Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-24
Plans Take Definite
Form for Annual
BOYs-Girls Fair

the annual boys and girls fair at
winthrop grange has been at work
Tor some weeks upon the special
committees and prizes. A long list
OF the latter has been obtained, which
will give the boys and girls unusual
opportunities this year and which
will doubtless make the fair this year
the best in the history Of grange
fairs.
In addition to the regular premi-
ums offered each year Mrs. M. L.
N1ilspaugh will offer prizes Of 81, 75c
and 25c for best display of ten va
rieties Of dahlias, Mrs. w. P. Briggs
offers 81, 55c and Csc for the best dis
play of pansies, all these flower priz-
es being offered only for plants
grown by the exhibitors.
Winthrop Farmers Union offers 81,
75c and 25c for best biscuits made
from Farmers Union flour, Mrs.
Mary Lersner Of Brooklyn, n. Y.
prizes of $3.50, 81 and Csc for three
best dozen cream tarter biscuit made
by girls IA and under, Mrs. S. 3.
Currier of Minneola, N. Y, a vanity
bag for the best frosted cake made
by a girl under 16. j. l.. Andrews is
offering a set of dishes for the best
loaf of bread made from Grafton
flour; I. A. Hills a set of dishes to
the girl under Is who displays the
neatest made pillow slip, this must
not be made from tubing, but shall
BE- sewed over and over up the side
stitched and over cast across the
bottom and hemmed by hand.
In connection with the vegetable
gardens several specials are offered
in addition to the regular prizes. Dr.
F. r. Sedgeley of st. Paul. Mimi.
offers 81, $3.50 and 81 for best garden
exhibits by boys under II, who~have
never had gardens entered in the
grange fair contest before. Vege-
table gardens should he reported to
Joseph Jordan, Everett Longfellow Or
Joseph Moore and flower gardens to
Nellie Millspaugh, Jessie Longfellow
or Ella Peck before July Is for in
spection and every boy and girl in
Winthrop is eligible to compete in
these contests. AT the end of the
season every boy who has tended and
completed a grange garden will be
given his choice of a Ratchet or
fishingrod, the garden committee an
nounces.
Another interesting special is the
3 prizes of $500. $500 and S1.00 res
pectfully offered by the d. II. Max
i'm estate for the besh cash account
kept by a boy or girl between the
ages of 10 and 16 years in the form
of Winthrop during the months of
July and August. Copies for forms
to be used may be obtained at their
office on Central street
For the evening program the
Grange offers the usual prizes for
prize speaking. The C. p. Hannaford
Store offers camera for the best
piano selection, Jessie Longfellow 81
for the End best and NJ. l.. NorcroSs
81 for the third best.
The Walton Boat and Auto Co.
offers prizes of $500. $500 and $1.00
for the best essays on THE Auto in
Relation to the Farm, and the usual
prizes for essays on Agriculture are
also offered. A number of other
specials are promised and will be
made public later on.
The following special COMMITTEES
have been appointed by the general
committee: Fancy work. Mrs. Ethel
Hartman. Mrs. Eva Marble, Mrs.
Bertha Briggs: aprons. Mrs. Alice
Bates, Mrs. Lena Higgins. Mrs. Ruby
ley: cooked food. Mrs. Nellie Sch
mitz;- ice cream, Mrs. Cora Will
liams, Miss Marka Stevens; fish
pond. Mrs. Abbie Edwards, Mrs.
Blanch Mooer, Mrs. Mary Alden;
pop corn. general committee; dough-
nuts. coffee, sandwiches and milk. Mr..
and Mrs. Stanley Moore: sports,
Joseph Jordan. Frank Taylor, Earle
Holmes; entertainment, Mrs Lottie.
York.
The general committee includes
Mr.. and Mrs. w. p. Briggs, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Frazer. Mr.. and Mrs. L.
H. Millspaugh, Mr. and Mrs. VIM.
Schmitz. C. E. Longfellow. Mabel E.
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