The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-08-25
Farm Bureau Notes
PICNIC PLANS
NEAR COMPLETION
Sept. to be Big Day in st. Fran
co.'s County.

reau f0lkS Spenulng thoughts anu el-
forts toward making the st. Francois
County Farm Bureau Picnic sue
cess, indications are that September
1st will see thousands of people at
Rion's grove, two miles north of Farm
ington. Every one is invited to at
tend the picnic and spend a day in
visiting among friends. Something
will be going on all the time.
The first thing to start of the day
will be the parade of floats showing
Farm Bureau achievements. In this
parade will be floats on the following
projects: corn club, calf clubs, live
stock shipping association, soil ter
racing, purchasing and sales associa-
tion, lining, jersey bull association;
Shorthorn, Angus, Hereford, Jersey
and Holstein Breeders associations;
soy beans, horticulture, Farm Loan
Association, better bulls, insect con-
troll, red clover, the Producers Live
stock Commission Association, milli-
merry, garment making, dress forms,
home conveniences, renovation, child
feeding, food preservation, nutrition,
and home care of the sick. Farm Bu-
reau workers from different commun-
tiles are arranging these floats. The
parade will form OF East Liberty
street near the Farm Bureau ware
house, extending west. Every float
should be in line at $3.50. The parade
will move off at 10 o'clock. After
forming, the parade will turn south
on Main street, then west on Co
lumbia street, continuing to the
M. E. Church, South, thence north
to Liberty, thence east to the
northeast corner of the square and
thence due north on the old st.
Louis road to Rion's grove. This pa
rade will depict some of the accomp-
lishments of the Farm Bureau by per-
sistent efforts and should be viewed,
especially, by every farmer.
Progressive Barnyard Golf" will
continue through the day, by COM
munities, until late afternoon, when
the county champions will be decided.
Each community will have an oppor-
tunity to discover its best players and
to match these against winners In
other communities. Immediately at-
ter dinner Mr.. Montgomery, president
of the Southeast Missouri Agricul-
tural Bureau, will address the crowd
and after Mr.. Montgomery's address,
the stunts for men, women and chill
dren will be staged. The following is
the list of events and prizes for the
winners:
Bows race-50-yard dash, for boys
s years and under. First prize, boys
cap, given by Morris Bros; second,
75c; third, toy automobile, given by
Famous; and fourth, 1-2 dozen pen
ellis, given by Mrs. Krieger.
100-yard dash, free for all. First
prize, $1.00; second, work shirt, given
by Boyd's Store, and third, SOC.
Sack race-First prize, inner tube
(30x 81, given by st. Francois Motor
Co; second, auto pump, given by
Donze Motor Co., and third, box of
patches, given by the Pennington
Tire Co.
Three-legged race--First prize, 1
dozen cans baking powder, given by
Klein Grocer Co.; second, dozen bars
soap, given by McAtee Produce Co.,
and third, SOC.
Cracker-eating contest-First prize,
| dozen postal photographs, given by
Davis Music Store; second, 75c; third,
SOC.
Water melon-eating contest-First
prize, safety razor, given by Farming
ton Hdw. Co.; second, necktie, given
by Henderson Store Co.; third, 81.
Oldest married couple on the
grounds, half dozen photographs,
valued at SIS, given by the Gem Studio.
Foot race, 50-yard, for girls under
IL years. First prize 75c; second, Soc.
Rope skipping, so yards, for girls
under IL years-First prize, 75c; sec
ond, SOC.
Foot race, 100 yards, for girls IL to
Is years-First prize, 75c; second SOC.
Dash and turn race for girls IL to
16 years-First prize. 75c; second, SOC.
Nail-driving contest for women
First prize, wash tub, given by Rickus
Cash Grocery.
Ball-throwing contest for women
First prize, pair silk hose, given by
Pennington Mercantile Co.
Potato race-First prize, 3 pounds
of coffee, given by McKinney's.
Egg race-Aluminum pan given by
Nell Hdw. Store.
Ball rolling contest-Aluminum per-
colator, given by Jacob Helber Hdw.
Store.
50-yard dash for women-28-p piece
aluminium set given by Fischer Mer-
camille Co.
Calling husbands to dinner contest
Aluminium skillet, given by Boswell
& Helber.
A base ball game will be played be-
tween the /. C. U. boys and the boys of
the north end of the county, around
Bonne Terre and French Village.
This game will start at 3 o'clock.
A purebred Poland China gilt will
be sold to the highest bidder. This
gilt is being given by DIR. C. A. Tet-
ley, of Pennington, to help bear the
expense of the picnic. The Farm Bu-
reau appreciates this action of DR..
Tetley and that of the merchants Of
fering prizes to the winners in the
contests. The Farm Bureau wishes
also to thank the merchants and banks
who have agreed to close their places
of business from IL to p. m. the day
of the picnic. They are as follows:
Klein Grocer Co., j. M. Karsch Shoe
Co., P. G. Smith, 7. F. Lockridge,
Henderson Store Co., Robt. Tetley
Jewelry Co., The Famous, C. F. Rick
us, Morris Bros, H. G. Nell, A. J.
Hawn, Fischer Mere. Co., Jacob Hell
ber, Pennington Hdw. Co., Pelty's
Book Store, st. Francois County Bank,