The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-09-10
ROTARIANS HAD
BIGTIMEA1 PICNIC

Members Of the Fairmont Ro.
tary club and their women friends
who went to Morgantown yester-
day to Join the Morgantown Rotary
club In IT'S picnic at Oak park
had a Yery fine time. OF the out
ing the New Dominion this morn.
ing said:
"And it was a getting together
of valley Rotarians with a heart in
1t. For didn't Captain A. Picker
ing, OF Fairmont, remark, "Come
on, boys, what do you think of the
Salvation Army?" and there and
then didn't they loosen up with S4U
in cash in the car-and that's Ro-
tary spirit.
terrified on the dancing pavilion.
AS an all around 1aZzer be Is an
artist of artists. From putting on
old fashioned ragttme stuff to new
fashioned jazz music to 9 rythmis
dance with one Of the juvenile
members of the party, he proved
forty ways he is numbered among
the Rotarians.
Tere we're the stunts, but there
were merely a prelude to the green
corn and chicken dinner that en-
saged eTerybody's attention lato
in the afternoon at Oak Park.
There was singing at the dinner
but that was an incident which
bothered none OF those who had
arrived on business.
AS for the stunts, neither Nor.
gantown or the visitors could lay
claim to the baseball game which
ended 8 to 13 IN MorgLatoWn'9
favor.
Dr.. f. B. Tr0tter, president Of
the University, was the feature OF
the boat race, which is staged by
SIX or eight men Btraddltng. rail
He set a wonderful pace going for
ward but prove too progressive to
back up speedily and the event
was lost to Fa1rmont. rThe win
ners Of the event were C. W. Ev-
ans, Tom 0'Neill, P. A. Wiuette,
Sam NuZum, doc" Johnson, Hugh
Smith, Dolly" Dollison and c. c.
Robb.
The woman's tng-of.war was won
by Fairmont despite the fact tTat
one MorgautoWn "RotarIan" lost a
heel off her shoe and was game
20 the finish. The winners were
Miss Jessie Jacobs, Miss Frances
Helmick, Mrs. Dolly" Do!lison,
Mrs. Charles Robb, Miss Nellie
Dugan and Miss Ora K1sner.
Take EN- fat or lean, It has 10
be handed to them. They're fast
race with some effort It being a
speedy event. Some said the 80
yards was dashed off In one min
ute and z seconds although others
declared It WIS not quite thaS fast.
Mrs. W. E. Hunter won the
thread the needle" race with
Clyde Jacobs holding the needle.
This race would have 10 be seen
to be appreciated.
OF course Morgantown took the
tug-of-war. "Joe' Buckhannon be-
ing on the north end of the rope.
All Joe did was to lie down and all
the efforts of the whole visiting
delegation from Fairmont failed
to bulge him.
doc" SattertIeld won the shoe
race, but got the wrong shoe which
was four sizes too small causing
him to surrender the race to Os-
borne ParTott, who had worn out
MS only clean pair Of socks, It be-
ing stated on good authority that
the other pair Is in the wash"
Batleships, baby rattles, kewpies
and other toys made up the list OF
prizes. All OF the Rotarians thor
oughly enjoyed tire music by the
Hays Syncopators and the various
amusements at the, park which
were leased for the day by the
Morgantown Rotary Club.
The visitors were welcomed TO
Morgantown by the President Roy
A. Lough OF the MoTgantown club
at the noon luncheon and the re-
sponse was made by President Ed.
win Watson of the Fairmont club.