Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-10

A. h. r., VIA N. L., thANCE.
Ty G. Roberts, of this city, well
known in local base ball circles, who
enlisted in the navy at the beginning
of the war, played a prominent part
in the athletic games Christmas day in
Boston. He was not only second in
the obstacle race, but was a member
of the team which won the relay ace.
All of the contestants were naval
men.
In writing of the Christmas day
events Roberts says:
Dear Friend White: We had a won
derful time Christmas day. Hope Inc
other Mexico boys were treated the
same. We won the relay race for our
division. | am at present working
with the Naval Relief Campaign and
like it fine. Best regards to all. TY
G. ROBERTS, Receiving Ship, Divis-
ion 6, Boston, Mass.
The following is taken from the
Boston American under date of Dec,
| 20 and tells of the naval exercises:
Aboard the Receiving Ship, Com
monwealth Pier, Dec. &c. - The fore
es of Dull Care were put to a complete
rout by the blue jackets aboard shir
by the Christmas celebration which
| started off with a rush and a bang
or clatter-or whatever other noise
denotes a successful and enthusiastic
beginning Of a days festivities.
Breakfast, church services inspec.
ton and other routine occurrence:
disposed of, the tars settled down tc
a day of real enjoyment. The ath.
letic events, beginning at IL o'clock il
the forenoon, in the Y. NJ. C. A. room
were entered into with a snap anc
were participated in by all who coult
find room to perform.
Athletic Events
The obstacle race, first on the ath.
letic program, was won, after a serie:
of amusing incidents, by H. B. Per.
rim; Ty G. Roberts was seond and E
H. Powell third. Perrin raced about
the deck, jumping over mess tables
changing his shoes and parts of his
clothing, called Central on the phone
and wished her a Merry Christmas
and performed similar time-destroy.
ing stunts in four minutes and forty.
five seconds.
The relay race, staged between the
second, fourth and seventh divisions
and two divisions of the guard, was
won by the seventh section quartet
composed of Ty G. Roberts, W. j
Taylor, G. D. Walked and F. ]
Plank.
The tug-of-war resulted in no de.
%cision, both fourth and second divi.
sions pulling equally as well.
Big Appetites
Appetites whetted by the athletic
events treated i'll the luckless turks
led on to slaughter at the noon hour
The Christmas dinner could not have
been surpassed by a feast Of an ole
Saxon ruler in the granite finished
dining room of his castle or that of .
millionaire hat-boy in a New Yorl
cafe. From the mock turtle soup
ranging through the roast turkey ant
"fixin's," salads, ice cream, bread
butter, coffee and candy to the mixed
nuts, the spread was one on which nc
improvement could have been made.
Girls, Girls, Girlsl
And then the girlies began to ar
rive. Tall ones and short ones, will.
Lowry girls, cute girls, girls with
blond hair and girls with raven tress-
es, slim girls in tailored suits, girls in
party dresses, yelled girls and girls
with spats, girls with rosy cheeks and
girls with saucy snub noses, girls sin
gly, in pairs, in groups, and in
crowds, laughing girls, bashful girls,
girls who shook hands when introduc-
ed and girls who shyly curtesied before
"his" chum in blue, girls of all de.
scriptions and temperaments, but each
was there as Somebody's girl"
And those girls could dance, as they
proved to the Knockers, following the
distribution Of Christmas gifts from
the hugs tree by Santa Claus" Nc
Gee and his five assistants.
Following the dancing many of the
b'ue jackets repaired to the Y. M. C.
a. room, where a number Of lady vol
u%nteers from the Chiffon Club, Of
which Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer is pres
ident, served the couples with tea,
coffee, cocoa and a light supper.
Frank Summers, Of this city, writes