Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-09-17
Sayner News.

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gatta was held on Plum lake the after
noon OF September 9th. The finishes
of all events were in front of the golf
club pier, and some 800 people had
gathered from Plum lake and the
neighboring lakes to witness the
affair. Dunlap Clark acted as an
nouncer and the regatta began about
2:30 with procession of decorated
launches, evinrudes and canoes. The
fleet was led by the judges boat Or.
w. Wilmot's) and circled over toward
the Forest Home resort; the judges
boat stopping and reviewing the pro-
cesson of perhaps thirty boats, some
of them very elaborately and ingen-
iously decorated.
The prize for the best decorated
boat was given to Mrs. George Good
speeds rowboat, which was canopied
with great masses of golden rod. The
prize was a boat cushion.
The events began with a canoe-tilt-
ing contest, and a gunwale race, en-
gagged in by boys from Morilaw's
camp. The rowboat race from Hix-
on's pier to the golf club pier, brought
out eight starters, being won by
Richard Sayner; the prize pair of
oars. The war-canoe race was holly
contested and was won by quartette
of camp boys. The tail-end race also
went to the camp.
The mixed double canoe race was
won by Mr.. and Mrs. julie Lang over
large field of starters. The prize a
five-foot paddle. The tub race was
won by Miss Eleanor Halliday, a
guest at the Forest Home resort; the
prize being flashlight.
The race for ordinary out board
motors, usually called ''the evinrude
race" brought cut eight starters.
The course was around Paradise is
land (Goodspeed island) and back by
the golf club landing. Race was won
by Willis Wilmot. who captured the
prize, boat cushion.
The final event was a novelty race
| between a 3-horse evinrude, Robert
Rixon's aerothrust and an evinrude
canoe. The evinrude was started
first, then the aerothrust, and the
canoe, at fifteen second intervals.
The course was around Paradise is
land. The canoe won. Prize flash
light. The prizes in the other events
were boxes of candy.
The judges were Judge William c..
Hook, Fred S. James, Robert w. Will
mot, Senator A. l.. KreutZer and DR..
T. w. Goodspeed.
The regatta committee consisted OF
Miss Dorothy Hook. Mrs. Edgar j.
Goodspeed, Willis G. Wilmot, Doug
las Boynton and H. P. Sollenberger.
The regatta developed an unexpect-
eddy large amount of interest about
Plum lake and promises to be pleas
ant feature of summer life on Plum
in the future. The committees are
especially gratitied at the interest in
the races which helped make the affair
notable success.
Rev. Schmitt came over from Eagle
River Sunday and baptized little
Grace and Jane Warner, and Mrs.
Schuyler's two little boys.
The Sayner school started the End
with Florence Cook as teacher; Gladys
Henry is going to again teach at Star
| Lake.
All who went picking cIanberries
Sunday got all they wanted. There
are plenty of them and very nice.
Friends who were visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. Denk returned to their home
in Stevens Point last week.
Several cars from Sayner went to
the movies at Eagle River Sunday
night. Fred Meloy's car stopped for
a rest on the 4-mile road and he
could not get it started for two hours.
DR.. Bernerd Ernst of Spokane, Wis