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APPROXIMATELY $1,800 IS REALIZED ACCORDING TO REPORTS. AFFAIR HELD AT ROGERS BAND PARK Over 2,000 Persons Attended the Fes tivities—Base Ball Game Was Feature of the After- The Red Cross lawn fete and auction held at Rogers bana park Thursday afternoon and evening will net the local chapter about $1500. In addition to this many committees have been un able to report and there are many high ly valued articles as yet unsold, due to the fact that the number of articles to be disposed of made it imposible to finish in one afternoon. ‘The auction was started at four o'clock and after three hours of spirited hiding, many ar ticles including «a cream separator, floor lamps, beds, a piano and innumn erable other items had not been reach ed. They will be sold fot public auc tion in the courthouse square in Go shen at four o'clock Saturday after noon. A number of athletic events followed the ball game, Auditor A. BR. Hemen derter winning the highly exciting cut case nice? ghd Weerter . climbed the greased pole. Charles Nouhler's horseshoe pitching contest was the largest event of its kind ever held in this section -There were 53 entries. Kobler won first with 26, Will Whitaker made 23, James Waddell of Millersburg had 22 and Geo Robinson also of Millersburg made 31 First prise went to Kobler, second to Whitaker and third to Waddell All prizes and entry fees were donated to the Red Cross, amounting to $1L30 The big auction followed the athletic events. LD. G. Lehman cried the sale with the assistance of Fiveritt Miller, Will Charnley and Will Nymeyer acted as secretaries. Their total of the sale up to the theft became necesary to postpone it was $8470. One white ben brought $1875, being sold and resold a number of times. A. F. Roth purchased the sheep for $19 each. A number of quilts were sold for prices ranging from $12.50 to gas. Foh Culp and 8. F. Spohn bid most spiritedly for a small American flag, Mr. Culp finally paying $102.50 for the emblem. Harvey Myers paid $42.50 for an auto top for a Ford car. An electric auto was sold to George Riden our for 855. Other items, including the hogs and other Hve stock, sold at gO prices. Mrs. Robert Kelly of New Philadel phia, Ohio, sung a solo during the in termission in the auction. Mrs. M. C. Dow played the accompaniment’ ‘he grocery section sold 220 chosens of eges, fruit vegetables, canned goods of all descriptions, potatoes and every other form of farm product, all of which had been donated by the rural residents of the couity. A more gen erous response from the rural section cont not have been asked Wastes and hot coffee were sold in three quantities, are the flower girls, pop boys, the pop cartt and peanut hooths aid a flourishing bust tews and contributed largely for Te total income. it is estimated that from the grocery section all other vencessiors fully $500 was renized The espense for pulling off the fete was practically nothin. everything (Coneludea on Sth Page)
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Goshen Daily Democrat
Goshen, Indiana, US
Fri, Aug 09, 1918
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