Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-04-18
FIELD DAY HELD
Second Annual Field Day Well
Attended. Exciting Mem
tai and Athletic Con-
tests. Bountiful Dinner.

In spite of the rain early Friday
morning, large crowd, probably
l,5oo, assembled at Edgefeld for
Field Day. Many of the schools OF
the county were represented and the
pupils and teachers entered heartily
into the spirit of the occasion.
About IL o'clock all assembled in
the auditorium of the high school
and were welcomed in appropriate
words by Ex-Gov. John G. Shep-
pard. During the interim or
time tnat some of the contests were
being held in the class rooms, a
brass hand which was composed of
about a dozen pieces furnished ap-
propriate music, the patriotic selec,
tions being received with vociferous
applause.
The entire program of the fore
noon proved to be exceedingly lu-
teresting. Below will be found a
list of the winners in the several
contests. An interesting feature of
the forenoon was the presentation
of the prizes by Rev. A. L. Gunter,
Mrs. Mamie N. Tillman and Mrs.
J. L. Minis that were awarded IN
the essay contest by the w. G. l..
U. A more detailed mention of
this contest IS made elsewhere In
this issue,
At the conclusion of the exercis-
es in the auditorium, all repaired to
the long table out on the campus,
where a bountiful picnic dinner was
served. The social half hour which
followed was greatly enjoyed, en-
abling friends from different parts
of the county to meet in pleasant
conversation. Early in the after
noon the athletic contests in front
of the school building proved to be
the most exciting feature of the
aay. A list of the awards of prizes
in these contest are also given below,
also the official score of the contests
of the day is published in tabulated
form in this issue.
The third annual Field Day was a
pronounced success. County Su-
perintendent of Education w. W..
Fuller and Prof. T. J. Lyon deserve
the highest commentator for their
unceasing efforts For weeks in ad-
vance which contributed so much to
the success of the occasion.
MENTAL CONTESTS.
Reading Contest:
First Grade = Sarah Wicker of
Trenton, and Maize Kemp of
Edgefield, tied for first place.
Second Grade : Frances Louise
Townsend, Edgefeld, first;
Sarah Yonce, Trenton, second.
Third Grade Mary Lille Boyd,
Edgefell. first.
Fourth Grade-Robert Tompkins,
Edgefeld, first; Elizabeth Tim
norman, Brnnson, second.
MAP DRAWING CONTEST.
Eugenia Brunson, Brunson, first;
Kate Minis, Edgefield, second.
Spelling Contest.
Laurie Moore, Trenton, first:
Johnston school, second; Meta
QUITS, Edgefeld, third.
Defamation Grammar School.
Edward Peak, Edgefeld, first.
Recitation Grammar School.
Elise Hudgens, first, Marguerite
Smith, Trenton, second.
Defamation High School.
Edwin Folk, Edgefeld first; Jud,
son Reedy, Johnston, second.
Recitation High School.
Lillian Marsh, Trenton, first:
Emmie Broadwater, Edge6eld,
second.
ATHLETIC CONTESTS.
so Yard Dash-Clarence Boyd,
Edgefeld, frst; Nat Herlong
Trenton, Second; Garris Long
Tlllman, third.
400 Yard Dash-Clarence Boyd,
Edge6eld, first.
r. H. Jump = Morgan Lamb
Edgefeld, first; Roy Crouch
Trenton, second; Price Morgan
Brunson, third.
r. B. Jump = Morgan Lamb,
Edgefeld, first; Roy Crouch
Trenton, second.
Athletic Contest for Boys over IA.
400 Yard Dash-Gamewell Smith
Harmony, first; Hob Byrd,
Edgefeld, second.
r. H. Jump-Marsh Long, Tren'
ton, first; Edgar Lanham,
second.
r. B. Jump-Bailey Whitlock.