The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-04-21
SCHOOL FAIR IN
PARIS HELD WITH
MUCH SUCCESS
Large Crowd Attracted and
Exhibits Are Pronounced
Excellent
MILLERSBURG WINS
TWELVE PRIZES
Addresses Made BY Well
Known Educators---Pre-
miumS Awarded

The Bourbon county school fair
held at the court house Friday attract
ed large crowd, and the event was a
great success.
The articles submitted by the pupils
of the various schools in the county
were .attractively displayed in the Of
! fee of the county superintendent, and
would have done credit to a State ex-
hibit Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart,
who was an interested visitor Friday
morning, was greatly pleased and said
that she had seen no better exhibit
anywhere.
The Millersbur3 school, which is
the largest public school in the county
outside of Paris, captured twelve first
and second prizes. After lunch at
Stout's the crowd assembled in the
Circuit Court room for an entertain
ing program. Miss Robbins presided
and introduced the speakers. Prof.
Elliott, of Clintonville, gave the wei
come address, and was followed. by
Mr. Eubank, editor of the Southern
School Journal; DR.. Terrell and DR..
Melcher, of State University, and
Prof. T. A. Hendricks, superintendent
of the Paris Public Schools.
The following is list of the prizes
awarded:
Best Specimen of Freehand Draw
ing-Dallas Poe, Clays Cross Roads
School, first; Millersburg, second.
Best Map of North America-Ethel
Jones, Millersburg, first; Reynolds
Bell, Clay's Cross Roads, second.
Best Map of U. S.-Christine Keller,
Kiserton, first; Ruth Johnson, Millers-
burg, second.
Best Set of Copy Books Kiserton
School, first.
Best Set of Arithmetic Papers
George Mcleod, Centerville, first;
Christine Keller, Kiserton, second.
Best Set Of Language Papers
| Christine Keller, Kiserton, first; Mil
lie Gillispie, North Middietown, sec
ond.
Best Composition On Care of Teeth
-Millie Gilispie, North Middletown,
first; Irene Ryles, Jacksonville, Sec
ond.
Best Made Apron = Centerville
School, first; Ruth Johnson, Millers-
burg, second.
Best Made Waist = Cunningham
School, first; Lena Cook, Millersburg,
second.
Best Made Dust Cap-Louise Nc
Whorters, Millersburg, first; Lena
Stewart, North Middletown, second.
Best Specimen of Embroidery
Centerville School, first; Ruth John.
son, Millersburg, second.
Best Specimen of Hemstitching-
lCenterville School, first; Ruth John
son, Millersburg, second.
Best Specimen of Crocheting-
Louise McWhorters, Millersburg
Sadie Hudnall, second.
Best Specimen of Tatting-Aure
Campbell, McIlvaine School, first;
Tarr School, second.
Best Specimen of Knitting -Clay's
Cross Roads, first; Ethel Jones, Mil
lersburg, second.
Best Specimen of Beed Work-Ma
ME Wagner, Spears Mill, first, Birt
Hyres, Spears Mill, second.
Best Specimen of Paper Cutting by
Boy-Tarr School, first; Will G. Mich
ell, Millersburg, second.
Best Specimen of Paper Weaving
Thelma Hill, Tarr School, first; Lilli
an Martin, Tarr School, second.
Best Specimen of Reed and Raft;
Work-Walter Wells, Spears Mill
first; Colville School, second.
Best Specimen Of Woodwark-A1
thur Christman, Ford's Mill, School
first; Hill School, second.
Best Composition on Gardens an
, Flow ers-Jennie Rankin, Millersbure
, first Louise Wilcox, Ford's Mill, sec
, ond; Josephine Shawhan, Centerville
third.
It will be noted from the abov
list of awards that quite "a numbe
!. of prizes were awarded in the nam
of the school from which the exhlbl
n came. This is due to the fact tina
S the work was sent in the name OF tn
: school, without the students name bt
e ing attached.