Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-15
NEWS OF LEESBURG.
Death Of Mrs. N. J. Van Devanter
Public School Exhibition.
,ecial Correspondence Of The Star.

LEESBURG, Va, November Is, 1910
Mrs. Mamie Janney Van Devanter.
wife of Townsend H. Van Devanter of
Leesburg. died suddenly, the result of
heart failure. at her home here at )
o'clock Sunday morning. Mrs. Van
Devanter had been i'll for the past two
weeks. but her condition was not
thought to be serious. She was sixty
three years Of age. Her husband and
one son, DR.. Vivian Fl. Van Devanter
OF Ishpeming. Mich, and three daugh-
ters. Mrs. Anthony Dibreu of Leesburg.
MRS: Robert Emmett Funsten of ST.
Louis, Mo-, and Miss Florence Van De-
vanter or Washington, d. c., survive
her.
The first exhibition Of the Loudoun
County Public School fair, held at the
town hall in Leesburg Saturday. was
pronounced to be great success.
thousands Of people from all sections
of the county were present, and the
hall was filled to it's utmost capacity.
The hall was deliberately decorated for
the occasion, each school in the county
having attractive booths trimmed in
it's school colors and filled with its own
fancy work and drawings.
At the morning session Of the fair
County Demonstration Howard NJ Hoge
presided. and addresses were made by
Prof. Heiges Of the United States Agri-
cultural Department, Miss Ella G. Ag-
new. United States demonstrators of
domestic art; I. O. Sandy, state dem
onstrator; Westmoreland Davis and
Harry 4: Harrison Of Leesburg.
At Ills o'clock a parade in which three
We're about thousand children of
Loudoun county passed through the
streets. At the afternoon session
County Supt. w. G. Edmondson pre-
were two spelling bees. reading con-
test. the awarding of the school prizes
by T. S. Settle. superintendent Of rural
public schools, and the awarding Of the
the largest yield. ". J. Smith received
s25: for the second largest yield, S. K.
Gray received SIS; for the third, Still
son Hall received $40. aud for the
fourth. Russell Cochran received So.
For the best ten ears. Stilson Hall re-
ceived SO; for second best, Silas Spen-
Ger received $40, and for the third,
Lawrence Wilson received SIS. For the
best ear Of corn, Stilson Hall received
IS.
In the first spelling contest. which
was conducted by Mrs. Edward Mich
OLE. Mia B. Hickman of Tankerville
stood first and Title Durflnkle Of
Bloomfield second. In the second con-
test. which was conducted by Rev. w.
H. Burkhardt, Florence Tracy Of Round
Hill stood first and Julia Monroe of
Lincoln second.
For the best bread, Bertha Alder Of
lin of Daysville second and Ruth Nc
Cutcheon of Coleman School third.
For the best cake, Ada Virts Of
Mount Gap won first prize; Jessie Ham
merly of Leesburg second, Edna Roll
Inns Of Leesburg third and Helen
Householder of Lovettsville fourth
For the best letter. Jennie Tiffany
OF Lincoln won first prize. Audrey
Bryant of Ashburn second and Ray
mond Brown Of Lincoln third.
In the girls drawing contest Mary
Catherine Bitter of Leesburg second
and Mary Virginia Hatcher of Purcell
Vile third.
Among the boys of the high school
William Ferguson Of Leesburg had the
best drawing and Charles Mccormick
Of Lincoln the second best. Among
those of the grammar grades James
Breckenridge of Lincoln won first and
Charlotte Best OF Lincoln second.
In the reading contest Bryant Rust
of Lincoln won the prize Of So.