News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-10-06
MORRISVILLE
GRANGE Fair and Exhibit

| ne tnlIu ANNUAL SCHOOL EXHIBIT, nelt
in connection with the Graz &c Fair las
Friday was the most successful of all
There was large increase OF entries ii
each class over that of last year. Fol
the first time exhibits were sent in from
every school i'll town, nineteen in all
Last year the total number of entries
! were about one hundred and fifty. This
year there were two hundred and fifty,
| eight entries for prizes. In addition to
| these, there were exhibits of school work
from most of the schools in town. The
Grange committee did large amount OF
| work in preparation for the event and
the results OF their labors showed in the
complete success of the affair. The en-.
tertainment by the Grange in the even
| ing was largely attended and much en-.
Logged
Among the live Morrisville merchants
who had displays in town hall were Geo.
P. browne, o. M. Waterman, F. c. Luce
& Co., A. r. Campbell, Briggs, The
Druggist. and Mrs, Geo. Tiff, milliner.
The exhibit from the rural schools,
graded schools and Peoples Academy
was the best that has been shown before.
From the Academy there were pictures
from the different departments of the
school The agricultural department
had showing of different forms of
SOL and seeds. Also many bulletins,
f,om various agricultural schools and
experiment stations. The commercial
department had books from typewriting,
bookkeeping and stenography classes
and two typewriters upon which
second year students gave speed demon
strations during the forenoon. From
the domestic science course were the
following exhibits: Home &c. l, Sewing
bags; Home &c. 2. Quantities of food
which would equal 100 calories of heat or
muscular energy; Home &c. 3, Canned
fruit and cooking. From the rural and
graded schools were free-hand drawings,
colored maps and essays, which showed
the careful drilling and fine training
which they had received by their teachers.
There were seventy five entries of vege-
tables, forty-six in sewing, thirty-four
in cooking, sixty-one in map drawing,
and thirty-five in muscular movement
writing. Improvement in the quality of
the exhibits was noticeable. Prizes were
awarded as follows =
PREMIUM LIST
Set of small doiies-1st, Mrs. Jessie
Grant; 2nd, Miss linda Campbell.
Observation-Disclosures, tatting, Mrs j. III.
Midget; 2nd, crochet, Mrs. Jessie Grant.
Sheets-1st, tatting. Mrs. j. r. Parker;
End, crochet, Mira. j. r. Parker.
Towels-1st, Mrs. j. Fl. Mudgett; End.
Mrs. e. A. Codding.
Knitting apron-1st, Miss india Camp
bell; End, Mrs. Jessie Grant.
Pincushions-1sta and End, crochet and
embroidered. Mrs. j. Fl. Mudgett.
Table scarfs-1st and 2nd, embroidered
and cross stitch, Mrs. P. M. Boynton.
Wrist bags-1st, Mrs. j. H. Mudgett;
End, Mrs. Jessie Grant.
Pillow slips-1st, Mrs. E. A. Codding.
Set of large doilies-1st, Mrs. Jessie
Grant; End. Mrs. j. II. Midget; 3rd,
Mrs. K. A. Codding.
Crochet bureau scarf-lst, Mrs. j. H.
Mudgett.
Trace of corn-1st c. j. Story; 2nd, A.
V. Hollis; 3rd, j. II. Mudgett; one tree
with five varieties-1st, l. N. LeBaron.
Fl Tomatoes-1st, o. G. Jones.
Pumpkins list, j. III. Mudgett; End, I.
n. Lebanon.
Onons-1st, 1. N. LeBaron.
Carrots-1st, 1. N. LeBaron; God, A. r.
Campbell.
Cucumbers. two vsrieties-1st, 1st, E.
r. Jacobs.
Citron-lst, j. Fl. Mudgett.
Sunflower-1st, Chas. Wilder.
Three squashes, three cabbages, three
turnips, three muskmellons--1st,G Geo. Fl.
Terrll.
Watermelons-1st, George H. Terrill.
Table beets-1st. A. r. Campbell.
Wortzels-1st, 1. N. LeBaron.
Apples-three plates, 1st, A. R. Camp
bell; one plate, 2nd, A. b. Small.
Canned peaches-1st, G. j. Story.
Canned blackberries- LIST, c. j. Story. |
Maple sugar-1st, Mrs. Jessie Grant,
End, G. j. Story.
Field corn, 1st prize to Lyle Stewart of |
the Second intermediate School. Sweet !
corn, 1st prize to Corridor Billiard of |
Gladys Falls; End to Wallace Perry of |
North Laporte School, 3rd to Oscar Mud.
yett of North Laport School. Potatoes,
LIST to Walter Carroll of Mud City school,
Ind to Hershel Robson of the Cole Hill
school, Sid to Lyle Stewart; 4th to Luth-
,r Guyett of the A Grammar School;
Cabbage, LIST to Newton Camp of the b
Grammar, End to Alton Fay of the
Grammar, 3rd to Walter Carroll of the