The Princeton union., 1921-09-01
THE TOWNSHIP FAIR
South Harbor Township Holds Fourth
Annual Fair at Cove, Splen-
did Exhibits.

Fruit and Forage Crop Displays Es-
pecially Good, More Than Twen-
ty Varieties of Apples.
South Harbor township held it's
fourth annual fair at the Cove school
house last Saturday afternoon. Near
ly every foot of display space was
filled and the exhibits were exception
ally good. No attempt was made to
display livestock but the fruit, vege-
tables, forage crops and the women's
departments of needle work. canned
fruits, pastry and flowers surpassed
the exhibits shown at many county
fairs.
The three individual exhibits to
which prizes were awarded were es-
pecially good. Oliver Wyse, who owns
the Rose Lawn Nursery was awarded
first prize. He had a most complete
display of grain and forage crops in
cluding pigeon grass, Canada blue
grass, red top,. fescue, bronze
grass, wild millet, blue joint,
field peas, oats, barley, Japanese
clover, sweet clover, Mexican bean,
soy bean, buckwheat, okra, vetch
ten feet high and alfalfa Of the
third cutting. He also had good ex-
hibit of vegetables including four or
five varieties of squash, tomatoes, po
tatoes and corn. Apples were his
chief fruit display and several of them
drew the blue ribbon. Mrs. A. E.
Chapman captured the second prize.
Most of her display was fruit and all
the entries were artistically arranged.
Great clusters of beta grapes formed
the background for the remainder of
the display. These grapes are about
an inch in diameter and come in big
clusters-they are the finest the
writer has ever seen in Mile Laos
county. The third prize, for an in
dividual exhibit was awarded to F. C.
Griffith, who had good display of
melons, apples, vegetables and forage
crops.
Ed. Bauer had an unusually fine dis
play of apples with 16 varieties on
exhibition. The soil and the climatic
conditions in the lake country are GER
tainly very favorable for apple cul-
ture. The fruit exhibits from that
region would make a big addition to
our county fair but unfortunately we
are not to have them this year. South
Harbor township has sent down some
splendid exhibits and we hope they can
arrange to again display at the coun-
ty fair next year.
In the women's department there
was an unusually good display of
needle work and it was all neatly ar
ranged. Among the most interesting
exhibits in this department were some
old-fashioned quilted bed spreads, the
kind our grandmothers used to make;
in fact they were made by the grand
mothers of the exhibitors. The quilt
displayed by Mrs. A. D. Wescott was
made in 1851 and Mrs. Chas. Freer
also exhibited one of about the same
age. Another article that was Of con-
siderable historic interest was a
homespun skirt made in 1861 by
grandmother of Mrs. Ed. Buckman.
The skirt is Of a maroon color with a
fine stripe Of gold thread and no one
who felt the texture of that goods
could doubt its wearing qualities.
Mrs. A. Brandt had the only indi-
vidual exhibit in this department. In
her display there was a bed spread,
dresser set, quilt and several pieces of
embroidery:
Some first-class canned fFuit was on
display and while there were not
great many flowers those that were
exhibited were unusually fine speci-
mems. There was also small pastry
exhibit.
The people Of South Harbor town.
ship deserve great praise for the en-
terprise and good community spirit
they showed in making arrangements
for their fair. 1t was a wonderful
advertisement for that portion of the
county and it is a shame that more
people from other communities did
not see the displays.
Correction
In the obituary of Pierre Raiche,
published last week, the Union stated
that deceased was survived by one son
and one daughter, and this was the
only information which could be OBJ
tanned from questioning at least half
q dozen persons who were we'll ac-
quainted with Mr.. Raiche in life. None
of the relatives sent in details. Now
we are authoritatively told that he
leaves three sons-Oliver and David
of Greenbush, and George Of Rush
City-whereas the Union mentioned
only George. It, however. gave the
name Of the daughter, who lives in
Greenbush. This paper does not pro-
fess to be mind reader, but it is al
ways willing to make corrections.