The Washington times., 1922-09-04
LULU NJ 'GRATH
Prize BEAUTY .
At Vets PICNIC
Legion Outing Z at Marshall
Hall Attracts Greatest
Crowd in Years.

It was a rollicking day for the
District members of the American
Legion when they and their rela,
tives turned out In hundreds to at.
tend the second annual excursion OF
the organization at Marshall Hall
Saturday. From the moment the
steamer Manchester left the wharf a
care-free spirit pervaded the at
mosphere.lg Not a dull moment was
experienced throughout the day.
The feature of the day was the
prize beauty show. AS in all such
contests. the judges. comprising In
spector Clifford L. Grant, chief of
detectives; James A. Drain. past de-
partment commander, and Charles
B. Hanford, commander of George
Washington Post, mad a difficult
task before them when they walked
up and down the line in front of the
fair contestants.
Miss Lulu Margaret McGrath, 306
Fifth street southeast, who has
been favorably mentioned on pre-
vious occasions in similar contests,
was declared the winner. She re.
ceived $25 in gold. Miss Frances
Virginia Clark, 1417 Belmont street
northwest, was awarded second
prize, and Miss Florence Marie Un.
derwood, 1856 Maryland avenue
northeast. won third prize. The
three beauties received a great ova.
tion from the large crowd that as
sembled on the spacious dancing pa
vilion to witness the contest.
Tim Jordan Gets Auto.
Miss McGrath was later selected
to pick the Winner of the Ricken-
hacker automobile. Edward w.
Jordan, popularity known as Tim"
former captain of the Three Hun
dred and Twelfth Machine Gun
Battalion and assistant manager Of
the "Griffs," was the winner
Other features were the dancing
contests. Miss Florence Jones and
Joseph c. Fries were the winners
in the waltzing contest and Miss
Margaret Mary Campbell and John
prize in the fox.trot contest. ..
One Of the amusing features OF
the day was the fat mans race.
Watson B. Miller. commander of
the American Legion Of the Dis.
trict of Columbia. tore up to the
tape as IL he were a boy again.
Closely following him were X. A
McRae and Frank Connolly. in the
order mentioned. The 100.yard dash
In which post commanders. past
commanders, past commanders and
vice-commanders participated. was
won by Y. w. Woolley, senior vice
commander Of the Stewart. Walcott
post. NJ. L. Hill, commander Of
the Ruby-Evans post, was second
and Francis Miller commander OF
the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing Post, was third. The re-
lay event went to the Costello
Post team. comprising Petrowski,
Smith. Burthe and Cartwright
The opposing team included w. r.
Miller, Francis Miller, Woolley and
Hill.
Athletic Events.
The days fastest race was the 100.
yard dash. Cartwright, Smith and
Burthe finished in the order men
toned. The trio are members of
the Costello post. The ladies' auxil-
iary sprint was won by Miss Joyce
B. Mcintosh. Miss Olga Osten and
Miss Emma Tull were second and
third, respectively. Those who fin
ished first, second and third, re-
spectively, in the race for girls
under sixteen years old were Anne
White, Virginia Davis, and Ruth
Burke. Dallas Bowman. George
Shafer and Louis Solomon finished
in the order mentioned in the race
for boys under sixteen years old.
The cross-country race was won
by Burthe, Cartwright, and r. y.
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