Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-11-06
THE FIRST ANNUAL sAGRICUL.
TURAL, DOMESTIC SCIENCE
AND SCHOOL SHOW, Mo.
VALLEY. IOWA.

AND SCHOOL SHOW. Mo.
VALLEY, IOWA. i.
The first annual agricultural,' do
mestic science, and school show! for
Mo. Valley is to be- held at the High
school building on December 5, 1919.
The object Of this shaw is. to forward
the interests of education in this COM
!. munity. The whole world is Begin
ming to wake up to the fact that in
the future those who would win out
in this complicated and complex life
are those who have really prepared to
live. Our children or our children's
children can not live in the same way
in which we and our fathers have
lived. They can not start out in life
with the same education that we have
had and expect to meet with equal
success. Think how much more i'm
portant the word competition is now
than it was a few years ago. At the
present time, it is up to each and ev-
cry one of us to be able to do some
thing just little better than the
other person if we expect. to keep our
heads above water.
Now what we need is to have those
people who are interested in educa-
tiop, in any Of its phases, get togeth-
er and boost for what they want. And
who is not interested in home life and
would not like to see our girls grow
up into better and more useful wo-
men? Who is not interested in agri-
culture and would not like to see our
next generation Of young farmers go
out and produce more and better crops
than our prestnt day farmers are able
to do? Who would not wish the
Z children to have every advantage pos
sible for them to have? You are in
terested in these things and this COM
munity needs your help in making this
show real power for good. No mat
ter low GOOD the Rural School Teach
CT. she can not make the most of her
wo.ll if the parents of the children are
Iot 1...crested. The town grades and
High school may be ever so weel
equipped with materials and supplied
win The best of teachers and yet they
n..siss;ss ,riserably fail if they do not
ha1ve Tie cooperation of the communi-
ty at large. It is not our churches,
our schools, our clubs or any other
one of these institutions which we
value SO highly, that makes our
neighborhood good place in which
to live. It is the fact that we are
each willing to do our best TO pre-
serve and ,co-operate with these insti-
tutions for the benefit Of our neigh
Dor, that counts.
The children need you, the school
needs you, your neighbors and the
community needs You and they are
all expecting you to help make this
show a success. This, is your part
ard your duty.
Our show will be made up Of the
following departments: &
The Agricultural department will
.1e primarily corn show. Tor this
year. There will be some twenty
premiums offered with something
like one hundred and fifty dollars in
cash. In connection with this there
will be a. corn judging contest in
which any boy between. the age of
twelve and nineteen years of age may
enter. 1t is the intention to make
this an educational and get-together
meeting in which you and and our
neighbor can meet, and talk things
over together.
In the Domestic Science department
the stress will be laid largely on a
food show. Some thirty premiums
will be offered and an amount quite
equal to that of the agricultural de-
partment will be given in premiums
Here, too, there will be considerable
emphasis laid upon the educational
side of the Work, but the big aim Of
, it all will be to get together: to be-
come better acquainted and to know
each other and the school.
& It is also being planned to have q
rural and town school display, con-
!, sisting of exhibits put on by differ
ent surrounding country schools anc
the different grades Of the town
There will be the cooking and sewing
Of the domestic science department
the wood work Of tn manual train.
ing, the letter writing and book k-keep
ing Of the comlpercial, the lesson plans
and displays from the normal train
ing, the laboratory work of the ply
sizes and chemis try and the maps
records and outlines of the agricul
tural department. From the grades
there will be certain classes of dis.
plays as well as from the rura
schools.
With your help we will make thi.
day one that will be long remember
ed in this part Of the country. BOOST
THIS MEANS, YOU.
twill pay you to take advantage
Of the Specials offered in the Bas