Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-04-05
BOYS AND GIRLS EXPOSITION
1922.
At Orleans County Fair, Barton, vt.
September 5, 6, z.
Is Classes-176 Exhibit Lots-$25O
in Premiums-Besides the
School Exhibit.

u The Boys and Girls Exposition for
1922 will be conducted as last year by
the Orleans County Farm Bureau. 1t
will be held as Boys and Girls De-
partment of the Orleans County fair,
September 5-6-7 at Barton, Vermont.
Arrangements have been made salts
factory to the County Fair. Associa-
ton and Farm Bureau Association
for combining this annual exhibit of
Boys and Girls club work with the
school exhibit, conducted for the first
time last year on large scale. Mr..
c. j. Batchelder, superintendent of
Barton district schools is to be super
intendent in charge of the school ex-
hibit and the county club agent, M. X.
Bacon, will be superintendent of the
club work exhibit.
Premium lists for both exhibits are
now In the making and will be print
ed in these columns in the April is
sue and also the county papers.
Copies will be ready for distribution
| to all club members and schools be-
fore school closes in June so that all
boys and girls in the county may have
good opportunity to produce good
exhibits during the summer vacation.
The total money available for pre-
miums will be 500 for school exhibits
and $3.50 for club work exhibits.
Demonstration team work will be
conducted this year. Is clubs at pres
ent are preparing their teams and
these will also be required to do judg-
ing work in the same project as their
opportunity for all boys and girls to
get together in club groups and learn
how to get things by team work that
they cannot as individuals. Sugges-
lions and help from the county club
agent and State Extension Office Is
open to all clubs and schools that de-
sire it. Have your teacher, or par
emit or school member write the
county club agent at Newport and he
will visit you at once to give help
along that line.
Besides the excellent premiums on
all exhibits there will be awarded
several free trips to the state fair the
| following week by the Farm Bureau.
These trips are for the demonstration
teams that excel in their work so
as to pass test in scoring by COM
| petent judges. The requirements for
qualifying work will be sent or given
you in person by the county club
agent upon request. The best three
boys teams and best three girls
| teams whose members ages are 13
years or younger will be scored sep
arately and awarded the trip on the
same basis for both boys and girls.
Exhibiting at the county fair is
free to all boys and girls in both
school exhibit work and club work ex-
| hibits. No entry fee will be charged
and exhibits may be mailed or ex-
pressed without fear of loss, care of
either the superintendent in charge.
| Such exhibits should be plainly mark
], ed with the exhibitors name, age and
address with also the entry number
and class found in the premium lists.
| These will be returned to the owners
after the fair, in similar manner re-
ceived, at the owners expense. All
premiums will be forwarded to the
winners following the fair. Ribbons
will be attached to the premium ex-
hibits at the fair as soon as they are
judged.
This is one of the best opportuni-
ties for boys and girls to show what
they can do. and similar exhibits are
conducted in nearly every county in
Vermont as we'll as much larger ex-
hibits in prominent sections of the
United States. Let every boy and
every girl in our county of Orleans
send something to this exhibit. Even
though you may think your work not
good enough, yours may be pre-
MUM winner when compared with the
work of other boys and girls. ga
Bigger and Better Exhibit than Ever
this Year." is our slogan. Let it be
yours and start you working on your
exhibits at once