South Bend News-Times, Volume 31, Number 190, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 2 July 1914 — Page 7

' Tirrnsn.w, .niA' inu HERE ARE TWO VIEWS OF THE ELLSWORTH CROWD OF PICNICERS OF ELLSWORTH'S . 5 . v V Workers a? Department Store Spend Day at Dowagiac Feature Events Show Unknown Ability of Many. V i J. x

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Farrd "by a bright afternoon. 100 employ: of thf Ellsworth store and thIr famili'f. enjoyod th- hospitality of thf "hr,," John C. KllFworth, at thf annual ji:nl of th store folks which "sva hf,hl thin yoar at Do v. au'i.ir. M'h.i and Indian lakf, a f'v rnilf.s out of Dowagiac. To allow thf f-ni-jdoyps to ko on th' outing the sto'e was closed at 11:55 o'clock and did not reopm the rest of the day. A monster parade. led iy th "Bright pot" band, left the store promptly at 12 o'clock and after a march through thf downtown district clambered aboard a "Picnic .Special" at the Michigan Central depot and started on the short trio to I)owaiac. The train was paily decorated with flips and banners of all sorts, the larKP.st one of which was neatly removed by a fast train, whic h passed on that side of the -ar. To make up for this loss the Michigan Central pres-entvl the. p;Lssenijers with two lare bunches of flout rs for the dinner table. The bip event of tho day. dinner, was pulled off as soon as the picnickers arrived at Dow.-itfi.if. . parade was formed which marclied to the Baptist church, the ladies of which Ferved both the dinner and supper, and feasted on chicken pie. mashed potatoes, hot rolls, salad, cakes, candy, olives. Jelly, radishes and ice cream. Dinner the Tiling. Before dinner was finished it was

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announced that "The Great Mystery Content" would V-e staged immediately, but no one could enter until they had eaten his ice cream. A five dollar pro Id piece had been placed in an e nvelope and ?ivcn to some one at the dinner spot, and to secure this the searcher was required to approach the person thought to have it and ask "Have you the Kllsworth Store Mystery Gold Piece?" Just before the alloted time was up. Miss Atones Kreier discovered that one of the women who had served the dinner had the money and carried it off. Ten live, active chickens were next turned loose and the ones who caught them were allowed to ken- them. After a lively scramble the birds were captured by William Cole. P.illie Gil

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AT Tin: IWHK. Stauffer. Sydney Crosby. George Seues and Samuel Krkey. In an addition contest the prize went to Miss Elizabeth Jones and Mark Zimmerman. Three special trolley cars conveyed the merry makers to Indian lake, where the field day sports were held. As each one arrived at the resort they were presented with two new 1 1 :' "buffalo" nickels as souvenirs. Following the bipr picture the committee trot busy and pulled off the rest of the athletic events. William Cole was the best at chewinp; a string with a marshmallow at the end and outdistanced the others in this classic event. He also won a pillow race, after the pillows had been removed. To carrv an ecer balanced

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A salad race for men. in which the entrants were required to remove their shoes and socks which were then wrapped in paper and scrambled together, was won by Horace Genge after a hot fisht. Thomas Lee and Miss Fern Clouph proved to have the steadiest nerves in the crowd and easily won the threading race, in which the men were required to thread a needle held bv their partner. Girl Has lkt Whip. Miss Josephine rnith had the best "whip" in the hunch and hurled a baseball twice as far as the other contestants. The judges forgot to measure the distance Miss Blanche Hines was the fleetest of the cash girls and won the forty yard dash for

on a spoon, 15 yards without dropping them, while Miss Mary Shaw carried

it was the task required in the egg and off the honors in the same contest for spoon race, which went to Mrs. Altah the register girls.

After boating, bathing and a gener

al good time, the trolleys carried the crowd back to the city where they were met by the Round Oak band and members of the Baptist, church who lead the march to the "Feeding Place." Prizes were presented to the winners in the contests at supper. A band concert served to enliven the supper and Miss Ellen Haines of Dowagiac sang a solo. A glow worm parade lighted by red fire and Japanese lanterns and lead by the band followed the concert and ended at the depot where the crowd sleepily scrambled for seats in the train and rested up for work the next day. J. C. Ellsworth, C. M. Valentine, R. R. Robertson, W. K. Lamport, Eli Krou and Mark Zimmerman performed in the capacity of marshals and masters of ceremonies for the gala occasion. The "Bright .Spot" band

r:X.TOVING A "DIP". was the hit of the d.iy composed of Bandmaster Fuller. Mr. Lee, Miss Krienke. Miss Overmeyer, Miss Hen and Mr. Gommel.

BROTHERS WANTED BY ELKHART POLICE HELD James and Rex Titus, brothers, from Elkhart, wanted in that city far asFault and battery and wife desertion. were arrested in this city Thursday morning and are being held pending the arrival of Elkhart ollicials. They were in a buggy in which it was claimed were concealed a blackjack and a revolver. When they left Elkhart they were heard to say that they were going to go out "after a little easy money", the police declare.

111,1.1' r i-i .in "i tlttil.. Fpon word received from Sh r;!f White of Marion. Ind.. who deck, red thru he was wanted for the betray.il of a - i r 1 Th re. Will? am El.im. an employe of the Stew art-Sheotz Construction Co.. was arrested Thursday morninu and will be sent to Marion to face

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TWO AUILUGNF.D TOR DRUNK. E. !. White. 12 2 5 Queen t.. drew a line of $1 and cofts for intoxication in city court Thursday morning. Frank Thomas, arrested on a similar offense, was allowed by Judge H. I). Warner to go with a suspended sentence.

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