The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-23

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Water street for the excursionists-
Out Of Town Guests.
The excursion was attended by a
| large number from Hamilton, War
/ saw and other surrounding points.
Seventy Hamilton residents enjoyed
| the outing, among their number be
ing Mayor Neal Daugherty; J. H.
Crawford, city clerk; Carl Ko2p.
| president of the Hamilton Retailers
association, and A. l. Macarthur, OF
the Hamilton Press.
| Among a large party from Nauvco
were Mayor r.. Arbuckle, Alderman
Jamison; w. M. Argast, editor of the
Rustler, and NJ. c. Newton and John
Ed, highway commissioners OF Maui
| VOC township.
/ Official Keokuk was represented by
Mayor Ed. g. Lotion. Among the
out of town guests were the manag-
ers of all Stone & Webster properties
In the middle western district, who
attended conference here Saturday
They were w. l. Weston, manager
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of Houghton. Michigan; A. 8. Mich
OILS, manager of the Paducah Electric
company OF Paducah. Kentucky; and
F. B. F7ahive, manager OF the Fort
| Madison Electric company. All local
| Stone & Webster and Keokuk Elec-
/ trio officials were on board.
| Fifty-eight attended the excursion
from Nauvoo and eighty-six from Fort
Madison. A number OF Keokuk people
invent up to Madison On the evening
train and returned on the boat
The chairs provided for the spec
tators at Nauvoo were appreciated by
the guests and the High Tension club
wishes to thank j. J. Crimmins & Son.
l. 8. Ackley and Pearson, Vaughan
& Holbrook for the use of the chairs.
Members Of OrganIzation.
The High Tension club is an organ
lization made up of the employees of the
Mississippi River Power company, the
Keokuk Electric company, the Fort
Dallas City Light company. and every
member is live wire, each having
done his share in making the outing
Saturday the great success 1t was. On
THE officers and committees fell the
lgreater part OF the work and they are
deserving Of much praise for the ex-
cellent way they handled the many
land varied events of the excursion.
1.-The president Of the High Tension
iclub. F. ]. Venn1ng, with his able corps
lof assistants. certainly arranged an
ieyent which was one Of the most en-
joyable of the season and also one Of
1.-The most pleasurable outings ever CIV
en- by the club.
Officers and Committees.
The officers, of the organization and
1.-THE committees that arranged the
imany features of the annual outing
follow:
PRESIDENT. J. venning
Vice president-R. v. Sprague.
Vice president-H. A. Turner.
Secretary-George A. Kirchner.
Treasurer. H. Bissell.
Executive-R. H. Bolster. chair
man; R. B. Rowland, G. w. Carlson.
Boat. c.. Hall.
Entertainment on boat and lunch
for invited guests-Earl Frank, chair
!, F. H. Rennert.
Outdoor attractions. v. Devine,
chairman; James Judd, P. c. King,
H. F.. Isler, c. Herlofson. Geo. Kirch.
; ner H. A. Turner, c. C. Buffum.
Arrangements Of grounds and pro
, grams-Paul Coombs, chairman; R.
C. Bacon, Ed. Kane, A. Sisley, R. "
Bear.
Pennants and horns-C. F. Deter
chairman; w. Roberts, Mr.. Jewett
Geo Hoffman.
Decorations and announcement
Iposters-Albion Davis, chairman; 81
o. Schmidt, R. E. F1amboe, L. Bener
. l.. Denton.
!, Invited guests-C. W. Kellogg
!, chairman; C. A. Sears, j. p. Ingle, J.
,, a Gordon, A. Kuse, F. D. Flahive
S. w. Carothers.
Ticket sales-B. H Moore, chair
Imam: w. C. Hemphill, w. Judd, A. l.
Bergman, R. A Gordon, A. G. Glib
bony, S. w. Carothers.
3 Prize Winners.
Following are the first prize win
l ,ners of the various sport events:
Swimming race. Wyhs, Keokuk
80 seconds.
Nauvoo, 431k seconds.
l. Potato race-Charles Bechtold
,Nauvoo, and John Danford, Keokuk
80 As seconds.
Candle race-Martha Wilcox, Keo
Itkuk, 80 Is seconds.
, Sack race-Leslie Vaughan, Keo
|, ,kuk, 3-5 seconds.
Three-legged race Roam and
: Smith, Keokuk, 6 1-5 seconds.
, Fifty yard sprint for girls under Il
Miss Webb, Nauvoo, 3-5 seconds
Twenty-Five yard sprint for single
girls over twelve-Martha Wilcox
, Keokuk, 3-5 seconds.
v Fifty yard sprint for boys under
twelve-William Vallent, Nauvoo,
, seconds.
Wheelbarrow race (men and boys)
q Hicks and Halbeck, Keokuk, Z 81
$ seconds.