The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-19
Exhibits Of Boys And Girls Work
Were Among Best At Carter County: Fair
Agents Well Pleased With Display: Many
Prizes Are Awarded To The Club Members

(By Mrs. Maude X. Tanner Editor
Weekly Ardmoreite)
II you are an Ardmore booster and
take the interest that you should in
your home county, you of course vis-
ltel the fair this year and saw the
summers work OF the Carter county
Boys ana Girls club work. The clubs
are made up ofs boys and girls be-
,ween The ages of 10 to II years and
their activities have been attcactive-
ly displayed The past week at the
annual fair. Nothing so stimulates the
young people on the farm as a b'uc
ribbon or the awarding of prize
for their works. The annual county
fair furnishes the channel for COM
petition for these prizes and produces
an opportunity whereby they may
measure themselves and their works
by the standard of the community.
Never before has the department
devoted to the Boys and Girls clubs
of the county been so well cared for
with money prizes as at the 1920
fair and the boy or girl who failed
to make winning will be encouraged
to make a stronger effort in 1921. The
county fair board appreciates what it
means to have young men thoroughly
skilled in the best methods of farm
ing and stock raising and 10 have
the young women of the county eff
liccntly trained and fundamentally in
terestcd in the essentials of real home
making, domestic science, etc.
This department is under the super
vision of County Agent ]. w. Simp-
kins and Home Demonstration Agent
Mrs. Minnie b. Church.
Requirement of Membership.
To enter into this department the
boy or girl must show that they are
bona fide club members in the county
and must have brought their record
| book up to date with their exhibit to
the fair. All canned products and ev-
cry article competing for prizes must
have been raised in the county since
! October ], 1919
Agents Pleased With Exhibits.
Mrs. Church together with Mrs
Daisy Frazier district agent for the
girls work on the west side of the
state and who is visiting all the
county fairs in her district for the
purpose Of judging the girls work
and awarding the prizes, have seen
| TO ii that every girl who entered their
work Mt the fair received reward
for the effort they put forth and
while in many instances the matter
has been hard to decide as to who
was entitled TO the cash prizes Of
| fered by the fair board Mrs. Church
feels highly gratified at the work OF
all the girls and stated that the girls
were all working with vim and en-
thusiasm and she was proud beyond
expression Of the result Of their year $
work. Mrs Frazier says that Carter
county exhibits are among the best
she has seen at any of the fairs she
has visited.
Il. Il. Shotwell. district agent for
the boys work In western Oklahoma
| thpitsStu HIi1lStll as wei pitdStu VIII
the farm products display of the boys
clubs. County Agent Simpkins though
new in the work in Carter county
having come just in time to work
with the fair board, put in much hard
work helping the boys in the arrange.
mtnt of their entries, and while many
OF the exhibits were short on account
of heavy rains during the latter part
Of August and first of September and
the late freeze in the spring Mr.
Simpkins says the boys of the county
are generally to be congratulated or
their years work and declares they
are full of the pep" that makes
success in any work sure.
Prizes Awarded.
Following are'the prizes awarded In
the boys and girls cuba