Arizona republican., 1922-04-01
MESA |. D. S. WARDS
WILL ENJOY PICNIC
ON ALL FOOLS DAY

MESA, MdrCn Sl.-Ali NOoi Lay
on Saturday. April 1. has been de-
clared a holiday by members. OF the
Latter Day Saints church and all of
the eight wards in the Maricopa
Stake viii assemble on the desert
northeast Of Gilbert for the days
picnic. A lively card OF sports for
morning and afternoon entertainment
with the basket picnic at noon are
featuring the program, which IT is
said will eclipse any stake event ever
held. More than a thousand people
are expected at the picnic.
That no one may be left at home.
because no transportation was avail
able, all of the wards have arranged
to provide automobiles for everyone
who will attend. The crowds will
gather at each ward chapel at $3.50
Saturday morning, and transporta-
tion will be furnished there.
Preliminary work at the picnic
ground was started Friday evening
when Elijah Allen and D. D. Jones in
charge of the sports committee Wis
tied the grounds to stake out the
places for the athletic events. They
placed everything In readiness for the
Saturday athletic meet.
The ward has been designated as
unit in the big athletic meet and 10
representatives of each OF the eight
wards will contest in each event.
making 80 entrants. The men of the
parents classes will stage tug OF
war and will demonstrate their speed
at jumping through a hoop.
In the theological class the boys
will run a 100 yard relav and the girls
a so yard relay. The boys of the
first intermediate will contest in
shoe handicap race and the girls will
run 25 yards, passing through a hoop.
The second intermediate will stage
a sack race and hopping race, the
boys participating in the former and
the girls in the latter. The primary
boys will contest in a wheelbarrow
race and the girls will run a novelty
race. The youngsters of the kinder
garten will contest singing the song
Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam"
Featuring the days events will be
the horseshoe pitching contest staged
by the bishops of each ward in the
stake. The winning two wards in
athletic meet will play off the honors
with the men playing baseball game
and the girls an indoor game.
Family basket lunches will be taken
and each family will spread its own
dinner at noontime. Ample water will
be at the picnic grounds the commit
tee said. To reach the picnic grounds,
people are directed to go straight east
from the Gilbert school house across
the canal to the telephone line. then
one mile north and thence one mile
the stake e expected to attend the
picnic and the general public is in
vited the committee said.
Legion Plans Boxing Card
A committee from the Nest post of
the American Legion is preparing a
card OF boxing to be staged at the
monthly meeting of the post to be
held Friday night, April 6, in the K.
P. hall. The card OF a month ago and
the one the following week in Tempe
went over with such success that
the local boys Immediately decided to
put on a second card. Some of the
best material in Chandler, Tempe and
Mesa, Is bing matched in the five
bouts to be staged next week. The
event will be open to all ex- service
men Of the southside.
Going to California
Prof. G.. K. Wildermuth of the high
school faculty completed his work at
the school Friday and expects to leave
Saturday morning for Indio. Calf,
where he will be associated with one
of the state farms. Mrs. Wilder
another month before joining her
husband.
Speaks TO Students
Prof. John r. Murdock of the
Tempe Normal school. addressed the
student body of Mesa high at meet
ing in the auditorium Friday after
noon. A group of selections were
offered by the high school orchestra
as an added feature on the program.
Camp Fire Girls Meet
The Camp Fire Girls will meet at
the home of their guardian. Mrs. w
r. Stewart on West Second avenue
Saturday afternoon. All members of
the organization are requested to be
present.
Organize Orchestra
All who are interested in the or
ganization of an orchestra are urged
to attend the meeting to be held in
the high school building Saturday
evening at Z o'clock. Prof. Sidney
w. Dury, director of music in the
school, has taken the initiative in
organizing the community orchestra
and asks only for the cooperation of
those who are interested to put it
over. Those playing wind. string or
other instruments are asked to attend
the meeting.
Goes to Coast
l. H. Van Spanckeren, cashier of
the First National Bank, departed
Thursday evening on a trip to Los
Angeles.
an" Club Dance Saturday
The M" club of the high school
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