Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-20
THOUSANDS MAKE
MERRY AT PICNIC
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North 14th street, and Grace Shearer,
1916 Liberty street.
10000 i'm Park
At noontime the Traction officials
reckoned that ten thousand school
kiddies. parents and friends were in
the park. with the cars still crowded.
1t was a perfect multitude that took
advantage of the splendid weather and
the Middletown aviator was certain of
a great demonstration when he ar
rived shortly after five o'clock.
William II. German. Boy Scout Com
missioner. got a loud hand for the
systematic way he handled the relay
runners who woke up the city over
difficult threemile course. The race
was fast and close with Troop is
winning. the finishes as follows: First.
Tarman; second, Shocker; third. w.
Fries; fourth. Swain; fifth, Patterson,
sixth, Hartman; seventh, c. Fries;
eighth, Paul; ninth, Klaer; tenth.
Buyer: eleventh, Ford; twelfth, Nc
Cain. The start was made at 1870.
with pace makers accompanying many
of the runners. Automobiles picked
up the lads as they finished and the
last lap was one roar of triumph from
thousands of childish throats.
Fun at Races
The peanut race had every body
rolling in laughter, for most of the
contestants tried to grab up all the
peanuts at one scoop and race over
to dump them in a teachers lap. This
battle went to Miss Bowman. Forney;
pitching to Miss Linn; second, Soles.
of Melrose, to Stems; third. Fisher. of
Cameron to Gable; fourth, Floyd, of
Shimma11 IN ElnNd tho In Sf FUR eriTlS
being sisters. The winners made a
hearty meal of peanuts.
Miss Marion A. Williams, principal
at the open air school, was life saver
for v. Grant Forrer and Doc" Miller
in running off the events. She voiun-
teered as official scorer and made good
though the events went off in fast
time.
The obstacle race was another
ticker with honors for Freedman.
RILEY; second. Gilbert, Shimmell; third,
Shaffer. Shimmel; fourth, Hoffman.
Lincoln; fifth. Balthaser. Lincoln. In
this event the boys, among other
hardships. had to squat and take off
their shoes. then finish the race and
put them on again. The winner was
the fastest shoe artist and won on this
merit.
n Close Contest
In the egg race for 5th. 9Th. 7th and
Sth grades, each girl had to secure
raw egg on a spoon and run fifty
yards. 1t was a close and spectacular
finish with the winners: Miss Pelen,
Hamilton; second, Petton. Cameron;
third. Hartman, McClay; Knapp. Ver-
beck.
The egg race for third and fourth
i'm lively with q
lucky girl. Miss Grummel. Paxtang;
second. Wiener. Vernon; third. Griffith,
Melrose; fourth, Benson, Melrose.
Many In Contest
The boys thirty yard race finished:
Floss. Webster; Redmond, Webster;
Mack. Hamilton; Harper. The girls
30-yard dash was won by Miss Craig,
Shimmel; Gill, Allison; Wiener, Vern
on; Klein, Willard.
The dash around the lake saw a
great squad of runners who finished:
first, Kelly. Webster; second, Geary.
Melrose; third, Howell, Melrose;
fourth, Page, Shimmel; fifth, Zimmer-
man. Shimmel.
The totals showed that Me1rose out
distanced all. her round -the-lake con-
test helping greatly, with 35 points;
second, Shimmel. Is; third. Lincoln.
Is; Cameron. 10; Forney, 12 Webster.
s; Vernon. Z; McClay. Z; Penn. 5;
Harris. 4; Wickersham, 2; Willard. 1;
Verbeck. l.
DR.. Downs who was very busy get
ting the numerous prizes ready for
presentation by Lieut.-Governor Bel
dleman. asked to have it announced
that all school children who wish to
know their correct weight can be ac-
commodated tomorrow morning at
the city library. the invitation COM
ing from the Child Welfare Commit
tee.