Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-06
SCHOOL FAIR RESULTS.
Prizes Awarded Closing Day-0ther
News of Leesburg.
snecinl Corresnon.lencc III Thr S1nr.

Special Correspondence OF Tue sur
= I4sEsBURG, Va. November S. 1911.
Rev. W. +. Watson of Alexandria.
Va. preached yesterday morning and
evening at the Baptist Church. at
Round Hill, Loudoun county. and will
conduct services each morning and
evening during this week.
The new Episcopal chapel recently
erected at Purcellville will be opened
for its first service Monday next. when
Rev. Harry Il. Lee of Christ Church,
Charlottesville, will preach. There will
also be services held by Mr.. Lee every
evening the following week
The Loudoun Hunt Club. David B.
Lenhart, master of hounds, met Sat
urday morning at Selmagate. four
miles north OF Leesburg. The cast
was made behind Selma house, and
the course lay along the mountain
Those riding We're Mr.. Lenhart. Louis
Z. Leith Mrs Vincent J. Bly,, Miss
Clara Swart, Miss Anne Sheppard. Dr.
Truman \. Parker. George c. Eustis
e. b. White. John ). Castleman, J. II.
H. Alexander and Henry Fadeley, jr.
In his closing address at the Lou
doun county school fair. in Leesburg
saturday, II. :. Settle. state supervisor
OF rural schools, pronounced the local
fair the largest ever held in the state
Of Virginia. More than thousand
and the number of entries in the va
rious departments had increased by
Loo since last year. Attractive
booths were arranged in the town hall
their exhibits.
The awards We're: Free-hand drawing
tstill lifeb-First. Townsend Heston,
Waterford; second. Mary Peasants. Lees
burg. School building-Ffrst. Louise
Daisy. Lincoln; second. Constance Welsh.
Lincoln: third. Mary Brown. Lincoln.
Letters for application for farm super
intendent-First. William Norris, Lees
burg; second. Byron Rust Lincoln; third:
John Davidson, Lincoln. Letters of
friendship-First. Helen Shumate. Lin
coin; second. Margaret Rust, Lincoln;
third, Edna Thompson. Sterling.
Maps of Loudoun county-First, Mary
Peasants, Leesburg; second. William
Ferguson. Leesburg; third. Sidney Mich
OILS Middleburg.
Manual training: best desk-First
Thomas Carruthers. Purcellville: second,
William Fling, Waterford; third, Her
bert Workman, Ashburn.
Best writing table-First, Alfred Taven-
ner. Hamilton: second, Edward Doig,
Ashburn: third. Lucius Hutchinson, Ash
burn.
Domestic science; cup cake-First,
Mary Householder. Lovettsville; second.
Edna Rollins. Leesburg; third, Eliza
Gregg, Lineoln.
Bread-First. Ruth Mccutcheon. colman
third, Daisy Belle, Leesburg.
Apple jelly-First, Ethel knipple, Lees
burg: second. Frances Larrick. Round
Hill, third, Nina Hickman. Tonkersville.
Doll bed outfits for children under
twelve years of age-First, Marguerite
James. Waterford: second, Lucy Sinclair,
Leesburg; third, Minnie Milstead. Days
vile.
Hemstitched handkerchief Helen
Brown. Lincoln; second. Mary Peasants,
Leesburg; third Helen Wells, Lincoln.
Apron-First, Helen Brown. Lincoln;
second. Anna Milburn. Lincoln; third.
Eleanor Freeman, Leesburg.
In the arithmetical contest for which
the first prize was $40. William Ferguson
OF Ieesburg. stood first: Russell Buck,
Iovettsville. second Howard Wells, Lin
coin, third: Thomas McGavock, Water
lord. fourth.
Spelling contests. From seven to
twelve years OF age-Felix Altrups.
Purcellville, first; Charles Bodmer.
vile. third. From twelve to twenty
First. Goldie Belle Leesburg: second.
Florence Tracy. Round Hill; taird.
Maggie Franklin.
work the awards were: For largest
yield corn on one acre-First, Leroy
Tavener. 123 ears; second. John Brene-
man. 10 ears. third, c. Galleher, jr.,
fl ears; fourth. Hatcher Ankers. 10
For best ten ears-Russell Cochran:
second. Robert Little, third, Gerald
BreSee.
For best written report-First, Gerald
Bresee. second, Russell Cochran; third,
Parson Hickman
For largest net profit shown by writ
ten report-First, Leroy Tavenner; sec
ond. John Breneman.
For best ear raised in county-First,
Robert Ried; second, w. j. Smith; third,
Russell Cochran.
The prizes which amounted to nearly
500. together with a large number OF
useful articles. were presented by citi-
Zcns of the county.