Newark post., 1919-09-24
Delaware Boys
and Girls Win
Signal Honors
Make Fine Showing at Eastern
States Exposition
Newark Representatives Win
Gold Medals and Promi-
nent Position in
Movies

lVAOFLSS
The nine State Fair champions of
the Boys and Girls clubs who were
awarded free trips to the Eastern
States Exposition, returned from
Springfield last Saturday after spend
ing whole week in Camp Vail where
they had contested in Agricultural ac-
tivities with more than 300 other state
club champions of the ten eastern
States.
The Delaware boys and girls won
twelve medals and pure bred regis
tered Jersey heifer worth $3.50. The
Delaware corn judging team compos-
ed of H. Wallace Cook of Newark,
Stanley Short of Smyrna, and Leon
Donovan, of Bridgeville, were the
grand champions of the interstate
contest, and each member was award
ed gold medal for this achievement.
Mary Gruwell, Sara Dill and Naomi
Hughes of FELTON, merited second
: place as a team in the Garment Judg-
ing Contest and each was awarded a
; silver medal by the exposition. Mary
Gruwell also won the highest indivi-
dual honor in the eastern states in
this contest.
In the Canning Demonstration, the
three Delaware girls won third place
in competition with -arge array of
highly trained club demonstrators
from the other states, and each team
member was awarded a bronze achie-
vement medal. Miss Helen L. Com
] stock Clu bLeader, and Demonstra-
ton Agent of Kent county, directed
. the Delaware team in this.
j. Z. Vandenberg, Jr., of Bridge
vile, Lyman Reed of Newark, and
: Harry Nichols of Millsboro, repre-
y sented Delaware as team in the Pig
Judging Contest and the boys won
fourth place, each receiving bronze
b achievement medal.
Seven registered dairy calves were
y awarded to the champions of the
= Dairy Cattle Judging Contest. Harry
:. Nichols of Millsboro brought pure
> bred Jersey heifer home with him as
his award for superior work in judg-
ing.
The 800 Boys and Girls Club men,
u bers and several National, State and
o County Club leaders lived in Camp
n Vail on the Exposition grounds. They
q slept in army tents and used the mess
f kits of the Massachusetts National
= Guards. Director Harry Hayward of
h Delaware College, inspected the camp
n on Tuesday and declared it to be a
% model of its kind.
IS The Boys and Girls Club exhibits
filled a massive hall. delaware was
t. assigned the Canning Booth. The ex-
II hibit consisted of the various types of
It jars used in canning by the different
d methods, and the jars of fruit and We
1t getasles, which had been shown by
is the girls at the Delaware State Fair.
-e The canning club members and club
n leaders stood in the booth and ex-
m planned the Government one period
y cold pack method of canning and gave
E. out canning bulletins to thousands of
d interested visitors.
On Friday a Boys and Girls Club
= Pageant, mile long, was put on by
ie O. H. Benson, of the U. S. Depart
u ment of Agriculture. Delaware was
represented by Canning Club Float
that did credit to the Diamond State.
In addition Miss Agnes P. Medill
W County Club leader of New Castle
" county, directed large number of
le part in the pageant.
+ Throughout the week at stated per-
es iods group games and physical exer-
III cises were made the order of the day
G. Miss Dorothy Emerson, Club Leader
and Home Demonstration Agent OF
eS Sussex county, supervised the girls
in their playground work. Theodore
T. Martin, State Club Leader from
Delaware College, was director of the
camp.
The U. S. Department of Agricul-
of ture made moving pictures of the play
PC ground activities of the various agri'
n cultural contests, and of the exhibit;
n and the mile-long pageant. These
pictures will be shown in all parts oi
. the United States. In order that the
al club pictures might be unified arc
,t made more personal a club boy ard
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