Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-04-09
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lsopoNiA MgETiNce PUTS
AuDRkiN on MAP.
t.saoula placed Audrain county on
the map. saturday. when the first
.laos Judging contest between boya
~ rlrls Of various country schools
we're entered against each other.
|prof R. NJ. Emerson. Of the uniser
s.sv EXTENSION work. who wa one
of the prime movers in the work
had a picture taken OF the meeting
10 use IN his illustrated lectures II
|m.aus rrcAk advertising for this
|~touaty as a progressive and upto-dao
community, The meeting was held I'm
~ ne diusctioa Of the LaddoniA Rur
81 LIE and school Association. which
he sane relation 10 the com
w,,isx A. a Commercial Club only
- general scope IL greater.
SIXTY parslss we're entered, rep
r~sessiag aine rural schools IN the
vsciasiy Of Laddcuia John Fuqua Of
llAadOala. Is years Old, was pro
aoancca the bes, all around Judge Of
korses snd cattle.
Y. W. Rusk. Audrain cuunty's Farm.
adviser and Y A Trowbridsc head Of
the Animal Husbandry Department Of
ne Mo College OF Agriculture, had
charge Of tho contests and wero de
lighted with the fine showing made
BY all Of the entries.
The winners In the ~iS'year.oid or
srada s,ndonts class follow:
DRAFT Horse contest-Pirst, Els
worth Fuqua, Oak Grove school; sec
ond. John Fuqua, Laddonia; third,
Glenn Fuqua. Oak Grove.
Light horses-1st John Fuqua; sec.
ond. Darwood Smith. c%authorni third
Hoard Williams. Black.
Dairy cattle-First. Ellsworth Fur
qua: second, John Morris, Laddonia;
5 third, Werner Chase, Laddonia.
Beef Cattle-First, Glen Fuqua; sec
ond, Kenneth Hickerson. Hickory
. Grove; third. John Morris, Laddonia.
In the high school class the follow
ing awards were made, the only stud
ents entered being from the Laddonia
High School:
Draft Horses-Firsi. Ghas. Brown
second, James Brakel.
Light Ho~rses-James Brakel. first
second, Miss Leta Clare.
Dairy Cattle First Jas. Brakel;
second. Charles Brown.
Beef Cattle-First, Chas, Brown,
second, James Brakei,
Owing TO the large crowd two over
flow meetings were held. The fol
lowing spoke on topics on coun-
tIylife Improvement: w. H. Logan.
Laddonia; Rev L b Aryin. Vaudalia;
n. H. Emerson and Prof. E. A. TROY
bridge. Missouri University; l.. NJ
White. junior editor OF the Ledger;
q. W. Rusk, Farm Agent; w. Clyd
Johnson, superintendent of County
schools and Rev. John L. Watson q
Laddonla, founder Of the ~organizat
The meeting was held in the Pu, y
School building where Postmaste
Hummel, Of the School Board, w. II
Logan, president of the same. an,
others assisted in making tho guest
ut home. At noon a delicious bas
ket dinner was served. II was one
of those feasts for which tho hosp
H tally Of Audrain is noted and ha
made our women famous as good
III cooks the country over.
The schools represented In the cor
II tests and their entries follow: Lac
donna Arthur IIaggerman, Charles
Brown, Clifford Hobson, sJas. Brakel,
III Ros lIubboll. Roy Lotion. Melvin WI
II 'iams. Eugene Smith, Howard Sun
. thers, Grafford Digs, Alphonse sioI
III Ter. Werner Haffner; Laddonla grade
III Romeo Hancock, Edmund William
Ray Talbot, John Morris, John Fuqn
Farber- Warrle Chase, Ernest Chas
: John Bennett, Presley Athey, Fores
y Stewart, Howard Weakly; Oak
: Grove - Glen FUqua, Joe Biggs. Ell
worth Fuqua, Austin Weber; Cauab-
7 ,rn-Gertrude Stuart Ethel Isg ig, WI
mer Yelton, Edith Brown, Frances
Darwood Smith; Bear slough-Flor
enoe kinner, Molly Enrich, Marion
Aelliger, Archie Schmidt; Elm Bend
EuIa and HALEY Beckley, Ollie Phi
fps; Hickory Grove-Kenneth Kicker
son, Leta Clare, Otto Deaton; Black
Howard Williams, Oval and MOL
Quick.