The Republican journal., 1922-11-09
The Waldo County Farm Bureaus

,,, Meeting. Seed Show and Exhibit.
Ths third annual rarm Bureau eet-to-
-th.r was held in Memorial Hall Mon
S,v under the personal direction OF Coun-
- AGENT Norman S. Donahue of Belfast
"a the Home Demonstration Agent,
Ms. EstelIe Mason of Belfast
The hall was crowded with people and
.,,e were unable to get seats. There
.r.s far from sufficient room for the ex-
n;hi,s. but the latter far exceeded the
ro,dest anticipation of all interested.
The mems exhibit consisted of pota-
,oss corn, small grains and apples and
,hs;r specimens were wonderful in many
.Dscts. and the farmers should be es-
l.taIlv oratifed with the display to say
pe,bino of the good fellowship and the
srisndly exchange of ideas and sueges-
.;nns II has never been the privilege OF
~ writer to see at any county or State
sa;, nroducts that could compare with
them. a;,,;.;
of the Bureau were neatly arranged by
,a.,ns and were nearly all ornamentedwith
svsrsreen sprays and American holly.
Ths evident interest and efforts to have
tbe hest possible was felt in the careful ar
raneement and the excelknt workmanship
quality and designs Of needful home arti-
eles. clothing, millinery, fancy work,
cookinq. canning, etc. The following
cIubs with their chairmen were present:
Befast, Mrs. John Sylvester; Belmont,
Mrs. Elijah Morse; Knox, Mrs. Hannah
Cilcbrest; Lincolnville, Mrs. Donald
Head; South Montville, Mrs. Ethel Ad-
ans. Mrs. Mary Bartlett; Morrill,, Mrs.
! N. Mears; Sesrsmont, Mrs. Milbury
Hunt. Swapville, Mrs. Porter Webb. Mrs.
lanes Webster; Waldo, Mrs. c. W.;
Shorey; jackson, Mrs. Laura Chase
Monroe, Eva Nealey; Northport, Mrs.
BIRD; Saturday Cove. Mrs. Hopkins;
TboIndike. Mrs. Guy Ware; Unity, Mrs.
Marian Waterman Wood; Winterport,
Mrs Alger Perkins.
To those in attendance it became ap-
parent that the girls and boys Of the
county who have been here each fall for
their contests have proper instruction in
y the home circles as we'll as with the
n County Agents.
The following officers and chalrmen
were elected to succeed the very efficient
MANAGEMENT of the past year with Hon.
Allen II. Miller of Lincolnvile, president:
President, o. w. Ripley, Montville; vice
president, c. E. Bellows, Freedom; secre-
tary and treasurer, j. w. Waterman, Bel
fast; poultry, C. E. Mariner, Searsmont;
crops, Carl Adams, Montville; stock, j.
A. Lord, Belfast; orchard, Ralph Hayford,
Belfast; clubs, Mrs. B. l.. Aborn, Belfast;
accounts, Marthon Doak, Belfast; foods
project leader, Mrs. John r. Waterman,
Belfast; clothing project leader. Mrs. ..
W. Ripley, Montville; household manage
ment, Mrs. Elijah Morse, Belfast.
The handsome blue, red and yellow rib
| bons. from the pa ess of James ii. Cilley,
were given instead of cash prizes and
were distributed in the mems division,
thereby being very much in evidence on
4 the streets, as the meeting adjourned late
in the afternoon.
The exhibits in the women's division
were SO numerous and the quality so uni
form requiring considerate judgment that
DO ribbons were officially awarded.
fSe next annual meeting will need a
far larger hall and the fancy articles, ETC.,
must be in at least day before the dis
play