Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-10-17
COUNTY CONTEST.

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meeting of Hancock county's boys
and girls agricultural clubs and
leaders Exhibits had been sent in
for display in time for setting up and
! judging the day of the meeting. AL
| though the program was not sched-
uled to start until 10 O'Clock, Deer
Isle youngsters were on hand by 9
o'clock, and from then on it was
continuation of animated per-
| Torrance.
Registration was first on the pro-
| gram, followed by sports supervised
| by John j. Whitney and George
| Christie of Ellsworth Falls. A lot of
| fun was realized from a football, and
Lamoine and North Penobscot
showed some real stuff in the 50-yard
dash, three-legged race and potato
race. picnic dinner finished the
| forenoon.
About 1916 the youngsters began
to gather in the hall for the after
noon program, which was supervised
by John j. Whitney. Club songs and
cheers enlivened the meeting.
| Charles H. Leland, president of the
board of trade, welcomed the gather
ing to the city, and encouraged all
club members present to come next
year with still better exhibit. APP
probation of Mr.. Leland's efforts and
! the board of trades support was fit
| tingly expressed by Leo Staples, a
| senior club member from South Pc
nobscot.
/ Mrs. VENDETTA Stanley of Surry,
the county club project leader, gave
an interesting talk regarding club
work, and announced the winners of
! the Maine Farmer prize.
One part of the afternoon program
significant of the interest taken in
club work, was the awarding of char
tiers and seals of achievement, the
greatest honor possible in club work.
The clubs receiving charters were
Hancock, Southwest Harbor, North
Penobscot, North Sedgwick, East
brook and West Franklin. The clubs
receiving seals We're Southwest Har-
Dor and East Sullivan.
A canning demonstration was
given by Frances Page and Virginia
| Stewart of Hancock. This team
| answered questions as they worked,
which all tended to show the train
ing given them by Mrs. A. |. Foss,
their local leader.
Supt. of Schools Turner of Ellis
worth then addressed the boys and
girls, urging them to attend high
school.
The play given by the Live Wire
club of Franklin and supervised by
Mrs. Blaisdell certainly showed how
club work appeals to the average
red-blooded boy.
The afternoon was rounded out by
pictures in the Odd Fellows hall as
follows: "Club Champions at Camp
Vail" Hating Foreign Plant Foes"
comedy and news.
Supper was served at the Uni
tartan vestry, followed by an evening
program, supervised by r. J. Aber-
nethy, principal of Ellsworth high
school. Toasts were given to the
banks and local leaders. Q. w. Tap
ley. responded for the banks, in the
principal address of the evening. He
voiced the sentiment of the four
banks which gave the 500 each
Union Trust Co., and Liberty Ma
tional Bank, Ellsworth Bar Harbor
Banking and Trust Co., and First
National Bank, Bar Harbor. The
toast to local leaders was given by
Virginia Choate of North Sedgwick,
and the response by Mrs. A. e. Foss'
! of Hancock. The toast to the banks
was given by William Blaisdell of
Franklin Elizabeth Thurston of
Southwest Harbor read her story of
her years work. A piano solo by
Alice Hammond of East Sullivan was
we'll rendered.
Mrs. ARA Mixter, assistant State
club leader explained the system by
which awards were made, and Mrs.
VENDETTA Stanley of Surry, county
club project leader, announced the
awards, as follows:
COOKING AND HOUSEKEEPING.
First honors-Laura Williams, Eliza
beth Thurston.
Second honors-MIarguerite Hamblen,
! Bertha Hutchings, Bertha Gray, Edna
| Hardison, Ruby Hardson, Louise
Marshall, Nellie Coombs, Isabelle Con-
AIRY, Marjorie Burgess Margaret Rich,
Thurston Pauline Dunhlr, Rena
Marks. Frances Worcester, Wnifred
! Hamblen, Ruth Robinson, Katrina
Margaret Williams. Ruth Clark, Lin
net Bowden, Sylvia Dyer Lavinia Her
| rick, Myra Gilley.
Third honors-Juanita Dunbar, Mar
Grndle Lila knight, Janet Farms
worth. Elnor Rankin, Daisy DeMeyer
| Virginia Springer, Viola LurVey, Mari
ON Weber Roscoe Marshall, Pauline
Mason. Ruth Gray, Elizabeth Linscott,
Jessie Odom.
CANNING
County MISREPRESENTATION Blaisdell.
First honors-Maria Merchant, Agnes
IstabroolI, Barbara Eldridge.
| Second honors-Winifred Gatcomb,
Marion Stewart, Ruby Hardison,
Eleanor Springer, Virginia Stewart,
Margaret Wilbur. Frances Page, Mar
garet Williams Dorothea dow. Gene
We've Kief, Viola Gordon, Eleanor
Johnson, Marian Smith, Arlene CAT
comb, Airline Small. Beatrice Colwell,
Elinor Rankin, Ruth Gray, Freida
Goodwin, Frances Worcester Isabelle
Conary Leonice Hill, Myrtle Powers,
Pearla Chatto, Evelyn Staples.
Third honors-Marguerite Hamblen,
Marjorie Doyle, Jessie Grindle, Ger
trude Rankin, Moyle Gray