Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-16
GARDEN WORK BY SCHOLARS
Pupils at Adams School Make
Creditable Exhibition.
Prizes Given for Displays of'Vegetnbles,
Fruit, Flowers, Necdlevvorik, Cook
ing, Manual Training, DOmes-
tic Articles and Pets.

under the auspices OF the PARENT edcLof
association, was held Saturday afternoon
OH the school grounds. The fair was the
first one of its kind ever held in Burling-
ton and was the outsrowth Of lecture by
]. F. Taylor before tie Parent-Teacher
association last wintc-. As a result Of
Mr. Tayiors talk many parents became
interested and through the summer a
dozen inspectors have been visiting tho
children's gardens. The fair. which COM
prised exhibits OF vegetables. fruit flow
ers, manual training. needlework. cook
ing, domestic articles and pots, was very
successful and is the beginning of what
Is hoped will be a cityw1de movement.
James Z. Tracy. president OF the Parent.
Teacher association, deserves great credit
for his efforts toward making the fair a
success. Praise should also be given the
other officers Of the association, Mrs.
A. w. Slocum. vice president. and Mrs
G. p Cowles. secretary-treasurer
There were eight large tables and sew
eral small tables, on which were placed
the exhibits of 1O6 children. Besides the
many fine vegetables and flowers, there
were some excellent examples Of needle
work, such as embroidered handkerchief,
center-pieces. pillow covers, towels, etc.
The work on severa, handkcrchiefs wao
extremely well done. and the embroidery
of Miss Annie Sanderscn was especially
beautiful. Mention should be made Of the
huge sunfiowcr grown by Wallace Gram
dali. The stalk measured over ton feet
In height; tho base was about six inches
In circumference, and the flower itself
was about foot and n half in diameter
Such a huge sunfloVer is rarely seen in
Vermont. although ones Of similar size
may be seen In other parts OF the coun-
try. Many pretty flowers were on exhibit
ton. and among them was an Easter lily
which. having given forth its buds and
flowers IN due season. again produced n
beautiful flower in September On the
south side of the grounds childrens pets
were exhibited. two angora rabbits being
among the number.
In connection with the fair. candy, Ice
cream and orange-ade were sold, little
Miss Eleanor Booth selling the Later III
stead Of exhibiting
cash prizes to the amount Of $50 were
awarded. first. second, third and special
prizes of small amounts. Effort prizes
of five cents were given to those chill.
dren who had not received one Of the
other prizes The prize committee con.
sisted of Mrs. B. II. Stone, chairman
Mrs. T. A. Unsworth and Mrs c. f.
Saunders and the Judges who OBLIGATED
were: Fruits and vegetables Professors
Cummings and Bradlee OF the Cniver.
sity Of Vermont; flowers, w. f. Peters
sewing and domestic, Mrs. Grace l.
Duggan OF the high school, canned
goods Miss Lessie Cobb and Miss Bes
sic Thayer: pets, DR.. l., j. Paris.
The list OF prize winners Is as follows
Vegetables. Especial exhibiD. first Law
| renee Jackson. second Morris Crandall
third Irene Goulet; tomatoes. first Georg.
HaEnr, second Morris Crandall THIRD
Katherine Stone beets, first Lawrence
Jackson. second Clara Miles. third Orrir
Bushey: carrots, first Harold Hammond
second Mildred Fiheld, third Ralph Pres
tom cabbages, first Ralph Preston. sec
ond Philip Courcy, third Irene Goulet
summer squash, first Gwendolyn Blanch
ard second Richard Cowles, third Clay
ton Steady: squash. first Harriet ant
Susan Howard. second Lawrence Cowles
third Harry Langevine; corn. first Mar!
Hanna. second Katherine Stone. thirt
Morris Crandal: onions. first Morris
| Y
rick Macombcr; beans. first Doris
| Brown. second Perdy Meggs; celery
| Raymond Bassett; pumpkins. first Iren
Eoulet. second Orrtn Bushey. third Wal
liam Caisse; cucumbers, first Florenc
Scribner. second Theima Bushner. thir'
| Anita Hatton: pets. Angora rabbits. hrs
Dorothy Harrington, second Rober
| White; brown and white rabbits. frs
Bessie Baker. second Gwendolyn Blanch
ard; Rhode Island Reds. first Rober
Tracy, specials William lockwood an
Lawrence Cowles: doves. special. Parke
Purington: golden pheasant special, vii
liam Lockwood; Barred Plymouth Rock
special, Clara Miles: flowers. sunflowel
special, Wallace Crandall: begonia. spe
clal. Ernest CARDINAL: pansics. fire
Kingsland Weed. second Bcrnicc Gran
ldall; asters, first Katherine Stone. secon
Doris Brown. third. Annette Burns: mar,
colds. first Marguerite Pu-tnton. secon
Edward Slocum; mixed flowers. first Mar
Tracy. second Fred Fuller: Easter lily
l0rst Gertrude Bushnell: special. Lillia
! Gendron; heliotrope. special. Marian Cur
~: four O'Clock, special. Herrick Macon
Der; peoples. special. Arthur Unsworth
stocks first Allison Slocum; Coxcomt
special. Florence McCuen; nnsturtiumi
first, Constance Coffey. second Clar
Miles, sewing, first Annie Sanderson; spe
cal, Helen Parker, Doris Brown. 1Allia
Parkinson. Dorothy Norris. Beatrice Hell
berg, second. Leona Walker. Mollie Dun
nett, Dorothy Buckley, Blanche Lange
vine, Marguerite Deiorme: manual trair
Ing. special. Raymond Blais; cake. frs
Ruth Colburn. second Marjorie Boot
third. Marian Curry; prize for apple jeil!
, Arlene Unsworth: best can OF beets. Dor
Brown and Katherine Stone; best can {
tomatoes, Winifred Dawson and Bernie
Muir: best can OF fruit Katherine Stor
and Dorothy Hall; effort prizes to Eliza
, beth Mllburn. Mary Laprie. Agns
Bushey, John Cowles. Charlotte Simpson
Donald Russell. Tom Russell. Herbel
Unsworth. Ruth Unsworth. Albert Cook
Eva Gendron Marian Smith. Dora Lyncl
Edward Muir. Kenneth Simpson. RIOS
Rushlow, Ruth Bacon. Eleanor Ilockwoo
, Fred Fuller Edward Preston, IAwrent
/. Howe, Eleanor Dawson. Katherine Bal
sett. Genevieve Hook. Arnold Murray. Lt
:. Courcy. Rosamond Bccman. Dorothy Hal
{ Mary Lane. Gladys Baker. Mary NJ
. Laughln. Marguerite Delorme, Walt,
: Burns. Caroline IIackett, Mary Read
Esther Gerard, Rachel Stuart. Park
|Purinton. Lucille Walker and Beatrice Ii
pierre.