Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1921-06-08
400 CHILDREN
| ENTERTAINED BY
JESSE WINBURN
By MRS. MARGARET E. DILL.

told about an old woman who lived
in shoe and she had so many chill
dren she didn't know whatever she
would do. Mr.. Jesse Winburn was
host to three hundred children yes
terday and he knew just exactly
what to do. Anybody knows q shoe
couldn't hold not nearly 300, so we'd
like TO add this verse in Mother
Gooses' book
Mr.. Jesse Winburn don't live in a
shoe,
But when it comes to chlldren's par
ties he knows what to do.
Old Mount Ashland blinked with
JOY at the rhythmetic tread OF the
happy hearted children who were
guests at this June party at Sap-and-
Salt In the Woods. Before one
O'Clock guests began streaming in
from down the valley, parties from
Medford, Jacksonville and Ashland
met at Hotel Austin where all were
loaded into auto buses and automo.
biles and hit the trail up Mount Ash
land six miles.
The jolly crowd was greeted BY the
host in a verltable fairyland which
had been made for the days pleasure.
The party grounds were circled by
little trees of fir and cedar strung
with gay streamers and weighted
with favors Haunting all sorts OF
colors and above them jolly swing
ing japanese lanterns added touch
OF festivity.
Things begun going the moment
the crowd reached the cabin. In fact,
on gllmpsing broken baseball bat
We were told that a crowd OF boys
(the biggest ones initials are |. W
couldn't wait until one o'clock but
went at eleven and had such rous-
ing, enthusing game that the bat was
broken by strenuous ball which
made everybody forget what the
score was and 80 and eat lunch and
candy and everything before the
truly party begun.
There was platform fixed up with
big flags for curtains and Mrs. Il. A,
Woods and her sons started things
lively with rouslng music. Every
body was so happy and so breath
taken at first they Just had to stand
a minute or two and say "0h" and
"hully gee" and such like according
to whether they were boys or girls
or had been living six years or four
teen or maybe forty, because there
were chaperons and careful drivers
who We're most happy at being hig
and wise enough to be needed.
The whole crowd Joined in singing
America mad then Professor vining
who was master OF ceremonies, start
ed the program with a story which
held everybody nearly spellbound
and then he didn't tell them for sure
just whether ii might be possible to
some day go and find that odd old
hermit on that mountain and see him
for oneself.
There was regular Hiram Hay
seed took an active part on the pro-
gram. Some folks addressed him
as Hez Heck Before refreshments
begun he run quick into the Cabin
and after while we saw Mr.. Bert
Moses come out
The dearest little play for the oc-
casIOn THE Three Wishes OF the
Crystal Ring" was given by some OF
the Medford guests. Edith Sweeney
was Prince Charming and Francis
was Happy Heart. Row.
en- Gale and June Warnack gave the
dance representing the Spirits of
Health. and Jane Skewis and Edith
Campbell the one to the Spirits OF
Youth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carleton James made
the woods ring with the violin and
plano music.
The first game was a balloon race
and II anybody thinks II easy Just
you practice sometime trying TO sit
on balloon and making II bust.
Eleanor Swedenburg and Dickle
Hitchcock have got the patent on
how to bust them the quickest be-
cause they proved II by getting first
prizes
Everybody had noticed some
hundreds Of apples dangling down
most sedately on strings in a long
row. Those apples didn't dream the
bobbing they were in for until that
apple eating raA with all hands
started. Winston Johnson ats the
fastest OF all and carried off the
prize.
The Irish potato race was about
The movingest thing old Mount Ash
land has seen lately. There were
six in the finals. Josephine Barber
won the first prize and prizes were
given the Others who were: Aldo
Parr. John Edwards, Sarah Fay,
Bronaugh Hughes and James Burns.
The last game was baseball be-
ween the girls and boys. Josephine
Barber chose the girl team and
Teddy Coldwell the boys and OF
'ourse the girls won four to three.
III members OF the two teams were
'iven special gifts for good playing
nd the leaders and crackerjack
players were given special prizes
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