Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
PLANS FOR
FLO WEIR AN D
VECE TABLE SHOW

The School Committee of the Fed
GRAFTON of Women's Clubs are making
elaborate plans for a vegetable and
flower show to be held the last week
in August. 1t is planned too, to make
this show an annual affair. Seeds
were distributed at the various
schools early this spring to the chill
dren of the End, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 9th and
! It'll grades. However, all children,
whether the seeds were received at
the school, or purchased elsewhere
are eligible to compete and display
their flowers and vegetables at this
show Observations and reports from
the school committee taken the last
week of school, show that the boys
are largely growing the vegetables
while the girls take more generally
to the flower growing, though quite q
number of them are growing both.
| The committee too, reports that quite
little interest is shown.
The children have the right to sell
their vegetables they may have ready
for marketing before the show takes
place. 1t has been suggested that
the money received by them be used
for charitable purposes, or turned
over to the School Committee to be
used in their work. Upon further
consideration however, it was de-
cided to let the children use this
money as they pleased, simply keep
ing a record of the amount of vege-
tables sold, in order to give report
at the Flower and Vegetable Show.
The flowers, as they arrive at
their state of perfection, will be
picked and arranged into tasteful
bouquets and distributed among the
hospital, churches, and sick. 1t is
therefore desired, and necessary to
have these flowers gatherd on Satur-
days Mrs B. G. Eggert, and Mrs.
A. L. Fontaine will take charge of
the flowers on the East Side, and see
that they are properly distributed.
Mrs. G.. A Boorman will have charge
Of the bouquets received from the
children on the West Side. Or, if
the children know of any one i'll or
'shut in to whom they prefer to
take their flowers to, it will be e.
qually pleasing to the school commit
tee, simply keeping a record of the
bouquets distributed, and reporting
to any member of the school commit
tee.
Many of our choicest garden flow
ers attain the heighth of their per-
lection during the months of August
and September, such as asters, ear
ly Towering cosmos, pansies, phlox,
centaureas, marigolds, Zinnias, balsam
nasturtiums, sweet peas and numerous
others of the annual varieties, while
many of the perrennials including
dahlias, golden glow, perennial phlox
and others, will go far toward making
a glorious display at the flower show
1t is to these late Towering varities
that the committee would urge the
CuIIuI6u " give LuC1I SpCCIdI oLCOh-
ton.
We sincerely hope our citizens
will do their share toward encourag-
ing the children in this work, cult
waiting in the minds of the children
a love Of nature and the beautiful
No occupation is as healthy, innocent
or instructive to a child as a study
of nature. No matter how small the
space of ground, the pleasure to a
child Of cultivating a little garden,
will always develop ambition, and
the pleasure Of observing the growth
from the day the seed sprouts until
the plants attain perfection, is in it
self lesson which both young and
old can appreciate. The good whole
some benefit derived by the chill
dren must necessarily cultivate the
mind, while at the same time they
will feel that they are doing their
little part in making the world more
beautiful And in sending their flow
ers to the sick and "shut ins," they
viii feel too, the pleasure of perhaps
shedding a ray of sunshine into some
lonely heart.
TRY A WANT AID.