The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-06-06
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES

Miss Audell Cashion, daughter of
P. A. Cashion of near Libertyville, who
is now an eighth grade student in the
Hennessey, Okla, public school, re-
Gently entered a statewide essay con-
test conducted in the State of 0klaho-
ma, in which the entrants were all jun
Tor war gardeners.
From the entire number of essays
submitted in Oklahoma three prize
winning letters are to be selected. The
thirty best essays submitted are to be
published.
The many st. Francois county
friends of Miss Audell will be delight
ed to know that her essay entitled
"My Garden, has been selected as
one of the thirty leading essays, and
has been published in one of the lead
ing Oklahoma papers.
The County Superintendent regards
Miss Audells essay as most excel
lent one indeed, and believes that un-
less our neighboring State of Oklaho-
ma has host of veritable literary
geniuses that Miss Audell's essay will
be finally ranked as one Of the three
prize winners, if not as the grand prize
winner. Because of the excellence of
the said essay, it is here published in
full:
81 first heard of the U. S. S. G. A.
in 1918, at Pennington, Mo-, where |
was then attending school.
"The pupils of the different ward
schools in town assembled in the high
school auditorium and were divided
into four sections. A captain, a first
lieutenant, and second lieutenant,
were placed over each section.
"The school athletic grounds we've
plowed by volunteers, and on certain
afternoons one division of the army
would go there and work.
eve planted potatoes, beans, on
ions and tomatoes, which were sold by
the pupils, and the proceeds given to
the Red Cross.
ave pupils were Disguised when we
found there were potato bugs on the
potato vines, but no time was lost in
amenting. We called them Germans,
and fought battles, which caused a
great deal of fun.
"This year | am attending school at
Hennessey, Okla.
"When our teacher, Mrs. Weimer,
received the fall manual of the United
States school garden army, we organ
lied twenty-five strong, with Mildred
Mitchell, captain; Alton Gaudin, lieu
tenant, and Jack Wogan, second lieu
tenant.
"Our teacher had the janitor make
US window shelf, and one Of the pri-
| IL, hnN fNarp
eight inches long, one foot one inch
wide, and six inches deep, which we
filled with rich soil, and divided into
sections, and planted the Yellow
Pear, Early June, and the Earliana to-
mato seeds, and the Early Jersey
Wakefield cabbage seeds.
81 do not intend to have very
large garden, but l expect to raise a
variety Of vegetables.
81 shall plant the lettuce in a bed
and the radishes in rows several inch
es apart so that when the first crop is
nearly gone, l can plant in between
the rows, and keep a continuous sup
ply of fresh vegetables.
~ selected an early variety of to
matoes and cabbage, so that they viii
mature before the hot winds ant
drouth come.
"Some of the things that l am goinl
= to give special attention to are: Sc
lection of seeds, for, GAS man sow
a, eth so shall he reap; fighting the in
! sects, keeping the garden at work, anC
giving it continued care.
| 81 believe that if ! do these, | viii
} be helping myself, "Uncle Sam" ant
humanity. For, although the war il
won there still are people to be fed.
eve can help feed them by eating
fresh vegetables, so that less perish
t able food may be sent to them.
81 am in the eighth grade, and Mrs
Virda Weimer is my teacher"
: J. CLYDE AKERS,
County Supt. of Schools.