Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-05
HIGHLAND PARK HOLDS
SAFE AND SANE FOURTH
Citizens Association Stages An.Day
Celebration at Town
Plaza.
MANY ATHLETIC CONTESTS
Whole Neighborhood Takes Part in
Patriotic Demonstration, Ending
With Fireworks Display-Prizcs
Are Awarded in Many Classes.

Morning, noon and night yesterday
the people OF Highland Park and the
visitors attracted by tho prospect Of the
big celebration of the Citizens Associa-
ton rubbed shoulders on the pub
lie square in the joyful excr-
Sane Fourth of July. 1t is estimated
that more than 1000 persons were in
attendance.
The program consisted OF a strictly
amateur baseball game in the morn
Ing. chain OF laughmaking contests
In the afternoon. fireworks and band
concert at night and perspiring.
good -humored crowd all the time. Oc-
casionally. small boy on the outskirts
would set off a cannon cracker. hut the
day was free from the evil features
OF the old-time Fourth.
The wide-awake management OF tho
food and drink counters contributed
greatly to the crowds enjoyment. In
the course OF the day lakes Of lemon
ade. hills of ice cream cones. bushels
OF peanuts. tons Of pie and cords Of
weenics were consumed by tho patrio-
tic Americans in attendance. Staid Cit
liens behind the red -draped counter dis
played amazing facility In prying of
the tops OF pop bottles for their GUS
toners and the younger element dis
played equally amazing capacity for
storing away the various forms OF
nouriShmcnt.
WHOLE NEIGHBORHOoD
- IN ATTENDANCE
Everybody was there. Tired and dis
Rusted infants gave audible expression
TO their scorn for the performance
strenuous little boys romped over every
foot OF ground in the square and
squeezed through the thickest parts OF
every crowd. Young girls attended by.
their interested young men s,rolicd
around III" borders or sat under the
shade OF the trees. And the dignifed
heads OF families. putting aside their
dignity for one day in the 500 renewed
their youth.
The morning ball game. between
teams from the upper and lower hill
resulted In victory for the rcpresen-
tatives OF tho lower slope, under the
captaincy Of ". G.. Todd Perhaps. the
most popular and amusing features OF
the afternoon program were tho jug
contest and tho chase for the barn
yard pheasant. The baby show attract
cd score OF beautiful youngsters, who
so plensed the Judges that two prizes
had to be added TO DO Justice to the
contestants.
In the uproarious jug contest the OBJ
ject was for team composed OF n
man and wife. armed with tin Dip
per. to I'LL jug with water from tub
thirty feet away. At the close nf the
harnyard pheasant was pulled off Six
guinea fowl were set loose in different
parts OF the big square. and were tho
objects OF mad hue and cry. Tho per-
son who retained the largest portion
Of the fowl. after tho scramble. became
its possessor
LIST OF PRIZE WINNERS
IN ATHLETIC CONTESTS
All prizes for winners OF the con-
nj rrh
sion. Tho list of prizes and their win
ners follows:
Fifty-yard dash. boys five to eight
first. John Raleigh Rhodes: second. Carl
ton Burton.
Hopping race. boys eight to twelve
first. Hal Wilcox; second. Wilbur
Powell.
Fifty-yard dash. girls eight to
twelve-iirst Gertrude johns: second.
Edna Rock
Rear race. boys nfteen and over-hrst.
Linwood Thomas: second, Roy Todd.
shoe-tying contest. boys under Af-
teen-frst. Abe Alexander: second,
Charles Raddy
Fifty-yard dash. girls twelve TO six
teen--first. Ruth Schwackcrt; second.
Gertrude Johns.
Sack race. boys fourteen to seven
taen--frst, Robert Gaines; second, Roy
Todd.
Chndy-eatinG contest, girls six to ten
first. Matte Stovall: second. Eliza
beth Meredith.
Pipe race. married man-frst. e. c..
Freeman; second. Carter Davis: third.
Mr.. Dyson.
Boy-Scout drill side captaned by
Stirling Cirgg.
Three-legged race. men twenty-one
and over--frst. Tyson and Schwackert;
second. Freeman and Dyson.
Egg spoon race. women-hrst
Mrs. w. G. Carpenter: second Miss
Eleanor Hanes: third. Mrs. Garthright.
jug contest. man and wife-lrst.