Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-02

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| Good weather favored the farmers of
| this vicinity today at their annual fair,
| which proved to be one Of the most
| successful ever held in this town. The
exhibits were larger and better this
| fall than they have been for several
years and there was good competition
for the premiums in almost every
class.
There was a very good attendance
Early in the forenoon the farmers be-
gan to gather at the fair grounds and
by noon automobiles had brought good
crowds from Augusta and surrounding
| towns a baked bean dinner was served
at noon in the Town hall.
Baseball Game
The feature of the day was a base
ball game played hetween the Sidney
nine and the North Augusta team. The
| local team took the visiting team into
camp by the score Of to /, putting up
a strong game from beginning to end.
Charlie Ellis pitched a good game for
j the winners and received fine support,
while the North Augusta boys played
a loose game throughout. AS the North
| Augusta boys had previously defeated
| the Sidney team by the score of IL to Z
! the two teams now stand even and it is
| probable that another game will be
! played to determine the winner of the
| series.
Peterson and Tillson were the heavy
hitters for the local team but by the
ground rules they were allowed only
two bases on hits, which looked good
for three sacks. The two teams We're
made up as follows: Sidney-Phl-
brook c; Ellis, p; H. Philbrick, 1b; Till
son, 2b; Peterson, 3b; c. Vert, IS;
Bailey, If; E. Vert, CT; r. Philbrick, IF;
| North Reconsideration. c; Roy Lyon,
p; Lee Ayers, lib; Lendall Ayers 2b;
! .Judkins. 3b; Cummings, S. Percy Lyon.
| If; Leighton, CT; White, IF. The UNI
pires were Darrell and Vert.
The midway although not large was
attractive and the booths received good
The Exhibits
/ The exhibit of horses and cattle was
particularly praiseworthy. Early in the
| afternoon the horses and colts were
/ shown off in the road in front of the
hall and the work of judging the diff
ferent classes was commenced. The
| lower floor of the hall was filled with
! exhibits Of farm produce and fancy
work. Among the farm produce eX-
hbits was that of D. l., Weeks, which
attracted much attention both on ac-
count of it's size and it's quality. A
! Hubbard squash weighing 81 pounds
~,
and six inches was exhibited by Eu-
gene Durrell. Another unusual exhibit
was of Boston early picking cucum-
Der. weighing three pounds and five
ounces.
Baby Show
/ Fifteen pretty babies We're entered
! in the Baby show held in the after
/ noon and to decide which one of these
was the prettiest the judges found to
be no easy task. Prizes We're awarded
as follows: Prettiest baby-first prize,
Florence Clark Tanner; second prize
Lucille Catherine Cowen; third prize,
Hannah Belle Clark. Largest baby
eight months old or under, Virginia
Luther Peck. The committee was made
up Of Mrs. M. L. Goodhue, Mrs. w. B..
| Haskell and Mrs. Ernest Sibley.
| Dance in Afternoon
Dancing was commenced early in the
| afternoon on the second floor of the
hall and was continued until 5 o'clock,
4 the dances being enjoyed by all Md
sic was furnished by Mrs. s. c. Brack-
EFT, pianist, and Frank Taught, vio-
linist.
| Officers Of Fair.
The officers of the fair were: Presi-
! dent, F. A. Barnard: secretary, C. S..
Taylor: assistant secretary, M. n.
Taylor; marshal, c. A Houghton; SUI
| perintendent of grounds, W. A. Field;
superintendent Of hall. Mr.. and Mrs.
c. G. Philbrick; superintendent Of
horses, w B. Haskell; superintendent
of neat stock, Frank Taught; directors
F. A. Barnard. George Austin, c. S.
Taylor, Ernest Wyman, G. S. Shaw
and c. P. Philbrick.
Premiums Awarded
Premiums were awarded at the fair
as follows:
POULTRY
Best display-F1rst premium. w. T.
Peterson; second premium, F. E. Blake.
Partridge Plymouth Rocks-Ffrst
premium, F. e. Blake.
Rhode Island Reds-First premium,
w. T. Peterson.
White, Leghorn-First premium, w.
A. Leavitt.
| Committee-C. A. Waite, c. o. Da-s
Wis, F. e. Blake. .ss
SPECIAL PREMIUMS 81,
Fancy work-First premium, A
Moore. ,sss9
Committee-Mrs. A. w. Hammond,
Mrs. F. E. Blake and Mrs. E. "A. TILE
son.
Cut fiowers-First premium, Mrs D.
S. Weeks.
Committee-Mrs. George s. Shaw.
Miss Addie Sawtelle and Mrs. B. n
Taylor. -sxts
Canned fruit-First premium, MeM
G.. A. Austin. I'LL
CommitteeMiss Minnie c.. Moofes
Mrs. Walter Haskell and Mrs. r. ~
Moore.
FAT STEERS
First premium, A. F. Clark; seooiSd
premium white faced David A. Field: