The Republican journal., 1921-10-27

Martin. An unexpected pleasure came
in the announcement that Mr.. Cummings
of the U. of M. had just arrived and
would address the meeting. He has the
happy faculty of fine story teller and is
also vitality interested in State and County
Club work. His remarks were excellent.
The most encouraging and entertaining
feature seen here in the whole five years
was the demonstration by members of
Uncle Sans Club of Knox of the pack
ing of good and poor school lunch.
Three young girls in the National Club
uniforms dress with white cuffs.
collars and caps and red string neckties-
Fremetta, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Her
man Paul of Morrill,, also a B. H. S. stu
dent; Fern, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
William Reynolds of Knox; and Eloise,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Nj. Shibles
of Knox, did the work. Miss Paul has
had live years experience in club work
and is cooking champion. Miss Rev
nolds has had four years work and was
State champion last year in gardening.
Miss Shibles has also had four wears work
and was county champion last wear in
junior housekeeping They packed the
food in the order that the meats came
first followed later by the sweets, etc.
and used four kinds of receptacles. the
tin pail, the collapsible box, the small
basket, and the tin lined leather box
with the Thermos bottle. Thev were
modest but accurate in answering several
questions about the receptacles and con-
tents of food. Uncle Sans Club, Mrs.
b. l.. Aborn, leader, is one of the best in
the State. 1t began in 1915 with only l3
members and nine of them completed the
full years work. This past year they
began with so and so finished They were
the first to receive their Club charter and
they have already earned two of the four
seals Mrs. Aborn was for two wears the
club organizer in Waldo and Somerset
counties and is now the Club project
leader in the Waldo County Farm Bureau.
The afternoon closed with the usual
athletic sports on School Common, when
ribbons were given to the winners.
The banquet was served in the Metho-
dist vestry with Mr.. .. E. Frost as toast
master He is always interested in the
yonng people and always entertaining.
Brief remarks were made for the good of
club work by County Agent N. S. Dona-
hue, Miss Alfredo Ellis, assistant State
leader of club work, and Mr.. Cummings.
Kew. Charles W. Martin and the ladies' of
the church served a most delicious menu.
From there the clubs, accompanied by
their leaders, marched to the Colonial
Theatre, where they were guests of the
manager, Walter j. Clifford.
FRIDAY mornings session was lively
one. Remarks were made by Miss Ellis
and Mr.. Donahue. The prize essays we're
read and the prizes awarded. There was
Judging contest with ribbon prizes.
The boys identified the varieties of beans
and seeds and judged the qualities of po-
tatoes, with Jerome Quimby of Brooks,
first; William R. Nickerson of Brooks,
second and Allen Colby of South Mont
vile, third. The girls identified stitches
and fabrics, etc, with Doris Hodgdon of
Northport, first; Ruth Leman of Liberty,
second and Fremetta Paul of Morrill,,
third.
The county champions in the other
projects were: Canning, Abbie Nicker-
son of Brooks; pigs, Hattie Mckinley of
jackson; poultry, Eleanor Abbott of
Thorndike; sewing, Dorothy Webber of
Brooks; sweet corn, Lloyd L. Wentworth
of Brooks; potatoes, Jerome Quimby.
Prizes were awarded as follows, the
award being based on the score of the
members in exhibits, keeping of records
and writing of essays on their season S
work:
DEAN MERRILL'S LETTER
Orono, October l7th.
10 the club boys and girls of Waldo
county and their leaders.