Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-13
PHONE employees AT PICNIC
Fifteen Hundred Have Outing at Rod
and Gun Club.
suPPER Az TWENTY TABLEs
sports Contests OF varied Character
in Afternoon, and Evening Devoted
60 Daneing. at which Prices
Were Won.

Fifteen hundred Omaha. South Omaha,
Benson and Florence employees and officials
of the Bell Telephone company enjoyed
their first annual outing at the Omaha Rod
and Gun club Friday afternoon and even
ing Except for the day operators all other
departments closed at noon. The officials
granted the employees the afternoon off with
pay and with the exception of few they
we're all present on the grounds when the
fun began.
General Manager Mcfarland, who has
been associated with telephone companies
practically all his life. said yesterdays pic
mic was the largest and best that any COM
pany he had been with ever had. The Of
ficials Of the company we're much gratified
and said they would give their most hearty
support to make It an annual affair
Snort contests were held during the
afternoon. Great enthusiasm was shown
less than thirty entries in each event.
Before the running contests a ball game
in these by the crowd. there being not
was PLAYED between the bosses and the
crews. in which the latter made score
of TO the opposing sides T. After the
sports. supper was served In the grove,
20 which 400 sat down at twenty long
tables In the evening there was dancing
in the pavilion.
The feature OF the evening was the
prize waltz and barn dance. In the waltz
ing contests Clarence Hall and Augusta
Zimmerman won first prize. r. b. King
and Laura Alderman second prize and
Jack DALEY and Mrs NJ II. Wade third
prize. Miss Stella Bockhaeker and Gladys
Lehr proved the best barn dancers.
WINES An sports
The following were winners IN sports:
Fat mems race: ]. Bailey. O. II. Pratt,
Joe Rail and G.. Throckmorton-
gan Anna GT6as sSh Mss BrosnihSm and
Irene MarChant.
Ladies baIl-throwing contest: Miss YER
non. Miss Shanahan and Miss Sands
Mems sack race: @. c. Sutherland, l. T.
James. Frank Knudson and D. Hughes.
Mems. race. 100 Yards; =; Deems, W.
ladies' egg race: Miss Bottager. Miss
Dalrimple, Florence Weaver and Miss
Fifty-yard dash. bows: NJ Hake, F.
Cotter, J. Howard. r. Wilson and James
Hallihan.
Fifty-yard dash. office girls: Miss Claim,
shoe race: C. Deems F. Knudson, d.
Thompson and Steve Sullivan.
Ladies tug-of-war. operators against
office girls: Operators.
Mems three-leggsd race; G; Deems and
Sutherland, Robert wiley and J. Nc
George.
Married ladies' race: Mrs. Chrtstsen,
Mrs. Drew, Mrs Gruben and Mrs Wash
burn.
> Mems pole-climbing contest, linemen:
Dan Haggerty, Mr.. Torey, r. Giants and
II. Mcdonald.
Children's race: Alfred Movers, Tom
knight Joseph Farrell.
Handline throwing contest, hnemen: J:
McCollister. NJ. p. Madsen. J. Bailey and
/ William Ruser.
/ P1fty-yard dash ladies: Miss Brosniham
/ Miss Linjerberg. Marie Grogan and Miss
Claim.
| Mems tug-of-war, construction mer
| against office men: Construction men.
| The following was the field organization
for the day and the general committee:
Marshal OF the day. w. A. Pixley; judges
OF events, A. D. Lane, r. H. Patton and A
W. DeYereaux; official starter William
Gosh; timekeepers. 9: II. Johnson, w. A
! thinner, A. n. Wolf. A. Hetue and v
White; announcer of winners G.. Throck
morten; callers. /. NJ. Holiday. J. Nc
Coiiister and F. b. Moxham: committed
on entries, H. B. Burgess. g; A. Drew
NJ. II. Brown, j. WeitZel and F. Seaman
custodians Of grounds, J. A; Becker. A L
Anderson, r. Wiley and J. n. Wickes
clerks. H. n. Davies. J. McQuillan and 7
whitlock; police, ]. Bradley and C. L