The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-09-09
|UR DAY WAS
|ApAY OF PICNICs
L., Held by Labor Men.
H. Men and Baptists.
lar 60 TO BELLOWS FALLS


3,.scL U Wen Attended
M Hslm Many Local Speak
[ .u,ls Did No, Interfere.
,ti,sl ia The program Labor
day 4 genuine recreation
lblp linilleboro people.
- ',,n, Tld their outing nj
AN Rs Men league and
- !, y liarns's Maple
..,~ m Wr,i liat,leboro, the
-, "a Ithu park and the Odd
r,,cl Il barber Park in
m Whlr the day ended in
=, a ram lhr spirits Of those
IN SEVERAL events were not
Jsmpsl 20 make the af-
| -. Than ,lcdssisi
i,l mopIr ltil on the go train
-...f psrs where the local central
f.. Inn IL. picnic There were
l.rs,n. already ON the grounds
i, rain arrived BY ) O'Clock
.ss,poa (, was estimated that
s5.ople VEN in attendance and
wI,lmnia.nui q merry throng.
La { Tuner chef Of the occasion,
-r,fos dinner the program Of
~. .,srtel and il was nearly one
,tsahalt va, called for dinner.
| nl,am dash was q spectacular
~ ubile y ], Baker failed TO
.v.tbe iavoritc in the betting.
- a the baseball game the tug
Iru,the pnmier event on the day $
T. The contcs, was between a
/ 10 men from the painters and
- unions and a team composed
"a makers The latter were We
Is The organmakcrs' team was As
Kin. Long. l.. II. Slater, William
4 oil. Ellis. ]. +. kierce, Guy
q T Rano. y. ]. Baker, b. Wild
III II Dowley. while the painters
,-.u,er. were represented on the
III Wi.hkas, G. Baldwin, +. Wy
| / Var. " bakers, +. Chamber
III Perry, F. l.aFrinea, II. Sweet
III G. Holden. II took the VIC
~ iuIl minute TO pull their oppon-
II the line and for several seconds
H. Ike victory for the brush and
rists. The summary OF the
kHtnts.
kri dash-won by Thomas Man
ky ]. Baker, ID; John Long, Sd.
y Il seconds,
u nee for boys-won by Gerald
Issig; Harry Smith, I'd.
|.s-egged race for boys-won by
) Johnson and Alfred Ryan; Harry
I nd Gerald Winchester, I'd.
esi jump-won by r. Miner; La
b ID; Pelham, Sd. Distance, 8
|,n
b baseball game between the single
|laried men ended in TIE first hall
\ nth inning, when the call for din
|arf and the score was 3 to 2 in favor
) single men In the first two in
kxither side scored and the enthusi-
! N great when the married men
|Nd two runs in the third. In the
Z the single men got a man across
|he and two more in the fifth. The
b d the teams was as follows: Mar
.l-Tpndall 2b, Dowley C, Ware
|AFinea cf, Sexton IS, Blanchard 30,
kp Manning Ii, S. Miner RI; Single
E-Davis IS, L. Dowley If, Lee 2b,
81, 7, Clune c, ]. Clune p, Baker
Mette ID, Sullivan CT. Il
|Elg the afternoon the baseball
vs. given over to the small boys
Ets others tried their skill at various
+ Dancing was INDUCED in all of
|fnoOn The breaking down of the
b on the $50 train delayed the
y about two hours in returning to
lsbOrO and about 200 arrived during
|snpOur Of rain in the evening. The
hE in the several contests were
fd ribbons. The committee in
h Of the picnic was Job A. Long,
Atnt Of the central labor union, John
iSl Of the Carpenters local, William
p Of the painters union, l.. II.
20 the organmakers, Don |. Miller
sngarmakers local and G. l.. Young
Y garment workers union. As the
Gathering to be held by the central
I union, the affair was a success.
Vile the trade unionists were enter
w their friends at Central park, the
\ organized Red Mems league had
tNd big crowd at Maple Grove
Many made the trip in a tally-ho
''1umber Of automobile parties were
Aaence. H. Z, Harris was master
nnOnles The visitors found plenty
Mupy their attention and the morn
W spent in various lawn games.
dinner the master of ceremonies
S'M q an imposing array of speakers.
Barber was the first introduced.
%PEeon the significance of Labor Day
!. ,Nely sketched the history of this
sn holiday set aside for the working
"a |. Ware touched upon politics
slnent the day before election and
~ to the exercising of ones fran.
y suffrage as the highest duty OF
'.salp' W. A. Shumway, the tax
Aa, was introduced as "the man
Everybody knows" Mr.. Shumway
be excused
i Stafford spoke briefly and referred
sThehts to be received from attend
" !, gathering. He called atten-
Y, y The fact that the judge of the
.aal court and the candidate for
4 =, attorney were present and coun-
al present to get in right with
1--WE gentlemen. John Calvin told
E%Olstorles that caught the audience.
|. R. Lynch and A. P. Car
spokeof the lesson that Labor Day
~ me people and referred to the
y ! : o. 4, the Order of Red Men.
\ = T. ", Gibson spoke of the object
5h is..N Men and told of the patriot
l., h llStlIls into its members by its
I ny = tie spoke of the significance
W. w., LAY and elaborated upon points
| sNq \ oy Mr.. Barber during his re-
4 Following the after-dinner talks
NJ y, was In order until supper. The
!. .'lil were not content with a picnic
NM Oal also included supper in their
Si H. !; 200 members of the Baptist
i, school !. &C and their friends enjoyed
y u at Echo park. The trip up the
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