The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-09-28
|ROv|LLE CELEBRATI0N
| DECLARED BIG SUCCESS
bnival and Fall Fair Held by Oroville Lodge is En-
joyed by Large Crowd. May Hold Larger
Celebration Next Year

m an attendance that grew lar
nch day during the celebration
rIles three day fair, fall festival
Yarll Gras, held under the au
\ Of Oroville lodge Knights OF
Ahs closed Saturday night. Many
Axs we're present on Saturday
uhs from nearby towns of the
bU
NJ celebration proved u success IL,
\ way and the members of tins
ns Of Pythias committee ii,
ire Of the undertaking-W. A
Il Frank Schultz and Fred Hart
y highly pleased with the result
i wobable that it may become an
II event and that celebration
/ still larger scale may be hello
next year
Weather is Unfavorable.
nIIe the sudden change to coo.
kihef kept some people away per.
Visitors flOcked to OrOville Il.
numbers and the attendance
GOOD throughout the celebration,
|M new OrOville band, which has
j pncticing for several months
b Frank Bartell as bandmaster,
X Hs first public appearance,
na1ny and furnished excellent cou
every evening during the cele-
dpa which were greatly enjoyed By
public. Two members of the Elk s
II Wenatchee assisted the lOca.
h services of the Myers Carniva~
my Of Wenatchee. was engages
their merry-gO-round and carni-
bsoths were we'll patronized. Tn
tilr dance pavilion erected in
n Il the Civic League buildin>
llhly enjoyed by the public.
~ Variety Of Exhibits.
Ne fair exhibits were placed o.
Slq 10 the Civic League building
he hundreds of people who a
lkd the fair were surprised at to.
y uriety and splendid quality Of
! dhiblts, many of which would nc
\ have won prizes at the larger
X exhibits of fruits and vege-
y include almost every seasonabi-
ky. Exceptionally good generai
blts were made by G. Il. Chan.
hin from the OkanOgan SMITH
\, and BY Lee Rice and +. G. Ric, q.
iddlton to the comparative exhis-
we're splendid single exhibits O,
- walnuts, sweet potatoes, mti
mpes and a number of varieties
bnet0es.
pIapIay Many Old curios.
special Interest to every one
ne large display of curiOs ana
= iome Of which were several
''les old, and highly valued. The
q felt that they could not deter
lne comparative merits of these
A'u and no prizes were therefore
cded.
'elographer L. w. Barnes had >
interesting display Of his excel
work covering a long period OF
and Illustrating the gradual
N In photography.
alnature model house completely
''Aaed attracted much attention. ~
Ppaced on display by John l. Clio
VINO built the structure for hss
ehter, Alice.
Exhibit Needle Work.
any artistic pieces of needle work
|. paced on display by the ladie.
"oville, but Joe and Cecil Robin
aoTed rare versatility for me.
Ascng crazy quilts on display ane
\ guilt took first prize.
w. U. ]. BrOderick and Mrs. w.
want were in charge of arranglns
un'oits and decorating. Mrs. }. Il.
was In charge of the exhibits OF
Md antiques.
- Ella Hurley, Mrs. Grathwar
Ats. 2 W. Lawrence were judges
ue arts, while f. e. Teas, f. >.
.ss'e and l.. Il. Miner judged the
ls Of fruits and vegetables. The
''sn were as follows:
esefal exhibits-first prize, X. q.
soerlain; second, Lee Rice; thirc
aRm.
astoes-first, G. w. Drinkwins-
~ Mrs. Frank Schultz.
7persEfirst, Mrs. N. d. Threshe.