Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
Attended Convention.
HOME GARDEN PRODUCTS
First Annual Exhibition Held ct Cen traI Village Town HaIi-Exhibitors and Prize Winners.

The first annual exhibition of the products of the home gardens .culti- vated by the public school pupils of the town of Plainfield under the di- rection of the public schools, the coun- ty agent. Storrs college and the U. s. Department of Agriculture, co-operat- ing, was held in the town hall, Cen tral Village, Wednesday afternoon, Oct. Il.
 Eighty five Exhibitors.
 Some S5 pupils exhibited products which showed careful and successful work done during the season.
 Prizes were awarded for best, sec ond and third best showings, and a grand prize of a set of garden tools was awarded by the Plainfield grange to the pupil making the best showing in the exhibition.
 Won Five Prizes.
 This was won by Dorcas Clark of the Green Hollow School who won two first prizes and three second prizes IS follows: First prize, lettuce; first prize, Gold Cain potatoes; second prize, Golden Bell tomato; second prize. field corn; second prize, best specimen. flowers, pansies.
 Prizes were 25 cents for first prize, 15 cents for second prize and 10 cents for third prize.
 The Various Awards.
 There were 24 firsts, r second and Il third prizes awarded in the vari- ous classes.
 Corn, potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, beets, lettuce, swiss chard. pun pkins, watermelons, beans and sunf1owers were among the vegetables exhibited and there was also a good showing of flowers both as single perfect spec imens and best arranged bouquets.
 Essays Presented.
 Each pupil presented with his or her exhibit an essay showing how his garden was prepared and cared for. The essays of the first prize winners were read before the"audience as part of the program.
 The program follows:
 Order of Exercises.
 Song, Robinson Crusoe, boys from Moosup school folk dance, Norwegian piano solo, Valse Gracieuse, Mary Pa ranzino, Moosup school; reading Of papers of prize winners: Fred Per kins, Central Village school; Helen Williams, Moosup school; Dorc;Ni shulman, Central Village school; Alice Jacques, Black Hill school; Mary Clark, Black Hill school; Lewis Gal lup, Plainfield school; Alfred De- volve, Plainfield school: folk. dance. 1Ie BuCCerny Dance, BLACK Ftll school: song, Alice Ainsworth. Plain field school: reading of papers of prize winners: Ida Jacques, Black Hill school; Helen Brown. Black Hill school; Morris Lewis, Central Village school: original poem, James Howard, Moosup school; reading of papers of prize winners. Clement Mahew, Gen. tral Village school; folk dance. Taffy Was a Welchman, Green Hollow school; reading of papers of prize winners. Ruby Babcock. Black Hill school; gypsy dance, Ruth Moore, Black Hill school; reading of paper of prize winner, Ruby Babcock, Black Hill school: song, Chip. Chip. Chip, Central Village school.
 The Prize Winners.
 Sunfowers-Helen Brown, Black Hill, first prize; Amy Dorrance. Plain field, second; Mary Clark. Green Hol- low, third.
 Tomatoes-Ida Jacques Black Hill. first prize; Raymond Humes, Central Village, second; Ruby Babcock, Black Hill, third; golden Bell tomatoes Dorcas Clark. Green Hollow. second prize.
 StrawberriesMo Lewis. Central