South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-01
DOWnpOur on tuesday Prevents
Many People From Attend
ing Fall ExpOSitiOn-Large
Crowds Expected Today.
FIRST AWARDS ARE
MADE BY JUDGES
Mrs. Deffenbaugh Gets Credit
For Making Best Brown
Bread--MrS. E. J. SCamer-
horn Gets Butter Honor.

But for an unkind rain god the
first day Of the Farmers. Merchants
and Manufacturers exposition would
have been a compelte success. A
heavy downpour OF rain shortly after
noon, just when activities were about
TO reach a climax, put a stop to
things until evening. Threatening
showers and rumbles Of thunder then
continued 10 keep the crowds at
home AS 1t was. two bands making
rounds of the downtown districts
bTavely stuck to their guns and sue
ceeded In drawing out fair sized
audiences.
Motorcycle Race Today.
With fairer skies Wednesday and
Thursday should revamp the spirits
of the day. The feature of the day
Wednesday will be the 25 mile motor
cycle race for single cylinder ma
chimes. This race is scheduled TO
start at $3.50. The route to be trav-
ersed is as follows: Starting point
high school building. thence west on
Colfax TO Lafayette. north to Navarro.
west to Portage, northwest to Ell
wood av.. west to Wilbur. south TO
Laporte. southeast tc Colfax and back
to the high school. Four laps will be
necessary TO cover the required mile
age
Thursday afternoon and evening
two auto and cycle parades will be
the features. while in the evening the
old fashioned spelling bee at the
eighth grade building will furnish the
entertainment. The route OF the auto
parade is as follows:
Form at Lafayette and jefferson
sts. then south to Sample, east to
Michigan, north TO Madison. west 10
NT,sw ~
Laurel, north to Colfax, east to Main
and south to Wayne, where the pa
rade will disband.
Band to Lead Parade.
Auto trucks with the bands will
lead the procession. Following the
bands will come the decorated motor
cycles followed by the undecorated
autos The decorated autos Will fol-
low next. The parade in the after
noon is to start at 4 o'clock. In the
evening it will be repeated beginning
at 1880.
Owing TO the sudden showers of
Tuesday afternoon. the beginning of
the awarding Of prizes for exposition
exhibits was cut short. Merchants
were forced to rush the exhibits in
front of their store under cover. So
sudden. however. was the storm that
several exhibits suffered. The cake
ana PIE tAnlDll on .nlCHlSdn 81. we're
soaked right merrily before they
could be rescued from the rain god.
Before the rain began prizes were
awarded on brown bread. and butter
exhibits. Mrs +. r Scamerhorn of
Granger. Ind, took first prize on but
ter. Sixty pounds OF butter were on
exhibit at the McGill furniture store.
In the brown bread exhibit at
Lundy's the following prizes were
awarded First, Mrs. Deffenbaugh,
rural route No. 2 second. Mrs. II.
Korn. rural route No. 4; third. Mrs.
Castle. rural route No. 2.
The judges had proceeded to the
pie and cake. exhibits at the Five and
Ten cent STOKES and BrandOn-Durrell
when the dOwnpOur came, halting
their work Exhibits of salf rising
bread are at the Frank TOepp jewelry
store on W Jefferson boulevard.
Five prizes will be awarded.
The judging OF the housewife ex-
hibits will be continued Wednesday
and judges expect 10 conclude the
work during the day.