Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-25
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
ENJOY OUTING
AT SALMON LAKE

1ss0S OVI1tvV
AT SALMON LAKE
Members Of the Lewiston Com
mandery Of Knights Templar passed
glorious st. Johns day as the
guests OF the st. Omer Commandery
OF his city yesterday The program
included an outing at the Salmon
Lake House and an entertainment in
the evening in the city Opera House
and there was not a moment which
did not prove thoroughly enjoyable.
| Inc ViAitors arrived in Waterville
about o'clock and they were met at
the station by the st. Omer members
who had marched in a body from
4 heir hall on Common street, led by
the Waterville Military Band. After
greetings had been exchanged at the
station the parade was reformed and
the line of march led to the Masonic
nall where registration took place.
The trip TO the Salmon Lake
House. was made in an automobile
| procession with an ample number OF
cars to accommodate the more than
| 300 men who attended the affair
The setting for the days outing ar
forded by the Salmon Lake House
was all that one might wish. Before
the shore dinner was served a con-
cert was furnished by the Waterville
Military Band and by the Lewiston
Brigade Band which had been
brought to the city by the visitors.
Far. too trite is the term deli
cious" in describing the dinner which
| Of ha al
fore its guests. The staples were 8
whole boiled lobster and a heaping
dish OF steamed clans with all the
necessary relishes. There were also
potato chips. rolls and butter. coffee
/ assorted cake. ice cream and cool
| drinks. The dinner was served buff
fet style and due to the great eff
| cheney of those handling 1t everyone
was cared for in the surprisingly
short time of a half hour.
The Afternoon Program
Following a short siesta the party
marched in a body to the Kennebec
Camp for Boys where they had al
| their disposal all of it's facilities. The
walk of good distance was made easy
by the spirited playing Of the band
First on the schedule of events
was a baseball game between Wa
| terville and Lewiston which the for
mer won by a score of 10 to Z. but
they were pushed to the limit to dc
| so. In some ways the Androscoggir
| men played a brand of ball superior
to that OF their hosts but they were
a trifle slow in getting under way
and in the first inning the winner,
| scored seven of their runs, Lewiston
in the same inning scoring three.
For the home team DR.. Fl. W. Alb
bolt, catcher for the winners. demon,
strated that the passage of the year:
has done but little to impair his erst
while prowess on the diamond and he
gave his team much of its strength
Mr.. Farnham pitched a strong game
for Naterville after the first inning
and the other leading lights for the
winners were Mr.. McAlary on frs
base, Mr.. Blake at shortstop and DR.
Winslow at second. Mr.. Booth Of
Lewiston pitched q stellar contes
and there was some good fielding be
hind him. Frank Cummings on frs
base for the losers attracted nucl
attention by his playing. Not only
did he turn in some fast fielding bu'
no ball was so hard that he did no.
have the courage to stand in its way
and let it hit him. A short score o.
the game is Is follows:
| Lewiston .............,7 IL
| WaterVille .............1O
Batteries: Booth and Stetson; Farm
ham and Abbott.
The Races
, Norman Haskell had charge of tht
races. which were run off in manner
which would have done justice to &
| national meet. First on the ticke
was the 100 yard, won easily by Wal
!, ter McAlary, who got away to a hyine
start. He was followed by Blaine
Fowler The race for fat men fol
about so yards furnished much of the
; fun of the day. DR.. Winslow, who
| some. alleged was not quite 8 fat a:
he should have been. won handily will
Fred McAlary a close second. In the
three legged race there were three
teams. that made UP of Harmon anc
Fowler of Waterville winning. will
Mr.. Cummings and Mr.. Scott of Lew
iston second. A second Watervillt
team made up of Messrs Pollard anc
Hilton was forced out of the running
by a. broken hobble.
The races drew a conclusion to the
events at the camp and the parade
reformed to return to the hotel.
The Canoe Races
No events Of the day will be longer
remembered than will the canoe races
which were featured by spills and
close finishes. The distance traversed
was well over 500 yards and to ne
gotiate the turn about the half way
flag was a task requiring consummate
4 skill. The first race was won by Mr..
knight and Mr.. Morrison with ease
in five minutes and II seconds, MT
Davis and Mr.. Lawry, who finished
second, not crossing the finish line I'M
til II more seconds had elapsed. The
race was marked by the spill OF Nor
man Haskell and Ralph Harmon right
| ar the time that they were in sood
position to finish with the leaders.
| When they had finally righted their
vessel and returned to the finish line
they were given rousins reception.
before the start of the second
race Mr.. Goodale and Mr.. Living
stone fell into the water when they
attempted to get into the canoe
which Mr.. Haskell and MT: Harmon
had used before. Upon this 1t was
Generally deduced that the boat was
. trickv one and that the spill In
che former race could be laid to this
rather than to any lack OF ability
an the part of its occupants. TO
nrove that the tipping of the canoe
had been no fault Of their own, Mr..
Goodale and Mr.. Livingstone. won
the~race in the time Of five minutes
s sr Sc seconds, one second faster
than were Mr.. Gardiner and MT.
| Nelson.
100 yard swimming race when was
captured by Fred McAiary sater a
n1red NcAlary was a close third
,o, the race one Of much ex-