The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-10
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ANNUAL PICNIC


, Membership drives In Rock Is
Hand county and Illjnois - . state.
&iors the Modern Wo6dmen Of Amer
3lcs ind Royal Neighbors Of Apey-
S1cs, Were snpounOs9 by G. 3. TeVps
ley, state deputy, Modesg wood
&mel, and Dv, He9a u. Carlson, ~
4preme physician, Royal Neighbors,
5in their talks last evening at the
County picnic Of the Two orders IN
xLopg vtev Derk.
= About e,k0A men, vesnep asd chil-
Adres filled the park during the aft
4ernoon and evening, took part In or
$wsse spectators st the large pro-
4gram pf games and contests during
Mhe afternoon, and enjoyed . cafe
xtssia dinner ct 8 o'clock.
y Marx M. Harder, chairman Of the
Epicnic association, opened the days
Rrograp with . short talk In which
he called atteati0n to the fact that
the fourth annual log-rolling and
picnic OF the Modern WoO4men and
R0yal Neighbors was an event In
(which members Of both orders in
THE entire community could readily
get acquainted and enjoy associa-
zion as one big fraternal group.
Y Or. Carlson said in part: ut IL
true that during the last year we
have had many obstacles to over
come in our membership work, es-
Decially In this locality, where We
have had SO many unemployed;
but with the bright prosPact Of the
x0pening Of our industries and BUSH
mess generally returning to q nor
Hnal condition, this county will be
. fertile field in which to secure
members for these two great s0ei-
miles. These are institutions you
can call your own, In which every
one living in this county, whether
AFFILIATED with them OF not, should
be interested. They. with the Rock
Island Lines, have made Rock Is
Hama and this county well known
from coast to coast"
well may you Wo0dmen and
Royal Neighhors be proud Of your
institution" Mr.. ToWnley said dur
ing his talk, when you reflect that
this gathering here this evening ia
Sthe exact centsr of the interests Of
Iona million men, members of cur
zone Organization alone" He con-
fined his remarks to lodge affairs.
speaking Of the membership cam
paign for 10000 new members in
three months in Illinois. to start
next month, V
Drills Pleasing,
Fine exhibition drills we're put
on by the Forester team of Camp
26, with Elmer F. johnson as chief
forester, and the drum and bugle
corps of Camp 26. Andrew Becke,
directoP.
Later in the evening three films
of motion pictures we're thrown on
q screen erected out of doors at
Esthe park, and dancing on an i'm
promised platform was enjoyed I'M
It'll II O'Clock.
Winners of the games aud Goa
tests were as follows:
so yard dash, (girls under 49,
First, Grace Nichols; second, Mil
dred Cockrell; third, Geraldine
Hofer; fourth. Leona Biersdofff.
4 50 yard dash lboys under II
years George Chandler, William
adams, Frank Biersdorn. Harr,
Klingebiei.
rs yard stout men's>race-W.
Dowsett, A. c. Brachtel, John Fas
sBerl.
% yard stout ladies' race-Ars
Il. Gordon, Mrs. Frances Walters
tMargie McLain.
80 yard dash (ladies over 49,
Clara ooyne. Dorothy Clark, Ros'
Wade.
Boys sack race. rs yards-Car
Bengsten, Donald Eaton, Franz
sRiefsdorf, william Adams.
100 yard dash married meR)-
%. E. Johnson, e. +. Hart, ORR
sJohnson.
Collar and necktie race. N
Eaton, g. e. Hart, r. Cocksell.
Soda cracker eating contest
Eta Burton, Helen Mccarthy
dorothy wilkinson.
Ladies' distance throwing eontes
MRS. Henry Stee, Blanche Gip
pert, Agnes Doeckel.
Tallest Modern Woodmen O.
serounds-C. A. Palmer, Norris {
Nelson
Shortest Modern Woodmen O
grounds. M. Kendall, 8. A. L
sNanway.
1 Tallest Royal Neighbor O
agr0nnds-Mrs. George Ohge, Mr.,
John Fasserl.
q Shortest Royal Neighbor o
gr0unds-Mrs. L. H. Lewis, Edn
Rodgers.
Ladies' and gents needle thread
Ing contest-Mrs. L. M. Eaton, Mrs
"a. =. Hart, r. r. Owens.
Contests for oldest members" di,
pot reach q dsfnity end last NIGH
and Invitations wefe continuing to
gay to see just which af the Wood
men and Royal Neighbors regis
4ered for the two contests wer
Tealiy oldest in age and member
shin Six Woodmen registered To-
ne G0ntest and three Royal Neigh
pors were listed, but the record,
gfeed even to the exact month fo
zone Of the contestants, and an ex
Mmipati0n was necessary.
The Modern W00dmen defeated ,
zQarn from, thu Do~al NIL