Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-11-08
VERMONT STATE FAIR, WHITE
RIVER JUNCTION, VT.
Orleans County Individual and Dem
onstration Teams Achievement.

RIVER JUNCTION, WE.
Orleans County Individual and Dem
onstratiOn Teams Achievement.
The latest returns from the Office
of Secretary-treasurer f. l.. Davis of
the Vermont State Fair, White Riv-
er Junction, speak well of our own
Orleans County boys and girls who
sent down a large number OF line
quality exhibits as part of their
club work for the year. Thirty-two
boys and girls sent entries to the club
work department of the fair winning
68 premims to the value of $64.75 in
cash.
In addition to this five demonstra-
ton teams performed at the fair un-
der the auspices of the Orleans Coun-
ty Farm Bureau cooperating with
the Vermont State Extension Service,
University of Vermont, Burlington.
They were demonstrating extension
methods of better practices and prin-
ciples in the home and on the farm.
Their record stood with one prem
i'm for each team: three first prizes of
$500 each. one third prize of $500
and one fourth prize, divided by tie
score with another team, bringing
800 The total of these winnings is
$500, making altogether $121.75 to
est in all things worthy of exhibiting
help create larger and finer inter-
in large fair like the State Fair.
First State Camp
The % members and leaders of
demonstration teams were given a
big treat and surprise by being the
first members to live in a camp at
their fair No eating hall was
connected with the camp as
such but our own boys and girls
were we'll taken care of at
the Methodist church dining hall run
by the parish ladies of Lebanon.
Clean rich milk was furnished on
special call by Mr.. Harry Townsend
of Lebanon, supplementing whole
some food of cooked and dry cereals,
bread and meat sandwiches, apple
pie and ice cream. The camp con-
sisted of three large army tents for
the boys, two for the girls and a
smaller supply tent, with a 1922
graduate of University of Vermont
care taker of the whole camp. Reg
ular army blankets were supplied to
each one.
High HOnors
The highest award for demonstra-
ton work given by Hon. c. l.. Stuart,
president of the State fair, as a
special award to the best boy and girl
member demonstrators and Judges
was brought home by Eva Robin
son of Bloomington Center. Busy
Bee Cooking team as best girl demon
strators. The amount of the prize
was $500.
Two Orleans County demonstration
teams placed in the five highest scor-
ing teams out of 81 teams working at
the fairs-the best teams in Yer
mont State this year. They were
The Caspian Lake Garden Team of
Greensboro demonstrating Testing
Seed for termination" and the Busy
Bee Cooking Team of Bloomington
Center demonstrating, Baking Pow
der Biscuits and Judging Bread and
Biscuits"
The leaders attending the fair
with teams were: Miss Jennie Cham
berlain, leader Busy Bee Team; Miss
Ephie Goddard. Home Demonstration
Agent, Chaperone Newport We-Can-
Eat-It Team, Will Miller leader
Greensboro Team; Bruce R. Buchanan
leader two Glover Calf Club Teams
and M. r. Bacon, County Club Agent
supervisor of the party for the Farm
Bureau.
Individual Exhibition
The list of individual premium
winners are as follows:
Allen, Gladys Greensboro; Cool
Howard, Barton; Dutton, Kenneth
Bloomington; Durgan, Flora Yves
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boro; Dutton, Dorothy Orleans; Gray
| Chester West Charleston
Hudson, Beatrice West Charles
ton; Hinton, Marjorie
West Charleston; Holbrook
Hinton, Lois West Charleston; Hey
er, Helen Newport; King Esther New
port; Lumsden, Donald Greens
ington; Lapierre, Fredericl
Greensboro; Merriman, Anna Yves
Glover; Macie, Gilbert Irasburg
May, Harold Barton; Powers, Heller
Orleans; Phillips, Thelma Glover
Robinson. Eva Orleans; Reid, Dori
Orleans; Robinson, Emma Browning
ton; Rogers, Dele Greens
boro; Sessions. Ralph Newport
Swanson, Carl and Edward Brown
ington; Stevens, Murray West GLOW
err; Stevens. Kenneth West Glover
Young, Ethel Greensboro.
Orleans County Teams
Caspian Lake, Garden Team
Greensboro, Subject Testing See
for Germination;'' Glover Cal
Team, West Glover, cited with al
other dairy team "Babcock Testin
of Milk" Busy Bee Cooking Team
Bloomington (Orleans R. d. "Bakin
Powder Biscuits and Judging Brea
and Biscuits; We-Can eat 1t Cookin
Team Newport "Salad Making
West Glover Maple Sugar Team, W. s
Glover, maple Sugar Production an
Quality Products