Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-09

| ette and Eta Higgins Of Vassal'
boro. canned goods; Harrison Barter
| of Fayette and Lloyd Smith OF Eas'
| Augusta. beans. Recess for the noon
| hour followed when a. most excelIen'
| dinner was served by ladies OF the
| Farm Bureau and Grange and OPP
| portunity was afforded for examln-
| ing the exhibits.
| table setting demonstration
| exceedingly well done by the Lew
Lew Club Of Readfield, opened the
| afternoon program.
| Stories of the seasons work were
| again called for. from Madeline ray
| lor of Vassalboro, Elva smith o.
| Monmouth, Helen Lane OF WlnsioN
| and Mildred Stackpole of East Az.
J gusta. Little Miss Ruth Robinson o.
| Fort Halifax club, Winslow, VIII
Miss Pennock accompanying gavs
| two very fine violin numbers, WhlcL
| were most enthusiastically received
| and Mrs. York followed with an I'M.
| personation, Buddy Speaks a Piece
| Mr.. Shibles read telegram re-
| ceived at this time from Miss Mildred
| Brown, a former Readfield girl, re-
porting q very successful contest N
| Penobscot county, with a large and
enthusiastic attendance. Mr.. Shibles
stated that this has been the big
I gest and best year ever" in CLUE
| work. He awarded charters to the
| Merry Juniors Of Vassalboro, the Re-
| Ly-On-Us club of East Monmouth
| the Ever Ready club Of Oakland, the
| Work and Win club of Sidney and
! the Busy Bees Of West Augusta.
| First Seals of Achievement were
| won by the Merry Juniors of Vas
| co tho Pa-TV.On.T1a n1u6
| of East Monmouth; second seals of
| achievement by the Young Yankees
| Of North Belgrade, the Sure-I-Can
| club of East Augusta, the Sew-Se
club of Readf1eld, and sixth seal
| Of achievement to the Happy Hust-
| lers of Fayette.
Mr.. Shibles then gave a talk on
| scoring, explaining that of the 100
! points possible, 35 were on produce
ton, 25 on record, 20 on story and 20
| on exhibit. First honors are given
| for score of IS plus, second honors
from 70 to "a and 3rd honors below
70. Under production effort is
counted, also variety, difficulties met
and financial returns. Records are
| scored on neatness, accuracy and
completeness. The story should tell
| the activities of the club, describe the
| SSSOAA . NOAh 40 q WhOACp 1lAo PCl .
sonal experience. His talk was of
value in explaining many little
points not fully understood by club
| members and leaders.
The County club leader Mrs. Nick
| erson, announced the county cham
pions, calling each to the front of the
room, where they were given rous-
ing cheer.
This years champions are, Senior
sewing. Clarine Hubbard, Fayette;
Junior sewing, Reba Libby. Wins
low; Senior chicks, Walter Wood
bury, North Belgrade; Jr. Chicks.
Dudolph La Rochelle, China; Jr. Po-
tato Raising, Geo. A. Vigue, Vassal-
| boro; Jr. Sweet Corn growing, Harry
Thompkins, Monmouth: Jr. pig rails
Sr. Garden, Charles Stackpole, East
Augusta; Jr. Garden, Maurice San
| born. Monmouth; Sr. Canning, Clar-
inc Hubbard, Fayette; Sr. Room I'm
provement, Katherine Foster, East
Augusta; Sr. cooking and house,
keeping, Clarine Hubbard, Fayette:
Jr. cooking and housekeeping. Bertha
LaCroix. Vassalboro; Kennebec Po-
mona prize winners: Clarine Hub
bard, Fayette, list; Kathleen GULL
fer. Vasalboro, End, for seniors and
Reba Libby Of Winslow, list and Ru-
dolph La Rochelle Of China, End for
juniors.
| One hundred and forty-four club
members in Kennebec county COM
pleted the seasons work and turned
in records and stories.
| Mr.. Richard E. Goodwin, treasurer
Of the Augusta Savings Bank was in
| troduced and gave a fine talk to the
boys and girls. For the 9Th year the
Augusta Savings Bank offered 5000
J in prizes, champions receiving $500,
End honor winners ST., $3.50, junior,
$1.25, and third honor winners prizes
Of s1.00 each, and Mr.. Goodwin per-
| sonally made the awards. He was
| introduced as the Santa Claus" of
the day and stated that Al prizes
| were won by former prize winners
| and 80 by new prize winners.
This bank up to this year has given
| 1897 in cash prizes to club boys and
girls and with prizes from other
sources $1054 has been awarded In
years. Additional deposits in the
bank to credit of club members am
cunt to $2,754 and interest to s242.3S,
making a total of $4050.S3. Deposit
| books are now held by 236 club MEM
bers and with this years new ones
| viii Total 2S2. Mr.. Goodwin compli-
| mented the habits Of thrift thus early
formed and praised highly the school
banking systems throughout the
country. He presented prizes as fol-
lows:
Senior firsts-Clarine Hubbard,
Ruby Keene. Helen Lane, Walter
Woodbury., Charles Stackpole, Clar-
inc Hubbard, Camilla Coffin, Han
! nah Lindholm, Catherine Foster,
Mildred Stackpole, Clarine Hubbard.
Ethel Stackpole. Senior seconds
Ruby Keene, Helen Lane, Isabel
Brown, Josephine Greene, Edith
bury, Richard Sturtevant, Syrena
Cook. Senior fthirds-Clarence
Booker. Maurice Cannon, Ernest
Cook, Vernal Furbush, Frank Fur
bush, Ernest Cook.
Junior firsts-Reba Libby, Ruth
Robinson, Elizabeth Axtell, Walter
Hartman. Kathleen Gullifer, Clar-
ence Skinner, Maurice Sanborn, Eu-
gene Stackpole, Dwinal Hubbard,
Eta Higgins, Esther Tuck, Elva
Smith, Eleanor Booker, Bertha La
Croix, Louise Nickerson, Ruth Nor
ton, Thelma Earle. Ruth Wood,
Edith Earle, Madeline Taylor, An
ME Tuck Junior seconds-Evonne
clculS, 1Hc1 1ipuys AuCllic WlCnerS,
Ella Stackpole, Carolina Skourro,
Frances Edwards, Margaret Hask-
ell, Helga Lindholm, Louise Perry,
Genevieve Aldrich, Amber Jakins,
Alvera Mangin, Lois Buzzell, Verna
Jones, Hazel Foster, Chestina Chase,
Rudolph LaRochelle, Theodore
Perry, George Vigue, Alfred La
Croix, David Furbush, Harry
Thompkins, Lewis Holt, Edwin Page