. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 224 The American Florist. Aug. 2J, Announcements of coming contests or other events of interest to our bowling, shooting and sporting readers are solicited and will be given place in this column. Address all correspondence for this depart- ment to J. H. Pepper, 43 West 28th St., New York; Robt. Kift, I725 Chestnut St., Philadel- » phia; or to the American Florist Co., Chicago^ At Chicago. Things will be quiet in bowling circles for several weeks, several of the leading spirits being away on their vacations. The ch
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 224 The American Florist. Aug. 2J, Announcements of coming contests or other events of interest to our bowling, shooting and sporting readers are solicited and will be given place in this column. Address all correspondence for this depart- ment to J. H. Pepper, 43 West 28th St., New York; Robt. Kift, I725 Chestnut St., Philadel- » phia; or to the American Florist Co., Chicago^ At Chicago. Things will be quiet in bowling circles for several weeks, several of the leading spirits being away on their vacations. The champions are receiving the congrat- ulations of their admiring friends on the splendid showing made at the S. A. F. convention. Utica Florists' Cluh Outins;. The Utica Florists' Club held its annual clambake on August 15 at Wight's grove. Whitesboro. The attendance included a large number of invited guests, among whom were the wives and sweethearts of the florists. At 9:30 o'clock in the morning tenderloin steak and mushrooms were served, while chowder was served at 1 o'clock and the bake opened at 4 o'clock. The florists had an old fashioned New England bake this year and it con- tained all the good things implied in the name. The opening of the bake proved an interesting spectacle to the women, who gathered around to witness the operations. Joseph Harding, a popular chef, was in charge and there were visi- tors present from Syracuse, Clinton, Ilion, Herkimer, Little Falls and Cana- joharie. The committee in charge of the arrangements wascomposedof Dr. W. A. Rowlands, J. C. Spencer and William Hermant. Ex-Alderman Robert Boyce was the umpire of a game of baseball played between teams captained by Dr. Rowlands and R. J. Evans, the former winning by a score of seventy-six to ten. The features of the game were the bat- ting of Rowlands, Baker and Peterson, the base running of Dr. Stafford and Dr. Bayliss, and a slide to third bag by Spencer. The field events were for the women on
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