Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-08-08
THE MACHINISTS PICNIC
Not OvercrOwded But Highly En-
iOyable and Successful Affair

The Machinists family picnic at
Moundbuilders Park last Saturday
afternoon, while not as we'll attended
as it should have been, was big sue
cess so far as general good frater-
nal social time was concerned. That
there was something doing in the
amusement line every minute was
seen to by Mesdames Kenneth Jones
H. B. Howard, George Bean, Earl
Swern and Fred Steen, the committee
in charge.
With the exception of the time de-
voted to enjoying the dinner the af-
ternoon was occupied in contests of
skill. The dinner was served in
floral hall, and the menu included
every good thing that could be imag-
ined, and then some-not to mention
about "57 varieties" of cake, which
were of such surprising excellence
that most of the diners tackled each
brand in the vain endeavor to decide
which was entitled to the first place.
The judges of the contests were
James P. Wolfe, H. R. Mason, julius
Juch and Mrs. Franklin, and they
sure had job on their hands, as the
various events were pulled off at so
rapid rate that they were kept on
the jump from start to finish.
The prizes hung up for the winners
in the contests were donated by New
ark business men. The order of
events, the prizes and their donors
and the lucky winners are as follows:
Ladies foot race-Hassock, Sperry
Harris Co.-Mrs. Fred Steen.
Race, boys under 16-Tennis Shoes,
King Co.-Carl Smith.
Peanut race, women and girls
Weller Vase, Committee-Mrs. Ada
Bean.
Tallest man-Safety razor, Howard
Beeney-Benson Evans.
Biggest feet, men-Pair socks, Hub
store-Roland Wade.
Smallest feet, women-Silk Hose
Lor-Bach store-Mrs. Kenneth Jones.
Shortest Woman - Face powder,
Evans drug store-Mrs. D. S. Elder.
Oldest man in service-Sack of
flour, Pfeffer's grocery. S. Tea
garden.
Oldest bald-headed man - Fine
cake, Federal Bakery-Jack Huffman.
Oldest bob-haired lady-Silk hose,
Levins store-Mrs. H. B. Howard.
Prettiest girl under siXteen-$3.OO
in trade, Cora Clouse-The committee
was unable to decide among the
pretty girls lined up and settled it by
Tipping a coin, Miss Alice Williams
was the lucky winner.
Bean guessing contest-Humidor,
Haynes Bros.-Mrs. H. E. Davis.
Guessing lucky number - Three
prizes-Dish by Kindig Transfer Co.,
dish by John Mohlennpah, can of
pineapple by J. F. Swisher-Cather-
inc Disbennett, Kenneth Jones, Clyde
Williams.
Ring the bell, for all women-Hose,
Rutledge Bros.-Four tied and Ella
Ford won by drawing lots.
Catching the chicken donated by
Browns feed store-Edgar Hall.
Peanut scramble for children-Toy,
Committee, Marjory Davis.
Necktie tying contest-Face pow
der, Evans drug store-Mrs. William
Lynn; necktie, CRATER & Brashear-
Sam Hall.
Nail driving for womenn-Book,
Roe Emerson-Mrs. George Bean.
Best looking children-Here the
committee again ran into snag, and
the box of candy given was divided
among the girls, while the boys ran a
race for the ball donated by Leist &
Kingery, which was won by Ralph
Jones.
Largest family-Ham, Homer Rob
inson--Mrs. William Lynn.
Foot race for boys-Ball and lat,
Leist & Kingery-Llewellyn Jones.
Foot race for girls-Tennis shoes,
King Co.-Dorothy Lynn.
The entire program was unable to
be given as "the game was called on
account of darkness" and the two
watermelons donated by ]. P. Murphy
and Wilbur Mitchell for the eating
contest, were cut and divided among
the crowd. The horseshoe pitching
contest was not put on as a sufficient
number of lanters to light the arena
was not procurable. Several other
events went by default for the same
reason.
Taken all in all, it was probably
the most enjoyable picnic held at the
park this year, and too much credit
cannot be given to the committee of
arrangements and to all others who
worked so faithfully in its behalf.
Those who failed to attend certainly
missed a splendid time and one of the
best dinners ever served.