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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Location
Arcadia, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1918
Page
3
A YMCA report details French soldiers learning baseball at a soldier foyer on the French line. An improvised backstop, planks for bases, and byplay amid recruits drew crowds as a rookie game grew into a two-team affair and nightly pastime. The piece notes growing interest and the sport’s spread among troops stationed near Monrovia and Arcadia during balloon school duties.
About 75 dollars were raised from Wednesday afternoon and evening card parties hosted by Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Evans on North Canyon Boulevard. Proceeds will fund furnishing of the Army Balloon school clubhouse in Arcadia. Attendees used outdoor tables under a oak and indoor tables in the Evans home. guests were asked to supply their own sugar for coffee served with ice cream and cake.
A fragmented report discusses a politician once deemed a city disgrace who later gained state prominence. The text also references a class or program led by Miss Ansaré Bow and her successor Miss Gurley, mentioning manual training and Inukgni last year.
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