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CHURCH PICNIC
The annual Shiloh Baptist
Church Picnic will be held next |
week Thursday, July 20, along
with other churches, at cool, |
clean, refreshing Salem Willows
where the green hills and shade
trees ramble down to the sea. If
it rains, the Picnic will be held a
week later. Buses will leave
from Shiloh, as usual Thursday
morning and the usual box
lunches will be in order and
don't forget the cold drinks.
May we also suggest you take
folding lawn or beach chairs.
and ground blankets for the older
people and babies. Your best
camera will find many prize
photos and you could spend the
day at it. You'll need a bathing
suit if you intend to dash into the
splashing ocean waves, or you
can dig clans and take your gear
and fish from the bridge or hire a
boat. There is an ocean sailing
launch that will sail you around
the harbor and it's a beautiful
sight, especially for the elders.
In addition to the regular cash
m us e me nts which abound,
Salem has its public tennis courts
and baseball, softball diamond,
which cost you nothing. Or you
can take along a portable radio
and a good book and simply re-
lax under the willows. The rea-
son why people go to Salem,
year after year, is because it
offers variety of recreation and
is not just spot where one must
spend big money to gain enjoy
ment. We recall when the en-
tire day was spent in the ball
park or tennis court.
SOFTBALL GAME
On Sunday afternoon, July Is
tomorrow, at Digger Park, the
local Medford Mohawks will play
the hard hitting Artillerymen OF
Co B, 272nd Field Artillary,
M. N. c., from the South Armory
Boston, game time 200 PM
sharp. Fans Of Medford and sur
rounding towns are invited. Since
we don't know when the Big Gun
boys will come to Medford again,
it would seem that this will be a
rare chance to see the Guards
men play and a good crowd
should be on hand. We under
stand that Medfordite, Lieut..
Cecil Phillips will pitch for the
272nd team with Capt. Bill Cook
doing the catching. About every
hometown star will probably
play for the local team.
| The Medford Veterans Club
president, AL Kountze has been
playing outfeld and first base
for the six game undefeated
Billerica Prison Guard Softball
team this year. Last week,
Billerica won over the East
Cambridge Prison Guards. Bob
Smith, another well known ex-
3T2nd man, played for East Cam
bridge. We believe this is the
first time two sepia prison guards
in this area ever competed on
different teams and played in the
same game. They are the only
two in Middlesex county, Of
which Howard w. Fitzpatrick Of
Maiden is Sheriff, ne having sue
ceeded the late Louis E. Bout
well, National Guard Arriving
commander.
The July Fourth Field Day
sports program was rained out
except for hectic morning
softball game between the Teen
age boys that was a thriller. The
Single Married Mems game was
abbreviated and all track events
washed out. A running broad
cast of Park events by Walter
Isaacs was to have been feature
and the radio speakers were all
set up. However, we hope to
broadcast the Labor Day events
and the coming park football
contests. BY actual test last week
we found it worked out very
! well.
Veteran tennis captain and ex-
champion Cleedie Rhene has
been keeping the local park
courts humming with activity for
weeks now and recently has
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