Smyrna times., 1922-01-04
JUNIOR FARMERS BEGIN A
SHORT COURSE At NEWARK
BOYS AND GIRLS GATHER AND
ARE GIVEN PRACTICAL DATA
State Fair Medals Awarded to Win+
ners in Contests at Recent State
Fair-Nearly 100 Register

Practical demonstrate were Civ
en- Thursday morning for the benefit
of the boys attending the Junior
Farmers Short Course at the Univer-
sity of Delaware. The demonstra-
tions for the boys included. Selecting |
and arranging a corn show, A. D. |
Cobb, state club leader; soils and
crops, Prof. c. L. Schuster and Chas.
Raymond Runk, of the agricultural
staff; poultry culling, Prof. M. C.
Vaughn. For the girls demonstra-
tions were: Dye and talk on cline and
color in design" Miss Kathryn Woods,
state demonstration agent; sewing
judging, Miss Agnes P. Medill, New
Castle county club leader; penciling
and painting, Miss Helen Comstock.
Wednesday night in the lounge room
of the university there was a social
period under the direction of the girls,
including many features for fun. On
Thursday evening the boys had charge
of the social time. Club Leader Cobb
Wednesday awarded gold, silver and
bronze medals to club members who
won in the demonstration contests at
the State Fair. Athletic exercises
were taken up in the gymnasium, the
boys being in charge of "Dick" Hol-
ton, university student, and the girls
in charge of Miss Emerson.
There were more than eighty in at
tendance, Sussex county having the
largest delegation by counties, New
Castle county second. One of the
features yesterday afternoon was a
lecture to the boys by DR.. Thomas F.
Manns, plant pathOlogist, on "Dis-
eases and insect pests of farm crops"
Lambert Ent, a rehabilitation student,
was in charge of the boys dormitories
and Miss Emerson in charge of the
girls. Leaders watching the work
were Miss Ethel Rothwell and Miss
Kathryn Ratledge, Townsend, and
Mrs. Thomas Murray, Viola.
Those in charge of the work are A.
D. Cobb, State club leader; Miss Kath-
ryn E. Woods, State home demonstra-
tion agent; Miss Dorothy Emerson,
Miss Helen L. Comstock and Miss Ag-
mes P. Medill, county club agents; r.
o. Bausman, Russell f. Wilson and NJ.
C. Vaughn, county agricultural agents.
| Those taking the care are as fol-
lows:
New Castle County
Middletown-Lester Burge and Geo
c. Burge.
Newark-James Jaquette, Robert
Jaquette, Leroy Davis, Herman Nc
Cams, Robert Connell, Margaret Jar
mon and Edith McCarns.
McDonough-Harry Armstrong ant
Gordon Armstrong.
Cooch-Jack Dayette.
Newport-Esther Hargan Margaret
Steinbaker, Dorothy Selby and Mabe
Steinbaker.
Wilmington Elizabeth Thompson
and Rachel ROtthouse.
Mt. Cuba-Margaret Haley anC
Grace O'neil.
Townsend Martha Weldon; York
lyn, Grace Ware; Hockessin, Ivy RO
ser; Christiana, Mary Keen and Ada
Miller.
Day students-Manon Dolan, Grace
Dolan, Clara Watson and Mary Hoop
es of Yorklyn.
Kent County
Dover-Henry Wallace, Samue
Wallace, Olive Phillips, Annie Ashton
Alice Hunter and Charlotte Allen.
Viola-Ethena White, Olive Burra!
and Katherine White.
arrington-Charles Sapp and AL
bert Karlik.
Kenton-Roy Wiley, Pennington
Robert Watson; Milford, Harvey War
ner; Cheswold, Stanley Short; Hous
ton, Dewey Sapp; Hartly, Lester Lay
er; Camden, Beatrice Scott.
Sussex County
Bridgeville-Leon Donovan, Ear
White, Aida Draper, William Hill
Harry Cobaugh and Catherine Pass
water.
Greenwood-Earl Meredith, Med
ford Calhoun, Lewis Edgell, Edwil
Unger and Margaret Stewart.
Lewes- Edwin Wilson, Charlie
Bookhammer and Edwin F. Wilson.
Seaford-John Pepper, Irene Kin
der, Hester Allen and Mary Messick.
Cannon-Norman Hill, Mary Swat
and Catherine Trivities.
Delmar-Harry Locates and Belv
Kenney.
Georgetown-Mary Jones, Hele
Pepper and Katherine Stewart.
Milford-Bess Elliott, Phyliss Grit
fifth, Trena Lemox and Mryl McNichol
Laurel-Eleanor Wiggin and Hele
Mitchell.
Millsboro-Harry Nichols, Rehobot
Margaret Massey; Roxana, Myrth
Wilgus; Ocean View, Violet Davis.