Evening star., 1921-08-25
HUGE THRONG VISITS
FAIR At ROCKVILLE
Crowds Break Attendance
Records-Results of Vari-
Gus Exhibits.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

/ Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Nd, August 25.-A
large crowd attended the Rockville
odds the largest gathering that ever
assembled on the, historic grounds,
and, according to the officials, makes
certain the financial success of the
present exhibition.
A new exhibit at the fair this year
| Is that of the work of the pupils OF
the public schools of the county. Cash
prizes were offered for the best speci-
ments. of work in numbers, penman-
/, ship, oostersy paper cutting. maps OF
! the county and the United States. il
! lustrated booklets on health and the
value of the fair to the people. and
! improvement of the fair. Only work
! done during the years 1920 and 1921
could be entered. and all entries were
! first sent to the county board Of edu-
cation for its inspection.
/ Washingto-. Cont OF Arms.
Among the articles in the exhibit Of
Janet Montgomery Chapter, Daugh-
hlis country. is the coat of arms of the
Washington family, which Is owned
| by Mrs. Joseph HoWeS OF Rockville. 1t
j is the original which hung in the
| washington nome.
7, A number of articles in the exhibit
of Ridgely Brown Chapter, United
| Daughters of the Confederacy. are OF
more than usual interest. among them
being knitting needles used Dy Anne
! Taylor. who now is Mrs. David Grill
y fifth of Redland, this county, who was
| a nurse in Winder Hospital during the
Tne emergency shelf" Of the Mont
lgomery County Federation of Women
Clubs consists of jars of fruit. Vege-
tables and meats, not less than twenty
by each exhibitor. The first premium
in this department was awarded to
the Rockville Inquiry Club, second
permium to the Thilsble Club of Oak
ldale and the exhibit of the Home In
terest Club of Forest Glen, received
honorable mention.
Other Premium Winners.
Premium winDers in the cattle and
this morning In the Eolstein class
the principal premium winners were
Mountain View farm, Emory Ricketts,,
George A. Wilson, Wilson Poole and H.
H. Fraley. For the best h I'd, Mountain
View farm received first premium.
George A. Wilson second premium.
and Emory Ricketts, third premium.
In the Je-se-- class. Emory Ricketts,
and F. T. Kirk were awarded hrst
land second premiums, respectively, for
1
in this class were Clay B. Edwards
and James Brown.
w Harry Beard of Rockville. made
practically clean sweep OF the pre-
miums in the Guernsey class, the only
other person to be awarded a premium
being Emory Ricketts,. In the short
horn class. a. Dawson Trundfe
captured all twenty-five premiums
Iawarded.
The principal premium winners in
the hog department were as follows:
Berkshires, Otho b. Williams. John E.
Muncaster and Myers Brothers; Poland
Chinas, James B. Dorsey: Chester
Whites and o. E. c., L. r. Sabine;
Hampshires. Jack Murray. Henry How
ard and Samuel NJ. Montgomery; Duroc
Jerseys, Wilson Poole. John e. Mum
caster. jr.. and George P. Duederick.
Several of the porkers on exhibition
weigh close to 1000 pounds.
The exhibit of the Olney Branch Of
the Girls Friendly Society, organized
less than three months ago. Is highly
creditable. --
Warrington Horses Win.
William E. Miller, the Washington
owner and driver. captured both the