Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-21
Fifteenth ANNUAL HAMBURG FAIR
Conducted BY Lyme Grange Fair Assocation-Pro-
nounced Success In Every Way-Many Premiums
Awarded.

as follows.
Sterling City school, Harriet Rey-
r.olds; Johnstown school, Helen Bayer-
sick; Hadlynie school, Hazel Ely; Bill
Hill school, Marjorie Lord; Grassy
Hill school, Grace Perry; North Lyme
school, Grace Perry. The prize for the
pupil who excelled in all the schools
was given Miss Grace Perry. The
school prizes We're each one dollar and
the general prize two dollars.
Acting as judges We're Eugene d.
CalFins Ct Lyme. Nathan S. Hall of
Preston and Principal Fairclough of
Deep River.
Fancy Work
In the fancy work department, the
Hamburg Congregational church had
an attractive booth in charge of Mrs.
Charles Peck, assisted by Miss Anna
Antonson, with pleasing array of
dolls, fancy work, postal cards, and
similar articles On the other side of
the room, there was beautiful display
OF embroidery, crochet work and other
fancy work. Miss Carrie Mack, Mill
inston, Conn. was prominent exhip-
ltor with Irish crochet and other fine
lie M. Thompson, IIadlyne. showed
white embroidery, a beautiful bureau
scarf being especially noticeable i'll Ter
exhibit Miss Josephine Fiala, Hal
lyme, Mrs. Ray Harding, Lyme, Mrs.
John Webb, Chester, showed embroid-
AddD6l <,
mad nicely executed colored center
piece and there were excellent speci-
mems of embroidery shown by Mrs.
William Hawthorne. Hadlyme, and
Miss Dora Reynolds, Hamburg.
Mrs. Emil Diesch, Hadlyme. had a
bedspread and Mrs. Robert Sawyer,
Saybrook. tatting Miss Mary Lee, of
Lyme, had white embroidery also. anu
an embroidered bureau set was shawn
by Miss Ella Griffin, Wilmington.
On the center table was the large
collection of sofa pillows. Among the
exhibitors here We're Mrs. Carrie iran
ger, Hamburg, with worseted and
velvet pillow and one in yellow GRO
chefs; Mrs. n. S. Strong, Hadlyme,
Mrs. Carleton +. Jewett, with a hand
painted pillow, Miss Dora Reynolds,
Mrs. Cyrus Roberts, Hamburg, showed
buck work and Mrs. Jaffy Clark, Ham
burg, crazy work pillows.
Antiques Shown.
In the department of antiques Mrs
Mary r. Fosdiclx, North Lyme, show
ed collection of pewter plates, lus-
ter ware. oil lamps, specimens over
$50 years old A shirt made of flax,
woven in Lyme over a century ago,
and a pair Of pants worn by fifer in
the war of 1872 Were shown by Mrs.
Caroline Reynolds.
Eliot W. Ely, Hadlyme, showed an
interesting collection of Indian arrow
heads and other relics. Miss Gertrude
Ely had on exhibition small pine box
made by hand. Fl. B. Sisson of Ham
burg showed shell work by the Gay
Head Indians and also old New Eng
land banllnotes. Harold Clark had a
model of the First church of Hartford,
1886.
BedquiIts and Paintings.
In the collection of bedquilts Mrs.
Carrie Granger was large exhibitor,
MrS T1ffV (t1a rI< MrG IA al
Warner, Joslluatown, and Mrs. W. B.
Kingsley were others who had arti-
cles in this department. quilt with
$500 pieces, made by Mrs. G. H.
Strong. North Lyme, was shown by
Mrs Erwin Rogers, who also had
rugs. Other rug displays were by
Mrs. Mary R. Fosdick and Mrs. H. 1.
Smith, Lyme.
George H. Bruest1e. the New York
artist, who summers in Hamburg, had
a fine disuplay of oils, dealing for the
most part with marine subjects. Mrs
Harriet Warner showed landscape
paintings, and there was a scene in
Hamburg cove by the late William
Burg of New York Mrs. F'osdick had
three Gil paintings and there was one
watercolor, portrait by Miss Dora
Reynolds.
An oriental rug was shown by Mrs
Pentz of New York.
There was a most credita BILE display
of flowers, the chief exhibitor being
Miss Carrie P. Bill, Lyme, Mrs. NJ. Z.
Huntley, Mrs. Hayden Reynolds, Ham
burg, Mrs Emma Weber, Mrs. John
Slate, the last with green dahlia,
also shown by Mrs. Lucy Daniels,
Mrs Olsen and Mrs. Lyman Hard
ing.
The school display, drawings, water
eolors and written work as the profni-
nent features, was a corner that was
Mrs Lucy Daniels and Miss Maria
Harding.
A. w. T. Society Booth.
The Ladies' A W. T. society of North
Lyme had a booth where pennants,
work baskets, scrap baskets, bed
quilts and rugs were displayed most
temptingly.
Mrs. Sven Olsen of Hamburg had
che most Interesting exhibit of a.
linen sheet OF flax, raised, spun, WOW
en- and embroidered by her in Swe-
den.
The foregoing departments were I'M
der the capable direction of this COM
1nittee: Mrs. Carlton Jewett. chairman,
Mrs. Charles Reebe, Mrs. Nathan
Strong, Mrs. Mary R. Fosdick.
Premiums in these departments were
awarded as follows:
Rugs, Mrs. Erwin Rogers: bedquilts,
Mrs. w. B. Kingsley: crocheted wool,
Mrs. Cyrus Roberts; crocheted cotton,
bedspread. first prize, Mrs. Emil
Driesch, special prize, Miss Carrie
Mack; knitted cotton, Mrs. Alice
Phelps, bedspread, special, Mrs. Harriet
Warner; white embroidery, bureau
scarf, Jennie Thompson; centerpiece,
Mrs. Ray Harding: colored embro1d :
cry, first Mrs. Ella Griffin special, Jo-
sephine Fiala; shirt waists, Dora Rey-
nol1s; sofa pillows, Mrs. Carrie Gran
ger; tattiag work, Mrs. Robert Saw
yer; crocheted in cotton. Carrie Mack !;
art portrait in oil, George Breustle;
best oil landscape, Mrs Harriet War
| ner; watercolor Dora Reynolds, spe-
Gals in oils. George Bruestle, Mrs
Warner (2), Mrs. Mary R. Fosdick.
Fruit and Vegetables.
Gilbert H. Strong was again ian
charge of the fruit and vegetable de-
partment, where there was q most
varied and tmepting display. He was
| ca pa bly, assisted by William Stark, J.
| Ely Beebe, Mrs John Cone, Mrs. Kate
Reynolds.
| Occupying a prominent position al
| the head of the hall was Elliott Elys
Hadlyme exhibit of splendid looking
fruit, his peaches being SO arranged
as to spell Lyme Fair 1911. He was
| the largest exhibitor of fruit, as was
George M. Miller. of Hadlyme, of veg
etables. James Danieis, Hamburg
George Griswold and Richard Lee OF
Grassy Hill had fine displays of both
fruit and vegetables. Ray L. Hard
| ing had fruit and Mrs. A. B. Talcott