Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-20
LARGE ATTENDANCE
At 18TH ANNUAL
FAIR At GRANGE

TAIN III U0HVUk
The 18th annual boys and girls
Fair by Winthrop Grange was held
at the Grange hall on Saturday, Sep
TENDER Is.
There was a large attendance and
much interest was shown in the ex-
hibits which were of a fine order and
reflected much credit upon the young
people.
The main hall was decorated in the
Grange colors. yellow and blue, and
the stage was attractively decorated
with sheafs Of grain sun-fowers and
bouquets of autumn flowers.
In the dining hall there were var
ious booths where the grange ladies
offered attractive articles for sale.
The main feature was the large
horn Of plenty which was used re-
Gently in the Old Home Week parade
on the Gran ge float and which at
tracted so much attention at that
time. This horn was decorated with
trailing woodbine and fall flowers
and made an attractive booth from
which vegetables were sold in charge
OF E. w. Alden.
Cooked food was sold from an at
~
Mrs. E. ". Alden and Miss Ellen AL
den.
Candy table was in charge OF Mrs.
W. H. Titus and Mrs. William
Schnitz. and the booth was decorat-
ed in the purple and colds Of automn.
The ice cream booth decorated with
woodbine and hydrangea, was in
charge OF Mrs. ". y. kimball and
Mrs. Emerson Perry.
The fancy work booth was most
attractive in green with shades of
orange and yellow and was in charge
of Ms. H. W. Peck and Mrs. Annie
Thaanum.
Aprons and cut flowers were sold
from an attractive booth decorated
in blue by Mrs. C. E. Longfellow and
Mrs. NJ. E. Higgins.
Popcorn booth was in charge Of
Miss Marka Stevens, Mrs. Ruby Nc
Intire and Mrs. H. o. Williams.
From the kitchen which was in
charge of Mrs. w. H. Frazee and
Mrs. A. H. Perry. sandwiches. coffee,
tea and doughnuts found a ready
sale.
The following prizes were awarded
to the young people on their exhibits;
Class IA Dresses: Germaine Fleu-
ry, 1st, 800. Glass I-B Dresses:
Frances Edwards LIST. s1.o0. Miscel-
laneous articles, class IA, Germaine
Fleury and Helen Foster, LIST. soc;
Louise Jewell and Airline Sberburne,
End, CSC. Glass I-B Miscellaneous,
Cecilia Dostie. LIST, soc; Bertha Cram
End, 25c. Glass 2-B Darning, Helga
Lindholme, 1st, s1..00. Glass ga, En-
broidery. Inez Libby LIST, 75c; Louise
Jewell. End, soc; Ida Edwards, 3rd,
25c. Glass 3-B. Embroidery, Bertha
Cram LIST, 75c; Frances Edwards End,
soc. Glass 5-B, Tatting, Bertha Cram,
1st, 75c; Glass ga Crocheting, Louise
Jewell 1N, 75c. Glass 6-B, Bertha
Cram. LIST, 75c. Glass Z most tastefully
arranged bouquet Of garden flowers.
Milton Thomas LIST, 75c; Maurice
Towle End, soc; Wallace Allen Srd,
csc. Class s, most tastefully ar
ranged bouquet of wild flowers, Cush
man Ainslie 1st, 7oc; Airline Norcross
End, soc: Ida Edwards. 3rd, 25c. Glass
8. list of forest trees with mounted
specimens, Frances Edwards, 1st,
$500. Glass 10. list of Towering
plants with mounted specimens, Ma
rian Andrews, 1st. $500; Hannah
2nd, s20o. Glass u, best
display of canned vegetables, varie-
ties, Gwendolyn Brown 1st. $3.50;
Virginia Ward. End. 500. Class Is,
best display of pickles, varieties,
Paul Holmes, LIST, $3.50: Ruth Nor
cross. End. $1.00: Gwendolyn Brown,
3rd, 75c: Glass IA, best display can
ned fruit varieties. Paul Holmes. 1st
$3.50; Gwendolyn Brown, End, $500:
Helen Harris, 3rd, 75c. Glass Is, best
display Jelly varieties Gwendolyn
Brown LIST, $3.50: Glass 16, Best plain
cake, Gwendolyn Brown, 1st, 7sc:
Helen Kinds, 2nd, soc: Frances Ed
wards, srd. 25c; Glass II, best frost
ed cake, Alta Moulton, 1st, I5c;
Louise Aldrich end, soc; Helen Har-
ris 3rd. 25c. Glass is, best pumpkin
pie. Frances Edwards, LIST, 15c; Ruth
,Norcross End, soc.
y Class 10. best apple pie, Rita Bond,
LIST, 15c; Marian Andrews. Ind, o0c;
Frances Edwards, 3rd. 25c. Class
2lA, best flower garden. Milton
Thomas, 1st, $500 Glass 21B, best
flower garden, Maurice Towle, LIST,
$500 Glass ga, best vegetable
garden, Nelson Briggs, LIST. $500;
Milton Thomas, 2nd, $500; Cushman
Ainslee, 3rd, $1.00. Glass 22B, best
vegetable garden. Roscoe Harris,
list, $500: Thomas Kus, End, $500;
Barbara Howard. ard, $1.00. Glass
23A. manual training. Dwight Ing
ham, LIST, $500; Donald Arnold, End.
$2.0o, Earl Beatty, 3rd, $1.00. Class
23B, manual training, George Dra-
peau, LIST, $500; Maryland Cram. End.
S1.00; Dular Currier, 3rd, soc. Class
23C, manual training. Lionel Philip
pom, 1st, s1.o0; Arthur Rice. End,
soc; Arthur Burnham, Srd. csc.
Mrs. w. P. Briggs special ON as
tiers. Milton Thomas, LIST, $1.00; Nell
son Briggs, end, 75c; Gertrude lib
belts. Srd. 25c. Mrs. L. H. Mills
paugh. dahlia special, Paul Holmes,
list, $1.00; Cushman Ainslee, End,
75c. Mrs NJ. E. Higgins, special
johnny cake. A Helen Foster. s1.o0:
b Gertrude Tibbetts, S1.00. Clarence
Perley, LIST prize special on pansies,
Nelson Briggs, s2.0o. Jessie Long
fellow, End special on pansies, Ida
Edwards, s1.00. Banner presented to
the rural school making the best ex-
hibit was won by the Howard school
Glass A. children under IS; class B,
children over Is.
The judges. from classes on sew
ing embroidery, Mrs. H. W, Stevens,
Mrs. Ray Rogers and Mrs. Ora Max
i'm; for flower displays. Mrs. L. H.
Millspaush. Mrs. Fl. W. Peck and
Mrs. c.. e. Longfellow; cooked food
and canned goods. Mrs. R. Fl. Cur
tbs, Mrs. Roy Thomas and Mrs. Sarah