The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-09-20
FIRST AID" TEAMS DRAW HUGE
CROWDS TO NORTON FOR FOURTH
ANNUAL MEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON

cent; and Benedict No. |. 81 per
cent.
Special Prize.
Each member of all contesting
teams received Il number slip Of pa
per, emitting him to II chance by lot
on certain articles, the lucky num-
bers and the winners being as fol-
lows: No. 223, Wilton velvet rug,
won by X. b. Kirk; No. 267, baby
carriage, won by Earl Wright, and
No. 1926, one trunk, won by X. b.
Gibson.
Souvenirs Given
Souvenir watch fobs, bearing n
red cross and the inscription,
Fourth Annual FIRST Aid, Meet
Southwest Virginia Field, Virginia
Coal Operators Association, Norton,
Va, Sept. l6." were given to mem
bers Of all participating teams, and
such fobs as remained were then dis
tributed among the crowd in general.
Prize. to Captain,
Handsome special prizes were
awarded to the captains of the first
five winning teams, as follows:
Twenty-Five dollars in gold given
by Byers- Brown 4 Company, Cincins
natl, awarded to George Trent, Ro-
da. No. 9; 2G-piece Community
silver set, II. f. Lyons. Norton Coal
Company team No. |; $40 in gold
by Enterprise Foundry & Machine
Works, Bristol, Va. to G. II. Clark.
Osaka No. /; one case Sunkist peach
es, by Norton Grocery Company,
Norton, to W. L. Wolfe, Wilder No.
/ one Leci.igon radio battery charg-
ing outfit. by Superior Supply Com
pany, Dluefeld, w. Va, to J. IL. Jen-
kins, Roda team No. /.
Captains of other teams are: Sto-
mega /, S. w. David; Dorchester,
Clarence Simpkins Toms Creek,J II
Franks; Imboden, l.. +. Minor; Moss
L. +. lobe; Roaring Fork, j. E. Crit
fifth; Cranes Nest, NJ. +. King
Dante, II. w. Irwin; Dunbar. C. X.
Jones; Kcokee No. .. C. II. Miser;
Arno /, James Dishncr; Pocahontas
Fuel /, G. W. Gydosk; pardee, Chas,
y. Stapleton; Exeter |, w. NJ.
Haynes; Dante 2. Tom Brown; Ben
ediet /, p. II. Cooney.
| . Kilgore Preside, =.
In the unavoidable absence of Otis
Mouser, president of the Virginia
| Coal Operators Association, G.. d.
Kilgore acted AS master Of ceremo-
nies and introduced the speakers.
y large crowd of spectators were
present for the events. which arous-
ed a great deal of interest and en-
thusiasm. The band from Roda
furnished good music during the
day.
List of Official,
The officials for the met We're
Chief Iudges-D. j. Barker, W.D.
Ryan, L. II. Denny, j. NJ. Webb.
u. S. Bureau of Mines-Dr. NJ. J.
Shields, the American Red Cross.
Recorders-W, +. Comann. c. r.
Pepper, o. X. Allen.
Announcer and Starter Thomas
". Brennan.
Timer-Victor S. Paine.
Judges rs. C. b. Bowyer, ] \.
Mcclure, r.. L. Hllman. T. S. Us
sdry, A. w. Martin. II. C. Carson,
w. r.. Culbertson, j. II. Hagy, C. a.
Hutchinson, Noah Short. C. C. Carr.
+. Il. Fcrgcrson, G. It. Foust, S. T..
Gardner, Thomas McNeer, D. NJ.
Moore, +. S. Owens, Benjamin C.
Henson, j &. Bentley. II. IL. Webb.
r. y. Carr, II. NJ. Miles. p. d. Pence.
T.. w. Walker and r. W. Holly.
Speakers-D. J. Parker, chief en-
gineer, mine safety service, United
States Bureau of Mines, and W. D..
Ryan, safety commissioner, United
States Bureau of Mines.
Committee X. Taggart. chain
man; d. A. Patterson. X. E. Taggart
a. ". Wagner. C. j. Creveling, Lee
Long, George J. Walker. G. d. Xii
gore and X H. Chisholm.
Dorchester Wins
In the ball game. Dorchester Won
over Dante. and incidently rrie,l
away purse of S100 offered by the
coal operators.
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