The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-09-28
KENNEWICK GIRL
FIRST in STATE
Miss Agnes Hawkins Wins First
Prize at State Fair in the
&. Cooking Contest

f. Cooking Contest
At the State Fair at North Yakima
just closed the state championship in
cooking was won by Agnes Hawkins
of the local high school, representing
Benton county. Benton county was
also awarded first for the best booth
displaying the products of the schools,
and had the further honor of being the
only county out of the twenty-eight
competing at the fair to take two
first awards. The schools which con-
tributed to the Benton county booth
were the Kennewick schools, with an
exhibit of plain and fancy sewing, art
and. stencil work, cooking and can
ming; the Kiona-Benton schools with
an exhibit of 1000 jars of fruit canned
by their canning club; and the Finley
schools which exhibited some excel
lent grade sewing. :, :fhe competition
among the different counties was keen
and the winning Of the championship
banner by Benton county is a graft
flying tribute to the work of the
schools of this county. r.
To, win her championship in cook
ing Agnes Hawkins, who has taken
two years. of domestic science work in
the high school, had to work. each day
from two till five o'clock at the pre-
scribed cooking and serving for that
day. The first day her problem was
to make one dozen biscuits and one
dozen cookies; the second day she had
to make one dozen cookies and cake;
the third day she made a vegetable
salad, dozen biscuits, coffee, and
served a luncheon. Each day, also,
she had to write out and post the re,
cipes for what she cooked and state
the cost of each item entering into the
composition of the food. Her prob
lens also included the laying Of fires
and the reduction of over-hot ovens to
proper temperatures. In, making the
award Of first prize to Miss Hawkins,
the judges complimented her upon the
self-possession she showed and her
ability to put into practice under try
ing circumstances the excellent home
and school training she had received.
The first prize offered by the fair
management in the cooking competi-
ton was three-burner oil stove.
In sewing Miss Doris Harper Of the
local high school had to hem by hand
tea towel the first day; the second
day she hemmed hand towel by ma
chine and was given a limited amount
of material from which she had to
make an apron to fit herself and a
holder, having to design and cut her
own apron pattern. She was not al
lowed to confer with anyone else and
the apron she made had to fit well
when tried on before the judges. Miss
Harper's rating was high in all her
work.
In the manual training, Lester Cox
was given the problem of making a
wash bench of certain design, GER
tain dimensions being given and the
other dimensions to be worked out,
thus requiring knowledge of mechan-
ical drawing. The lumber had to be
cut, spoothed, fitted, sand papered
and oiled and the construction work
finished. Over time was allowed on
this project as it poved impossible for
any one of the contestants to finish
within the allotted time of three af-
ternoons. r.a 49, u@... : ~
In the canning club work each team
had to can each day three quarts each
of tomatoes, stringeG beans, peaches
and pears, total of thirty-six quarts
for the three afternoons worked. No
recipes were allowed in the booths nor
could anyone be in the booths at the