St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-10-18
sT. J. BOYS wIN HoNoRs.
Carry ON Bulk OF Prizes at Spring
field Exposition In Competition
With IL Other States.

In competition with teams repre-
senting the IL North Atlantic states
among which were many high schools,
the team representing the st. Johns
bury schools In the farm and home
handicraft work at the great indus.
trial and agricultural exposition held
at Springfield last week, carried on
the bulk of the honors. No less inn-
portant is the Vermont state cham.
pionship won at the same time by
another team from st. Johnsbury AZ
the exposition held at Burlington
The Springfield team composed OF
Orrie jerks, Sherburne Potts ana
Stanwood Brooks made the best team
and individual showing of the entire
IL states. Orrie jerks by carrying
off the honors in farm and home
handicraft work becomes the cham
pion of the North Atlantic and Mid.
die Western states. The sweepstake
prize for the best judging of handi-
craft work was won by Sherburne
Potts, while in team judging they
ranked a close second. Out of IL en-
tries of exhibits sent from St Johns
bury schools every one took a prize
Martin Foye's exhibit taking high
with a second and two-thirds.
The Burlington Exposition
The team selected to represent st
Johnsbury at the Burlington exposi-
ton of the boys and girls of Vermont
arrived home Saturday. The four
members of the team, Clayton Gray,
Warren Scribner, Linwood Thomas,
and Russell Marshall, are the cham,
pions of the state, taking first prize
of $40 in gold for demonstrations and
excellence of display.
Their work was the center Of at
traction at all times, and the contin-
ued favorable comments from the in
terested spectators spoke well for
their efficiency. Russell Marshall
caned chairs, Warren Scribner, up
holstered footstools, and Clayton Gray
and Linwood Thomas made the forms
for flight of steps with wall, before
the people and then mixed the con-
crete and actually cast the steps. Sat
uEday morning they could be walked
upon.
In the individual exhibits on the
second floor of the Armory, our boys
entered 81 articles and made the sur
prising record of taking 26 prizes out
of possible 81, seven first, seven sec
ond, seven third, three fourth and two
fifth, or more than ali. other places in
the state combined.
The exhibit prize winners are IS
follows:
Best exhibit of 10 wood joints act.
ually made in some article, second
prize, Stanwood Brooks.
Best useful article by rural school
pupils, first, Lucien Benedict; second,
Arthur Ripley; third Murray Lyons
ell ~
prize, Theo Beck; third, Raymond
Drew fourth, Leonard Peabody; fifth
Martin Foye.
Best large piece of furniture, first
prize, Wallace Carter: second. Mel
vim Lynch; third, Clayton Silsby;
| fourth, Reginald Cowling.
Best farmyard or barn project. frst
prize, Carroll Towne; second Luther
Greene; third, John Lee. fourth Ellis
worth Copp; fifth, Warren Ecribner.
Best farm home project. first prize.
| Maurice Barrett; second, Nathan
Pike; third, Edward Nelson.
Best farm or home repair work
first prize, Orrie jerks, who showed
two methods of lacing a belt; third,
Stanwood Brooks, who exhibited three
window lights put in by him.
Best mechanical article, second
prize, Theo Beck, a balance scale. The
| first second and third prizes were
taken respectively on exhibits by Lin
wood Thomas, Gerald Daniels and
Sherburne Potts for the best con-
crete formA
The Springfield Exposition
Following is the account OF the
Springfield exposition by Supervisor OF
| Manual Training L. H. Baxter:
1 IT, viol
tural exposition at Springfield, Mass
| held jointly with the National Dairy
show and United States department OF
agriculture was place where the st
| Johnsbury boys were much in evil
dence.
The team which represented Yer
mont in the farm and home handI-
| craft work was composed OF Orrie
jerks, Stanwood Brooks and Sher-
burne Potts.
st. Johnsbury was selected by field
agents of the United States depart
ment of agriculture who had can.
vassed the state and unanimously
agreed on st. Johnsbury as the logical
one for the honor.
Representatives were present from
the United States department at the
industrial convention held In st
Johnsbury last spring and were great
ly influenced by the character and
practical lines of work the grammar
schools showed there.
Twelve entries were sent to Spring
field and every entry took a prize
Four first, four second and four third
The winners were as follows:
Best exhibit of knots tied and
mounted, second prize, 6herburr
Potts.
Best seed tester, first prize, Orri'
jerks.
Best brooder, first prize. Nathan
Pike.
; Best trap nest, third prize, MARTYR
Foye.
Best bird house, first prize, LinwooC
Thomas; second, Martin Foye.
Best milk stool, second prize
George wilkins.
: Best fiy-trap, third prize. Martin
Foye.
; Best ironing board, second prize
Raymond Drew.