The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-06-25
Social and
Personal
About 800 i. C.. T.
Families Enjoy
Annual Picnic

Between 253 and 800 enthusiastic
United Commercial Travellers and
their families atatended the big U. G.
7. picnic given Sunday. Despite the
rain in the early morning the picnic
got an early start. The jolly crowd
DEAN to arrive at the picnic grounds
bf II: 80 o'clock The committees IN
charge had prepared program for
the day that was packed with fun
features.
TO r. Z. Flaherty, VIM. c. Busch,
and Fred DAHL, members of the gen
rNal committee; Felix Ulman, j. b.
SAlith, committee On refreshments,
j. Grills, X. A. McCord, sports and
r. b. German transportation, was due
great credit for the splendid success
of the annual picnic.
Races and games for the old folks
and for the children in addition to
the fine eats, and carnival features
made the day an occasion long to be
remembered by the big crowd attend
ing.
Betty Wheeler and Marjory Doll
won the 25-yard dash for little girls
VI to THE age of siY>years. The first
hriZc was toy pistol with caps, the
second Il package Of peanut bar
candy. In the peanut scramble which
vas staged for the little boys and
girls "Budd.e' Corrigan, Gwendoln
Bankston, and Betty Wheeler were
the winners of the pistol and caps,
toy duck, and candy. The little folks
ran ten feet to pile of peanuts from
which they snatched two handfuls
and ran back to their base. Paul
German was the winner of the neck
tie and Robert Stroup several bars
of candy in the shoe mix for boys
from six to ten years.
First place in the race for girls
from six 70 fourteen was won BY
Elsie Nelson and second place by
Gwcndclyn Pilmoor, the first prize
being a Japanses doll, the second be-
inr candy bars. In the running slow
WIN for girls from the ages of ten
TO twelve Thelma Barney won the
kid doll and Marion Jensen won the
candy.
II. A. Dolly was awarded the bottle
of hair tonic given as the first prize
for the successful contender in the
fifty yard dash for bald headed men
nd G. II. Barney received the razor
which was given as second prize. The
grna was closely fought by a num-
Der Of entrants. In the fifty yard
dash for boys, VIM. Corrigan was
given the first prize, a bathing suit
and Jacob Readinger received the
second which consisted of a belt.
In the egg on spoon contest in
which the ladies of the U. c. r. took
part Mrs. H. S. Dollar received the
beautiful silk parosol as a reward
Cor her ability to balance the egg
on her spoon and Mrs. w. j. Cor
r,Gan received jar of peanut but
ter, given as the second prize. The
race of twenty-five feet was run in
four heats.
Mrs. Armand took first place and
|on bathing helmet in the race
for ladies over the age of 10; Mrs
N f. Charter received the bottle
of olives as the second prize. In the
contest of ball throwing for the la
dies Mrs. A. Martin was awarded the
bottle Of perfume FOR understanding
her competitors while Miss Gladys
Alderman received second place, re-
ceiving an incense burner.
AS grand finale for the celebra-
TN we're two baseball games of nine
innings, the Leans" won from the
"Fat'" by score of - to 10. Another
game was played during the evening.
The ball games proved highly enter
tanning to the spectators as we'll rs
to the players.