St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-09-29
ST. JOHNSBURY
BOYS WIN BIG
HONORS AT FAIR
Take Interstate Champion.
ship In Judging at
Springfield

In Fridays Record al
account was given Of the Handicraf
team of the 81. Johnsbury Wide
Awake Project Club at the yrea
Springfield Fair ana told hcw they
had won the Interstate Champion.
shin of the North Atlantic States in
demonstrating handiclaft work.
| Thursday this same team consist.
ing Of James Putfer, Ralph Harris
and Nathan Kicker wonth Interstate
Championship in Judging u group OF
IL articles made by various boys with
the following result. St. Johnsbury
representing Vermont 922 points out
of possible 1000. Massachusetts, 500
points and Connecticut 5G5 noints.
James Puffer of the st. Johnsbuly
team turned in I. perfect score, the
only boy of the 800 at Camp Vail in
any Judging contest to do this.
The boys had to rlacc them, in
order of merit and then state their
reasons for so placing.
Each state from Maine to Delaware
had State Exhibit, Vermont S
booth in club work being hand-
craft display. Our boys won the
Grand sweepstake prize Of $25 for the
club by having the finest anG most
practical exhibit of anv of the states.
In the group club display, St.
Johnsbuly won the special prize of a
Ford tire and inner tube.
In the individual exhibit by club
members, each member being reuuir-
ed to exhibit three articles, St. Johns
bury won all three prizes. Ralph
Harris won the first prize of $40, Ro-
nald Burrows second Of S. and John
Pike third Of 81.
Every prize offered in the Exposi-
ton along Handicraft lines was
brought home to the Green Mountain
state bv our boys.
The team Of girls representing Vcr-
mont in garment Judging consisted of
Dorothy Follansby and Sylvia Rick
er of st. Johnsbury and Helen French
was said, the takino of this action was
optional with the banks.
The run on the fremont Trust Co.
was participated in by hundreds and
the proportion of the crowd became
so great that police mounted and
afoot were called to keep the crowd
in order. The bank tried for an hour
to meet the claims against it and Of
ficials announced there was money on
hand to pay all, but the crush became
SO great that vice president Simon
Swig announced that the 90-day no
tice would be required.
At the Fidelity Trust Co. which
also had Offices in the downtown dis
trict the run was of small volume but
the law was called upon. 1t was stat
ed "to allow the public to recover
from the prevailing unrest"
There has been a run on the Dor
chester Trust Co., for several days
and the invocation of the law there
stopped the payments. The virtual
suspension of payments of these three
banks follows the closing of five bank
ing institutions in this city within the
past two months by Bank Commits
sioner Allen. In no case was the
bank member of the Federal Re-
serve system.
State officials say that the Ponzi
crash was clearly reflected in the
trouble of the several banks which
hda been under a run by depositors
In each case except that of the Han:
over Trust and the small affiliated
private banks it has been indicated
that the banks were solvent but We're
lacking ready cash to meet the de-
mands of depositors. At all three OF
the banks that suspended payments
in it's savings department is was an
nounced that transactions in the COM
mercial department would proceed as
usual.
Gov. Coolidge conferred with State
treasurer James Jackson and Bank
Commissioner Allen regarding the
banking situation. The only state
ment issued was made by the COVER
nor, who said: "Some time ago l ad-
vised all big banks in Boston that
plans should be worked out through
which there would be cooperation
between all the banks. A clearing
house committee is now working out
details of such plan."
of Richmond. This team took first
prize in garment Judging against all
other state teams.
Other St. Johnsburv winners were
Dorothy Baxter first on pum~kins,
and second on squashes. Dana BaX-
ter, second on pumpkins and third on
squashes. Dorothy Baxter third on
canned corn and third on canned to-
matoes.
There was over 500 jars exhibited
by the boys and girls of the various
states and state sending canned
goods from such a distance as Ver-
mont were considerably handicapped
as their jars received severe shak-
ing ur in the 200 mile travel.
The other St. Johnsbury girls at
Camp Vail were Dorothy Baxter,
Elaine Fairbanks and Helen Ran
dali.
All returned we'll and happy and
many will be the stories told by them
to their less fortunate schoolmates of
the wonderful trip and interesting
sights se@n during the week spent at
Camp VAf,.
Thursday, the following teams will
compete against the other team from
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