Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-21

| he got "beaned." The reporter got
| too close to the ball and he got it
next. but survived with dirty shirt
as r. only injury.
Upstairs N the clubhouse they
! hod some round tables around which
were seated groups of five to seven
members. old and new. The rain
can't interfere with that kind of
| game. you know, deal five, draw a
] couple if the hand isn't good. then
ante up a few matches. Nobody got
burned, but p. B. Rice. p. w. Weld
ler. A. L. Allen, A. Fl. Armstrong,
! George l.. Cullen, Harry T. Neale
and S. r. Coover had a hot time of
ii at one of the tables. Floyd Hop
kins. Hum" Breckenridge, j. w.
Rodenhaver and few others Kept
things going at their board. while
Lawyers James G.. Hatz, Paul G
Smith, Engineer Clark Cowden. civil
, by the way, and some more had
| their fun over in a corner hiding
from everybody while they shuflled
| and dealt.
Johnson's Jazz Orchester had
been tuning up and got under way
with q lot of peppy music that mad
everybody happy in no time. BOZ"
Cahill, the best singer in eighty
nire states. led the singing when
David Kaufman was called to the
Platform on the second floor. M.
Kaufman started TO read something
anG Dave" Tracy. who runs the
Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending
Works when he ISN'T busy on joy
launts, asked who wrote it. Dave"
Tracy, Mr.. Kaufman solemnly re-
piled
Michlovitz's Record
Then for a few minutes the Cham
| bcr OF Commerce men got q serious
| little talk. Simon Michlovitz, a boost
er Tor Harrisburg. had brought m
tiftyseven new mem berShip. In
recognition for this splendid serv-
ice, performed in a brief ix-month
period, Mr.. Michlovitz was given a
citation and a medal. He made a
short speech and said he was going
to get fifty more new members be-
fore the end of the year if he could
possibly do it. Nineteen in one day
was his best record.
New members were introduced by
Flavel Wright, barker and all around
man for the occasion. "F'lav" did
himself proud in calling out the
names and other information about
1.-THE new members. who stepped uI
and were introduced. Merchants. doc
tors, lawyers. architects, engineers
both civil and railroad, and a num-
Der of other professions were rep
resented and Wright. through a meg
aphone didn't hesitate to tell a funny
yarn or two as he called out tbs
names, all of which made for NOR,
| joy on the joy jaunt.
| 'Flav" Wright ended this part of tn,
| stunts with a little auctioneer scene
You have to see him and hear hin
pull this horse selling game to ap
preciate his clever work.
Old Members
! Frank j. Brady was paradinl
around all evening with a tag on hi.
coat like all the other old members
| of the Chamber, on which was print
ed "Old Member" When he WASH
! Very old Member" Ed. S. Herman
had a similar expression on his tag
Clearing skies took the crowds out
doors again and baseball gam,
was started. Colonel Schel and Mer
Ger Tate volunteered for the danger
GUS job of umpiring and they almos
lost their lives a number of time!
| on decisions.
Charlie Covert and ]. c. Arbegas
captained the two teams. The bat
| teries were. Perkins and Cohen, anC
| Eager and Covert. Boxing bouts anC
| other sports frequently interrupted
the contest but at the end of tn,
! fifth inning the score was to ol
7 to or something like that. The,
don't know yet who won it and
threats of an injunction suit becaus,
of some of the decisions were being
heard during the evening.
ToIado nut-notodo.a
fluffy" j. william Bowman, ant
kid" Henderson Gilbert were in.
troduced to the crowd as the tive
contenders for heavyweight honors
Blindfolded they had a fine time beat.
ing the air and reaching for each
other while Doc Miller landed a few
nice ones to keep them interested
The crowds lined the lawn and
roared their approval
Both won without a doubt and they
are now planning to challenge joint.
ly the winner of the fight in Toledo
A. j. Sims, tailor, and 4. n. Hershey
ice cream manufacturer. represent
ing respectively the Kiwanis and Ro.
tary clubs, were next to put on the
gloves. After four rounds Mercer
Tate announced il was a draw.
This broke up the ball game be.
| tween the teams composed of Covert
Eager, Taylor, Orr. Maglauchlin
Preston, Hess, Kinder and Covert
Perkins. Arbegast, Cohen, Newcomer
| Roberts, Mueller and Peters. Later
| Kinder and Newcomer enjoyed q
| swatting bout called Hello Mike, are
you there?" which almost broke ut
the party in an outburst of hilarity
The walls of the houses in Progress.
shook about this time caused by the
| earthquake starting at the clubhouse
grounds.
Trick Flying
Lieutenant Nelson. flying from
Middletown, arrived in the evenine
by airplane and did some spectacular
tricks with his machine. Cheer aftel
| cheer greeted him and then he few
just above the clubhouse over tn,
flag and The crowds yelled themselve,
hoarse. Hundreds of copies of "a
Citizens Creed" were dropped from
the plane and mmebers rushed ovel
the golf course in a mad scramble tc
get them. The fier stayed close L
the ground for a few minutes ther
started for Middletown again.
In the midst of the evenings fes
| tivities. lunch was served and tn,
members had a big meal on every.
thing that goes to make picnic lun.
cheons success. Deviled crabs, sal.
ads. sliced meats. cheese, picked eggs
pickle mixture, soup, coffee, ic,
| cream and a variety of other eats
| on the table were so good that there