Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-27
YOUTHFUL EXHIBITORS
WIN MANY PRIZES
AT SPRINGFIELD SHOW

Fowler. Second highest individual
honor in that class was won by Olive
Fowler. Fifteen girls took part in
the competitive demonstration. No
prizes were awarded for competitive
demonstration but each club was
awarded a medal for excellency in
demonstration.
Kenneth Gibbs Of Livermore Falls
won highest individual honor in
dairy COW judging. His team from
Livermore Falls consisted Of Roger
Robinson, Omar and Kenneth Gibbs.
They won second place in poultry
judging.
The team from Turner Center.
composed of Ann Carpenter, Gleyn
Kilbrath and Florence Pulsifer, won
third place in judging cooking. The
team from East Corinth, composed of
Robert rate, Russell Swift and Paul
Noyes, won first place in potato judg-
ing. Paul Noyes had highest in
dividual honor in the potato judg-
ing.
The exhibit of canned goods in the
State of Maine exhibit, which was
canned by Boys and Girls Canning
clubs in the State. attracted a great
deal of attention. The manager of
one of Springfield's leading hotels, the
Bridgeway wished to buy the whole
exhibit but Senator Babb from Sc
bago, had already sold a good deal of
it. Thus the manager was only able
to purchase a part of IL. It is to be
used in the hotel dining room.
Many pleasant things were plan
ned for the youthful exhibitors at
the exposition. The girls and boys
from Maine visited Forest Park in
Springfield under the chaperonage of
r. b. Dodge, County Agent of Pen
obscot County Farm Bureau. State
Club Leader L. II. Shibles and AS
lreda Ellis had charge of the re-
creation at Camp Vail where all the
girls and boys made their headquar-
ters One night was stunt" night
and each State put on a stunt On
Friday the members of Camp Vail
and their leaders paraded in the
arena. The Maine party also had
their pictures taken with Governor
Baxter.
The exhibit of the Boys and Girls
club work was differently arranged
than usual. Instead of being in
groups of ten jars each in the canned
goods department, and exhibit of 400
Jars of canned goods was made, COM
ing from all the clubs The jars were
arranged showing the proper divi-
sion of canned products to supply the
proper amount of division of nourish-
ment for a family of five for q year.
The progress of agriculture was
shown most aptly by Daniel Web
sters plow and a modern day plow.
The Daniel Webster plow is famous,
having appeared at many agricultur-
al shows. 1t is about four times as
large as the present day implement
and looks very cumbersome. An
other interesting exhibit was made of
a girls wardrobe, showing proper
clothes for a school girl. One of the
exhibits showed the possibilities of
making over a room. One room was
arranged in most poor taste. Beside
it was another room arranged in
good taste, using the same furniture
The bed had been cut down and made
more pleasing in lines, the wall paper
was quiet and more in taste and the
application of paint to the furniture
also aided the general scheme.
Seven pigs were born at Camp
Vail during the exposition and re-
ceived there their first meal. They
were kept in a clean pen and accord
ing to Farm Bureau suggestions. In
one place a flock of standard bred
chickens were shown. In a pen be-
side 1t was shown a flock of chickens
not standard bred The difference
which was much to the favor of the
standard bred chickens, showed the
adVisability of raising The standard
bred chicks every time.
Three cows were shown to bring
out the point that one good COW is
worth two medium cows.
A wireless booth managed by a
group of boys from New Jersey was
also included in Camp Vail exhibits.
Every day a concert at Pittsburg was
heard through the radio phone. Mes
sages were sent by club members to
various parts of the United States,
One evening a message was relayed
from Springfield to Cleveland, Ohio,
| in one hour and 90 minutes, through
amateur stations managed by club
members.
| The girls and boys who attended
the exposition as exhibitors of Boys
and Girls agricultural work lived in
building which was called the
| "Hut" They slept in doubie-decked
cots and ate their meals in Il tent
| with about 500 other boys and girls
from the Four II clubs, the Junior
! Achievement clubs, the Boy Scouts
! camp and the Girls Scout camp as
we'll as the Baby Beef clubs. Good
| food was served and everyone was
urged to come back for more.
! Physical exercises were held every
morning After that the boys and
girls went to the various booths to
be on duty to explain to visitors
! the various exhibits. Each club had
| a definite time for demonstration,
some clubs putting on two or more
demonstrations each day. One eve
ming the camp was entertained as
guests of the Eastern States Expo
sition at the Hippodrome to witness
the spectacle on the track.
Francis Merrill of Bath was a bus
mess caller Monday, in Augusta.