion had no
sooner landed than President GUIDE and
others went 20 work with viii on the
aviation proposition.
But the trip was the most pleasant, TAX
ing all things into account, the Chamber
members have ever enjoyed. The weather
was propitious, arrangements for the trip
worked out without hitch. and an en-
5oyed themselves 10 the fun.
Sunday an Ideal Day.
Sunday at Old Point seems to have been
the time Of greatest enjoyment. The day
light hours were just full enough of &C
tivity to give the excursIonists good ap-
petites without firing them in mind and
body Each followed his inclination, TO
swim in the natatorium. 10 row on the
water, 10 ride about the government res
ervations, or just to loaf about the cor
Tidors and piazzas of the Chamberlin and
gather in ozone from the sea breezes.
The Chamber team won In the baseball
game with the team at Old Point, and
this was a matter of satisfaction 70 the
excursionists. In fact, this and the pros
pect of somehow pulling off the aviation
contest on Independence Day put the
party In great good humor all the way
home Monday night. If there was any
thing TO mar the pleasure Of the trip,
those in Washington have not heard of it
from the returned excursionists.
Committee Commended.
Universal commentator is given By the
party 10 the committee of arrangements,
consisting of Thomas Grant and Capt
James F. Oyster. Of the Chamber. and D.
J. Callahan and z. E. Jones, of the steam
boat company. Through the Offices of
these four men the members of the party
learned Just where to 20. how 10 reach
l.
body was left behind. and the smiling
personality of these four men not only
took load off the minds of the excur-
sionists. but added much enjoyment TO
the trip.
Occasional hints are dropped that a few
OF the party met with little untoward ae-
cidents. such as Commissioner RudoIpn
losing his glasses and having TO rely upon
Isaac Cans and Ralph Lee for verbal
descriptions Of what he could not see.
Some also say that Capt. Oyster and
Joseph Strasburger did not have so good
a view of the baseball game as they
should have had, because they were
standing just behind B. F. Saul, Chaplin
Brown. and Tom" Grant
Both Beautiful Men.
It appears that in the minds of some of
the ladies stopping at the ChamberIin,
there was a difference Of opinion as to
who was the best-looking man in the
party, with the decision lying between
William T. GUIDE and Dan" Callahan.
a well-founded rumor has it that on the
way up from Norfolk these two gallant
gentlemen each decided that the other
was cock of the walk" and let II 20 az
that
One Of the diversions OF the trip not
down on the schedule was inaugurated
by the genial secretary OF the Chamber.
who got up a voting contest and disposed
of several prizes as follows:
W. P. Normoyle, thermos bottle.
Joseph Leverton, Panama hat.
A. NJ. Ci5sel, sweater
George Markward. lady's fancy belt
z. J. Clark. box Of cigars
Z. Hopkins, box of cigars
The real diversion was that with the
best Offices of the ticket takers in the
contest it seemed impossible to keen the
enthusiastic supporters of several candi-
dates from stuff1ng the ballot boxes
But, taken all in all, with the few tri-
fling drawbacks mentioned. the trip OF
the Chamber for 1910 has gone into his
tory setting the pace for all similar events
participated in by that body