The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-23
AUSPICES OF sIkCO CLUB
Pop Corn by the Barrel, Lemonade by
the Keg, Ice Cream by the Gallon,
and Fun by the Bushel all Make
Day Ideal for 5000 Picnickers.

Central Park was veritable mecca
for the thousands of employees of the
Simmons Company who with their
families and friends enjoyed the second
annual outing of the SINCE organiza-
ton, Saturday afternoon and evening.
The roads were filled with automobiles
OF every make and description, the jit-
ney drivers piled back and forth with
marvellous regularity and the electric
cars also did their part in carrying the
thousands who gathered to enjoy the
hospitality Of the Simmons Company.
Saturday was the big day for the
boys at the great bed factory. At
twelve O'Clock sharp, practically every
wheel in the huge plant, stopped for
the day and the three thousand en-
ployees went home to get ready for the
doings. At twelve-thirty, the splendid
cars hired for the afternoon, started
moving north from the north end Of
Milwaukee avenue. There were five Of
these cars which kept moving back and
forth from Central Park where the pic
mic was held. But as fast as they
could be loaded and unloaded, the crowd
was faster. Preparations were made
for six thousand people, but the eff
fcient traffic department. had to work
under a five per cent overload and han
die over nine thousand.
This event was the second of the
kind-the first one was held little
over a year ago. The get-together pic
mic was inaugurated by z. G.. Simmons
to give his employees a chance to get
acquainted and to have a wonderfully
good time in the process of doing it.
BY two O'Clock, there must have been
four thousand people on the grounds.
Each picknicker was well supplied with
coupons which were good for ice cream
cones, popcorn, crackerjack and lemo-
made. Believe us, the kids did have
some time and we noticed that their
elders munched away with as much en-
joyment as the kids. It should be
mentioned that all the help in dishing
out the various goodies, in handling the
heavy automobile traffic, and keeping
things going generally, were volunteers
from the factory. These boys worked
hard during the entire afternoon and
many Of them for days before, to give
o. all
The thanks Of every person who was
present on Saturday is due these self
sacrificing heroes who made the
pcnic possible.
Another feature of the day was the
Since band-the best band in the his
tory Of Kenosha. They showed up the
first thing in the afternoon and kept
the pep in the crowd all the time Too
much cannot be said about the class
of music put on by this aggregation.
1t was Al with a star and the crowd
showed their appreciation.
There were many features in sport
line during the demonstrating
races, wheel-barrow races, pie-eating
contest, a tug of war and two ball
games. The pie-eating contest gave
the onlookers a real circus, but one
small lad out-distanced his competitors
so far there was scarcely a race. In
the tug of war, the Rolling Mill boys
pulled the Foundry Huskies off their
feet. To the bystander it seemed as if
there was considerable knowledge Of
how to pull on the Rolling Mill side as
against brute strength on the Foundry
side. AS usual, skill and strength won.
The ball games were real hot stuff.
The married men trimmed the single
men by safe margin, which may or
may not prove anything.
The office heads say they won by one
measly run over the factory heads.
But this may be an error of the mind.
At any rate, the big guns Of the com
pany certainly produced a great brand
of ball and a home run by the hard
hitting president Of the company with
two men on, was perhaps the feature
of the game.
We cannot say as yet just how many
gallons of ice cream were consumed,
nor how many barrels of popcorn or
gallons Of lemonade travelled down the
threats Of the thousands of pleasure
seekers. We do know, however, that
it was worth it all and those who were
there will mark it as real redletter
day in the history of the Since
organization.