The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-07-15
GIRLS ON THIS list
They Are Given Free Trips
To Big Fair
STATE H0NORS THEIRS
Splendid Showing Made BY
Blue Earth Young Ladies 7
In Contest

| Announcement of winners in the
bread and sewing club work for
Southern Minnesota have just been
received and Blue Earth county has
| come out with additional honors, ac-
cording to word received by NJ. ii.
Coe, county club agent. The local
| county contest for these two projects
was held in Mankato on June 8, 10,
II at which time girls from all over
the county competed for honors.
Similar contests have been held in
each of the twenty-eight counties
comprising the southern district and
announcement of winners for the en-
tire district has just been made by
T. A. Erickson, state club leader. In
the two projects there are four prizes
for the entire district and Blue Earth
county has won two of the possible
four
In the bread project the Blue Earth
county team composed Of Leona
Peterson, Myra Jones, and Evelyn
Cuddy of Mankato, have been declar-
ed champions of the district in Class
A. This team will receive a free trip
to the state fair this fall where they
will represent Blue Earth county, and
for state honors. There was keen
competition throughout the entire
district for this prize SO that this
winning comes as quite an honor to
these girls and to club work in Blue
Earth county.
In the garment making project the
Blue Earth county team composed Of
Irma Possin, Florence Sperra, and
Gertrude Wrucke of Good Thunder,
the district in Class B. AS result OF
this honor they will receive a free
trip to the state fair this fall where
they will represent Blue Earth coun-
ty and Southern Minnesota i'm the
competition for state honors. The
Mapleton team composed of Flora
Mcintyre, Frances Miller and Alice
Lang won a very close second. In
fact the work Of this team was 50
mention and will have their railroad
fare paid to the state fair where they
will demonstrate in the Blue Earth
county club booth. One member Of
this team, Frances Miller. has been
recognized as one of the best demon
strators in the project and will thus
receive her trip from the state. The
other two members of the team will
receive their trips locally.
The Other Prizes.
Other prizes in the garment work
include the selection of articles made
by the following girls for exhibit at
the state fair: Dora Gustafson,
Phoebe Jones, and Helen Brown of
Judson; Florence Sperra, Irma Pos
sin, Gertrude Wrucke, and Madeline
Mccarthy of Good Thunder: and
Helen Long and Gertrude Storjahan
of Smiths Mill
include the winning of county honols
in Class B by the Judson team COM
posed of Vera Keever, Marjorie Door,
and Lizzie Parry. This team win re-
ceive railroad fare to the state fair.
In the individual work Margaret
Wheeler of Mankato wins county
championship in Glass A and Mar
jorie Door of Judson in Glass B.
These girls are the two hest bread
makers of the county, and will re-
ceive free trips to the state fair
where they compete for state honors.
The two projects have been carried
on in the most successful manner of
any previous year and the Farm
Bureau feels we'll pleased with the
character of work done by those en-
rolled. Over two hundred girls from
all parts of the county were enrolled
in the bread work while the sewing
project was carried on in almoal
every school and proved especially
three sewing teams of three members
each were trained to demonstrates
some phase of sewing work and six-
teen demonstration teams were train
ed for the bread work. making a total
of thirty nine teams in both projects.
The value of this kind of work can
not be over estimated as it thorough
ly trains these boys and girls in
these better practices and presents
to the communities the results of the
cooperation of these club members.
Thus there are benefits both for the
individual and for the community