The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-07
MASoNs OUT OF DOORS.
Fine Picnic Held at Caledonia Park on
Saturday.

The day following the Fourth mem.
bers OF the Foreign lodge of Masons,
together with large contingent from
the local Granite lodge, sought refuge
from the excessive heat by holding their
annual picnic amid the cooling shades
OF Caledonia park. There were over 300
present who went early in the day by
the Wells River and electric roads, and
despite the fact that the temperature
ranged up towards the century mark in
the afternoon, the outing was one of
the most successful which the Masonic
fraternity has ever held in the city.
There were the usual games, sports
and dancing, and the picniekers enjoyed
their lunches in the shade of the trees.
large and efficient committee served
refreshments of various kinds with lib
eral hand and spared no effort what
ever in assisting to entertain the large
and exceedingly sociabe gathering.
Harris orchestra furnished excellent
music for those who tripped the light
fantastic toe. and James Sim. the cor
netist, made the welkin ring with some
finely rendered solos, such as Aud Rob
in Gray" "The Auld House" robin
greatly appreciated. The friendly sport
ing rivalry between the two Masonic
lodges found outlet in games of baseball
and football wherein the foreign ele-
meut in both events got somewhat bad
~ trimmed.
In the baseball game, the captains
were James Reid for the Granite lodge
and James Robertson for the opposing
side. Scott and Donald were the bat
teries for the local boys and Duguid and
Chester for the foreign team. Bob Cor
don acted as umpire and according to
the genial Robert himself his decisions
were highly approved sometimes, and
sometimes they were not The features
of the game were home run made by
Angus Mcdonald, who certainly is some
sprinter when it comes to base running,
and the coaching of Billy Russell, who
has all the fine points of the great game
at his finger ends, and is in his element
pla wing the role of advisor. The re
suit of the game was the score of 6 to ,
in favor of Granite lodge
About $50 o'clock shower fell,
which had the effect of sending the
crowd to shelter for time and some
what interrupted the sports, but it was
soon over and the football game was
started The rival elevens were cap
tanned by W. w. Russell for Granite
lodge and Charles Thorn for the Foreign
Masons, while George Stewart filled the
bill as referee The shower had some
what cooled the air by this time and the
boys played a fast and vigorous game
The foreign team made strenuous efforts
to score from their rivals, but it was
Of no avail and they went down to de-
feat; score | to o. The losers, however,
took the defeat like true sportsmen and
hope for better luck next year.
Some of the athletic events scheduled
were cut out on account of the intense
heat. but it was day of real enjoy
ment for everyone present and the com,
mittee, composed of the following mem
bers of the Foreign lodge, are to be con-
graduated upon the successful outcome
of their efforts: Hugh Christie, presi
dent; Charles Leslie, secretary; James
Wood, Alex. Wilcox. George Mcleod.
William Fairs, George Anderson, John
Duguid. Andrew Falconer and George
Patterson.
Following is the prize list;
Girls race, under twelve years-Jennie !
Milne, Hazel Jopp, Jennie Fairs.
Girls race. over twelve years-Niolet |
Lille. Christina Melvin Lilly Beattie.
Boys race, under twelve years-John |
Jopp. James Booth. Albert Christie.
Ladies' place kjck-Mrs. William |
Fairs. Miss Beatrice Gibson, Mrs. George |
Thompson.