St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-09-30
Peacham
Very Large Proportion of Public
school Students Took Part In
COntest-The Winners.

SCHOOL CNuuGuAA 1OOA Ia
Contest-The Winners.
The exhibit in the public schools
was held at the town hall Thursday.
OF the 124 pupils enrolled in town,
los took part. S. Newton Stimson
of st. Johnsbury and Prof. +. B.
jerks OF Burlington spoke. About
200 people attended. The judges in
farm work were Prof F. B. jerks,
S. N. Stimson, Il. NJ. Wheeler, Peter
Goslant and G.. A. Bunker. Prizes
we're awarded as follows: beets, w.
Henry Harrington, Clyde d. Adams;
apples, Jean A. Emerson, Burleigh
r. Darling; potatoes, Francis II.
Bradley, Gilbert b. Shaw; corn,
Francis G. Moore, Lawrence p. Wood
ward; pumpkin, Ernest E. Earring
ton, Edward Bates; radishes, Law
renee p. Woodward; turnip, Francis
III. Bradley, Edward Bates; carrots,
Hazel M. Douse, Ernest E. Earring
ton; cucumbers, Cecil r. Metcalf,
James Fl. Craig; tomatoes, Gilbert
b. Shaw; squash, Francis H. Brad
ley, Cecil Metcalf; oats, Carroll E.
Howe; barley, Lawrence p. Wood
ward; heaviest stock of corn, Regi-
maid J. Moore. The judges in wood
work, John H. Varnum, George w.
Esden and Millen Farrow, awarded
prizes as follows: wooden article,
Carroll II. Brown, e. Harley Abbott
chickens in coop made by exhibitor,
Paul l.. Taylor, Ralph T. Bigelow;
turkeys, same, Viola Robinson;
ducks. same, Eva M. Allen; Vermont
woods. w. Henry Harrington, Edith
e. Achilles; collection of apples, Bur-
leigh r. Darling, Vivian Snow. The
judges on cooking, Mrs. Peter Cos
liant, Mrs. Nina Hooker and Mrs.
John H. Varnum. awarded prizes as
follows: bread, Marion Shaw; cake,
Gilbert b. Shaw, Janette B. Craig;
preserves, Hazel M. Douse, Alma A
Powers; jelly, Mable " Watson, Yer
ma M. Rowe; candy, Burleigh r. OAR
ling, Agnes B. Mackey; mounted wild
flowers, Hazel NJ Douse, Thomas o.
Carlson. Mrs. Karl Somers, Miss
Louise Bailey and Miss Blanche Rem
frew awarded prizes as follows: en-
broidery, Agnes b. Mackey, Cecil r.
Livingstone; fancy work, Muriel J.
Darling, Doris Darling; dolls apron,
grades 1 and 2, Viola Robinson, Wal
ter G. Bigelow; print apron, grades
3 and 4, Helen A. Sanborn, Anna J. !
Wilson; print apron, higher grades, !
Edith e. Achilles, Mable V. Watson;
sofa pillow, Leonard w. Darling, Es- !
Their L. harrington; drawing, Charles |
McCOsco, Shirley NJ. Goss.
Mrs. Lizzie Leonard of Barre visit |
ed her sister Mrs. E. M. Wheeler, |
last week.
Mrs. William Chapman has been |
quite sick the past week with grip.
Miss Nellie Robe of Boston is Wis
iting at Lewis Douse's.
Mrs. G.. w. Esden has gone to
Thetford on account of the sickness
of her brother.
F. e. Churchill was at st. Johns
bury, Saturday.
Mrs. Meroe Nelson of Barnet visit
ed her daughter, Mrs. Lewis DOuse,
one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Welch were at
Sunday.
Mrs. Mackay, who has been in the
Mary Fletcher hospital at Burling-
ton for an operation, came Saturday
to spend a short time with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. S. A. Welch.
John Stevenson, who has been in
Florida since last fall, came to James
the last of the week.
Mrs. Moses Edmunds, who has
been spending a month in town, went
to her home at Concord the first of
the week.
The North Peacham Social Club
held it's annual harvest supper, Sat
urday evening at the home of Robert
A Craig. Nearly 200 were present and