Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-26
COUNTY FAIR is
AHUCE SUCCESS
UNIQUE ENTERTAINMENT GIVEN
BY STUDENTS OF AGENCY
HIGH SCHOOL SATURDAY..
BIG sU M REALIZED
over $500 is Secured; Will be Used
to Purchase Book Case and Lab
ratory Equipment; All
Kinds of Amusement.

One Of the most unique entertain
ments ever planned. was given in the
town hall of Agency Saturday evening
by the students of the Agency high
school to raise fund for a purchase
of a book case for their use. The en-
tertainment was in the way of an old
fashioned county fair and upon en-
trance to the hall one was given that
Idea with the candy booths, refresh
ment booth. the fortune teller and the
never missing baby rack.
Entertainment Success.
The entertainment was success in
every way and the Agency students
will secure their bookcase for which
the entertainment was held The total
receipts were $120, and after the ex-
penses are paid it will leave about
500 clear The spacious hall was
packed throughout the evening and it
was with difficulty that one could
make his way through the large
throng People for miles around came
to attend the entertainment, visitors
being present from Batavia, Eldon and
Dttumwa.
Hall Beautifully Decorated.
The hall was beautifully decorated
with the colors of the various classes,
and the intermingling of the colors
gave beautiful effect. Following out
the plans, each of the classes had a
separate booth and the one class talk
Ing in the most money was awarded a
beautiful pennant which will be hung
in front of the high school. This was
won by the sophomores, who took in
over S35 at their booth The seniors
booth was located in the center Of the
hail. where many pretty girls were
ready to sell a passerby delicious
homemade candy, popcorn, peanuts,
etc. Their booth was prettily decorat-
ed with their class colors, blue and
gold The seniors also had fortune
telling booth located on the stage,
which raked in many shekels. The
Bophomores had the refreshment
booth, located in the southwest corner
of the hail. Their class colors, red
and white, showed out very prettily,
The seats around their booth we're
crowded all evening and it kept the
sophomores busy all evening waiting
On the trade.
The juniors had their booth in the
northwest corner, where they dispos-
ed of souvenir post cards, pillows and
pennants They did rushing bust
ness during the evening. Their booth
was decorated in their class colors,
black and white and gold, and was the
prettiest decorated booth of all.
The freshies had something which
fitted them in the baby rack They did
great business throughout the even
Ing and 1t furnished considerable
amusement.
Fine School Work.
Hanging on the wall in various
parts of the room was some of the
fancy work done by the students of
the school, on exhibition. All of the
work was cleverly done and would
have done credit to much larger
schools. The first room, of which Miss
Ethel Rouke is teacher, had their ex-
hibit on the east wall, and it was
surely fine work. Miss Margaret Luip-
pold, teacher of the second room, and
her scholars, had their exhibit on the
south wall Like that of the first room
the work was excellent The exhibit
of the third room, which is taught by
Miss Fannie Nye, hung on the west
wall and attracted considerable atten
ton. The work Of the high school stu
dents consisting of booklets of maps
experiments on physics, physiology
and drawing, also showed out very at
tractively on the west wall. The work