The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-04-19
Boys of Grades
Show Bird Houses
Contest Closes Saturday; Liberal
Prizes Given by Merchants
Awarded to Winners
FORTY-SEVEN HOUSES
PUT ON DISPLAY
Fred Melges Wins First Prize on
Upper Grades; Guy Manning
First in Sixth Grade

Upper Grades; Guy Manning
First in Sixth Grade
The birdhouse contest partici-
pated in by the boys Of the Sixth,
Seventh and Eighth grades of
the local schools, closed Satur-
day with display Of the houses
in the lecture room Of the libra
ry. Forty-seven houses were
displayed, and the artistic plan
ming and neat workmanship were
revelation to anyone not in
close touch with the work the
boys have been doing. The en-
tire collection represented abil-
ity and great painstaking on the
part of the boys as we'll as re-
f1ecting much credit on their
instructor Glenn Lukens under
whose direction the work was
done.
The work of the boys of the
Sixth was especially remarkable
inasmuch as all the help they
had been given by Mr.. Lukens
was necessarily given in one
lesson period. In this grade the
first prize, a hat given by Aune
and Thune, was won by Guy
Manning, the second, a high
priced catcher's glove given by
E. A. Pease, was won by Arthur
Kuenzli and the third, a signet
ring from Asleson and Hillig,
was won by James lima. Os-
car Won Mosch, in this grade,
won honorable mention.
In the Seventh-Eeighth con-
test Fred Melges won the first
prize with a martin house of
twelve rooms, one of the best
planned and best constructed
houses imaginable. This house
will Dt plated On the lawn of the
Melges home. The prize for this
house was suit of clothes Civ
en- by Hubbard and Davis. The
second prize was won by James
Gull on a fine house for chicka-
dees or nuthatches. This prize
was a ball, bat and rule book
from Jaehning Bros. The house
taking the third prize was a
twelve room wren or finch house
of the California bungalo type,
built and painted most artistic
ally by Ronald Baldwin and Ted
Pease. The third prize was
pair of shoes given by H. J. He'll
man. It has been decided that
Ted will wear the shoes morn
ings and Ronald will wear them
afternoons.
The boys getting honorable
mention in these grades are
Ralph Leavens, Vern Larson,
Fred McAllister, Erwin Seifert,
Erwin Yackel, Curtis Hyde and
Truman Payne.
The largest house, and one
which would in al probability
Lave won a prize had it not
been entered too late, was MAR
tin house built by John lima.
This house will home twenty
martin families and is real
bird palace.
Among so many houses it is
impossible to mention the su-
perior qualities of each, but for
quaintness and real beauty. the
two-room martin house built by
Truman Payne was perhans one
of the most remarkable shown.
This house is rustic in design
and shows sense of real BEAU
ty in line and coloring, on the
part of the boy constructing it.
Truman was also responsible in
large measure for the moss
covering of the table, which
added much to the attractive
ness of the display. The lecture
room Of the library proved an
excellent place for this exhibit,
the first one held here since the
room has been vacated by the
Council. 1t is probable that the
room will be useo quite largely
for school displays Of various
kinds.
~r1rYD~rr an uorv r0nrnrrYNYvoNr