Lumber Salesmen's Club of San Francisco Annual Picnic

At 10:00 A. M. Sunday morning, August 19, skippers {ugh Handley and Eddie Brnsh, who.had charge of the arrang'ements, gave the orders to shove off, and the members of the Lumber Salesrnen's Club .of San Fr,ancisco together with their invited guests, were on their way to Paradise Cove for their annual picnic. After an hours sail across beautiful San Francisco Bay, the party arrived at its destination and to the amusement of " tu.g'" crowd on the deck, the crew disembarked while the clubs iazzv band composed of Charlie McFarland, Mel Salam,o", giit Talbot, Hugh I\[cPhee, Joe Bell, Eddie Oden, and Charlie Moody played "Strike up the Band-Here Comes the Sailor." After the picnic grounds were reached and the boys all decked up. in their costumes, as arranged for by the committee, an excellent luncheon was served by Constant Schnell, the well known San Francisco caterer. The afternoon was held open for a series of field and aquati.c sports. Bob McArthur acted as starter and C. S. Frantz acted as clerk of the course. The first field event was the 1C0 yard dash between Sam Towle, Henry Bedie, and Otto Hilken; after a close finish, the judgbs announced Henry B.odie as the winner. The next event was the 100 vard handic,ao with Henry Bodie, Harry Thomson, and Sam Towle ai the contestants; Harry Thomson with a handicap of 15 yards won the dash. The first heat in the three-legged race brought out Eddie Oden and Dick Jones, Hugh McPhee and Seth Butler, and Otto Hilken and Eddie Brush, Hugh McPhee and Seth Butler showed too muc'h soeed for the contestants and came in easy winners. The seiond heat in the three-legged race was a thriller and the teams entered vvere; Hugh Handley and Henry Bodie, Dick Hiscox and Wallace Bovyer, Charlie McFarl,and and Hugh McPhee, and Jack Hart and Eddie Brush. Jack Hart and Eddie Brush brought home the bacon by finishing first. The major field event ,of the afternoon was the tug-of-war between the Shamrocks and the Orangemen. The Orangemen were represented by Jerry Casey, anchor, Bill Talbot, Leslie Brown, Eddie Oden, Hugh Handley, Charlie Meyers, and Bill Clarkson, while the destiny of the Shamrocks was in the hands of Hugh McP:hee, anchor, Sam Towle, Henry Bodie, Harry Thomson, Eddie Brush, Jack Hart, and Seth Butler. The Shamrocks got the jump on the Orangemen and after the allotted time had expired, they were pronoun,cecl the winners by Bob McArthur, who refereed the contest.

The party was then called together by Dick Jones, president of the club, who in a few well chosen words expressed his appreciation at the large turn-out of members and he then c,alled on several of the club's guests for a few remarks. Charlie McFarland, who possesses a rare voice sang several song's, and his interpretation of how to 9!ng the popular song "You Have To See Mamma Every Night Or You Can't See Mam,ma At All" made a decided hit. After Bill Clarkson entertained the gathering with a few acrobatic stunts, and Bill Talbot displayed his skill in the art of wrestling, the gathering assembled along the waterfront to watch the aquatic events.

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