The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-12-21
State Bankers Association
to Distribute $685.
Tomorrow
1921 CLUB MEMBERS
QUALIFY ON WORK

girls IN the state OF crmOnt who nave
earned the high grades in the various
projects under the direction Of the de
partment of boys and girls club work
will receive as Christmas presents the
latter part of this week Il total of 500
in prizes awarded by the committee or
agriculture of the Vermont State Bank,
ers' association, which has given these
prizes in this work for several years
past.
During the past week. E. L. ingalls,,
state leader of boys and girls club work.
and Miss Marjorie f. Luce, assistant
leader, under the extension service of the
University of Vermont. have been hard at
work at their headquarters in Morrill, hall
going over the reports from the boys and
l girls all over the state on the work
which they have done in this department
II during the past year, and selecting those
II whose work entities them to prizes.
H From these reports, it is found that
i Isl different members of boys and
| girls clubs in Vermont have done enough
! work along club lines during the past
! year so that they were able to report good
! progress These 1.2Sl are from II differ
ent counties in the state, no reports be
| ing received from Essex and Grand Isle
| counties.
| The total value of products put out by
| these Youngsters amounts to the gOOdiy
sum of $35.591.SS. These products Were
| handled by the young people at a cost of
S17I19-04, leaving a net profit Of
| S1S472.S4
There were 1876 different organized club
groups at work in the state during the
year. TO date. 66 of these groups have
qualified as standard clubs and have re-
ceived either a charter, if they met GER
] of
achievement.
| The individual winners We're selected by
| the state club leaders from the boys and
girls who did the best work during the
year. Three county prizes are awarded
in each project in each county where the
work was carried on, a first prize of So.
second prize of -, and third prize of 81.
Then there are three state prizes for each
project, Il first prize Of 81. second prize
of So, and third prize of 81, The one
who wins the first state prize in any
project is called state champion in that
project.
The prizes above mentioned are all fur
nished by the Vermont State Bankers
association. which has taken an active !
interest in the boys and girls club work |
tor several years past and has as part
.of its organization a committee on agricul- !
ture.
This committee represents the Vermont
State Bankers in their work with the
boys and girls and it will be this commit
tee which Will send out this week prob
ably on Thursday, the checks to the win !
nerS.
These winners are chosen on the basis
OF the product turned out, the profit made
and the club story which is sent to the |
club leader The following are the WIN |
nerS OF the prizes for the year 1921, the !
first named under each project being the /
state champion and the other two the |
winners Of second and third prizes, re- |
@pcctively:
Garden-Joseph Chamberlain. Rutland |
Nora Warner, New Haven; George |
LacOSS. Bloomington.
Canning-Cecelia. Bliss. West Rut- |
and; AHene Tiff, Dorset; Elsie La !
Belle, White River Junction.
Pig Feeding-NernOn Greed. PittsfOrd /
Robert Morhouse, Bennington; Harry |
Whipplc. Newport
Pig. Special Herd-Forrest Ashford, |
Nergcnncs Especial price.
POultry-RaymOnd Creed. pittsfOrd |
Mary Yell, West Haven; Gilbert Macie. |
lraSburg
Charles Nye. Highgate Cen
ter; Osborne Nyc. Highgate Center; Car |
mine Patrigia, Shrewsbury
Corn-Eva BorkowSki. Guilford How !
ard Field, Ferrisburg; Donald Hunt, Fer
riSburE.
Calf-Raymond Greed. Pittsford ROYAL
Sheep-Phelps burroughs. Ferrisburg
Richard Cowles. Burlington; Truman
NELL, Montpelier.
Cooking-Edith Davignon. Warren
Ihelma Cuff, Springfield; Eva Robinson, |
bloomington.
Clothing-Eva Robinson. Bloomington
Harriet Leach, New Haven; Mary Fas-
sett. Enosburg Falls.
Your Own ROom-Doris Iorimer.
Newport; Helen Heyer. Newport, Eleanor
Wallace. Richmond.
Handicrafts-Dana Baxter. St Johns
bury; Elwin TwOmbly, st. JOhnsbury : |
stephen Aldrich. st. JOhnsbury, and !
Royce Beck. st. Johnsbury.
Maple Sugar-PhelpS Burroughs. Fer
rlsburg Archie Bryant Wolcott: Frank
Sinclair, East Corinth
Although there were not quite so many |
boys and girls enrolled in 1921 as in 1920 |
Lhe total production was about the same
lor the two years, showing that there was
higher percentage of production this |
year than last year
During the year there were 1O3 dem
0nStratlon teams, made up entirely of
boys ana girls at work III the state. They
gave not less than 200 public demonstra-
items, which were witnessed by about
1889 people.
The largest enrolment in any one pro-
Ject was in the clothing project. Next
came the gardening, canning and poultry.
Inc ldIseSt returns were from the pOul-I
try project. which brought in 81. 46S %
and yielded Il net profit of S442O.74 The
next most profitable project was canning. /
which brought in $5.41447. with profit
of S2,44429. Other very profitable pro-
Jects were dairy, calves, corn and gar
dens. The gardens brought in S3.520O9. |
with net profit of 81. 165.0S.
Raymond Greed of Pittsford. whose
name is given above as being state cham |
pion in both poultry and calf club work. |
Melted S39S.62 from his poultry and sol |
from his calf. Cecilia Bliss of West
Rutland. state canning champion, put up !
45} oars and Melted a profit of $50 u |
from her work. These are two striking |
examples Of the success which the bows /
and girls are achieving
The largest percentage of those who |
have completed their. work and reported
to headquarters are in counties where
there are county club agents, including