The Delta independent., 1924-08-15
ROTARY OUTING ALL
THAT WAS EXPECTED

Rotarians and their families who en-
joyed the annual outing on Grand
Mesa Sunday, Monday and Tuesday Of
this week had the jolly time which
hey had been promised and which they
anticipated With Delta, Montrose
and Paonia clubs as hosts, Grand June
tion, Gunnison and Alamosa members
were guests. Every detail had been
attended to by the hosts and every
minute was filled with fun and excite
ment
Early Sunday morning cars began
streaming up the big hill carrying Ro-
tarians and their families. BY after
noon nearly everyone was there and
the fun began. Sunday evening the
first program was given in the Ep-
worth League building. with Rev. Isaac
l Cassel of MOntrose in charge. Congre-
gational singing, scripture reading by
Eric Smith. vocal solo by Ralph b.
Vote of MOntrose, a prayer by P. w
/ Jones made up the program.
I Monday morning was given over to
sports and contests. Winners in the
different contests we're as follows:
Fly casting, men, o. B. Cook. Delta;
I ladies'. Mrs. c. f. Harding. Delta
Horshoe pitching, Dick" Raber and
Neil" Draper, of Delta, first: Andy
Frandsen and ''Moyni" Moynihan of
Montrose. secand. Heavyweight boat
race. "Moyni" MoynihsnanSi iontrose.
first. "Tubby' Mitchell. SkSnia, sec
Knous. Montrose. "Rotary-Anne" boat
race. Mrs. "Tubby" Mitchell. Paonia,
first; Mrs. Roy Kingler. Grand juno
tion, second. Special rowing prize
contest. Rotarian and Rotary Anne,
Ben Jorgenson and Miss Beebower,
Gunnison, first; Gus Erich and Mrs
Lucy Hillman. Delta. last Exhibition
canoe race, George Toupain. first.
Prize contest. Mrs. o. b. Cook. Delta.
Most of these contests were full OF
thrilling moments and a great deal Of
excitement for all concerned. Loss OF
oars and too much tonnage PLACED
some OF the racers in difficult posi-
tions.
Monday afternoon Montrose and
Delta Rotary-Annes put on an enter.
tanning program with songs by the Ia.
dies and a clever tabe-off on the Ro-
tarians by Max Fauber of Montrose. A
needle threading contest for the men
was held with Gus Erich OF Delta win
ming first place. and F. C. Palmer Of
Gunnison second. A scissors contest
among the presidents of the various
clubs proved too difficult and all fell
down sadly.
A race up the mountain side for 80
yards was held. different cars being
represented. Merle Miller OF Paonia
was a Dodge, R f Diemer OF Mont
rose a Buick Six; Gus Erich Of Delta.
Rickenbacker; Robert F. Rockwell oy
Paonia, Jewett; A n Fairbanks az
Delta, Chevrolet; Mike Loefrler oy
Grand Junction, Lexington; Hugo FaE
relius OF Montrose, Lincoln. c ] Nov
nihan OF Montrose. Cadillac: Reed MI.
Ter OF Grand Junction. Baby Lincoln.
John johnson OF Gunnison. Buick
Four; Ralph Jones OF Grand Junction
Hudson: NJ. IT. Crissman. Of Paonia.
Durant The Buick -Four. represented
by Dean johnson was victorious In the
run. with the Chevrolet, representa-
by Mr. Fairbanks. second
Another contest with a great deal OF
fun was the tugs Of war between Mont.
rose and Delta, the latter winning: the
Ilightweights Of the two towns. with
Montrose winning and the girls tur
OF war with Mrs. John Davis OF Delta
as LaFollette, Mrs. c. r. Harding as
Davis and Mrs II. p. Perkins as Cool.
idge. each selecting ten contestants
The LaFollette contingent won the
contest
James Kelley OF Denver was the
speaker OF the evening Monday and
very fine addresses were made by the
members Of the Rotary Clubs. also.
Lee Burgess spoke for Grand juno.
ton; II. l. Mcclure for Paonia: Gus
Erich for Delta; p. G. Palmer for Gun
nison; w A. Lingham for Moutrnso
and w w Plat for Alamosa Vocal
solos by Rotary Annpe N+orn s{,-op dur.