Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-09-21
WINTHROP
Fourth Annual Boys and Girls
Fair Is Held Saturday.
Prizes Awarded for
Many Exhibits
ATHLETIC EVENTS ARE IN
TERESTING TO AUDIENCE

for the boys and girls of Winthrop was
held Saturday at the Grange hall and
was attended by big crowd throughout
the day.
The hail was beautifully decorated with
streamers Of crepe paper and the floral
exhibits and dainty booths added to it's
appearance and made a very pretty pic
ture.
In the center of the hall was an i'm
nepse pink umbrella decorated with
trailng vines and blossoms, and beneath
1t Misses Grant and Thaanum sold can
dies
The pop corn, ice cream and apron
booths, daiptIly trimmed with wistaria,
weAe ranged around the hall and were
presided over by Mrs. lola Perry, Mrs.
Lulu Clifford. Mrs. Nellie Millspaugh and
Miss Elsie Moore.
The exhibits by the children were of a
high order and carefully arranged. There
were more than at any previous fair,
The prizes were awarded as follows:
Plain sewing and darning-Girls under
| u. Marguerite Maxwell LIST, Elizabeth
MAXWELL I'd; girls over Il, Beatrice. Ad-
ans.
Embroidery and fancy work-Girls un-
der u, Rita Alden LIST. Marion Thaanum
I'd; girls over Il, Ruth Alden LIST, Lottie
Leaird I'd.
Knitting and neutrality-suspicious.
Thaanum, list; Lottie Laird, End; Julia
Currisr. Sd.
Plain washing and ironing-No ex-
hibits
Most tastefuIly arranged bouquet
of garden fiowers-Dorothy Waugh,
1st: Edith Mae Perley, I'd; Carroll
Towle 3d.
Most tastefully arranged bouquet of
Wild DEMONSTRATION Thaaum, LIST;
Lena Berry, I'd: Helen Titus Sd.
List of forest trees native to Win
throp. with display of mounted leaves
Harriet Towle. list.
List of wild Towering plants with
mounted specimens, date of Towering
and where found-Ralph Titus, list.
Display Of mounted insects-Marion
Thaapum.
Best display Of pickles-Marion
Thaanp.
Best display of canned fruit-Car-
roll Towle, list; Marion Thaanum, I'd;
Helen Titus, Sd.
Best loaf of bread-Mildred Brann,
| list; Carroll Towle. I'd; Wendell Pink
ham, Sd.
Best plain cake-Beatrice Adams
1st; Barbara Pinkham End; Evelyn
Thompson 3rd.
Best Pumpkin pie-Helen Titus LIST;
Ruth Alden End: Carroll Towle 3rd.
Best flower garden with exhibit at
. k,l tot let. Jala
tus Ind; Marion Thaaum 3rd.
Best vegetable garden with exhibit
at the hall-Roland Norcross 1st.
Clement Taylor End: Carroll Towle Sd.
| Best trace of field corn-Carroll
| Towle LIST.
The judges for the first six classes
| Were: Mrs. Black, Mrs. Symes, Mrs.
Titus. For the remaining classes:
Mrs. Norcross, Mrs Barton, Mrs.
Waugh.
The special prize for the best ex-
hibit of dalilias offered by Mrs. Waugh
! was won by Harriet Towle, list, and
Airline Clement, End.
In addition to these gratuities were
awarded on the following exhibits:
Framed pictures, Clinton Weber;
rose leaf beads, Harriet Towle; silk
. guilt, Lena Berry; Jelly, Harriet
7 fowls; pencil drawings, Elmer Tay-
lor; vegetables, Ralph Neal: canned
fruit, Marion Thaaum: vegetables
Kenneth Waugh; pencil drawings, Irv-
ing Brann.
The athletic sports caused a great
deal of amusement. Perhaps the best
was the ladies' nail driving contest in
which Mrs. Janet Towle passed all
| competitors by driving eight large nails
in a hardwood timber in is seconds.
Several men failed to reach Mrs.
Towle's record. Miss Vera Thaanum
did the work in 81 seconds and won
second honors. Other winners were:
Apple race for boys, Clinton Weber
| list; Harold Minds End. Apple race for
| girls, Dorothy Reynolds list; Airline
| Clement End. Hobble race, Sprague
! Reynolds LIST; Earl Clifford End. Three
| legged race. Harold and VIM. Kinds.
kGirls' running race. Airline Clement list;
| Anna Bpavn End. Jumping. Garold
| Joy LIST; Harold Kinds End. Heel and
toe race, Julia Currin list; Lura Nor
cross end.
Clothespin contest between men and
women, won by the men. The prize
was drawn by Clarence Perley.
The sports concluded with tug-of-
war.
picnic dinner and supper were serv-
Cd, the Grange furnishing coffee and
doughnuts and the evening entsrtain-
nnent brought out a big crowd.
The feature of the evening program
was the prize speaking contest in
which prizes were won by:
Children to II years, Marion
Thaanuna LIST; Harriet Towle End Chill
dren IL -l3 wears, Lillian Bennett list;
Carroll Tosvle Ind Clinton Weber Srd.
Children f4-15 years, Lottie Leaird list.
The judges were Prof. w. A. .Cowing,
Miss Grace Howard and Miss Wini-
fred Grant.
The nsogram also included some fine
musical numbers by Mr.. and Mrs. G. B.
Churchill. piano solo by Doris Lothrop'
RECITATION by Pauline Parker, an address
tby =. +. clifford. master OF the Grange;
an address by Frof. w. A. Cowing and
reading by Mrs. Lottie E. York.
To the weyk of the following commit
tees Is due the success OF the undertake
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