The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-04-21
BOYS
And Girls Who Desire to En-
ter Junior Contests
In Corn and Domestic Science
Must Meet at COurt-HOuse To-
Morrow Some Pointers.

All Mercer County boys and girls who
hayo entered and do enter the Corn and
Domestic Science Contests for the onsu-
ing year. win assemble at the Court room
In this city al 10 O'Clock tomorrow (Sat-
urd',I morning and organize County
lunior Contest Club. under the auspices
Of tfr Eurolu of Junior Contests Of the
Eoard OI aL lCu'tUr' Of Ohio.
In addition TO the boys and girls VINO
enter the contests FOR 1916 all persons who
have subsCfil ed or pledged FUNDS towards
one CT amy part Of one or more trips to
Washington or tlv Buckeye Corn Tour
the prvaidiug officers Of all organizations
who have plu'lo any funds towards one
O; moIc tyiIS, ull ul"fitrttndents, princi-
pats ana teachers of schools, county
agents, editors Of newspapers who have
tnr'es IT the County Y, NJ. c. A, who
have solicited and helped procure funds
for % trip or trips shall be eligible TO mem
bcr IMP in the organizations.
GpCrlntOndents, principals and teach-
ers-of schools, secretaries Of the County
Y. NJ. @, A, persons subscribing funds for
trip and all friends Of the Junior Con-
tests are requested to cordially urge all
sure 10 attend the meeting to-morroW,
and Immediately upon assembling
promptly at 1000 a. M, let some one cli-
gibe to membership call the assembly TO
order and see that those eligible for mCm-
hCrship are seated toEther Any one not
eligibl to membership shall have no part
la any of the proceedings.
The election OF temporary president
ana temporary secretary will be the first
order of business Of the meeting
Only boys and girls who have entered
the Contests shall be eligible to hold Of
tices of President, Nice-p president, Secre-
tury or Treasurer Members of the Coun-
~ Junior Contest Club. other than boys
and girls, may be elected members of the
Executive Committee, rut this does not
bar any boy or girl contestant from being
elected to membership on this Committee.
The first duty Of the temporary organ
iZation will be to have all boys and girls
who have entered the contests or who en-
ter on this day at thi smeeting tand all
other persons who are eligible to mem-
bershipJ sign the enrolment sheets
These persons become members of the
County Junior Contest Club.
The enrolment of the members viii be
made In two shects-one list to be re-
tanned by the secretary and one list, to-
gether with a list of the officers as filled
in the blank on the reverse side of the
sheet, Is to b furnished to the
Director Of Junior Contests immediately
after the meeting on April o.
The secretary will nn out the blanks
ON the reverse side of the en-
rollment sheet. ~ the noon hour or dur
ing recess, the Board Of Directors should
have "A meeting to lay plans and present
them If the club convenes.
Entries in the Corn Growing Contests
will all remain open until June 10, 1916,
when these entries win close. Entries In
the Domestic Science Contest will close
October 10. 1916.
Persons who enter these contests at any
[ Dle become automatically members OF
the County Junior Contest Club. Any
boy or girl who discOntinues the regular
fork of the Contest at any time during
the year is automatically dropped from
in this Club.
on the third Saturday of July, at 10:.1
a. m, each County Junior Contest CmD
win elect two boys from its county to at
tend the State Fair for a whole week a I
the expense and under the direction of
the Board Of Agriculture Of Ohio. No
more than one of the two boys shall be
from the same township in each county
except where only one township may be
represented on the date OF election in the
Contests conducted by the Board of Agri-
cultur.
"Think three times before you plant
once; then think three times and culti-
yate," is the motto Of the Ohio State
Board of Agriculture.