The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-09
Interesting Work Is Being Dne by the
keokuk School Children to
Help Out In Pro-
duction.
CIVIC LEAGUE PRIZES
Local Association VIII Furnish the
Awards to be Given at
the End of the
Season.

club in Keokuk are watching their
gardens with considerable interest,
and are working on them at every OPP
portunity. The government garden
club idea met with hearty response
from the pupils of the keokuk
schools. The contest Is being con-
Quoted In cooperation with the CIVIC
league which is furnishing the prizes
for the best gardens to be judged a.
! the end of the season.
An interesting feature of the con-
test is the fact that prize winners OF
| last year and year before are not al.
lowed to compete in open contest
with other gardeners, they must COM
/ pete among themselves. The follow
/ ing is list of prize winners Of last
year and the year previous:
For 1915.
Garfield school-,First prize, $500,
Frank Morris, 529 Fulton street;
second prize, $1.0O, Calvin Alling.
SIS North Fifth street.
Second, Rugh Mont gomery, 524
Concert; second, Grafin Blood, 214
| Fulton street.
| Lincoln school-First, Raymond
Morris. California avenue; second,
Willard Holman, 1117 Park street.
Wells school-First, Floyd Griffith,
312 Ridge street: first, Leo Kessel
ring. 412 South First street: second.
iFrancis Vanderhayden, 205 South
Sixth.
| Honorable mention Margaret
Bates, rs South Seventh.
| Terrence school-First Donald Per
dew, 1920 Fulton; second, Lawrence
Conradt, 1927 Fulton street; second.
Fife Johnson, Sixteenth and Frank
lin.
berg. 1927 johnson street; second,
lCarl Rabe, 1712 Ridge street.
Honorable mention-Dorothy Pugh,
1902 Bank street.
| jefferson school-Ftrst, Thelma
Tieman, 1928 Palean street; second.
Fenton Powell. 1915 Palean street.
| Honorable mention-E1sie Conloy,
1908 Johnson street; Bertha Klann,
1925 Johnson street.
| Washington school-First, Leroy
| Williams, SIS North Tenth street;
second Horace Washburn. So Blon
deau street; Della Hentzel, 1912
High street; Melvin Hentzel, 1012
High street.
For 1915.
| First prize: Warren Perdew, veg
etable, florence school; Gladys Nc
Kenny, flower, Terrence school; Dor
othy Pugh, flower, Cary school;
Grafin Blood, vegetable. Garfield
school, Beverley Dickinson, veget-
able, Garfield school, Keith Cham
| bers, vegetable, Garfield school;
George Pattee, vegetable, Washing
| ton school; LeRoss Morris, vegetable,
| Lincoln school.
| Second prize: Florence Wander
HAYDEN. flower, Wells school; Horace
Washburn, flower. Washington
school; Edna Quick, vegetable, Wash
ington school; Fern Jones, flower.
Lincoln school: Jean Walker, flower.
Lincoln school.
Honorable mention: Agnes E.
Reeves, flower, Garfield school; Ruth
Montgomery, flower and vegetable,
Garfield school; Alice Heule, flower,
Washington school; Hazel Oertel,
vegetable, Washington school.
The Committee and Judges.
The garden contest committee is
composed of Mrs. ]. j. Ayres. Mrs.
Leonard Matless, Mrs. Lillian Whit
ney. Mrs. D. w. Bishop, Mrs. J. 8.
Diver, Mrs. Harry Culkin, Miss Mar
tina Baldwin, Miss liza Mitchell, Miss
Elizabeth Collier, Miss May Westcott.
The judges are as follows:
Wells district-Miss Elizabeth Col
lier, Miss Martha Baldwin.
Garfield-Mrs. w. g. Blood, Mrs.
l. A. Hamill.
Cary-Mrs G. S. Merriam, Mrs.
John c. Scott.
Lincoln-Miss LA Mitchell, Mrs.
D. W. Bishop.
Washington-Miss May Westcott,
Mrs. J. A. Kiedaisch.
Torrence-Mrs. Harry Culkin, Mrs.
G. E. Weisenberger.
Jefferson-Mrs. Joseph Skinner.
Tho Club Members.
The following are the members Of
the government garden club:
Washington School.
Warren Greenslaugh. Johnnie Hell
lenthal, Horace Washburn, Frank
Lake, Carroll Uhler, Clara Baur. Lii
liam Criswell, Bernard Barker,
Charles Bowers, Mary Louise Bre-
heny, Louise Linquist, Robert Mehler,
Jack Nickel, George Rulon. Mabel
Branson. Willis Hogan, Raymond
Madelaine, Edward Azinger. James
Bransou, Cecil Fuller Marie Lin
ouist, Edward Koch, Geneva Matthes.
Laura Reynolds, Roy Junior Happs,
Mary l.. Smith, Mable G. Davis,
Hazel c. Sullivan, Bertram Ullrich,
Gladys Stevens, Carroll Nelson, Bes-
sic Powers, Clyde James, John Bre-
heny, Lloyd Williams, Harley Walk
err, Leon Kesselring. Raymond JEFF
fers, York Anderson, Malcolm Tie.
man, Albert Foulkes, Rosie Haggerty.
Floyd Griffith, Rugh Montgomery,
Calvin Alling, LIE Rose Morris,