Beverly banner., 1924-12-12
Burlington County
Corn Wins Prizes
Farmers Set at Banquet in Masonic
Hall in Annual Meet.


Only the sick, blind and halt, of
Burlington county residents interest
ed in agriculture remained away
from the corn show, held in the
Masonic Hall on Tuesday. 1t was the
largest gathering that ever attended
similar event in the county.
The Burlington County Board of
Agriculture, and the County Agricul-
ture Extension Office united to hold
the show. It consumed all of Tuesday
afternoon and evening.
Dad and Son Get Six Prizes.
Between them, George and Earnest
Phillips, father and son, captured six
first prizes out of a possible nine
with four seconds and two third
prizes.
All of the corn exhibited was the
finest quality and it took fine dis
elimination on the part of the judge,
C. A. Thompson, county agricultural
extension agent. Some of the best
farms in the county were represent
ed in the show.
During the afternoon the regular
business meeting was held and the
officers elected for the ensuing year.
Grange Contest
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the corn show, Columbus won the
cup which was the prize offered for
the best grange exhibition over thier
rivals, the Pemberton, Moorestown
and Crosswicks Oranges.
In the inter-high school competi-
ton the Mount Holly high won over
the Moorestown High.
After the business meeting and
corn show, the board members and
their guests adjourned to the Bever-
Lee theatre where they were enter
tanned for two hours by motion
picture, while the ladies of the board
were setting the tables for the BAN
quet at $50.
The six-course banquet was served
to approximately 250 persons. Dur
ing the banquet nfusic was furnished
by the Burlington County Y.M.C.A.
Orchestra, with Guy c. Hendry the
county secretary as the leader.
After the dinner there was an in
vocation by Rev. r. L. Beazley, of
Jobstown, followed by reading by
the popular Helen Mcconnell of
Palmyra. Then there was stunt
vaudeville act. Following the stunt
the Rev. r. L. Beazley delivered a
short talk on Teamwork followed
by a soprano solo by Miss Anna
Mcconnell of Palmyra.
Ferguson POSTMASTER
Mr.. Alexander C. Ferguson of
Edgewater Park, the POSTMASTER in
troduced Paul o. Sampson, of Phila-
delphia, director of the National
Health League, and well known
dietician and food specialist. After
calling to the audiences minds the
fact that just before the war, owing
to the many privations in the line of
food that we suffered, the years of
our lives were raised from the aver
age of 32 years to 65 years.
"Cook potatoes with the skins on.
Eat scalloped, boiled or roasted po-
tatoes, but always cook them with
the skins on" Mr.. Sampson explain
ed that in this way we retain ala
that is so necessary to a healthy
stomach, which means healthy sys-
tenn.
Expects to be 14O
The speaker told of his own fam
lily: "My grandfather lived to be lo5
years old. my grandmother to be 103
years old, and both just expired, hav-
ing greatly exceeded their allotted
three score and ten. expect to live
to be 13O or 140 years old, and / am
going to do it by eating the proper
foods in the right proportion. You
farmers know how to raise horses
but you don't know how to raise
children"
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