Evening journal., 1915-08-21
WYOMING BABY IS
kent COUNTY'S BEST
15-Month-Old William Stan
ton Wins Cup In Round
Table Contest
LITTLE MISS CLEMENT
MOST PERFECT GIRL

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
WYOMING, Del, Aug. 21.-As re-
suit of the examination of fifty-eight
babies in the Better Baby Contest"
inaugurated by the women of the Wy
oming Round Table. as one of the
features of their Country Fair" now
in progress here. which started Thurs
day night, prizes we're awarded yes
terday afternoon. based on the per-
centage of the best medical inspection
of the baby. including development,
eyesight, hearing, teeth, etc.
The children were classed accord
ing to the age in three classes, child
ren from six months to twelve months,
from thirteen months to twentyfour
months, from twenty-five months to
thirty-six months. Each child re-
ceived a duplicate score card and GER
tificate. In each division the girl re-
ceiving the highest average and the
boy receiving the highest average we're
awarded Better Babies Diplomas"
six in all. OF those who won diplomas
bronze medals we're awarded the boy
and girl having the highest averages.
A first and second prize was awarded
the two children having the highest
averages, regardless of division or
sex.
The first prize, a silver cup, was
won by William Stanton Roe, Jr.. the
15-months-old son of Wyoming's
station agent, whose average was 9S.5.
The second prize, a silver fork and
spoon, was won by Henry Johnson
Ridgeley of Camden, whose average
was 96.5.
The bronze medal for the girls
highest score, was awarded to Sarah
Rebecca Clements, of Dover. whose
average was 96.5. The bronze medal
for the boys highest score was awar-
ded to William Stanton Roe, Jr., of
Wyoming.
Diplomas we're awarded in Division
1 to Gertrude Virden, score 95 5, or
Hartley, Del; Arthur Register, Wy
oming, score SO.
In the second division, Sarah Re
becca Clements. Dover, score SO s.;
William Stanton Roe, Jr., 9S5.
In the third division, Irving Gar
ton and Arthur Jenkins tied at 95. 5.
At more exacting test, the diploma
was awarded to Arthur Jenkins.
Certificates and score cards we're
issued to the remaining babies ex-
amined as follows:
Katherine Louise Brown. Pauline
Hairgrove, Arthur Register. James
Ford Mcfarland. Robert Downs, Mer-
win c. Lynch, Jane Ritter, Gertrude Z.
virden, Anna Louise Bostick, Alfred
Smith, 3rd., Miriam Lucille Vogel, Will
liam Henry Wix, Margaret Ellen
Ross. Elizabeth Herbert, Henry Ward
Lyndall, Jr., John Downs, Warren
Sentman, Mary Jackson, William Roe.
Jr., Mary Louise Hughes, Margaret
Voshell, Edwin Herbert McMichael,
George William McMichael, Henry
Derby Richardson, Henry johnson
Ridgely, Pauline L. Hinsley, Harri-
son Berlin Chipman, Robert Francis
GILL, Sarah Rebecca Clements, Hazel
Holden, Lindale Stokes, John Fields,
Curtis Mcfarland, Anne Church, Ann
Evans. Madeline Clendaniel, James
Richardson, Irving Carton, William
B. Collier, Arthur Jenkins, Gertrude
Hartman. Woodward Cooper, Lucille
Carton, Donald o. Virden. Charles
Lafferty. Dorothy Virginia Minner.
The Better Baby Contest was in
charge of Miss Annie Matilda Cooper
of Camden.
Proceeding the, awarding Of prizes
and diplomas, DR.. L. S. Conwell. OF
Camden. made an address on Better
Babies"