Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-08-16
INTER CITY ROTARY.
OUTING PROVES TO
Be A HUGE SUCCESS
SEVERAL CITIES OF DISTRICT
WELL EsENTED YEsTER.
DAY AT STARVED ROCK OUT
ING - STUNTS A DELIGHTFUL
FEATURE.

The intercity meeting OF Rotary
clubs held yesterday at Starved ROCK
state park and Deer Park, provided
the Rotarians and their wives with
plenty of entertainment during the
afternoon and evening, The day was
extremely hot and this interfered
with the sports and activities as well
AS materially cutting down the eX'
pected attendance. or the ten cities
the Ottawa club made the best show
ing, as they had the largest number
carrying off several of the prizes. One
hundred and forty rotarians and their
wives drove to the park yesterday
afternoon and Immediately upon their
arrival they were registered and pro-
yided with an Identification badge
together with coupon ticket. The
coupon ticket entitled each person
to a boat ride. the use OF the swim
ming pool. ticket for the banquet
and dance.
In the afternoon an indoor base
ball game was played In which the
Ottawa boys were easy victors over
all the other clubs. Princeton's dele
cation was the strongest contender
for the championship, but with Presi
dent Cece NlcEvoy on the mound for
the Ottawa club ana Roy Saacielton
at the bat, victory was assured from
the start. The golf match was play
ed at the Deer Park country club
with La Sale taking the honors OF
the day Princeton had no trouble In
winning the tug of war, and the
Streator club won the horse shoe
pitching contest. Ottawa with
Shacketon as the rooster and Dr.
Petit as the spur was successful
against all corners in the rooster
fight which was staged in the swim
ming pool.
Twenty boy scouts from Ottawa
assisted in staging the various events
and their services were not only very
valuable, but thoroughly appreciated
as well. Some of the boys were for
tunate in being assigned to the dis
pensing OF free lemonade to the Ro-
tarians and their guests. This oc'
cupation kept them busy all after
noon and at supper time they were
taken to the banquet tables and acted
as walters. The Starved Rock hotel
people provided a chicken supper for
the Rotarians and served it out OF
doors. The tables were arranged in
the form of rotary wheel and an.
propriately decorated Immediately
after the banquet large rotary
wheel which had been placed at the
entrance of the dance pavilion was
lighted and the dan"ed hail made
ready for the evenings festivities.
The club stunts were put on be-
tween dances and the first one was
a solo rendered by a member of the
Kewanee club. The Streator club
has adopted young lady for the pur-
pose of helping her to cultivate her
voice. She was next on the pro-
gram and delighted the audience by
singing two selections. The Ottawa
club provided white aIns rel which
consisted Of piano, two mandolins,
banjo and five husky voices. Justin
Jaeger finished their number with a
song that was easily the leading fea-
ture of the evening. The remainder
of the evening was spent in dancing
and it was the unanimous opinion of
all the clubs represented that next
year another picnic would be held
but little later in the season. for
during the months of July and Au-
gust large number of people are
away on vacation, which together
with the hot weather and the Thurs
day closing program made 1t incon-
venient or impossible for many of
the Rotarians to attend the inter-
CITY meeting