The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-05-13
CH|CKAsHA PUTS
OVER HUGE BOYS
PICNIC FRIDAY
Over LOO Boys Guests OF Rotary
Club In First Annual Affair; Peo.
pie Of City Cooperate TO
Make II Success.
WEST SCHOOL WINNER
IN SPORTING EVENTS
viii BE Awarded Loving Cup; No
Accident Reported; Transporta-
tlon Department Works Per-
feetly; Thanks Extended.

Helping Rotary help the boys
was the popular pastime In ChIcka
sha yesterday afternoon.
The town simply laid off and did
the thousand and one things there
were to do 10 put over" the boys
picnic. II was staged In the beau.
tiful woodland pasture on the J. s.
Browne farm near Lucille and from
the time tho boys hit camp In the
early afternoon until the last truck
load OF yougstcrs had left fairgrounds
there was not an idle minute.
The work of the transportation de-
partment. under the direction OF
Henry Stephenson was one OF the
features OF the day. More than 100
automobiles and trucks we're used In
the job Of getting the boys to the
grounds and returning home. Car own
ers of Chickasha, as we'll as bust.
ness firms. responded nobly TO the
call for volunteers.
Jim Templeton, boys work com.
mittee chairman of Rotary. stated
this morning that as near as he
could estimate the guests there were
1850 boys present. ranging in ages
from Is or 10 TO four. or even to a
number of two-year-olds.
Ira Baldwin, mess sergeant of Ro.
tary, with his crew Of helpers. pre-.
pared a menu using 1850 "wcnies."
more than 5000 buns, some 5000
boiled eggs, 30 gallons of ice cream
and six barrels of punch. the latter
being donated by the Keen kola
company OF this city.
The program at the grounds con.
sisted of athletic events. Many
races were run and several lively
boxing matches staged. II was esti-
mated that there Is not tree on |
the Browne farm that from one to
half dozen boys did not climb. A
patrol of "big boys" was busy
throughout the afternoon keeping tho
little boys out of the river.
During the afternoon scare was
thrown into the crowd when II was
reported that one boy had fallen
into the river and had been washed
away, but fears were quieted when
the youngster in question appeared
at the mess hall' shortly there
after, and asked when do we eat?"
In the athletic events, staged un-
der the direction of jeff Williams,
sports committee chairman, the
West school with total of~25 points
won the Rotary loving cup. The
Northwest school was second with
Il points; Southwest third with IL;
South was fourth with 4, while the
North and Catholic schools tied for
last place with one point each.
AS far as could be learned this
there was not an accident
during the entire day. "If anyone
was hurt in any way, 1t has not
been reported" said Dr. Templeton.
Last night there was some anxiety
when it was reported that four
small boys had not returned home.
A search was started, but had not
gone far when the boys arrived safe
ly home. They had been on
truck, piloted by some high school
boys, which had been stuck in a
mudhole.
"Without the help of Chickasha
men and women, the picnic could
not have been staged" said Roy
Jones president of Rotary, this
"The Rotary club wants
to extend It's sincere thanks to ev-
eryone who had part in helping
make the picnic a success. The Ro-
tary club could not have done it
alone and credit for its success
should go to the scores of Chicka-
sha folks who SO unselfishly gave
their efforts to enable the boys to
have an outing. We feel especially
grateful to Mr. Browne, for donat-
ing the use of his woodland for the
occasion.
perhaps there were mistakes
made, but those will be corrected
next year. We are new in the mat
ter of entertaining boys in this
wholesale fashion, but will make it
an, annual affair and will be able
next year to give them better en-
The affair was a big
success and it was the splendid CO.
operation of everyone that put it
over"