Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-22
Winning Members
OF Canning Club
To Get Big Trip

CHICAGO, Aug. 19.-(By the AS
ISOLATED Press.( "a three months
trip to Europe for four country
girls, with all expenses paid, is the
prize that has just been announced
for winning members of the can
ming clubs of the United States.
These clubs are conducted by the
agricultural colleges and the United
States department of agriculture.
The American committee Of devast-
ed France is providing the prize trip
for which $4,000 girls the country
over are expected to compete this
summer and fall.
The plan, provides for the usual
local, county and state elimination
contests conducted by the state ag-
ricultural college extension depart
ments. Following that there will
be five interstate or sectional con-
tests held at convenient expositions,
namely: Eastern States exposition,
Springfield, Mass; 8" Southeastern
States exposition, at Atlanta, Ca;
Interstate fair and exposition, Sioux
City, Iowa; Colorado State fair, Pueb-
10, Col, and the Pacific Internation-
al Live Stock exposition, Portland,
Oregon.
The first and second highest scor-
ing teams at each sectional contest
will compete for national honors dur
ing the week Of the International
Live Stock exposition at Chicago,
December 2 to 8. At this contest
the honors and prize trips will be
awarded on the basis Of efficiency in
demonstrating canning, in judging
canned products and by the home
canning record.
The unit will leave next June and
will spend three months in Europe;
eight weeks of the time will be spent
in visiting places of interest in
France and in demonstrating can.
ming in the devastated regions I'M
der the supervision of the American
committee for devastated France and
the French department Of agricu1-
ture.
The purpose Of the contest, accord
ing to G. L. Noble, secretary of the
committee on boys mad girls club
works, is to encourage thrift in the
conservation Of all available prod
ucts during the season of abundance;
to emphasize through canning the
Importance of constant, well-round.
ed diet that will make for farm and
rural home efficiency; to stimulate
greater interest in canning clubs
and boys and girls club work and to
determine prize winners worthy Of
a trip to Europe and capable of dem
onstrating canning to the French
people.
1t is estimated that the competi-
tors will can $675,000 worth Of fruits
ton for the contest.
coTop1iffon Of ctofo 1oodnro aud
members of the states delegation
service Of the United States depart
ment of agriculture have been col
laborating with the national COM
mittee on boys and girls club work
in preparing the rules and regula-
tons of the contest so that they will
be satisfactory to every state in the
union.
| ing as chairmen of EACH sectional
contest in their respective districts:
Miss Lois P. Dowdle, assistant state
agent, Georgia, southeastern section;
Miss Maude Sheridan, state club
| leader, Colorado, Rocky mountain
southwest section; Miss Elsie Ira
bue, assistant state leader, Connecti-
cut, northeastern section; Miss Helen
| Cowgirl, assistant state leader, Ore
gon, Pacific northwest section.
Three leaders who will train the
winning teams will accompany the
party, two coming from the state
having the champion team and one
from the state having the near cham
pion team.
In order to be eligible, the con-
testants must be sixteen years Of
age or more by January /, 1923, as
well as to be members Of a bona f1de