The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-11-30
THIS IS FIRE
LADDIES DAY
FOOTBALL And DANCE CHIEF EVENTS
Thanksgiving Annually Devoted to Making
Merry With Volunteer Department
and Helping Raise Needed Funds

In Hood River one never thinks OF
Thanksgiving without al the same
time giving mental recognition to the
Hood River Volunteer fire department.
Thanksgiving day is annually given
over to activities of the fire laddies.
On the afternoon Of every Thanksgiv-
ing day the football teams of the Hood
River Volunteer fire department and
the Hood River high school meet in
serious conflict at Columbia park.
Thanksgiving night Hood River people
en- masse turn out and trip the light
fantastic with the firemen, their wives
and their sweethearts. Everybody goes
to the fremen's ball, and every body
has good time, and incidentally every
body helps raise funds much needed by
the fire boys in replenishing each year
the funds of their depleted treasury.
From last night, when the bonfire on
the Hartley block lighted the ancient
fir trees and the oaks, relics of original
forests saved from the axe of the city
builder, the annual fireman's celebra-
tion began. The serpentine was gaily
danced by beardless youths of the high
school and the bewhiskered members of
the fire department. Chief Morgan, as
grimiy sreious as Greene at the Battle
of Cowpens, made few remarks urging
his boys to do their best. And today,
after you have eaten your turkey and
your cranberry sass" and hie yourself
with the wife and kiddies up to the
recreation center of the Heights, you
will find the Chief and his assistants
forming the vanguard of Volunteer fire
department rooters Whoever wins, this
afternoons game IS going to be good
one. 1t is the most interesting football
game of the season because of the fact
that it brings Hood River out on one
common footing you may not be ssrry If
you do not 60 for in ignorance is bliss.
but you will be mighty glad that you've
gone, if you do take the trip and join
the rooters.
The lineup of the firemen's team is
given as follows: Dutch Howard, GEN.
ter; Dutch Frsnz. left guard; Bill
Huggins, right guard: Bung Button.
right tackle; Lucky Lancaster, left
tackle; Geg Franz, left end; Rud I'm.
holz, right end; Deacon Coshow, quar-
ter back; Hicks Button, right half;
Pug Ford, left half; Jack Santon,
full back. Jumbo Shay, Bill Tolman,
Wilbur Haynes and Brick Lafferty,
subs. Officials have been named as
follows: Earl Weber, of Mosier Uni
versity, referee; Crawford C. Lennon,
University of Viento, umpire: and T.
d. Waldie, Powerdalc Institute, head
lineman.
The game last season ended In a tie
U to z. From the merits of the two
teams this year. according to their re-
spective supporters, the result of this
season should be slightly closer.
At meeting of the athletic commit
tees of the high school and fire depart
ment. it was decided to appropriate the
money 60 per cent to the high school
and 40 per cent for firemen. A new
pigskin will be used. The ball is now
on display in the show window of the
Franz Hardware Co. The winning team
will get the ball.
An appeal is made by the students of
the high school to have valley orchard
lists turn out for the ball game. The
students turned out and assisted in har
vesting the apple crop. and the boys
and girls are believers in reciprocity.