The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-13
Woman's Club Civic Com
mittee Starts City Beau
tiful Contest.
SIS FOR EACH WORD
Separate Glasses for Flower
and Vegetable Gar
dens.

For the two fold purpose of making
Fairmont "a City Beautiful" and at
the same time to foster in her citizens
civic pride, the Civic committee of the
Woman's club of this city has inaugu-
rated what is known as A City Beauti-
full Contest, and every man, woman
or child in the city is eligible to COM
pete tor the two hundred dollars worth
OF prizes which the committee will Of
fer for the best flower and vegetable
garden grown in the city.
Rewards amounting to $50, will be
offered in each of the eight wards Of
the city, these rewards being made pos
sible through the efforts OF the men,
bers of the City Board Of Affairs who
propose to secure the money through
popular subscription.
Two prizes of $3.50 and two prizes
of $500 will be offered in each of the
wards.
Those wishing to compete for the
first prize must sign the Glass One cou-
pom printed elsewhere in the Wes-
:Nlrginian whereby he agrees to- make
either the best flower or the best veg
etable garden unaided.
To compete for the second prize, the
Glass Two coupon must be signed in
which the signer agrees to do at least
a portion of his own work in the MAX
ing OF either flower or vegetable gar
den.
Glass Three is open to anybody in
the city and the applicant IN this class
Orlr 'H1,tc nIocu
petes for honorary mention, no cash
prize going to entries in this class.
When the announcement was made
some ti1e ago that this contest would
be inaugurated inquiries began to come
to the promoters Of the contest in re-
gard to entering and from present in.
dication3 1t is thought there will be
great rivalry as more gardens are be.
ing planted and more flowers grown
this summer than has been the case
for number Of years.
The public spirited women in charge
Of the contest are enthusiastic as to
the outcome and believe Fairmont will
be q more beautiful and a better city
on account of it.
1t is urged that all who expect to en-
ter the contest will promptly sign the
coupon printed elsewhere in this is
sue and which will be printed for per-
haps two weeks, and forward it 10 Mrs.
Glenn F. Barns, First street, Fairmont
The following committees have been
named to have charge Of the contest:
Executive committee - Mrs. b. H.
Butcher, chairman; Mrs. w. /. Lydic.
secretary; Mrs. John G. Smythe, Mrs.
Glenn f. Barns, Miss Eliza Rock, Mrs.
Charles Powell, Mrs. Anthony Bowen.
Press committee-Mrs. A. l.. Leh-
man, chairman: Miss Elizabeth Stone,
Miss Anna Murphy.
Committees from different wards -
First, Mrs. Eva Holt, chairman; Mrs.
s. w. Stewart, Mrs. ]. L. Leech. Sec
ond, Mrs. Anthony Bowen, chairman;
Mrs. David Rodgers, Mrs. W. A. Law
ier. Third, Mrs. Rollo ]. Conley,
chairman; Mrs. Samuel Leeper, Mrs.
L. D. Howard. Fourth, Mrs. George
Price, chairman; Mrs. Harry William
son, Mrs. Minor Durham. Fifth, Mrs
Charles Powell, chairman; Mrs. G. H.
Brownfield, Mrs. Guy Cochran. Sixth,
Mrs. R. w. Potter, chairman; Mrs. A.
B. Knight, Mrs. Krider Rock. Seventh,
Miss Eliza Rock. chairman; Mrs. w. R.
Crane, Miss Callie Frey. Eighth, Mrs
Charles o. Jackson. chairman; Mrs
Arthur G. Martin. Mrs. o. ]. Watkins.
The plan for the contest is the Dav'
EXPORT, Iowa, plan and was highly rec
commended to the ladies' by Miss Maud
van Buren,. of the National Junior Civic
league, who spent last week in this
city In civic work. Tho movement has
received impetus from both Miss Van
Buren, and Miss Marguerite Jordan,
welfare worker, both of whom have CIV
en- valuable advice and assistance to
the Civic committee.