Sidelights Of The Picnic Picnic Contest Winners
The battle royal put on by the little colored
boys was a scream. Given pans to make a sound
of approach to other contestants, some of the
boys found the pans were ideal for slugging
purposes . . . Varied and ingenious means of
protection from the sun were evident—huge hats,
newspapers, handkerchiefs, parasols, etc. . . The
novelty number by the band, "I’m Forever Blow
ing Bubbles” made a hit with the crowd ....
One fellow, with both hands filled with cups
of lemonade and one in his mouth, was apprc^ch-
ed with the inevitable question, "What time is it,
fellow?” Whereupon he unthinkingly turned his
wrist to see as the lemonade flowed from the
upturned cup. . . . The ribbon given the children
in the baby parade read, "First Prize. This event
continues to be one of the highlights of the day
Chief Buck McCall and his men were of the
opinion that more cars were at this picnic than any
previous one, but that the folks moved in and
out all day so that the crowd looked smaller than
it actually was ... It was probably the hottest
day in the seven-year history of the picnic. Ashe
ville recorded 96 and no one at the picnic would
say that it was any cooler in Brevard . . . .Boxing
incident: The little red-headed boy who was in
tears at the end of the second round of his scrap
brightened up considerably when Ray Hooper
put a couple one dollar bills in his hand for his
trouble. . . .
Walter Glass who does such a swell job of re
cording our picnics on color film was on hand
again .... The babies—and there were hundreds
present— stood up pretty well under the extreme
heat. Here and there were carriages resting
quietly under the trees and inside were usually
"two” babies—one, of course, being the doll giv
en to the baby girls in the parade . . . For many,
it was a day of work. It’s always a busy day for
the policemen, and the cafeteria men also keep
at it constantly. . . .
The smooth manner in which the picnic pro
gressed was a compliment to members of the
committee in charge of the picnic. It was no easy
task to keep such a mammoth event moving along
on time .... A big portion of the crowd found
its way to the Ecusta baseball field where our
baseballers flailed Sayles, 13-3. To continue the
spirit of the day, the softball team defeated Green
wood, S. C., 5-4 . . . Some humorous happenings
in this game: The time when "Rattle-snake”,
the Ecusta bat boy, was brushing off the home
plate between innings and the Greenwood pitcher
iareezed in a fast one which conked him on the
head. "Take it easy out there,” was Rattlesnake’s
warning to the pitcher.
Foot race, boys under 12, John Love; foot race,
boys 12-15, Carl Compton; foot race, boys under
10, John Merrell; foot race, men 16 and over,
Roy Fisher; three-legged race, men 16 and over,
Roy Fisher and Tracy Rice; three-legged race,
boys 12-15, Carl Garren and Jack Talley; three-
legged race, boys under 10, James Frady and Em
mett Moss; relay race, men 16 and over, Carlos
Pangle, Hubert Collins, Roy Fisher, and Tracy
Rice; relay race, boys 12-15, Carl Compton, C. R.
McNeely, Bobby McCall, and William Arnette;
backward race, men 16 and over, Byron Greene;
backward race, boys 12-15, Carl Compton; back
ward race, boys under 10, Emmett Moss; egg
catching contest, men 16 and over, Howard Wolfe
and Ray Cheek; egg catching contest, boys 12-15,
Jimmie Zachary; fat man race, Walter Straus; pie
eating contest, men and boys, James Sorrells, Jack
Hudson, and Byron Green; balloon blowing con
test, Edwin Garrett, III; peanut scramble, boys
under 12, Robert Sizemore.
Foot race, girls 12-15, Mary Lou Auvil; foot
race, girls under 12, Patsy Nicholson and Eula
Baynard; foot race, girls over 16, Pat Norris;
cracker barrel, girls 12-15, Marion Gravely;
cracker barrel, girls under 12, Patsy Nicholson;
2 flag race, girls 12-15, Mary Lou Auvil and Shir
ley Gaither; 2 flag race, girls under 12, Eula
Baynard and Melba McGuire; Eliza on ice, girls
12-15, Patsy Nicholson; Eliza on ice girls unde.
12, Bonnie Sue Reese; 3 legged race, girls 12-15,
Minnie Bowman and Ann Taylor; 3 legged race,
girls under 12, Patsy Nicholson and Arvella Par
ker; 3 legged race, girls over 16, Yvonne Raines
and Dorothy Owens; relay race, girls 12-15, Mary
Lou Auvil and Shirley Gaither, Patsy Nicholson
and Arvella Parker; relay race, girls over 16,
Martha Melton, Marion Gravely, Mary Wood
and Sue Bet Hooks; heads up, girls 12-15, Martha
Ann Galloway; heads up, girls under 12, Nancy
Pickelsimer; rope skipping race, girls 12-15, Dor
othy Owens; rope skipping race, girls under 12,
Barbara Owens.
Peanut scramble, girls 12-15, Martha Ann Gal
loway; peanut scramble, girls under 12, Barbara
Owens; pie eating contest, women and girls, Mar
ion Gravely; rope skipping race girls 16 and over,
Mary Wood; balloon blowing contest, girls, Jo
Ann Green; fly casting, Howard Wolfe; rifle
matches, men, Bob Patton; rifle matches, women,
Mrs. Anne Damtoft; shuffleboard tournament
(doubles), Paul Rogers and D. C. Dills; checker
tournament, C. S. Cook; horse shoe tournament,
Rusty Carland and Randall Lankford; greasy pole
climb, Carroll Hubbard; ping pong, men’s singles,
Walter Straus; ping pong, girls singles, Mazie
Sorrells.