The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-09-21
SCHOOL FAIR
WINS PLAUDITS
OF THE PUBLIC
Exhibition of School Children's
Handiwork is Surprise to
Many
DISPLAYS UNIFORMLY GOOD
:, Former Years School Show Has
Been Lost Sight of at the
Grape Carnival

The Sixth Annual Boys and Girls
Industrial Fair of the Kennewick
.hools, held Thursday and Friday,
vas not only a great success, but, to
many people, it was pleasant sur
urise. In former years the school fair
has been rather swallowed up as a
department of the Grape Carnival and
twas not until this year that the real
significance, the full scope, and the
Uniform excellence of the exhibits
were truly appreciated by the people.
The unanimous verdict of the many
visitors seemed to be that every ex-
hibit, from the folded paper design of
the tiny irst-grader to the finished
work or project of the high school
senior, not only reflected credit alike
upon teachers and pupils but evidenced
the general high standard of modern
education which is maintained in the
Kennewick schools. There is no ques-
ton but that many of the exhibits
would fully measure up to similar ex-
hibits of any schools in the state.
Every available foot of floor and
wall space in the Commercial club
rooms were utilized to display the
work in the educational, art, domestic
science and manual training depart
ments while the Annis building across
the street was filled with fruits and
vegetables and the results of a sea-
sons work of the pig club were rowed
in pens along Second street.
To Gladys Motter went the Highest
honors among the girls and the award
for the best display by any exhibitor
in cooking, canning and needlework.
Similar honors among the boys went
to Russell Lawson for the best and
largest display all classes considered.
Miss Motter also won first prize for
the best display of canned fruits and
vegetables by the high school pupils
and the best display of plain sewing.
Among the many praiseworthy ex-
hibits was the drawing of Norman
ynch, who was awarded first prizes
for the best display of original draw
ing and original cartoons; the hand
painted china display by Fern john
SON; the canned fruits and vegetables
OF Winnifred Huntington, who won
hrst prize not only for the best dis
play in the grades but also won the
'st prize with both high school and
grades competing; tie fancy work dis
plays of Pearl Weisel and Florence
Schenk, who won special prizes in the
nigh school and the grades respective
~; the manual training arts display
oy Wilbur Weisel; and the vegetables
grown and shown by Cyrus Zwanzig.
The sturdy pig raisers were not in
the least behind any of their school
mates in the excellence of their fin
lshed products. Marion Crutchfield
exhibited porker that would have
been close to the blue ribbon at any
1ancy stock show. The pig is 512
months old and tips the scales at 255
pounds. May 6, when the youthful
owner began to feed him up for the
H'", he weighed 3S pounds. Don
Cresswell, Jr., whose pig grew from
AZ pounds on May to 253 pounds on
september II, was a close second in
the competition.
Dozens of other exhibits are worthy
Oh special mention and did attract es-
peclal attention and favorable com
inent, but space will not permit OF
tneir detailed description. The com
piete list of awards is published in
another column of this issue.
financially the fair lacked only a
iew dollars of paying it's own way
exclusive of the prizes. Since the
snow was backed by the business mer
V'oer the direction of the CONNER.
slai club, Superintendent M. S. Lewis
mas submitted the following detailed