Arnold Landvoigt
e-mail: arniland@hillclimber.com
8521 William Street
Savage, Maryland 20763
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The Oneida Dispatch
Aug 13 1926
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List Great Variety Of Events For 10th Annual Field Day Of C.A.C. Held On Saturday
Golf, tennis, trapshooting, field and track events, novelty events, hill climb, baseball and dance are included in the extensive program for the 18th annual field day of the Community Association clubs Saturday. This will be the close of the fourth annual C.A.C. field week.
One of the novelty events will be a dog race. A boy will stand several paces from his dog, which will be held by a friend. At a signal the dog will be released and the one reaching his master first will win the event. There will also be an event in which dogs will do tricks and prizes will be awarded for the best performance.
The program for the day is as follows:
8 A.M. - Tennis matches, finals; senior singles, first prize; junior singles, first prize.
8 A.M. - open golf tournament, C.A.C. members only. Medal handicap match, six prizes.
9 A.M. - Trap shooting, rear of Sherrill factory, handicap shoot, for C.A.C. members only, six prizes.
9:30 A.M. - Boys' and girls' field and track events. Two prizes in each event, clerk of course, William Moench; starter, James Walker; judges, Melville Hawley, Paul Jones, Anna Hiller and Anna Loucks; announcer, George Ribolins. No 1 40-yard dash, boys and girls, six years and under; No. 2, 40-yard dash, boys 10 years and under; No. 3, 40-yard dash, girls 10 years and under; No. 4, 50-yard dash, boys 12 years and under; No. 5, 50-yard dash, girls 12 years and under; No. 6, 60-yard dash, boys 15 years and under; No. 7, 60-yard dash, girls 15 years and under.
Novelty Events - Two prizes each event. Fast bicycle race, boys; slow bicycle race, boys and girls; bicycle balance riding, boys and girls; dog race (enter your dog) open; trick dog stunt, open golf ball drive, open; obstacle race, boys; marble contest, boys; hop scotch contest, girls.
10 A.M. - Band concert by the Munnsville Military band, featuring Mary Zoller and company, radio xylophonists.
11:30 A.M. - Noon baseball game, Black Buff vs. Knife Plant. This is the third and deciding game of a three-game series between these teams, each having won one game.
12 Noon - Concessions and Mid-way booths will open to supply your needs for lunches, hot-dogs, cream, soft drinks and pop corn.
1 P.M. - C.A.C. automobile hill climb. Event No. 1, Ford cars only (amateur), For Sherrill club members only. Three merchandise prizes. Event No. 2 - Open to gasoline motor cars with piston displacement of 1441 (sic) to 214 cubic inches (amateur). Class includes Dodge, Dort, Essex, Elcar, Franklin, Grant, Hupmobile, Maxwell, Chevrolet 490, Chrysler, Buick four, Oakland, Scripps Booth, Overland, Studebaker four, etc. Sherrill Auto club members only. Three merchandise prizes. Event No. 3 - Open t gasoline motor cars with piston displacement of 210 to 303 cubic inches (amateur). This class includes Buick, Chalmers, Chevrolet, Haynes 47, Hudson Super Six, Jordon, Mercer, Nash, Oldsmobile, Reo, Willys-Knight, Studebaker, Jewett, Rickenbacker, etc. For Sherrill Auto Club members only. Three merchandise prizes. Event No. 4 - Open to gasoline motor cars of any piston displacement. For Sherrill Auto club members only. Three merchandise prizes. Event No. 5 - Open to gasoline motor cars, regardless of piston displacement (open). Four cash prizes, $40, $30, $20 and $10.
Merchandise and Cash Prizes -
Graybar Electric company, one electric percolator; House Shoe store, one pair Keds; Mac's ice cream parlor, five pounds marshmallows; Clark & Collins, one fern stand; Keller Motor car company, wind shield spot light; E. H. Houghton company, 5 gallons motor oil; Cleary & Mead, one sports sweater; Fred Hodges, ladies' bathing suit; Jones Brothers, one box stationery; Bates & Carr, Vernon, $5; W. E. Banning company, $5; Merill Motor Car company, order for set of chains; Clark Motor Car company, spot light; T. H. Carey book store, fountain pen; H. J. Scheifele, one box cigars; A. S. Peck Motor cars, one millor (sic); Grant Brothers' market, $2 in trade; Pfaff's market, $2 in trade; Galbraith Brothers, one box candy; City Bowling alley, one box cigars; left from 1925, one rubber sponge, one pipe; Dolin & oHtaling (sic), one cap; Colway & Lawler, one belt buckle; J. Culver, sporting goods, one golf club; Reidy & Snyder, one umbrella, gents' or ladies'; Miller & company (George Deering), one sweater; Busher Brothers, one canvas knapsack; George Hinman, one billfold; Oneida Motor Car company, one tire, on set Weed levelizers; G. D. Herman & Sons, 50 gallons gas or 15 gallons motor oil; Carl A. Boehlert; Coronal Tailor shop, cloth for golf knockers; C.A.C. stores; Garner's grocery; Kenwood garage; Sherrill Hardware company, tea pot; Frank Beggs, barber, $2 in trade; Sherrill garage; Madison theater; Gardiner Adams Dairy, one book milk tickets; Harp & Vaughn, $1; Sherrill Seneca restaurant, one box cigars; Silver City restaurant, one box cigars; Nagelhouse (Theisaris) restaurant, one box candy; Lewis drug store, china dish; E. D. Nichols & Son, one box cigars; Market Basket, basket of groceries; Townsend, th (sic) Plumber, one set link faucets; Silver City Fruit stand, one basket of fruit; Quick Repair Shoe shop, polishing outfit; Sherrill bank, $5 interest account; Fred G. Polley, jeweler, one belt watch chain; Ferris hardware, two boxes Super "X" shells; Coniff & Toher, gym shoes; John E. Stone company, one dozen men's handkerchiefs; Parkell rug company, vanity case; W. J. Hinman estate, bracelet, lavalier; Myers Brothers, drugs, smoking stand; Ruby's hardware, casting rod; Herman Drug company, perfumer; Ceigler's Hardware, baseball mit, catchers mit; Oneida Community, Lt. Vanderland, plumbing, one aluminum sink utensil.
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Utica Observer Dispatch
Aug 15 1926
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UTICA DRIVER WINS EVENT IN SHERRILL CLIMB
Warren Mandeville Pilots Pontiac to First Place In Second Contest - Chrysler Takes Three Firsts.
Sherrill, Aug. 14 - A Chrysler speedster driven by Bickley of the Madison County Motor Sales, Oneida, flashed across the finishing line first in three of the four events it was entered at the hill climb this afternoon, a feature of the 18th annual field day of Oneida Community workers and their families.
The Oneida machine made its fastest time in the free-for-all, negotiating the quarter-mile hill, filled with dangerous curves, in 26 1-2 seconds.
In the event for cars of any displacement, the Chrysler was timed at 27 1-2 seconds and in the class for cars with piston displacement of 216 to 303 cubic inches, the time was 27 seconds flat. The model came in second to a Pontiac, entered by Shirley Motor Sales, Oneida, dealers for the McRorie-Sautter company of Utica, in the second event for cars with piston displacement of 141 to 214 cubic inches.
Utican's Time
The Pontiac "flyer" was driven by Warren Mandeville of Utica and was clocked at 30 seconds flat in the event, 2 4-5 seconds ahead of the Chrysler. The same driver finished third in the third and fourth events and in the same position in the free-for-all.
Following is the hill climb and summary:
Event 1 - Ford cars only, F. L. Cook, 37 2-5 seconds; C. Bishop, 39 1-2 seconds; C. Wickens, 43 seconds; F. Gerstner, 56 1-2 seconds.
Event 2 - For cars with displacement (141 to 214 cubic inches): Pontiac, Shirley Motor Sales, Mandeville, 30 seconds; Chrysler, Madison County Motors, Bickley, 32 4-5 seconds; Star, F. Delaney, owner, Wallace driver, 35 seconds; Star, Wilson, owner and driver, 36 seconds; Overland, W. Macaulay, owner and driver, 37 2-5 seconds; Ford, Cook, owner and driver, 37 3-5 seconds.
Other Events
Event 3 - For cars 216 to 303 cubic inches. Chrysler, Madison County Motors, Bickley, 27 seconds; Jewett, Joseph McFarland, 29 seconds; Pontiac, Shirley Motor Sales, Mandeville, 30 seconds; Jewett, Curt, 37 1-2 seconds; Nash, Kinney, 38 seconds.
Event 4 - Any piston displacement: Chrysler, Madison County Motors, Bickley, 27 1-2 seconds; Ford special, Leon Ryker, 28 seconds; Pontiac, Shirley Motor Sales, Mandeville, 29 2-5 seconds; Jewett, Curt, 37 2-5 seconds.
Free-for-all - Chrysler, Madison County Motors, Bickley, 26 1-2 seconds; Ford special, Leon Ryker, 26 4-5 seconds, Pontiac, Shirley Motor Sales, Mandeville, 28 1-5 seconds; Jewett, Joseph McFraland, 28 1-2 seconds.
A motorcycle event failed to materialize when no entries were received.
George Ormsby was chairman of the climb, under direction of the Sherrill Auto Club.
Merchandise awards were given first three places in first four events, with cash awards of $40, $30, $20 and $10 in the free-for-all.
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The Oneida Dispatch
Aug 20 1926
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ONEIDAN WINS HILL CLIMB AT SHERRILL
A Chrysler speedster, driven by Otto Bickley of the Madison County Motor Sales, Oneida, flashed across the finish line first in three of four events in which it was entered at the hill climb Saturday afternoon, a feature of the 18th annual field day of Oneida Community workers and their families.
The Oneida machine made its fastest time in the free-for-all, negotiating the quarter-mile hill, filled with dangerous curves, in 26 1-2 seconds.
In the event for cars of any displacement, the Chrysler was timed at 27 1-2 seconds and in the class for cars wis (sic) piston displacement of 216 to 303 cubic inches, the time was 27 seconds flat. The model came in second to a Pontiac, entered by McRorie-Sautter company of Utica, in the second event for cars with piston displacement of 141 to 213 cubic inches.
Pontiac Wins Second Event
The Pontiac "flyer" was driven by Warren Mandeville of Utica and was clocked at 30 seconds flat in the event, 2 4-5 seconds ahead of the Chrysler. The same driver ginshed (sic) third in the third and fourth events and in the same position in the free-for-all.
The hill climb and summary:
Event 1 - Ford cars only, F. L. Cooks, 37 2-5 seconds; C. Bishop, 39 1-2 seconds; C Wickens, 43 seconds; F. Gerstner, 56 1-2 seconds.
Event 2 - For cars with displacement 111 to 214 cubic inches, Pontiac, McRorie-Sautter, Mandeville, 30 seconds; Chrysler, Madison County Motors, Bickley, 32 4-5 seconds; Star, F. Delaney, owner, Wallace driver, 35 seconds; Star, Wilson, owner and driver, 36 seconds; Overland, W. Macaulay, owner and driver, 37 2-5 seconds; Ford, Cook, owner and driver, 37 3-5 seconds.
Chrysler Wins Three
Event 3 - For cars 216 to 303 cubic inches. Chrysler Madison County Motors, Bickley, 27 seconds; Jewett, Joseph McFarland, 29 seconds; Pontiac, Shirley Motor Sales, Mandeville, 30 seconds; Jewett, Curt, 37 1-2 seconds; Nash, Kinney, 38 seconds.
Event 4 - Any piston displacement, Chrysler, Madison County Motors, Bickley, 27 1-2 seconds; Ford special, Leon Ryker, 28 seconds; Pontiac, Shirley Motor Sales, Mandeville, 29 2-5 seconds; Jewett, Curt, 37 2-5 seconds.
Free-for-all - Chrysler, Madison County Motors, Bickley, 26 1-2 seconds; Ford special, Leon Ryker, 26 4-5 seconds, Pontiac, Shirley Motor Sales, Mandeville, 28 1-5 seconds; Jewett, Joseph McFraland, 28 1-2 seconds.
A motorcycle event failed to materialize when no entries were received.
George Ormsby was chairman of the climb, under direction of the Sherrill Auto club.
Merchandise awards were given first three places in first four events,
with cash awards of $40, $30, $20 and $10 in the free-for-all.