Smyrna times., 1924-10-08
MISS FERGUSON WINS HONOR
Makes the Highest Score Among Com
petitOrs in Clothing Judging

Makes the Highest Score Among Com
petitOrs in Clothing Judging
The eight Delaware boys and girls
who returned last week from Camp
Vail at the Eastern States Exposition
at Springfield, Mass, again demon
strated the ability of Delaware's Boys
and Girls Club members to hold their
own in any sort of competition.
Having won their trips to Camp |
Vail by defeating all other judging |
and demonstration teams from Della
ware, in contests arranged by the |
Junior Extension Department of the
University of Delaware the four Del |
aware teams proceeded to win first
place in clothing judging, first place
in canning judging, second place in
corn judging and third place in pOul-
try judging in the team contests ar
ranged at Camp Vail for club boys
and girls from the twelve eastern
states.
In addition to the honors won by
the teams, Harriet Ferguson, twelve
year-old member of the Rose Bud
Sewing Club of Newark, won first in
dividual honors in clothing judging,
making a score of 95 points, the high
est score made by any member from
any state in all the contests. This is
the most remarkable attainment of
any Delaware Club member at Camp
Vail, because Harriet has been a club
member only since last spring and
has just completed her first years
work Her team-mate, Martha Jac-
quette, also a first year clothing club
member, placed fifth. Competing
against them were twenty-One girls
representing the champions of the
twelve eastern states.
In the canning judging contest,
Margaret Hopkins and Susanna War
rington of FELTON, tied for first indi-
vidual honors with scores of IS points
T each. Their team score of IS points
: was 20 points above their nearest
, competitors, team from Massachu-
f sets.
2 The poultry team, Ralph Snow
4 berger and Robert Annett from
Greenwood, met stern competition
\ | with eight states lined up against
: them, and members from Massachu-
. setts and Connecticut that were re-
= ceiving special training for the ma
tional contest, this winter at Madison
; Square Garden. However they man
aged to take third place, as a team
4 | Snowberger getting fifth individual
g honors with a score of 67 points.
+ After defeating the crack corr
n judging teams of Virginia and Mary
: land for two years, Delaware had tt
e give way to Virginia this year and b.
h content with second place. However
e Harold Johnson and w. B. Simpson
e of Houston, who composed the corr
e team won second and third places Il
v the individual contests.
t A summary of the results show
e that the eight Delaware Club nem
d bers won first, second, l third an
> , fifth places. Harriet Ferguson wa
the only girl in Camp Vail to b
( awarded the special merit ribbon fo
N a judging score of over 80 points.
le Naomi Pepper, of Georgetown, an
le Dewey Sapp, of Houston, both forme
club members were also awarde
trips to Camp Vail this year to al
tend the All Leadership Trainin
L School for Club Leaders. Dewey Sap
was elected president of this year
It, group, and both Delaware represer
tatives were highly commended b
,d the directors of the school.
n. The trip to Camp Vail is the mo-
in coveted goal for all club members
p Delaware, and gives an Opportunit
o. to show the thOroughness of the trail
ad ing received through representative
at of the Extension Department of Il
RI University of Delaware.
O. The trip this year was made in
~ special car over the Pennsylvan
Ic- Railroad in company with club mer
I'M bers from Maryland ard Pennsylvan
70. A. D. Cobb, State club leader; Mi
et Anne B. Moore, Sussex county eli
Sc agent, and NJ. c. Vaughn, SUISSE
sb county agent accompanied the bo
70 and girls on their trip.