The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-01
CLUB
EXHIBIT FINE
At BIG FAIR
Eighteen Participate in
|, Show and All Are Quite
Deserving.

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Awards were made Tuesday after
den and Canning club exhibit at the
fair. Fifteen of the eighteen club
members in Harrison county have ex-
hibits at the fair. The best of these
will be taken to Wheeling. where they
will be entered along with the ten
other counties in the state that have
garden and canning clubs.
/ Miss Mabel Williams, of Wilson
burg. carried off most OF the honors
in the exhibits. She won first pre-
MUM in the second, third, fourth and
fifth class. Lynn P:gott. of Dola, the
only boy member of the club, won first
premium in class No. i. This prize
gives course at the West Virginia
university, without expense.
The exhibit OF the club is one of
the most attractive in the floral hall.
Peaches. cherries, apples. plums,
pears and all kinds OF fruits grown
on Harrison county farms are in the
collection. Vegetables, too, come In
for their share, with tomatoes leading
all. Most of the fruit and vegetables
are canned or done up in glass Jars,
and they look as fresh and luscious
as the day they were harvested.
X The booth is in charge OF Miss
Minnie Martin, county club agent
She has a number Of the club mem
bers helping, and yesterday, although
the first day. was busy one for
Everybody.
1 Hundreds of Clarksburg housewives
were gathered about the booths all
day. and the agent and her assistants
were continually answering questions
and telling how they accomplished
such wonderful results in canning and
preserving.
Miss Martin in speaking Of the in
terest being shown in the exhibit,
said it was only reasonable to pre-
sumo that the garden and canning
club would have hundred or more
members by another year. Several
young women over the age limit
eighteen years, have asked about
joining. They will be given chance
to learn through the work of the
women's clubs which are to be or
ganized in each of the ten districts
in the county this fall and winter.
\ The classes, exhibits and the pre-
mlums awarded are as follows:
Class No. Best ten quarts fruits
and vegetables in glass lars.
II First, Lynn Pigott. Dole, expense to
prize winners course at Morgantown,
second, Callie West, West Milford,
canning outfit; third. Grace Tetrick.
Shinnston, china berry set; fourth.
Beulah Shahan, Bristol, kitchen
scales.
Class No. Especial Pickle Exhibit.
First Mabel Williams. kimono and
bedroom slippers; second, Grace Tet-
rick, sewing chair; third, Grace Tet-
rick. pair of kid gloves; fourth, Mabel
i Williams, double boiler. Il
Class No. illustrated Booklet of
Il Seasons Work.
H First, Mabel Williams. Wilsonburg,
two books by standard author; second.
Ivy Romine. West Milford, years sub
scription to Woman's Home Compan-
ion; third. Beulah Shahan, club cusn-
lion; fourth. Opal Preston, Shinnston,
one box of club stationery.
Glass No. Canning Cans and
Aprons.
First, Mabel Williams, sewing table:
second. Ivy Romine, box handker-
chiefs; third. Beulah Shahan. work
basket: fourth, Opal Preston, embroid-
cry scissors.
The judges were Mrs. John D. Nc
Reynolds. Mrs. Harvey ". Harmer,
and Mrs. S. c. Watkins.
Today Miss Martin, the county
agent, will have number of extra
assistants in the booth, and they In
vite everybody to pay them visit.
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