Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-22
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Grange Fair Awards East Vassal.
boro

VasSalboro Grange held its 18th
annual Fair Oct 18th at their hall
in East Vassalboro. An exception
ally fine exhibit of vegetables, can
ned goods. fruit, flowers, fancy work,
antiques. cooked food, aprons, candy,
dairy products and school work drew
a record attendance which totaled
304. Two hundred and forty people
partook of chicken pie dinner
which is noted far and wide for it's
excellence. Sixty-f1ve were cared for
at supper time and the drama 1.-The
ColonePs Lady" which was ably
presented in the evening drew 3a4
people. A limited seating capacity
unfortunately obliged many to wait
for the second presentation which it
Is expected now will be Oct. cath.
At IL o'clock the assembly had the
privilege Of seeing upon the stage
the finest product of any COM
munity. it's babies, nineteen of which
awarded each child present and
special gifts were made to the fol-
lowing: To the baby with the red
dest hair, Elinor Aver; noisiest baby
Arthur Gilcott, Jr.; bluest eyed
baby, Janice Farnham; blacklist
eyed baby, Maynard Waldron; heav-
iest-for-age baby, Robert Richard
son: lightest- or-age baby. Pauline
Mason and for twin babies, Herbert
apd Albert F'erran.
During the afternoon a demon
stration in table setting was given
by two members of the Girls Club,
Miriam Gates and Mary Bartlett.
This club had a very attractive dis
play of cooked food in which the
following awards were made:
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Mary Bartlett. Cake, list, for angel
cake, Miriam Gates; 1st, for choco-
late cake, Helen Gates. All other
cakes were so good judges were I'M
able to decide and gave end, to all
three. Madelynne TAYLOR, Betty
Priest and Lois Buzzell; jelly yell,
LIST, Dorothy Earle; Pie. 1st., Berty
Priest. Cookies. 1St., Miriam Gates;
End, Thelma Earle. Awards in can
ned goods: General exhibit. 1st., Mrs.
Nancy Barker, SO varieties; 2nd.,
Mrs. Josephine Priest. Jellies, 1st.
Mrs. Gertrude Barker. Pickles and
Relishcs. 1st, Mrs. Gertrude Barker.
Special Jars: Raspberries. Mrs. Hat
riet Ward: Chicken, Mrs. Edith
Masse. Plums, Mrs. Hattie Ward.
Peaches. Mrs. Edith@ Masse. Peas,
Mrs. Abbie Davis.
Fancy work awards:
Crocheted pieces for household:
list, Mrs. Madeline Gates; End,
Carolyn McFarland.' Crocheted wear
ing apparel. 1st., Mrs. Rosie Tufts;
End, Mrs Jennie Foster. TattinS, lst.,
Carolyn Mcfarland; End, Blanche
Marshall. Embroidery, 1st, Mrs. Z.
p. Wood: End. Mrs. +. p. Wood.
Crocheting on childs garments, LIST.
Mrs. Fred Grouse; End, MIS-. Fred
Grouse. Crotcheted table runner lst..
Jennie Roster; End, Carolyn Nc
Farland.
Pillow cases, 1st Mrs. L. c. Bar
ker; End, Mrs. Kate Stillson. Quilts,
1st, Blanche Marshall, End, Fiona
Sproul Best sweater and collar by
girl, 1st, Dorothy Colony. Towels,
LIST. Mrs. Frank Perkins. End, Mar
that Perkins. Large centerpieces, LIST.
Mrs Lou Jordan: End. Mrs. Emery
Pease. SOFA pillows, LIST. Mrs. Nancy
Barker: 2nI. !.!anr Sproul. Best
crochctinG b. SRI. LIST, Virginia
Aver. Best embroidery b. girl, 1st,
Virginia Aver.
Vegetable ehibit1Eest general eX-
hibit by boys. LIST, Maynard Gates;
End, Barker Bros. Special articles:
green corn. LIST, Donald Priest; onions.
LIST. Merle BuZzell: PUMPKINS, LIST, Her
bert Kyle; potatoes, 1st Donald
Priest
Best general ehibit by adults: LIST,
f. s. Cooombs; End, F. d. Rand.
Special articles: early potatoes, 1st +.
NJ. Gates; End, Mrs. Clara Seward.
Late potatoes. A. l.. Winchenbach;
cattle beets, G. w. Taylor.
Apple exhibit-Gans. LIST, F. D.
baldwin Let wi fo1
man sweets. LIST. F. D. Rand, wolfe
river. LIST, Martha Perkins; End +. ID.
Rand; twenty ounce, LIST, A. I. Win
chenbach; black oxfords, LIST, Karl
Gates; Granite Beauty, 1st. G. +.
Earle; starkey, LIST, F. B. Perley;
belleflower, LIST, Karl Gates; r. I.
greetings. 1st G. E. Earle; Mann, 1st,
G E. Earle.
Dairy exhibit-Butter, 1st, Mrs.
Gertrude Barker; End. Mrs. E. S.
Bragg. Cream, LIST, Fred Burgess;
End, Mrs Ruby Gates. Eggs, 1st, G.
w. Taylor: End, A. Winchenbach
Judges for the baby show were
Mrs. Aver OF Benton. Mrs. Arthur
Burke of Portland, Mrs Pickering of
Winslow For the vegetables. Ralph
|'Dickey and Mr.. Weber Of Vasssal-
boro. For the canned goods, Mrs.
Sam Clark of Winslow and Miss
Greta Mabry of North Vassalboro.
For the fruit, James Johnson, Martin
Weber and II. D. B. Aver. For the
fancy work, Mrs Fred Pickering of
Winslow Mrs Eben Bailey of China