Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-08-12
Eight Hundred Members and
Families Aim to Get
Acquainted
THREE COMPANIES
GREET NEWCOMERS
Oscar HI. McGill, Founder of Local
Movement, Will Deliver the
Address of Welcome

Marking a definite milestone In
the growth of the cooperative move
ment in Olympia, the members of the
three old cooperative institutions in
Olympia will welcome the members
of five new companies and their FAM
lilies at a grand picnic to be held next
Sunday, August IA, at Priest Point
par. The three companies which were
on the ground year ago, the Olym-
pia Single company, the State Cap
ital Single company, and the CO.
Operative store. will welcome the
newcomers into the cooperative fold,
the Olympia Fir Lumber company,
the Olympia Veneer company, the
Olympia Box and Package company,
the Manner Lumber and Single COM
pany, and the Olympia Standard
Printing company. The address of
welcome will be given by Oscar H.
McGill, the founder Of the co-opera-
tive movement in Olympia. and the
response will be given by Frank l..
White, president of the Olympia
Veneer company.
At recent meeting Of the council
Of the Olympia Cooperative Fedora
tion, It was decided to welcome the
members of the new companies and
their families lat community social
affair and Dan Gulies, treasurer of
the Olympia Shingle company, was
appointed chairman of the COM
mittee. to be assisted by Carl Wood
ard and M. C. Kennedy. Every
worker in the local movement is
urged to be present and get ac-
quainted with the other workers, and
to bring his family along to get ac-
quainted with the members of the
other families.
The picAickers will gather at the
park at 10 o'clock in the morning,
bringing along their dinner baskets.
The first thing on the program will
be the issuance of Identification tags
to show to which company the menu
ber belongs Tables will be placed
at definite stations for each company
and the committee in charge will
start a mixing stunt which will get
all the different groups mutually ac-
quainted. The time between II and
IL o'clock will be used in getting the
dinner ready and the noon hour will
be spent in eating the contents OF
the baskets.
The Cooperative store will fur
nish coffee, sugar and milk, and sim
gle men will be adopted for the day
by members who have families and
made to feel at homo.
Between one and two o'clock the
500 co-operators and their families
will gather in the natural theater and
will indulge in community singing
under the leadership of Dan Guiles.
Oscar H. McGin will deliver his
welcoming address at two o'clock
and will be followed by Frank l..
White in response. It Is very prob
able that c. A. johnson, a lumber
buyer we'll known among the CO.
operative mill managers. will be
present and speak.
Martin L. Sorber will have charge
Of the program Of sports and games
lasting from three to five o'clock, for
which an extensive list Of prizes has
been obtained.
Swimming contests will be con-
Quoted on the bay front between
and 8 o o'clock. Supper will be served
with the remainder of the contents
of the lunch baskets at 6 o'clock and
the evening will be spent in a camp
fire discussion of the problems OF the
cooperative movement led by Mr.
McGill and the active heads OF the
local institutions.