The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-09-07
That Country Store

along that the biggest country store
ever seen on the fairgrounds would be
that of Labor Day, and anyone that
was on the grounds Monday looked at
the store that day will bear the
Press out when it says that it was
the biggest ever This feature was
under the supervision of Ray Wunder-
Itch, president of the Retail Clerks
Union. When the thing was turned
( over to Ray he Immediately called for
| help and declared this years store
must top 'em all. Volunteers respond
ed, not only from the Clerks Union
but from other unions. Did you ever
stop to think that Wunderlich is the
German for wonderful? Well, it
is true and Ray certainly lived up
to his name. He is a live wire and
when he announced the store open for
business he had the most wonderful
| collection of articles ever gathered
at one time for the purpose. Over
5000 prizes to be distributed in one
day. Some job, buhlieve US! But
with splendid corps of trained as
sistants it was done Right after the
| firing of the fireworks the store bore
the semblance of having had a cyclone
pass through it. Not an article was
left to show that there ever had been
anything in the well-stocked store of
the morning, and at the close Store
keeper Wunderlich had tidy sum to
hand over to the picnic treasurer. 1t
was big day for Ray and his assist
| ants.
| Another big feature and one that
was popular and seeming to be getting
more SO on each following occasion
was the Lolita, or corn game. This
game makes a big hit with the ladies
because of it's simplicity and is easily
understood. The old ladies seem to
enjoy playing it very much and the
old men get into it just as hearty.
1t is one of those games in which
you keep up with the days gossip as
you go along without running a
chance of overlooking anything in the
way of winnings. 1t attracted large
crowds afternoon and evening.
The merry -go-round, always popular
with the kiddies, did land office
business all day, carrying thousands
of riders. Then there were all the
other attractions and amusements, too
numerous to mention that had been
provided by the committee for the
public's entertainment.
The Fireworks
Believing in only being on the
square and telling things just as they
are and were, The Press admits that
| the fireworks were not up TO what was
promised and proved disappointment
to the many thousands who waited
long and late to witness them. And
this is through no fault of the COM
mittee. The committee knows the
display was frost" and frankly ad-
mits it, and with much regret and
with no blame attached. A sum had
been appropriated for this big fea-
ture adequate enough to guarantee a
beautiful display, and the company
| to whom the contract was awarded
agreed that the display would be sat
| isfactory to the most exacting. The
contract was given the Tipp City Fire
works Company, which company fur
nished the display last year and pleas
ed everybody. 1t was for this reason
| that the committee felt safe in award
ing the same company the contract
this year There was a hitch, how
ever, somewhere. 1t is said that the
Middletown and Hamilton displays
were shipped together and that there
might have been balling up some
where The few aerial bombs fired
were beautiful but the set pieces
either refused to play" or the man
handling them didn't know his busi-
ness. Anyway the display was "bum"
| anu JIlS ~ anu ali
they ask is that if the people will
overlook it for this one time (all dis
plays in the past were admitted great)
they promise that next year the fail
ure of this year to make good will be
more than made up.
| The Auto Winner
After the fireworks the closing
event took place. This was the CIV
ing away of the handsome Chevrolet
automobile This time it went to a
young lady. Miss Laverne Sentney,
residing at 745 Laurel avenue, was
the lucky girl Miss Sentney is the
efficient bookkeeper at the Sewers &
Ballet Plumbing Company, is very
popular with host of friends, all of
whom were pleased to learn of her
good fortune. She is being much con-
graduated, and of course the smile
has grown broader and no one blames
her.
i All in all, Hamilton organized la
bor's thirty-frst Labor Day was zone