Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-10
WINSL0W
Grange Fair Is Largely At
tended - Many Excellent Ex-
h hi t s-Pleasing Entertain
ment Program

Favored by clearing sky, though slight
~ COOL the first days festivities Of the
fair we're participated in by many PEG
pie The attendance was greatly increas-
ed IN the afternoon. A baker bean din
her was served at noon and was patron
lied by large number. The committee
in charge consisted Of Miss Clara Five
and Mrs. Arthur Getchell, assisted BY a
large corps OF helpers and table walters.
The Exhibits
The exhibition hall was filed with a
large collection Of exhibits. Miss Nav
Taylor Of Waverley, Mass, had an ex-
ceilent woven exhibit The works was
done on looms and was copied from old
fashioned coverlets used in our grand
mothers days. It included cushion tons.
scarfs for table and dressing case. A fine
crocheted shawl was shown by Mrs. Geo.
s. Getchell, crocheted spread and shams
by Mrs. Ambrose Dunbar. Luncheon set
by Miss Zadie Reynolds.
Quilts and Dishes
Silk quilts were exhibited by Mrs. Ma
~ Hamlin and Mrs Nellie Ellis. and
patchwork quilts by Mrs T. Wood and
Mrs. Nellie Ellis. Among the Colonial
exhibits was a bowl 81 years old which
lad been In use every day A coffee can
lister q years old.
Dried Products
Mrs. e. G. Hooper, chairman of the
conservation committee Of winslow. ex-
hibited a case of dried products contain
ing peas, string beans, carrots, corn,
sweet potatoes. shelled beans. kidney
beans. cucumbers, apple, plum, peach,
blackbsrries. raspberries. potato and to-
mato.
Vegetable Display
A fine line Of cabbage, beets, carrots,
parsnips, etc. was shown by A. F. Rey-
nolds. A good showing Of turnips beets,
carrots. parsnips. by F. S. and ]. B.
WILSON.
Two fine lots of corn were exhibit
ed by H. H. Dunbar, among the vege-
tables worthy of mention were those
exhibited by George S. GetchelI, Chas
w. Wilson, Cushman Farm. A dish
Of fine potatoes raised by Sam Clark,
Jr., bore a sign on them which read
as follows: Beating the High Cost
of Living. Seed, One Potato Picked up
on the Railroad Track. Fertilizer, Two
Fat Kennebec Suckers. Yielded as You
See It."
| A fine exhibit Of canned goods was
shown by the Girls Canning Club OF
Winslow. Mrs. E. c. Hooper showed
good line Of canned goods
Fruit Exhibit
Mrs. George S. Getchell had a GOOD
nf infi
were shown by Mrs. Ida Emery.
| A long table was we'll filled with
choice varieties of apples exhibited by
E. H. Patterson, J. H. Bailey, F. c.
| Drummond. F. C. Drummond showed
fine lot of grapes, also chestnuts
in the burr from the tree planted by
his father, the late George L. Drum
mond. The vegetable sale table was
in charge Of Mrs. Albert Chamberlain,
Miss Sadie Morrow, Mrs. John Wix-
son.
The flower tree and fancy sale ia
Bile yere in charge of Mrs. Charles
W. WILSON and Mrs. Oscar Reynolds.
Bread and Pastry
In the Bread and Pastry department,
cakes were shown by Mrs. Susan
Cushman, Mrs. Nellie Ellis and Mrs.
Albert Chamberlain; bread by Mrs. Ida
Chapman and Mrs. J. o. Peck; bis
cult by Mrs. J. j. Rainey and Mrs.
W. w. Watts; tarts by Mrs. Susan
Cushman; pies by Mrs J. j. Rainey
| and Mrs. George S. Getchell: dough
nuts by Mrs. Russell Weeks, Mrs.
Nellie Ellis and Mrs. E. c. Hooper;
cookies by Mrs. F. s. Smiley. Mrs.
E. c. Hooper Miss Sadie Morrow ana
Mrs. Nellie Ellis.
chiIdren's Exhibit
The children's pastry case contained
cookies by inertia Thomas and Mad
cline Jackins; cake. by Dorothy Cham
berlain. Sadie Thomas and Madeline
Jackins: biscuit, Doris Rainey: dough-
nuts, Sadie Thomas and Madeline
Jackins. Under the children's exhibit
was Shown butter made by Rebecca
Reed. aged 10; Mary Reed, aged II, and
Annie Hooper, aged 10
Butter and Eggs
Butter was exhibited by Mrs. Mary
Brown and r. o. Jones; cheese by Miss
Jennie Howard and Mrs. E. c. Hooper:
eggs by H. S. Howard, and honey by
George Hallowell.
School Exhibits
In the school exhibits some fine work
was shown by Grades I, II, II. Sand
Hill, Fort Primary. Fort intermediate.
A good display Of drawings, maps etc.
from the Barton school. An unusually
good exhibit was shown by Margaret
Salmond Of Grade VI. Barton school.
Poultry Exhibit
The poultry exhibit was UP to the
standard among the exhibits were
shown geese by Charles Thomas. Mr..
Thomas also exhibited a hen with
three legs. Two members Of the Wins
low Poultry club showed exhibits,
White Wyandottes by Annie Hooper
and Barred Rocks by Priscilla Clark.
Among the other exhibits were White
Wyandottes by r. o. Jones, Buff Wy
andottes by T. S. and j. B. Wilson;
ducks, three months old, by Alvah
Jackman; Hamburg hens by Arthur
Thompson.
Cattle Exhibit
Eight JsrseD cows and two calves were
exhibited from Ticonic farm; Jersey calf
by Douglas Clark; seven sheep by Charles