The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1919-04-10
MILDRED PIERCE
MADE PRESIDENT
BOYS AND GIRLS ACHIEVEMENT
STATE INSTITUTE

Miss Mildred Pierce of Glendale a
member of the Glendale Canning
Team and second in the state in in
dividual canning for the 1918 season,
was elected president of the Boys and
Girls Annual Achievement Institute
of North Dakota. provided for by the
agricultural college extension depart
ment.
This institute is held annually for
the county winners. over the state in
the boys and girls agricultural club
work.
Nineteen counties were represented
at the 1919 institute held March gath
to 29th with delegations from four to
twelve boys and girls each. Some
counties did not send their achieve
ment winners because of various
reasons as flu. season. and school
activities. etc.
Dickey county has eleven boys and
girls present because of the fact that
we carry on more lines of work. with
in the county than some parts of tho
ming team also went up.
Beside Mildred Pierce as county
champion in canning and second in
the state. the following also attended:
Grace Davis of Glendale. county
champion in sewing and also winning
test. Myrtle Mueller as the county
pig champion. and fourth in the state,
Florence Moore. Grace Moore and
Hazel Marshall as the canning team.
Ruth Youngquist of Monango as the
state winner In bread work for North
Dakota. Howard Blazer as the Dickey
county corn king among the boys at
least and Edward Kliment holding
the same position in the "spud" line
of business, las you know potatoes
helped win the wary, Bonnie David
son, with her production and conser-
vation work in gardening. and last
but not the least. even If the smallest
of the party. Edith Straub of Oakes,
for her real live and worthy work in
the poultry project.
Fargo at the expense of the Oakes
Business Mems Association and with
out doubt proved to the other coun-
ties of our state that the Dickey
county group were as good. alive and
wideawake representation that ever
attended an institute
Real Features Of Institute <
During the week a definite line OF
work was followed and carried out
according to the program. Some of
the real live and interesting things
were: The organization and business
meetings, plays. games. and movies.
visiting the agricultural college cam
pus and buildings, short course work
In the various projects of club work.
meat cutting demonstrations and
other practical farm work. talks on
and visiting everything from banana
trees to aligators. songs and stunts.
veterinary clinic for boys. home
nursing for girls, visiting factories,
schools, Y. NJ. c. A. building, also
seeing special fire department drill,
livestock judging and inspection of
all the various flocks and herds of
farm animals at the Experiment
Station. Probably outside of the big
swim in the Y. M. c. A. tank by the
boys, the banquet given to the whole
assembly by the Fargo business men
last Wednesday night in the Armory
was the most enjoyed time of the
week as several noted people of the
state spoke to the young people.
DR.. Ladd, president of the Agricul-
tural College. Rev Lee Howard, Prof.
Randlett of the Extension work, and
Miss Louise Fitzgerald, being among
those that gave the boys and girls
some advice,