The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-06-19


'icnic who showed the speed with
stamina to stick to the finish.
: after a threatening first round
Yearly in the morning, "k. o." moved
back to jab few hard rights at dis
tance Of 80 or 40 miles from the park
but the crowd was betting heavily
against him and continued to jam
Idora "K. O." landed but one hard
punch after his early furry-about
the fifth inning Of the ball game, in
terrupting the contest for some five
minutes.
The crowd was record-breaker for
! both the Potters annual outing and
| Idora Park, passing last years Gold
en- Anniversary Picnic by an easy
5000, according to park officials. All
the huge parking lots, not only the
parks but those privately owned III
the vicinity, were tightly packed
/ shortly after l o'clock.
At three the grandstand and bleach
ers were filled for the ball game, the
! theater was jammed to view the tap
dancing contests and bathing beauty
show, the dance hall swayed with the
rythm Of more dancing feet than it
had ever seen before and it was still
practically impossible to walk the
midway or shoulder a path to one of
/ the rides or concession stands.
That everyone had one of the most
enjoyable days they had ever expert
| enced goes without saying. All
events were run off smoothly, without
fuss and right on time. Reports con-
tinue to come from all sides that the
Preparedness Day Picnic was easily
the best Of the seventeen.
When Committeeman Harry Pode-
wells, who had heavy day announc-
ing all events, welcomed the picknick
ers in the name of the Brotherhood
and the committee at 10:45 a. m., and
called their attention to the start OF
the baby show, approximately $4,000
were already in the park.
The baby show, with we'll over 100
entrants, was won by a real picnic
baby. Vondra Lyme Finley was born
on Picnic Day, 1910, making her one
year old with the exception Of one
day. She is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. William c. Finley, Jr., of
| PIC West Third Street, this city. Mr..
Finley is employed in the office of the
Homer Laughlin China Co. In addi-
ton to a beautiful loving cup, Miss
Finley received fifteen dollars and one
of the decorated baby sets that were
given to all entrants.
Second place money, check for ten
dollars, was taken by Sebring's six
month-old Deanna June Hoffmeyer,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Merwin
Hoffmeyer, 347 West Virginia Ave.
Mr.. Hoffmeyer is a member of Local
Union No. "A. Gilbert Wayne Simp-
son, cute 16-month husky Of Newell
took down third place and five dollars.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gill
bert Simpson Mr.. Simpson is en-
ployed by Crooks, local furniture
company.
The judges, three registered nurses
from the staff of st. Elizabeth's Hos
pitai in Youngstown, stated the job of
choosing three winners from among
such a galaxy Of beautiful babies was
much worse than the State Board ex-
animation.
Twin boys, Johnny and Jimmy Hy-
der, giving off a strong Bowery per-
fume with their checked suits and der
bies, were Judged best in the tap
dancing contest for children 4 to s..
The five-year-olds live at 1927 Hazel
Street, East Liverpool, and are the
| sons of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hyder.
Another team won the top prize in the
older age group. Joe and Newanna
Baker of Canonsburg displaying
plenty of fancy footwork to cop the
| decision.
Jackie Lou Welsh, fve-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
Welsh Of Salem took second place in
5 the lower age group. Second place
: in the older division went to Dolores
: Cubberly, 9, East Third Street, daugh-
= ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar D. Cub
: berly. Show money went to Patricia
| Jean Parsons, 9, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Parsons, 1907 Dresden
: Avenue, this city.
: Believing the only sour note to past
| picnics was watching the little girls
. who did not win one of the beautiful
: dolls in the bathing beauty contest
: walk aimlessly around the stage with
: tears in their eyes, the committee this
: year decided upon a surprise and or
! dered two dozen dolls in addition to
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