The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27
)OYS AND GIRLS
 WILL TAKE NENA
,r,b Annual Polk County Educa- ,;onal Rally and Fair on October sq Promises Big Things-A Fine Premium List.

The Fourth Annual Polk County z.,icational Rally and Boys and n,rls Club Fair. to be held in Mena
 Friday. October i2, promises to hs the best in the history of this
 Pavement Supt. w. Homer Pigg .od Miss Anna Woods, county home aemonstration agent, who are co-op- arating ill the preparations, are .oeefing with hearty encouragement |rom teachers and patrons turnout tbe county and the business men Of Mena have responded liberally with Honations for premiums.
 # The displays of school and club nork will be placed in the court sfnom. where the exercises of the aav will also be held. The addresses Xviii be delivered by Prof. James L.. sBond. State Superintendent of Pub aie instruction: c. w Watson, State Agent U. s. Department of Agricul- sture. Prof. Geo. w. Reid, superin- ssendent of the Fort Smith schools; Aad Miss Emma Archer, state home demonstration agent. There will be snmsic, instrumental and vocal. dur Eng the program.
 As the opening feature of the day s |actiyities, there will be procession |of the school children, which will |form in front of Averitts store on South Mena street at 9:i5 a. m, and proceed to the courthouse, and upon Iarriving there the program will be given.
 The premiums will be much more varied and numerous than in for mer years, starting out with a large |tniied States Flag, which will gv .o the school having the largest per- c,ntage of it's enrolment in tEe pro- ,essson. Then. each school having and exhibit will be given a premium, and premium will be given to each club member in attendance. In the girls canning club contest there will be premiums of merchandise amounting to Sii, to be given to the ist, 2nd, 3rd, and ith best displays. The exhibits will consist of canned fruits and vegetables put up by club girls.
 Cash premiums to the value of $f0 in each class will be given to the boys growing upland and bottom land corn, to be given in the ratio of S5, 8 and S2 for the ist Ed and Sd best display in each class. The exhibit in each case will consist of 10 ears of corn grown by the club member Seven dollars will go to members of the boys peanut club. in the proportion of si, s2 and Si for the fist, 2d and Sd best display of ten punches of peanuts with tops left on, grown by the club member The same amount and distributed in like manner will go to the cotton club boys, the exhibit to consist of a good sample of lint and bolls suit ably mounted or a stalk of cotton. The pig club boys will secure SIP, divided into two prizes, one of So and the other of S4, to go to the ex- hibitor of the ist and 2nd best regis tered pig raised by the exhibitor The miscellaneous premiums will go to reward patriotic and utilitarian efforts on the part of the pupils, and will be distributed as follows:
 Best United States Flag made
 by pupils ................ .S2.OO Second best United States Flag
 made by pupils ...s....... 100 Best Arkansas Flag made by
 puplls ......s............. 1.uu second best Arkansas Flag made
 by pupils ................. i.G0 Best ax handle made by pupils. 100 Best hammer handle made by
 pupils .............. t0C Best bird house made by pupils LOG Best 10 ears of corn grown by
 pupil not club member. =. OC Best display of canned goods by
 pupil not club member .. 200
 All exhibits should be entered not later than 6 D. m-, Thursday, Octo- Der fl. Exhibits may be sent either 10 Superintendent Pigg or to Miss Woods Whn will epc to if that thpy