The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-12-15
.HOOSIERS DISPLAY
. GOOD FELLOWSHIP
. At !, NJ, {, A, AFFAIR
SEQ Men and Women Declare
Seeding Company's Night
a Success.
SIGHT IMPRESSIVE
SAYS JAMES CARR
Superintendent Cureton Be
lieves Success Was Dem
Onstrated by Attendance

American Seeding Machine Com
pany's night al the Y. NJ. {. A. Satur-
day was n success. fifteen hundred
men and children attending. II was a
night of sociability in the fullest sense
OF the word
The sight is impressive" remarked
James \. Carr, vice-president OF the
big factory as he watched the hun
dreds of men and women file into the
building. The gathering was one OF
the largest that has been in the Y. NJ.
c. \. and its success is shown by the
response made by the factory men
The AFFAIR was an unusually sue
cessful one and | believe was appre-
clated by our men" said Willard Carr,
OF the Seeding Machine Company. II
have never attended such a meeting
where the entire body was as socia-
| Bile"
Spirit of Brotherhood
The success of the new project WAS
demonstrated by the hearty co-opera-
tion of the entire factory body. Their
attendance made the affair all that II
proved to be" declared Superintend-
ent Cureton.
The men of the factory are heartily
thankful for the social, evening and the
cooperation shown by the officials OF
the company to make II a memorable
! occasion for their employees" express
ed one OF the shop men in discussing
the event in company with many 9TH
ers when the factory resumed work
! today.
The attendance at the nights enter
| tainment was the largest that has been
| in the association building and I am
sure the association is grateful that il
was in a position TO aid the success
of such a movement" remarked Sec
retary Ellis Learner. OF the Y. NJ. c.
A, who was instrumental in starting
the movement which resulted in the
evenings event 1T is probable that
many similar gatherings viii be held
In the building as plans are being
made for other large factory meet
ings," continued the secretary
Big Laborers' Gathering.
The spirit of the event is on the
minds of every shopman. Richmond
! had not been the scene of such a gath
ering of the laboring men at any time
before
To witness the various athletic ev-
ents the crowds of visitors who were
Z
! the scene of the activities. More than
! three hundred of the employees parti-
cipated in the dozen athletic contests.
Ribbons were awarded to the winners
of the contests.
The musicale which was given in the
| Y. NJ. c. A. lobby, attracted many and
! the program was enjoyed in every de-
! tail. The readings of Eugene O'Connell
were pleasing and amusing
! Twelve Athletic Events.
! Six basketball games were played
during the evening. The first game
was captured by the Tool Room squad
| from the Disk Room aggregation by a
score of TO 2. The Wood Room de-
feated the Machine Room to o. IN a
close game. The Paint shop squad
overwhelmed the Foundry mems team
! by a score OF 10 to 2 The Wheel
Room boys shut out the Timekeepers'
! first team by a score OF TO O. The
Forge men defeated the second Time
keepers squad by a score of to 2.
! The Grinding room five had no show
against the Machine Erecting quintet
and lost TO them by a score Of IL 20 q.
I The boxing contests were wen at
tended and the following winners were
announced by the committee in charge.
| NJ Morrison was given the decision
over Howard Meyer. A. Z. Moore won
from Ed. Boesch. Francis Sharketr
won from Jack Coyle- Hugh Davis and
Jake Chapman fought a draw as did
! Henry Shelter and Clifford Peters.
| The wrestling match was won by
| ". ". East over Howard Bailey. p.
Markley and F. Roberts eacn had one
fall when the bout was called.
SALES" Break Even.
! In two exhibition games Of voliey
ball the Office Sales and Office Manu-
featuring teams broke even. The first
game went to the Sales boys by
score OF u to IA The Manufacturing
boys came back in the second and took
the contest 90 TO Il.
The swimming pool room was crowd
ed by the spectators AT the aquatic
events. colored quartet consisting
of Jack Hicks. ALI. Moore. kary Hicks
and Pearl Guy sang between events.
The 40 yard swim was divided into
FIVE sections and the winners are in
their order.
George Kettle. Roy Moore. Francis
Sharket. Edward Hodapp and Harold
Harsh. Francis Sharkett won the dis
tance swim
Ninety-One bowlers participated in
. the knocking over Of the ten pins.
Despite the fact that the number OF
contestants was large no hitch in the
schedule was made
The pool playing contests were won
by Ed. Tangenlan. o. Hyde. Guy Gar
rett. Jim Taggart and l.. E. Haller.