The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-30
Annual Garden Prizes OF
$500 Paid out This Year
BY Consolidation Coal Co.
American Miners Prove Best
Gardeners According to
Awards Made.

Gardeners According to
Awards Made.
Despite the coal strike the Con-
s$so lidation Coal Co. paid Its annual
II garden prizes just the same as X X
there had been no cessation IN
mining operation. The company
paid out $500 in prizes for gar
dens in the West Virginia Div1s-
ion this year.
IN One of the prize winners was a a a
sswoman. Mrs. Eliza Rankin OF ia
s M y, who came in for second
place in group
s.3sCommenting on the contest G.:
Il. Green, editor of The Mutual
Is Magazine, the company's publica-
aastion, otes the following: An
st other su cecssfu1 contest In gar
gden1ng for prizes offered by the
West Virginia Division OF our
has come to successlul
Send.
gardens this year made an ex-
x ceptional3 showing because OF the
II factsthat the mines have been idle
Nsince April 1st and SO the men
had ample time to give to their
gardens. That they so improved
their idle time is evident, the re-
E&suIts speak for the work done
sss..Three hundred and twenty
sASdolIars in cash prizes have been
ENABLED to heIprize winners, whlch
when added to the material bene-
S FITS erived from the products OF
sSthe gardens make gardening pro-
Z kftab1e occupation especially In "a
,time of slack work.
KIT Is reported that many gar.
skdeners6i in this division have raised
ssSenough vegetables to Keep tn .5.l
sstables supplied through out the ~.
sfcoming winter.
ssssesPhotographs OF some of the
II sprfze winning gardens will ap-,
near in the next s-issue e. Of our
~ Americans First.
a noll-of the various nationall-3
tiles shows that the American
Y miner .,,royed to be the best gar
q aener Thirteen of the twenty
y Isgyen prizes we're captured by the
! sam mics Italians We're second
with eli ght prizes to their credit.
sS7hen came the Hungarlans Win
s ssSs! ffwo. the Polish with three and the
TT SlaV1SaE Will ohS-s 5.-s
Divisional Prizes
IN che divisional prizes a Polish
lm!nerwon fist; an American sec
sSaSond and8a Hungarian third
Ia SStIle group prizes four first
Ut nrizes were|won by Americans,
two by Italians, two ny Poi1sn ana
one by a hungarian miner
Divisional prizes we're won as
follows First, $50, Joe aack o.
Ssss ski Hutchinson mine; second, SD
sC Drake. Pooz mine: third S1O
Pauk Kerkes, Baxter mine
Group Winners
The group! winners were as fol
sso; No z 1-First. SIS. Thomas Ken
sny shaft; second, SO, John Nicol
sssf Montana: third, $25. Brooks
Malone Murray. The mines tha'
n M Competed In this group were Nos
Isl, 24sand 49,
No. 2.-First. SIS. Paul kefkes
..SysBaxter: second, $40, Paul Zaccani
sNewEngland; third. SIS, Frank
stevens, Rivesville. The mines
mat competed in group two were
Nos. 26, SO and 81.
sss s No. First. SIS. Nick Rosck
III ella Pennois: second, $40. w. M
Ram. Monongah; third. So. Tho
mas Argero, Pennois. Mines com
netting in this group were Nos. %
~ SO and 6S.
Mo- 4.--First, $40. Joe Yackom
l&S Ski, Hutchinson; second, $40, Elatl
,Ss FFreenan, Enterprise; third, So, L
NV. Bloom Middleton. Mines com
sSpetfng were Nos. IS. Al, 90. "a ant
:Ssls No. 5.-First, SIS. Sam Jimmie
.yiropa second, $40, Sylvester Gen
osky, Owings; third $15,. II. b
swright, owings. Mines 40, 80, g.
s and 81.
&. ssssNo: 6.-First. SIG. John .Kurelicz
M Gypsy; second, $40, John Kish
- Meadowbrook: third, IS. William
Bush, Gypsy. The mines competing
Nr prizes in this group were Nos
81. 81 and IS. a
6SsS9slN No. First, SIS. Charles An
lz derson, Columbia; second, $40, ]
ii. Ashcraft, Glen Falls: third. SIS
Salvatore Passantona, Pinnickin
nick; Mines connecting were Nos
No s.-First, SIS, e c. Drake
/ perry: third, SIS, NJ. C. Henry, Der
Eryburg. Mines competing wer'
Y mos. so. "a. 81 81 and 81
! aNo. 9.-First, SIS, c. F. Smith
- wyatt; second. $40, Mrs. Eliz,
RANKIN, Ida May; third SIS, Jo
Cameron, Carolina The mine
Cd mpeting in this group were Nos
ss Sc. 81, So:
MOB ATTACKS DETECTIVE
HUNTINGTON, w. Va. Aug. 80
CITY Detective Bob HinchmaI