and catch from J ack to Betty
of about thirty feet.
The water ski event was
enjoyed by the throng as
three of the contestants were
doused by the towing craft
ur der the guidance of Al Mil
ler. Parker, Blair and Shaffer
all took ae unexpecting duck
ing when theo were riding on
he wrong side of the craft
on the turns. However, Shaffer
made a fine recovery from his
ducking and made a water
take-off after the spill. Father
Sneeringer surprised the en
tire assemblage by hia ability
to water ski and try as he
would Al Miller could not duck
the Father.
The inexorable alternoe*
came to a close at 6 pm with
hundreds of tired weary tow®
folke traversing the dusty
fourteea miles back home,
with many enjoyable events
they will talk about for many
days to come, stored in their
memories.
Stanley E. Stretton, district
manager of Standard Oil of
California was elected Presi
dent of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce for thel954 55 term
on Tuesday July 6th.
The Shore Patrol Buildings
are getting a new coat of
white paint by the Shore
I Patrol boys.
VFW Picnic Huge Success
j. iirongs or city and base
people wended their way to
the VPW picnic at the Foley
Ranch on beautiful Anton
Larson Bay the Fourth of
July for the days outing: in a
wonderful sun shine drenched
valley on the north side of the
island.
A very clever arrangement
sf picnic tables around four
wck built Are places and a
stand at which hot dogs and
Siar burgers were sold enclos-!
ing the far end of the rec-j
tangle and various kinds of I
Tooths around the edges of the I
picnic tables was the setting
of the gala affair. Hundred*
, fried their own hamburger?
jover the improvised outdoor
; stove facilities while others
brought sumptuous lunches of
fried chicken or sandwiches
with them.
Foley had bulldozed and
cleared a strip of the meadow
for the kids races and at ten
thirty. Pye Watson started the
preliminary races. All the
dashes for thr youegsters
starting with the 4 year old
group up through the 12 year
olds with the winners receiv
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^resented 10 the gift booth '»
heir choice of urizes.
Then came tht couple race?
or those races where the cun
csstants race with a partner
such as the three legged races
for all the various age groups.
The 4 to 8 ag' group for the
boys winners were: Ladd
Medema and John Sautner in
the boys three-legged race.
Secand place went to Kenny
Koehl and Lee Medema.
In the girls 4 to 8 group
Bonnie Panamoraoff and Ai.
geline Ellenkak syncronized
their three legs to win the
first girls three-legged race,
and Judy Muller and Janet
Pestrikofi crowded the win
ners to the judges circle. The
boys 8 to 12 three-legged race
found Willie Hall and Perry
iFlotre leading the vanguard
jacross the wire with Ladd
jMedema and John Sautner,
■ the two winners of the 4 to 8
group challenging the winners
for another title.
The girls 8 to .12 group pro
duced two very speedy young
ladies winning the event
easily. Dorothy Pestrikoff and
Catherine Ewell winning with
ease and adjusting|themselves
after a bad spill and coming
on to finish the event were
Christina Simenoff and Pau
lette Hayes to finish second.
Eleven husbands and wives
lined up facing each other for
the next event, the egg toss
ing contest. The husband tos
sed the egg to his wife and
she was supposed to catch it,
then the two took one step
backwards and she tossed it
back to him and he was sup
posed to catch it. This process
continues until either one or
i the other drops the egg or it
. is broken in the catching end
of the event. Seven of the
1 married couples were still in
the event at about 25 feet and
. then things started to happen.
| One egg hit the catching
wife in the chin and sparks
flew as the yolk trickled down
wifies picnic frock. Another
female toss was a little high
juufthvbhy-in big league fa
shion' leaped into the air to
make a one handed, save
(*afceiv.thed»6witched egg slip
ped tnrough his grasping fing
ers and lit squarely on his
cranium and the net result a
long awaited egg shampoo.
The winners of this amusing
event were Jack and Betty
i Davis with a miraculous toss
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