Rain Mars Picnic Sat’y At Bakerton. Fine Dinner Enjoyed By Guests; Many Officials Present.<\/p>\n
The Bakerton plant of the Standard Lime and Stone Company held its annual picnic at Duke’s Woods Saturday, activities getting under way at 4:30. Inclement weather marred an otherwise successful afternoon in that the attendance was well under former years.<\/p>\n
Officials present included: Daniel Baker, Jr., Baltimore, Md.; F. C. Thomas, D. R. Vorhees, Paul Specht, Paul Myers, all of Martinsburg; G. D. Garvin, Charles Town; W. J. Flanagan, Capon Roads, Va.; G. D. Hill, Millville; W. J. Young, Charles Town; Mr. Marsh, Havre de Grace, Md.; W. J. B. Houser, Superintendent Bakerton plant; D. R. Houser, retired, Supt. Bakerton plant.<\/p>\n
In the games and contests held prior to the supper, Billie Springs won going away in the sack race for children over 12. Other contests included: Three-legged race for children over 12, won by Sailor and Martin, Samples Manor, Md.; Cracker contest, won by Roy and Bobby Jones; Bicycle race for girls up to 16 years, won by Miss D. B. Barnes, Winchester, Va.; second, Miss Jean Claybaugh, third, Miss Jerlene Farling; Bicycle race for boys up to 16 years, won by Charles Moler, second, Bruce Claybaugh, third, Bert Loudoun.<\/p>\n
Following these games supper was served from 5:30 to 7, followed by community singing at 7:15.<\/p>\n
Later the older men and women engaged in a series of contests, namely: Tug of war between guests and mine men, won by mine team. Rolling-pin contest for ladies, won by Mrs. Helen Mills; tug of war between mine workers and top crew, won by mine men; Potatoe race for adults, won by Dorothy Knott and Willard Moler; best race for girls, won by Betty Jane Moore, Sharpsburg, Md.; Find the shoes, for children, won by Gordon Knott; Neck tie race for ladies, won by Mrs. Olin Knott, Sr.; Finishing contest for the ladies, won by Mrs. Edgar Mills.<\/p>\n
Music for the evening was furnished by the “Little German Band,” of Frederick, Md. Ladies of the Presbyterian Church served sandwiches, soft drinks, ice cream and cake at a refreshment booth. Table decorations were by the ladies of the Presbyterian Church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[33,42],"evidence_category":[5071],"whp_locations":[6205,5974,6218,6110,6119,6158,6162,6177,5806],"repositories":[3922],"surnames":[213,241,937,1677,1773,1953,2488,2605,2773,2953,3218,3381,3775,3813,3829,3923,5059,5088,5389,5583,5926],"class_list":["post-4202","evidence","type-evidence","status-publish","hentry","tag-events-festivals","tag-limestone-quarries","evidence_category-spirit-of-jefferson","whp_locations-bakerton","whp_locations-baltimore","whp_locations-charles-town","whp_locations-martinsburg","whp_locations-millville","whp_locations-samples-manor","whp_locations-sharpsburg","whp_locations-strasburg","whp_locations-winchester","repositories-my-heritage","surnames-baker","surnames-barnes","surnames-claybaugh","surnames-farling","surnames-flanagan","surnames-garvin","surnames-hill","surnames-houser","surnames-jones","surnames-knott","surnames-loudoun","surnames-marsh","surnames-mills","surnames-moler","surnames-moore","surnames-myers","surnames-specht","surnames-springs","surnames-thomas","surnames-vorhees","surnames-young"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/migration.welshofharpersferry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/evidence\/4202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/migration.welshofharpersferry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/evidence"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/migration.welshofharpersferry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/evidence"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/migration.welshofharpersferry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migration.welshofharpersferry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4202"},{"taxonomy":"evidence_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migration.welshofharpersferry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fevidence_category&post=4202"},{"taxonomy":"whp_locations","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migration.welshofharpersferry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fwhp_locations&post=4202"},{"taxonomy":"repositories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migration.welshofharpersferry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Frepositories&post=4202"},{"taxonomy":"surnames","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migration.welshofharpersferry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fsurnames&post=4202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}