The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-09-27
SCHOOL EXHIBITS
ARE INSPIRING
ANNUAL SCHOOL FAIR SUCCESSFUL
Enormous Crowds Visit Hood River Gar.
age to See Display of Fruits, Veget-
ables, Poultry, Art Work

thousands OF cans OF vegetables ana
fruits and scores of heaps of fresh veg
etables that they have rallied to the
appeal of the nation for a greater food
production.
1.-THE exhibits have been truly in
spiring," declared Miss Helen Cowgirl,
of the Oregon Agricultural College,
who with H. c. Seymour, of the o. A.
c., and Mrs. Georgia Swafford, Port
land teacher, judged displays, land |
hope thatsthey will most.:all be sent to
the state fair at Salem. "
The canning contest was won by the
team fromythe Oak Grove school, COM
posed of Beatrice Angus, Evi Annala
and Merle Bedall. The girls pared,
prepared and canned five pint cans of
peaches in a record time:of Is minutes.
Three little tots, Z, 8 and 10 years,
gave successful demonstration in
canning. The largest individual dis
play, 720 jars of fruits and vegetables,
was made by Miss Angus, who is only
II years of age.
In addition to the Oak Grove canning
team, free trips were won to the state
fair by the following Grace Reed,
Clara Barton, Robert Vinson and Cor
don Graft.
81 have spent the entire summer
demonstrating to Portland women the
methods of canning" said Mrs. Swat
ford, land really | believe the children
displayed greater interest and skill
than any adults with whom | have
ever before come in contact. To see
three little children of the Pine Grove
schools, little Leona Allen, Ruth Boles
and Riddle Lage, the Oldest only 10,
pairing paches and handling cans like
veterans, was a sight that certainly
ought to inspire US older folks"
Plans have been made to transport
Miss Angus big exhibit in its entirety
to the Salem state fair to. be shown to
demonstrate what a II year old school
girl can do. Beforessthe season is over
Miss Angus, who will can products for
a number of Portland families, expects
to have a total of 1900 cans of fruits
and vegetables.
Premiums were awarded at the fair
as follows:
Cluk Corn Growing-Robert Vinson,
first; Edgar Hagen, second; Chester
Chevron, third, and Harold Hagen,
fourth.
Club Potato Growing Curtis Gould,
Edgar Hagen, William Swick and
James johnson.
Club Vegetable Growing Gordon
Graft, Floyd Dixon, Laverda Gear
heart and Wilmuth Gibson.
Caring for six laying hens for six
months, club project, one prize, Gre
tia Taylor.
Club Poultry Raising-Viola Colvin,
Cretia Taylor, Danny Pierson and Glen
Mendenhall.
Farm and Home Handicraft, a club
project, only one entry, Frank Belli-
men.
Club Sewing-Grace Reed, Margaret
Pierson, Martha Hanahan and Violet
Hukari.
Club Baking-Frances Fuller, Viola
Colvin and Fred Walker.
Club Canning Clara Barton, Ruth
Rogers, Mabel Miller and Gladys Rob-
erts.
Unorganzied contestants were divid-
ed into two classes, all over Ia years
of age in Class A, while those under
that age were placed in class B.
First, second and third premiums
were awarded in the two classes on
unorganized entries respectively as
follows:
Field Corn-Class A, Charles Pealer,
Harold Grafton and Kenneth krummen-
acher; Glass B, Paul lie Francq, Hugo
Michenfelder and Glen Cunningham.
Popcorn-Class A, Kenneth krum-
menacher, only entry; Glass B, Lewis
Burns, Glen Cunningham and Roy
Smith.
Hubbard Squash - Glass B only,
Pearl Hershey, Floyd Dixon and Paul
LIE Francq.
Pie Pumpkin-Class B only, Harriet
Schimpff, Jennie Moore and Ethel
Chambers.
Largest Stock Squash - Glass A,
Maurice Graft, only entry: Class B,
Forrest Barton, Merrill Vinson and
Paul LIE Franco.
| Tomatoes-Class A, Maurice Graft,
only entry; Glass B, Hugo Michenfel-
der, Helen Clough and Mary Vinson.
Potatoes-Class A, Henry Sonnick-
sen, Robert Vinson, Kenneth Krum-
menacher; Glass B, Beryl Coates,
Frank Pierson and Paul LIE Franco.
Cabbage - Glass B only, Herbert
Schimpff, Helen Clough and Harold
Wells.
Onions - Glass A, Charles Pealer,
only entry Glass B, Paul Pemberton,
Anna Lybarger and Joseph Peasley.
Beets one entry Glass B, Hugo
Michenfelder.
Large Breed of Chickens-Class B
only, Clara Lybarger, MARY Edith Win
ter and Sherman Zweigart.
Small Breed of chickens-Cla B
only, Robert Battey and Sherman
Zweigart.
Bantams - Glass B only, Tommie
Warren and Ivan Matheny.
Manual Training High School, Nix
on Battey, Teddy Hackett and Wilbur
Bywater; Grades, Darwin McBain,
Howard Blackman and Edward Vol.
storff.
Rabbits B only, Frank Pier
son, Bernard Krohn and Paul Huelat.
Asters-Class B only, Wilmuth Glib
son, Mabel Hillstrom and Paul LIE.
Franco.
Dahlias-Leila Reed, Mary Bishor
and Pearl Curtis.
Sweet Peas Maurice Graf and Paul
LIE Franqc.
Best Apron-Clsss A, Irene Fewell,
Reba Wall and Iva Gray; Class B, Ir
ma McCauley, Irene Ingalls,, Myrtle
Hillstrom.
Best Darn Irene Reed, Marian
Cameron and Irma Annala.
Best Pie-Alva Mckee, Hattie How
ard and Nellie Nealeigh.
Best Cake - Glass A, Katherine
Stewart. Glass b, Evelyn Cram, Ma
rian Butler and Hardy Tomlinson.
Best Dress - Ella Morgan, Glady:
Smith and Alice Carson.
Best Art Work, a contest between
schools-West Barrett, Pine Grove anc
East Barrett,