Evening star., 1923-08-12
MCLEAN

MCLEAN, Va, August IL Especially.
The ninth annual Mclean day last
was a greater success finan-
cially than ever before, both in spite
of and because of the rain. Prepara-
record breaking crowd, but due to
the weeks rains and the threatening
skies of Saturday morning. not to
mention the dow,npour of the after
noon, there were 500 less People rres-
ent than last year. According to the
official weather gauge kept by Ii. G.
kadel of the United States weather
bureau, 81 of an inch of rain fell in
the storm that swept the grounds,
thereby adding $1,000 insurance
money to the profits of the day.
An exact financial statement is not
yet ready, but the net profits now ap-
pear to be approximately $4,000. In
spite of the bad weather overhead and
the mud underfoot every one was
good-natured. open handed and good
sports" Mrs. Vosbury, chairman OF
the dinner committee. wishes espe-
cially to thank her assistants in the
Ginner booth, who worked hard under
very trying conditions part of the
day ankle deep in water. and always
cheerfully. The profits of the dinner
booth this year amounted to $3.50, an
increase of $50 over last year
Fifty-four babies from Fairfax
county were entered in the baby show.
Assisting Mrs. Cunningham were Miss
Edna Laws and Miss Eileen Coyne of
Washington. The three judges were
Mrs. Grace Crook of Westfleld. n. j.:
Miss Sutton of Newark, n. j., and Mrs.
Fred Stowe of Pender. Tiny kewpie
dolls and Colgate toilet cases We're
given as souvenirs to all the con-
tcstants. Prizes were awarded as
follows: Boy under one year. Jack
u, xof frFa
girl under one year. Laura Mae Nc
Daniel; boy. one to two years. Morrill,
Eugene Magarity of Lewinsville; girl.
Cne to two years. Myra Virginia
Thompson, Spring Hill; boy. two to
three years. Ralph Lowell Magee Of
Ingleside: girl, two to three years.
Virginia Shaw. The rest room in the
basement of st. John Hall. in charge
of Mrs. Doyle, performed good serv-
ice and was we'll patronized by moth
erS and children all day. Several cases
of heat prostration were treated there
in the afternoon.
The Mclean Fire Department van
quish the Cherrdale fire fighters in
the tug of war. The ball game be-
tween the two fire departments had
to be called on account of rain. The
game between the junior teams of
Ballston and Mclean was won by
Ballston. score to 8. Because of the
bad weather the athletic contests
and races for the young people had
to be given up.
The flour donated by P. T Moran
& Co. of Georgetown as a prize for
the largest family on the grounds
was awarded to b. C. Kadel of Kirby
willie. Robert Knowles of Balls Hill
was awarded an automobile tire for
his entry in the decrepit auto contest.
The touring ear which was given
away was won by l.. L. Darne
of Langley. Mr.. Darne had gone home
to bed when the lucky number was
but was aroused by
friends and came to the grounds to
claim his prize and treat the crowd.
j. H. Carper, who had charge of the
of the tickets. announces
a net profit of s164.
The aluminium and miscellaneous
paddle stand, in charge of Hunter
the tenpin alley. under the supervis-
ion of Mr.. Mack and Mr.. Taylor,
cleared $50; ice cream and cake,
under supervision of Mrs. knowles.
made S97: the dance. in/charge of
Franklin Gicker. made. s70.65 and the
gate receipts were s3S2.T5.
Winners of Tournament.
Henry d. Hirst, knight of Langley,
won first place and the prize of s25
in the professional tournament. Sec
ond place and SIS in cash went to
j. F. Love of Prince Georges county.
Mr.. Hirst made perfect score and
Mr.. Love missed only one ring. The
of Munson Hill. and fourth prize of
s5 to Page Bowie of Maryland.
Senator Walter T. oliver delivered
the charge to the knights at the be-
of the tournament and ID. 5.
Mackall. jr., gave the coronation ad-
dress in the evening. when Miss Maf1e
Carper was crowned Queen of the
Officials of the tourna-
ment were as follows: Marshal, j.
H. Carper; assistant marshal, Miss
Louise Loving; judges. Clifton Laugh
lin. F. L. Trammel, j. c. Storm; aides.
keepers, Miss Mafie Carper, Mrs. ]. II.
Carper.
The Rev. Rowland c. Dodge from
near Richmond. brother of DR.. Will
liam Dodge of Mclean, is expected to
preach tomorrow morning in the
Baptist Church. w. r. Ross will lead
the evening services of the Baptist
Young Peoples Union.
l.. B. Morris, general chairman of
Forestvill day. Saturday. August Is.
that plan for the activ-
tiles of the day have been completed.
The program of events includes two
in charge of Edgar
Follin. the amateurs starting at 10
o'clock, the professionals in the after
noon. Two ball games are planned.
one between wanna ana SITeal ais,
the other between Forestville and
team. These are in
charge of NJ. t. Marsh and o. X.
Miller Mrs. Fred Pearson is in
charge of the baby show, open to all
corners, regardless of place of resi-,
dence. Mr.. Preston is in charge of
the miscellaneous games and amuse-
ments and Mrs. Marvin janders
chairman of all the dinner and re-
freshment committees. There will be
a dance in the school hall In the even
ing. The athletic sports include foot
races and horse jumping contests.
with ribbons as prizes The nail driv-
ing contest for ladies is in charge of
0. T. Knight. There is no admission
fee to the grounds and arrangements
have been made to meet all Washing
ton and Old Dominion cars at Elkins
station.
Mrs. Grace Clarke has moved from
to her new bungalow at
West Mclean.
Miss Edith Mack is visiting the
family of DR.. H. c. Cheston at Peach
Lake, n. Y.
Mrs H w. Elgin, wife of Mai.
Elgin of Lewinsville. has been in
a Washington Hospital for several
weeks, suffering from pleurisy.
Mrs. Bruno Wittig took her Sunday
school class of boys to the base ball
game at American League park on
afternoon, the tickets being
purchased from the proceeds of the
lawn party the boys gave in June.
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