Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-20
THOUSANDS MAKE
MERRY AT GREAT
SCHOOL OUTING
Youngsters Enter Many Ath-
letic Contests With
Will
BIG SPELLING BEE IS ON
Theater Opened to Happy,
Carefree Boys and Girls
of the City

Whoopee!
The big Telegraph picnic at Pax
tang Park was off at II o'clock this
morning when valiant regiments of
Boy Scouts, those lively youngsters
who are making good citizenship for
Uncle Sam, set forth from the Tele-
graph building to relay race all the
way to the big playground of the
day. 1t was a gay and gallant sight
to see these youngsters, with the
red blood jumping through their
veins, throbbing to get away and
win the valuable prize. Each lad,
on finishing his sprint, tossed a spe-
cial editor of the Telegraph to the
relief runner; many parents and
friends of the rugged lads were on
hand to pick each man up as he
got to the end of his run. and the
race went along in six-cylinder style,
under warm sunny skies and fresh
breeze.
The Boy Scouts are becoming so
important a feature in American
life that it is only right to mention
the names of the contestants to-day,
and they were:
Boys in Line
Troop 2-Scouts Bernard Cohn,
Kranzdorf. Ben Levi, A. Rosen. Ce-
Gil Newmark, Israel Furman, Morris
Marcus, NJ. Klawansky, E. Begelfer,
Louis Cohn, s. Isaacman, Israel
Wolfson, Isaac Gown, Hyman Levin,
and Sylvan Garonzik.
Troop 4-Scouts Hosmer, Selig,
Eyler, wallower. Dickinson, Hop
kins, Jones, Graeff. Grimes, Schofield,
Biles and Hope.
o he Al Il!
Wallis. Zarker, Shoop, Strickler,
Sewers, Brooke, Gilbert, Unger,
Duncan. Bowman, Nieman, Harr, r.
Wallis.
Troop 1S-L. Klaer, Harvey Klaer'
Paul, Fries, CORVALLIS Fries. Buyer
Patterson, Hoffman,. zej'ers, Gross,
Zeigler, DeHart. Mccain, Chester
Buyer, Ford.
Troop 2O-scouts Baer, Balls
baugh, Byrnes, Conrad, Robinson,
Rowan. Swope, Tyson, Wagner, N
Winn, Rankin and Moffatt.
Troop 13-Huber, Kennedy, X
Keller, Robert Keller, l.. Krause, X
Huber, C. Krause, w. Grunden, W.
Maglaughlin, T. Webster, j. Thomp-
son, ]. Hagar. c. Carl, r. Hertzler
sub, J. Hertzler, sub.
Troops IT, 26 and % were also en-
trants had not been announced, but
will be in to-morrow's account.
The Harrisburg Railways Com
parry was on the job early, and be-
fore nine O'Clock thousands of school
children were on the way, their Varl-
Gus banners Haunting, their care-free
boices awakening echoes far and
wide. The invasion of parents and
whole families began by noon, for 1t
was an occasion for hundreds OF
special picnics. a great many indl-
vidual parties taking advantage OF
the beautiful spot and the even to
spend a day outdoors.
The teachers were real generals,
marshaling their troops with =
terly hand ard the teachers hau to
stand for quite a bit of chatting, too,
for many were entered in the sewing
competition, and each brought her
pet thimble as a mascot.
V. Grant Forrer, of the Park De-
partment. traction company officials,
and Doc" Miller, of the Y. M. Q. A,
were waiting out at the field for the
ramping, ambitious athletes, the en-
tries being far greater than expect
ed Traction company men had
roped off the contest spots and the
games promised to be hot. especially
Tor the IeleSFapn cup, WHlCH SOSS W
a threeAtime winner
One of the funniest stunts of the
day was an egg race for girls; the
eggs had not been ordered. but the
restaurant of the park came across
quickly, and in time to add the
necessary excitement to this novelty.
other of the freak stunts were high
ly diverting. such as the shoe race
for small boys and the obstacle
race.
Two professors certainly had their
job cut out, Messrs E. G. Rose in
charge of the music, and ]. ].
Brehm, master of the spelling bee.
Before the latter began and it called
out a perfect mob of pupils, longball
games took place twixt girl teams.
and community singing. with a fine
band leading made the welkin ring.
At o'clock the big theater opened
it's door for free show and it need
ed no "barkers" to bring in the
crowd. The announcem that an
aviator from Middletown would do
stunts between and 6 held num-
bers out in the park. and many plan
ned to spend the evening there.
most popular feature of the af-
ternoon was the arrival of Lieutenant
Governor Edward e. Beidleman, who
was recognized by every pupil and
teacher for he has long been the
strong public man for betterment of
school conditions. f. ]. StackpoIe,
after a brief introduction stated that
Mr.. Beidleman would distribute the
various prizes of the day which made
quite an imposing heap. At the very
last moment of entry, Woodward
School announced it's contestants In
the spelling bee as George sharps, IT'S
North 18th street; Robert Lenig. 11IO
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