Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-08-25
Winners of the Boys and Girls Garden
Club

The Spokane Interstate Fair AS
ISOLATION are showing very liberal
and progressive spirit by offering the
boys and girls of north Idaho and
eastern Washington free weeks en-
tertainment at the encampment on the
Fair Grounds.
This reward is offered to the men,
bers of Boys and Girls Clubs who
have excelled in their work, and kept
the records required by the University
Extension Department of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture.
RULES FOR ENCAMPMENT.
Each boy and Girl will bring for
their own use, blankets, sheets, pill
low slips, and towels, brush, comb
and tooth brush. Necessary clothing
to last week. Sufficient money for
personal expenses.
2-Tha Fair Association meets all
living expenses of the delegates after
their arrival at Spokane.
3-They will be met at all trains
and taken to the Fair Grounds.
Last spring several vigorous clubs
were organized in Clearwater county
at Orofino, Fraser, Weippe, Pierce,
Cavendish and Dent by Mrs. Fisher,
County Superintendent, and State
leader T. w. Potter. This week Mr..
Potter and Mrs Fisher are making an
investigation tour of all the active
club members who have kept
up their work and submitted Their
monthly repo is. When interviewed
by the Republican representative Mr..
Potter said: 1.-The boys and girls OF
Clearwater county are doing better
work and more of it than in any other
county | have yet visited. They are
keeping their records and taking gooo
care of their potatos, corn, etc.
Nel6e Chase of the Orofno High
school scored the highest in the Potato
Club project with Melvin Fuller
second Arnold and Palmer Solder
berg have done excellent work will
their corn. At Fraser eight out Of
twelve boys did excellent work ant
kept up their records.
At Weippe, Allen and Ralph Spac.
excelled in Potato Club work, Jane.
Ospoas in Poultry and James West il
Garden and Back Yard Club work
These boys are selected as delegates
to the Spokane Fair. The Pierce
Canning team to compete for Inter
state honors are Veda and Dorothy
Lawson, Ella Gaffney and Fay Steele
with Mrs. E. B. Steele as president
The Canning Club at Fraser are send
ing the following team to Spokane t,
compete for Interstate honors; Mar
tina Lutes, Captain, Millicent Judd
Belle Reed, Ida Smith and Elsi,
johnson, with Mrs. Dorothy as presi
dent, and who has done wonderful,
good work along this line. Specia
canning demonstrations and Joachim.
in other lines of Club work wer,
given by State Leader, Mr.. Potter.
All these bright young ladies viii
show the people that they can cal
fruit and vegetables as we'll as pas
examinations in algebra and latin
From present indications it looks a
if Clearwater county Will lead all TIL
other counties of north Idaho an,
eastern Washington in this lire o
progressive educational work Tn
State Commissioner of Education an,
the State Superintendent of School
each recommend the Boys and Girls
| Club work to every County and Cit,
Superintendent, and to every teacher
and urge them to organize clubs un
der the supervision of the Universit.
Extension Department, and thus he'll
teach the boys and girls mething 0
real practice value.
Your County Superintendent, Mrs
Fisher, has made a wonderful 1ecor
IN this work as evidenced by the &C
tual results as | have found them
She has done much to advance til
interests of the schools as well a
better home conditions. Parents an
teachers should fully appreciate tn
Importance of Club work and hearth
cooperate with the County Super
intendent. Prizes will be given Gu
members for exhibits and record re
ports at Spokane, Boise and Count
Fairs which should encourage all t
do their best work,