The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-07-27
ENFORCED BATHS MAKE FUN
One Accident Mars the Day When An
drew Anderson Is Slightly Injured
When Automobile Turns Turtle
After Striking Buggy.

over the west side this morning.
Stores opened late and some people
might have thought that most Of the
west side had gone into bankruptcy,
but the late openings were just the
natural result Of the eighteen hours of
romping which the staid old business
men of the west side put on out at
Powers Lake on Thursday. The wealth
er man who started out in the early
morning to put a damper on the big
outing of the West Side Business
Men $ Association, relented toward
noon and the rain never touched any
of them. In fact the weather man was
good enough to lay the dust on some Of
the roads and for this the men who
wentSon the trip were duly thankful
1t was one glorious time for all of
them and it can be said that there was
enough of "among those present. to
put on glorious time any place and
any time. 1t had been expected that
full account of all the sports and games
would be given but Frank j. Sullivan,
the official scorer for everything, dived
into the lake to save Alfred Grosvenor
and Dick ODonnell from drowning
and when he came up snorting the
water from his nostrils he discovered
that the precious score card had been
lost in the roaring surf of the lake.
Relief parties were sent out to get it
but they came back empty handed. Tt
is certain that some Of the fellows who
had part in the ball games also had
part in the disappearance of the scores
of the various athletic events
At the big dinner, which was served
at noon, there were plates for humid
red and eighty-fve. There was no
postmaster, but lots Of speeches and
among the speakers were the leaders
of all the clans on the west side and
they had as added attractions Mayor
Charles III. Pfennig, Judge Randall,
and Chief of Police Owen O Hare. One
of the real speakers for the day was
the Rev. w. D. Malone Of st. Thomas
church. He represented the religi-
Gus workers of the west side at the
picnic and just kept busy representing
them all day long.
The big doings started right after
dinner. Every event on the track pro-
gram and on all other programs was
pulled off and there were lot of
events added. The old fashioned
"ducking stool" made famous in the
days of witchcraft, was revived and
many man whose dignity would be
ruffled by having his name published,
walked the plank like a pirate and
went into the cold water Of the lake.
1t was drum head court martial that
had no conscience and the lake was just
swarming with victims at one time.
Good fellowship reigned supreme all
through the festivities of the day and
even the men who went into the lake
seemed to be tickled to death to aid
in furnishing something to make the
day a greater success.
But one accident marred the day and
that occurred late in the evening when
the train of automobiles were making
the homeward trip. Two miles west
Of the city on the Geneva road an au-
tomobile driven by Andrew Anderson
had a head-on collision with buggy
driven by John Reed of Kenosha The
automobile turned turtle and went into
the ditch and Anderson, who was alone
in the car, was pinned under it. He
managed to get out from under the car
without being seriously injured. Reed
and the other occupant OF the buggy,
young lady, were not injured but the
buggy was demolished Mr.. Anderson
stated this morning that it would take
heavier weight than an automobile
to get the best Of him. He managed
to get a ride home in one of the other
automobiles in the party and this morn
ing the ruined automobile with the
ruined buggy as a trailer were brought
into the city. It is probable that the
question of damages will be settled
out of court.
The outing proved such great sue
cess that it is certain that it will be
made an annual feature for the business
men of the Rowland avenue trade
center.