The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-04-28
COMPLETE PLAN
ON BOYS PICNIC
HERE WEDNESDAY
Final Details Worked Out by Rotary
Club Members; Expect Over 700
Boys; Spring Carnival BE
Annual Affair.
GIVE LOVING CUP TO
WINNER SPORT EVENTS
Teachers Cooperating; Scores OF
Automobiles be Used; Boys Rally.
Ing for Church Next. Sun
day, Reports State.

Everything is In readiness for
Chlckasha Roiary's first annual Boys
Spring Carnival. which is TO be
staged nere next Wednesday after.
noon and which Is to consist Of a
big picnic and track and field
meet for the boys of Chlckasha.
Jim Tcmplcton. chairman Of the
Boys work committee of the Chick.
nsha Rotary club announced this
morning that the subcommittee had
every detail worked out and wera
ready for the start OF event II IL
expected that more than 200 boys
of tho city will participate in the
carnival.
To Offer Loving Cup.
ARRANGEMENTS were made yester-
day at the Rotary meeting to offer
loving cup TO the track team win
ming the highest number of points in
the sporting events. jeff II. VIII
llams. chairman of the sports COM
mittee announced that the following
schools are eligible to enter teams
In the track and field meet: North
school. South school, West school.
Northwest school. Southwest school
and Catholic school In the case OF
the Catholic school, participants In
the events must he students of the
grades and not of the high school
department of ST. Joseph's academy,
Mr.. Williams pointed out. as the
Junior and Senior high schools o.
the city are barred from entering
teams in the events.
The track program this year Will
consist Of four events only. owing
to the limited time of preparation.
The events will be the t00-yard dash,
the b0yard dash. the running high
iump and the running broad jump.
Next year. the program will include
other events, IL was stated.
Points are to be scored as fol
lows: three for first place In any
event. two for second place and one
for third place. The team winning
the highest number of points will
he awarded the loving cup with the
name of the school engraved there
on. The cup is to remain the prop
ertv of that school for one year and
will be posted at the carnival next
spring. The cup becomes the per-
manent property of the school win
ming the highest number of points
in any three years.
Boys Safety Stressed.
Harry Stephenson, chairman Oh
TRANSFORMATION committee this morn
ing stressed the Importance OF de-
tails in caring for the safety OF the
bovs. Through his committee, he
has arranged for scores OF trucks
and automobiles, the services OF
which are being donated by the own
ers to take the lads to the picnic
grounds on the farm of j. 5. Browne
near Lucille and return them to their
homes.
"Two or three Rotarians VIII pc
at every school to take charge Oh
the boys" said MIR. Stephenson
"The larger boys will be transport
ed in trucks. These trucks Will nave
the sideboards on and there VIII
be hay or straw on the truck 1ioor
The smaller boys will be taken III
automobiles. The driver OF every
truck or car will be in charge OF
the boys he is hauling and will loo'
after their safety, onroute.
"Arrived at the grounds, there VIII
be a detail of Rotarians, under the
command of Earl Coffey, whose du
lies will be patrol the grounds ane
guard the boys against injury We
are taking every precaution against
tbe possibility of an accident"
VIII Stage Parade.
The trucks and cars will assemble
at the various schools at l o'clocl
wednesday afternoon, according U
arrangements. The boys will b'
picked up at their various schoo
buildings and taken to Vinca park
When all are assembled, the star
for the picnic grounds will be made
the caravan passing through tn
principal streets of the city IN pa
rade.
At the grounds, Ira Baldwin, mes
sargeant,' with his squad OF "kitcf
en- police" will be preparing tn
aeats" for the youngsters. The lee
will be given at the close OF tn
afternoons program, following whic
the trip back to the boys nome
will be started.
Next Sunday morning every NIL
lister in Chickasha will give a tai
prepared especially for the boys. A
a result of the Rotary speakers a
pearing in every school yesterda
hundreds of boys have agreed to
to church Sunday morning.
1--WE were met everywhere VII
the heartiest cooperation on the pa