Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1922-09-22
VERMONT CLUBS AT FAIR.
Boys and Girls Make Good Showing at
pringfield-Guilford Potato Clubs
Exhihif

Exhibit.
Not only has Vermont an excellent
agricultural and industrial exhibit at the
Eastern States Exposition but the state
Is well represented in the boys and girls
club work and boys and girls achieve
ment work. The former Isl in. charge of
Il. l.. ingalls, and Miss Marjorie Luce
Of burlington, while the latter IS in
charge of l.. II. Smith of Pittsford.
The Caspian Lake Garden club of
Burlington, with William Miller ms
leader, has nice display. Other mem.
bers of the ciuD present are John Allen
Donald &msden and Fred Iapierre.
The Bristol Poultry club team OF
Burlington is in charge of Miss Mildred
Il. Everts, county leader. while the
members of the team are Harvey Vaney
Maurice Farr and Edward DEMO
Messrs Vaney and Lapierre enter the
University of Vermont this fall
The Good Luck Canning club of Els
sex Center is in charge of Grace Pige
low and the team members are Elizabeth
Gates, Kathryn Mitchell and Mary
Weed
The fourth team is We-Are-Out-to
Win Potato club of Guilford, with Viola
Cameron, county club leader, in charge
and the team composed of Elva Gallur
and Catherine Gallup and Harry Beals
grown 375 bushels of nice potatoes or
their acre of ground When the fed
eral inspection occurred only a few
plants were touched with mosaic blight
Mr.. Smith brought three of the eight
boys who made such wonderful showing
ut the Sagamon camp in Pittsford last
sugaring time, carrying all their schoo
work and receiving from SIS to $50 fol
the time they occupied in sugarng. The!
h.: e D.,
by gifts. Mr.. Smith has more plans
for the coming year.
The Pioneer Printing club of Brattle
boro in charge of Franklin a.. Sears
with their printing plant running, ut
tract good deal of attention. Tn
| other members are Robert Simonds ant
| Donald Wood.
The Brush Up club from Bennington
represented by Ernest Hamilton am
Beatrice Bixby, are demonstrating wha
can be done in that line. while the Goo
Time club and the A. Il. G.. club of ST
,Johnsbury have some nice articles o.
exhibit. particularly the work of Alph
Gaumont. the crippled boy.
The club over which \. l.. Benedict @
Brattlcboro is in charge is attractn
IL good deal of comment. The dressc
made by the club and other work ar
excellent A. l.. Benedict and tn
| MISSES MeltulI, l'dHNcM, puSul an
Helen and Marjorie Bushnell compos
the club.
Two Connecticut boys walked ava
with the highest honors in the baby bee
class Tuesday at the annual auction a
the Eastern States Exposition. Wesle
Garrigus of Storrs captured the gran
championship with his 1,150-poun
Hereford steer. and Nils Neustrand, IA
ycar-old Newton boy. won the reserv
championship with his Angus steer.
| Berkshire county achieved first honor
for this state for prices paid at the aut
ton of baby beef raised by members @
boy and girl clubs. when Gussie of To
Court. S90-pound Hereford steer raise
by Miss Margery Little of Pittsfelt
brought 30 cents a pound in the mos
spirited bidding of the auction. Mis-
! Little is president of the Berkshir
County Baby Beef club. In compariso
Young Garrigus's grand champio
brought but 40 cents a pound.
Connecticut children generally mad
n remarkable record Tuesday. Brins
ing ii steers to the exposition. they wo
prizes with every one Of. them ,.4f
Boys and girls from that state wi
carry back with them prizes totalin
$40 as well as the ribbon for the gran
champion and the reserve champion.