Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-10-28
Our School Fair.

The entire community. no doubt. is
fully aware oil the dates set apart for the
1915 school fair to be held under the
auspices of Shepherd College November
9Th and 9th. The programme begins,
however, on the night OF the 4th (rhurs-
day, when a large and representative
meeting OF the school children and the
patrons of the schools in the vicinity will
be held in the auditorium at I O'Clock.
Pupils from the various schools in the
community will take the leading part IN
the evenings programme, which will in
clude in addition to their "stunts" short
address or two by some visitor from the
State University and local men. This
meeting will be. probably, the largest
gathering OF Jefferson county's best cltl-
zens, both present and future, for long
time and ought to be most interesting and
profitable. If you miss all the other
features OF the fair, do not fail to be on
hand with the little ones on this night.
A second feature OF the years fair is to
be the parade of the school children in
their gayly-decorated wagons or on loot
in interesting groups. with their parents
and friends in carriages, automobiles and
such other conveYances as may be at
hand. This parade will form at 1890 in
front of the normal school building on
Friday.
Why not take a day off and come to
town on Friday forenoon and help make
the day an eventful one for the boys and
girls in the community ? Mr.. Merchant
can you not fix up your show windows
in your most attractive manner with ap-
Piles, corn, pumpkins, and your best bar
gains on that day? Why not use some
flags and bunting in your scheme OF dec
Grafton ?
On Friday afternoon there will be con-
tests in corn judging, the selection OF ap-
Piles, and hand-sewing, for the boys and
girls OF the community. On each night
there will be plenty OF music in the ex-
hibition halls and possibly some other
forms OF amusement.
The show proper will be open to the
public on Friday afternoon, Friday night
and all day Saturday.
In all the schools in the invited area,
which includes Shepherdstown district,
as well as Bakerton, Shenandoah juno
ton, Engle's, Bardane, Kearneysville, Mt
Airy, Fairview and Scrabble, the liveliest
interest prevails among the pupils and
teachers, and each one is quite anxious
to carry away the chief prize as well as
many of the minor premiums. The great
question is, Who will win ?"
Aside from the exhibits by the pupils in
the schools, there is quite an opportunity
for the corn-grower, the apple-grower
and the butter-maker to help make the
lair success. Bring in ten ears OF your
best corn, plates of five apples each,
three-pound- prints of butter, and see
who has the best. Last year there were
forty different exhibits OF corn at the show.
Why not make if hundred I? And the
apples are fine this year, and SO on.
Our merchants and other public-spirit-
ed men and women are responding nicely
to the appeal of the prize committee, and,
by next weeks issue OF the Register
a complete list of the prizes will be an
nounced.
The 1914 fair was the best OF its kind
ever held in the State OF West Virginia.
Let us make the 1915 fair better one.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Novem-
Der 4th, 9Th, 9th, 1915.