Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-09-15
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Clubs Boys and Girls Guests at
Monthly BANQUET.

Monthly Banquet.
The boys and girls of Hancock
county agricultural and home eco
Monies clubs selected to attend the
Springfield exposition as guests Of
the State Chamber of Commerce,
were guests Of the Ellsworth Cham
Der of Commerce at its monthly
meeting and banquet last Thursday
evening. The meeting was held at
the Baptist vestry, and the ladies of
the society furnished a delicious
chicken supper.
The girls and boys occupied
prettily arranged table in the CEN
ter OF the floor. With them were
county Agent Tibbetts, Miss Childs.
the nome demonstration agent, and
Mrs. Ella M. Blaisdell of Franklin.
county leader Of club work, who will
accompany the boys and girls to
Springfield as chaperon.
The boys and girls present were
Henry Bartlett, Newell Haynes,
Parker Cushman, Freda Daniels,
Karin Eliason and Gladys Mowry. all
of Ellsworth; John Blaisdell. William
Blaisdell, Floyd Bradbury, Sumner
Gordon, Hulda Bragdon and Hilda
Bragdon, all Of Franklin. Alice J.
Hammond and Lucy Martin, both of
Ashville, were unable to attend.
These boys and girls were selected
for the trip to Springfield as a re-
suit of proficiency In their projects
and after careful competitive tests.
1t is matter of pride for the people
of Hancock that this county, because
| of its leadership in club work, was
entitled to the largest quota of any
| county in the State. To each Of the
fourteen boys and girls, the Ellis
| worth Chamber Of Commerce pre-
sented handsome medal, suitably
inscribed, and advertising Hancock
county to all who will see them at
Springfield.
After the banquet, President Har-
old A. Robinson introduced County
Agent Tibbetts, who spoke briefly of
boys and girls club work and the
basis for the selection of these boys
and girls to represent Hancock
county.
He was followed by Karin Eliason,
who spoke for the girls. She said:
Members of the Chamber of Commerce
and Fellow Club Members:
When 1 received my cordial invita-
ton to attend this banquet, in honor
OF we folks who are going to
Springfield, I felt 1t to be a great
honor to be among the group to be
entertained by the Chamber of Com
merce, and when directly afterwards
Miss Childs asked me to tell you at
this time few interesting facts of
clubdom, l also felt it a great pleasure,
but l did not feel capable of speaking
to such group as is assembled here
tonight. However, I shall try to do
my best and tell you of my club work
and the progress of the All clubs in
the past ten years.
I am a member of the La Constant
club of this city. This is my second
year in club work, with six members,
under the leadership of Mrs. A Evelyn
Lord last year we had judging team
giving an exhibition at the annual
county leaders conference, thus win
ming our charter. This year we Joined
the Farm Bureau, Freda Daniels and 1
going to Orono on a demonstration
team. We are working to win our
seal of achievement.
The boys and girls agricultural or
homemaking club, of which we are
members is an organization for young
people to help improve agriculture and
home life and develop rural leader
ship. The All club work is a part of
the national agricultural extension
system. 1t came into existence as one
means of teaching better farm and
home practices. Club work is giving
vision and leadership to boys and
girls, and helping to make of them
outstanding men and women"
Ten years ago, most of the demon
STATIONS in extension work were car
ried on with adults. In 1925, the last
year for which we have records, there
were more corn and potato demonstra-
tions, more demonstrations on poultry,
gardening and sewing carried to COM
pletion by boys and girls in the high
school, than by adults. The nation is
seeing that when it has a teaching
problem, it should begin in increasing
measure with youth.
The outstanding feature of All club
work is the demonstration doing
worth while piece of work in worth
while way. Associated with this is
the club idea, in which boys and girls
learn to work together play together,
cooperate, achieve, how to demon
strate, Judge, how to speak, to play
the game, to be a man or woman.
Camp Vail has increasingly helped
in this work 1t has made it possible
to show to the world what club boys
and girls are doing and how they are
doing it. 1t has brought together
leaders of All club work for confer
ence, exchange of ideas, and spread of
knowledge. The All club exhibits
made at Camp Vail have been worth
seeing, but the fine thing about this
phase of the work is the adoption of
the slogan by the club members that
boys and girls themselves shall be
their own best exhibits.
Thus we learn that All club work,
through the demonstration work, i'm
proves agriculture and builds out
standing men and women. That's the