Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-29
NEIL CREEKS
SCHOOL FAIR
FIRST INDUSTRIAL FAIR is A
DECIDED SUCCESS.
MANY EXHIBITS AND fine ONES
The Day Was Pleasantly Spent With
Exercises, Games and Picnic
Dinner-Iist of the Prize Win
ners.

nerS.
One of the most successful school
fairs of the season was held at the
Neil Creek school house Wednesday.
About rs were in attendance, and
from 10 o'clock in the morning, when
all the exhibits were arranged, till 5
O'Clock in the afternoon, when the
last load of "merrymakers" started
for home, it was one continuous time
of pleasure and education.
The exhibit was of especial quail
ity, and the melons, cakes, bread and
machine-made dresses were of es-
pecial merit. There were five cakes
and the judges decided that they
were to be auctioned off and the pro-
ceeds were to go to the girls who
baked the cakes. Mr.. Robert Peach
ey acted as auctioneer and acted so
capably in this direction that the
cakes netted 60 cents apiece.
The judges were A. R. Chase, Mrs.
McCarr and Mrs. ]. A. Bish.
Another feature of the program
was the fruit Identification contest in
which Is varieties of pears and ap-
pies were to be identified Vini Nc
Donald identified eight, which gave
her the prize.
A big picnic dinner of everything
good to eat and "help yourself,
boys" was served in the open air,
with coffee and chocolate.
Dinner was followed by talks by
Mr.. Bish and Mr.. Chase, and then
the open air sports. Clay Dollarhide
gave Pendleton Roundup bucking
exhibition. Several worlds records
were broken in boys three-legged
race, girls egg race, a small boys
peanut race and back to back race
which followed. A doughnut-eating
race in which doughnuts tied to
strings and suspended in the air and
the boys ate them without touching
with their hands was won by Robert
Peachey, who was able to swallow a
doughnut and whistle at the same
time. The tug-of-war was won by
the heavyweights and the prize, one
of Mrs. McDonough's choice water
melons, was eaten with a noise that
sounded like more.
The most exciting race OF the day
was the 2:20 horse race, and the old
est Davis girl, with two of the speed
lest boys in the neighborhood,
hitched to Mr.. Bish's buggy, won by a
length.
In the pillow fight, in which the
contestants sat astride of peeled
poles and tried to knock each other
off with pillows, was fitting close
of the days festivities, and the oldest
Davis boy took all corners and sent
them spinning around the peeled
pole as fast as they climbed up.
The prize winners were:
Squash-Class A, Edward Gyger;
class B, Robert Morris.
Machine-made /, Apron-Class A,
Edna Morris; class B, Grace Davis.
Apron-Obera Morris.
Bread-Edna Morris first, Livinia
Bilderback second.
Best Written Two Stanzas of
America McDonough first,
Edna Morris second.
Potatoes-Class A, Amos Williams
first, Viva McDonough second. Glass
B, Margaret McDonough first, Elmer
McDonough second.
Asters-Audrey Morris.
Watermelon-Class A, Viva Nc
Donough; class B, Margaret McDon-
ough.
Canned Fruit-Geneviev Helms
first, Viva McDonough second.
Jelly-Viva McDonough first,
Edna Morris second.
Cape-Viva McDonough first, Lucy
Davis second.
Ducks-Minnie Avent first, Ethel
Morris second.
Chickens-Class A, Ethel Morris;
class B, Jewell Morris.
Cabbage-Class A, Joe Davis;
class B, Margaret McDonough.
Corn-Joe Davis first, Edward
Gyger second.
Darning-Jewell Morris. q
Best Three Exhibits-Edna Morris
won the goat.