Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1922-07-06

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N. Newman won first prize for the
best decorated Buick and w. E. Seld-
ner second. These prizes were given
by Cassidy and Leblanc.
A special prize was awarded Miss
Dorothy Cassidy who drove a Shetland
pony to a cleyerly decorated cart.
Mrs. F. P. Nevers won second prize
for the best decorated Studebaker.
offered by the W. F. Simmons Auto
Company. Miss Mitchell took first.
On arrival at the park and excep-
tionally large crowd had assembled to
hear the orators Of the day and, fol-
lowing a prayer by Rev. E. C. Gum
7. Semmes Walmsley, United States
Senator Joseph Ransdell and Ex-Gov.
Theodore G. Bilbo of Mississippi were
the speakers introduced by Mayor
Sullivan.
Senator Ransdell made a splendid
address in which he told of some of
the pending legislation at Washington
and his address as a whole was pa
triotic and inspiring.
EX-Gov. Bilbo made one of the
talks for which he is famous in these
parts and his patriotic remarks were
frequently interrupted by applause.
Mr.. Walmsley's address was well
received.
Following the speaking the daylight
display of fireworks was held; then
for an hour those who cared to rest
were given an opportunity, but few
took advantage of the rest period, but
visited the Gray's Shows locaetd just
across the street from Goodyear Park.
The track meet held at the Y. M.
@. A. campus attracted large crowd.
The results of the several events fol-
low:
1OO-Yard Dash-Frank Gayer of
Bogalusa, first, time 1O.5 seconds;
Fred G. Frey of Franklinton, second;
w. F. Hand of Nortac Miss, third.
= 220-Yard Dash-Frank Gayer of
Bogalusa, first, time 25 seconds;
W. F. Hand of Nortac, Miss, second;
Louis Gayer of Bogalusa, third.
440-Yard Dash-W. F. Hand of
Nortac, Miss, first, time 50 seconds;
( Royal Undertake of Bogalusa sec
ond; Louis Gayer of Bogalusa, third.
j Half Mile Run $3.50 yards)-C. A,
Breland of Bogalusa, first, time 2
minutes 8 seconds; Frank Gayer of
BogaIusa, second; Royal Undertake
of BOgalusa, third.
/ Relay Race
pogalusa-C. A. Breland, Royal
Timberlake, Frank Gayer and B. G,
sones. Time minutes 10 seconds.
= 12-Pound Shot. G. Frey of
Franklinton, first, SO feet q inches;
Louis Gayer of Bogalusa second, 30
feet inches: Frank Gayer of BO-
galusa, third, 80 feet 81 inches.
/ Running High Jump-Losa Grain
of Bogalusa, first, feet 7inches;
Frank Gayer of Bogalusa, second, 5
feet 6 inches.
Glenn Bonney of Bogalusa, third, 5
feet inches.
Running Broad Jump-Fred c.
Frey of Franklinton first, 20 feet 8
inches; Glenn Bonney of Bogalusa,
second, 10 feet 6 inches; Frank Gay
er of Bogalusa, third, 18 feet 5
inches.
T Javelin-Louis Gayer of Bogalusa,
first, $50 feet 3 inches; Losa Grain
of Bogalusa second, '120 feet; F. c.
Frey of Franklinton third, 119 feet
q inches.
Bogalusa won five first and the
relay race, finishing first with 43
points; Franklinton second, with 9
points; Nortac, Miss, third, with 6
points,
The boxing and wrestling contests
at the ball park on Pleasant Hill at
tracted large crowd and the fans
were given a good run for their
money. The wrestling match between
Joe Cutrer and Capt. Walter Evans
was interrupted two or three times
by wrangling and Evans was finally
given the decision.
The scheduled Lewis-Owens six
round bout was substituted by Pat
terson and Brown. The fight ended
in the third round when Patterson
claimed a foul which was allowed by
the referee who gave Patterson the
decision.
! The baseball game was called off
after the local team had waited for
the Columbia, Miss, team who did
not appear. !. d,
Several hundred people witnessed
the contests in horsemanship between
members of the Bogalusa Ladies
EquitatiOn Glass, which proved an at
GEaFLlVe event. MIS- oCLGy OSAAAAH az
Firth was awarded first honors and
Mrs. Henri de Coligny second. No
prizes were awarded at the request
of the contestants.
The pyrotechnic display at 8 p. nj.
attracted several thousand people and
the displayed exceeded expectations,
At 9 p. m. the grand ball at the
Armory opened and was attended by
one of the largest crowds ever seen
at a dance in this city. Young folk
from every town within a radius Of
many miles were in attendance.
BIanchard's Orchestra furnished the
music.
To the executive committee APP
pointed by the American Legion, com
posed Of J. B. Lindsey, chairman; J.
H. Friend Lawrence Davis, Paul lie
Blanc, George Gardiner, J. c. Boyd,
". NJ. Darlington, Max Rosenbaunh,
Jules Leblanc, Guy V. Rich, Eugene
ARIZONA, Ralph Henry S. Lacy Dick
erson and J. B. Purvis, are due great
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