The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-11-22
TEN RECEIVE GOLD BADGES
Attractive Badges, With Child Farmer
Engraved on Them, to Reward 500
Children for Summer Tolls Sill
yer and 25S Bronze Badges.

own in Kenosha Never in the days
of the mythical past did they have
more devoted followers than they have
had among the thousands of children
gardeners of Kenosha who through the
long summer and late in the fall have
followed the hoe down the long rows
of potatoes or corn as they gave up
many of their youthful pleasures to
give the turnips little better show or
give the "taters an extra buggin. =
The gardens have paid well too, but
those who have been exceptionally
dutiful and have consequently been
successful beyond their widest dreams
are to receive on next Friday af-
ternoon medals to mark them among
their comrades as masters and past
masters Of the art of gardening.
The medals which are to be present
ed by Director David 0. Fogwell, I'M
der whose direction the work has gone
on, are of three ranks-gold, silver and
bronze. All are similar in design bear
ing upon it an enclosing of the "Boy
With the Hoeo and above it the mono
gram K. G. G. IT for Kenosha Child
Gardeners. The girls, and many of
them have proved themselves success
full farmers are to receive pins while
the boys will receive buttons which
they can wear in the lapels Of their
coats. The gold badge, which is the
highest one granted, is to be awarded
to only ten, who have excelled all their
comrades in their garden productions.
After them comes a group of thirty
eight, who received silver badges and
last of all two and thirty-eight who
are to receive bronze badges. The
order in which the various groups are
announced does not indicate in any
way their ranking and there has been
little attempt to decide between the
contestants of the various groups.
The last class has, however, been
divided roughly into three groups
according to their averages.
The badges have proved a powerful
incentive to the children in continuing
their work throughout the summer and
will be the means of leading to even
more interest in another year. They
were made possible through the gift Of
Chester G. Allen last spring and have
been worth many times their intrinsic
value in increasing the production of
the thrift gardens. The high honors
among the juvenile gardeners were
divided between Ralph Barnes Of the
Lincoln school and Matthias Schwanke
Of the st. George School, both receiv-
ing a grade of ninety-fve per cent and
being among those who will be award
ed a gold medal on Friday afternoon.
The children who are to receive gold
medals for their thrift gardens, are:
Fred Hoffman, John Sapinski, Peter
De Cello, Ralph Barnes, Louis Knis-
kern, Matthias Schwanke, Andrew Mar
ski, Marcia butcher, Agnes Boldt and
Roy Merrill.
The awards for silver medals are
made to the following children: Albert
Wendelin, Angelic De Cello, Stanley
Gober, Frank Larsen, John Serpe, Joe
Bultman, Michael Kolowski, Horace
Barden,. Julius Weiss, Eugene Weiss,
Justin Barber, Norman Wade, Alloys
Wervie, Richard LANCER, Michael Lum-
pert, Clarence Tennessen, lima Charl-
ton, Francis Murphy, Anna schien-
brood, Sarah Schienbrood, Chester Jen-
sen, Lester Jensen, Charles Dumke,
Ralph Martin, Oscar Hansen, Elmer
Hansen, Henry Zawadsky, Francis
Turk, John Jardenski, Carl Piedot, Roy
Landane, Richard Henderson, Eugene
Glowaski, John Kramer, julius Hoff-
man, John Modiesky, John De Cello
and Emma Sandowsky.
In addition to these there will be
awarded the bronze medals to more
than two hundred children, which
makes the list too long for publication.
The short ceremony of presentation in
the various schools will make a fitting
close to the thrift garden movement
which has been so successful as
shown in the exhibits at the school
fair early in October.