The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-06-22
JOINT PICNIC
HELD SUNDAY

hELU SUNUAY
ASHLAND LODGE ENTER
TANNED WASHBUI2N X. P.'S
Picnic Held at Beautiful Mem
Orial Park and Was one of
the Best Ever Held by This
Order.
The annual Knights of Pythias
picnic for the Ashland and Wash
burn lodge members was held at
Memorial Park near this city last
Sunday afternoon when the lodge
members from Ashland and their
wives and families entertained the
members of the Washburn lodge and
their families. 1t proved to be the
finest picnic of the season and one
Of the best an dbiggest every staged
by this order.
1t was big undertaking for the
Ashland boys but they proved equal
to the occasion and provided plenty
of "eats" and good time for every
one, and everyone went away feel
ing they had good time together.
The spirit of friendship and good
fellowship prevailed and as a result
of the picnic the, people Of the two
towns were brought into closer
relationship.
The big picnic1 dinner was held
shortly after the noon hour. The
Ashland boys and their wives brought
along plenty Of lunch, while crew
of Ashland knights boiled "winers"
and cooked coffee and the lunch was
served in cafeteria style.
Groups were formed around the
tables under the pine trees in Mem
orial Park and hearty picnic dinner
was enjoyed by all.
During the morning hours the
Ashland City Band, brought here by
the Ashland lodge, furnished swell
music. After the dinner the pro-
gram Of the afternoon began. This
was started with community sing
ing lead by Lew Anderson of Ash
land. and let it be said right here
that Lew is an artist along that
line and the way the assemblage
joined in the singing would make
Methodist camp meeting cit up
and take notice. The program was
started with the singing Of America,
and this was followed with parodies
on .Smiles," There's Long Trail,
s'Let the Rest of the World Go By"
Blowing Bubbles" and "John
Browns Body" and "Hail, Hail the
Gangs all Here"
C.. A. Lamoreaux of Ashland then
deliverd a very. fine address on
Friendship" as one Of the tenants
of the Pythian order, and it proved
to be one of the finest talks the
Pythian knights and their families
have ever listened to.
Following this part of the program
the sports began with a ball game
between teams from the two towns,
which wag rather Trace nature, but
interesting in the extreme. Wash
burn boys lead iii the earned runs
with the aid of the Jumps until the
end of the fifth inning when the
Ashland Knights tied the score and
although Washburn had an oppor-
tunity at that time to win, yet they
failed.
In the sixth inning Ashland made
two more runs and Washburn was
left blank, giving the contest to
Ashland, Ashland used up five
pitchers to stop the Washburn slug
gers. while Washburn started out
with Bill Robinson and wound up the
remaining five innings with Harry
Robinson. One of the features OF
this game was the slide down the
high bank by Jimmie Morris after
the ball, and had it not been for the
lake he might have caugh this man
out.
Next followed a game between the
wives and children Of the knights
Of the two places. AS in the first
contest Washburn again lead in
scores until the close of the game
when tho Ashland women got next
to the curves of the Cyr girl and
pounded the extra large ball all over