Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-04
THE BOYS AND GIRLS
Who GET A WEEK OFF
AT SPRINGFIELD Elk,
Especial to Kennebec JournaD

| to who will represent the various
counties in Maine on the pilgrimage
Of $50 boys and girls from the rural
sections who are to pass a week on
| the grounds of the Eastern States
| Exposition in Springfield. Mass, in
September has been definitely set
tied.
The State Chamber OF CONNER ce
and Agricultural League, by whom
the pilgrimage is being sponsored,
has received from State Club Leader
/ y II. Shibles list of the ooys
and girls eligible for the trip
When the project was first under
consideration the general committee
in charge of plans decided to limit
the participation in the pilgrimage to
members Of the agricultural and
home making clubs in Maine, who
represent one of the most important
features of the extension service of
the College of Agriculture. 1t was
specifically stipulated that althou III
the selection should be made on the
, basis of 1925 club work, every mem
Der to be eligible to the Springfield
trip must be carrying in a satisfac-
tory manner, Sept. l of this year, an
approved State wide project as
vouched for by the county extension
agents.
These 80 boys and girls and their
chaperones Will be given free trans
portation from their homes 10
Springfield and return, and a weeks
board on the Exposition grounds,
with all of the privileges that are
bestowed by the management at
what is known as Camp Vail. They
will go to Springfield BY motor or
train. leaving Portland Saturday
morning, Sept. IS, and returning
leave Springfield Saturday morning
Sept. %.
Major Z. f. Philbroo'- surveyor OF
the port of Portland, and one of the
directors of the Fas. nrn States EX-
| position. will go to ing"
eral days before the pilgrimage. TO
assist in making ready the camp for
the reception of the Maine delega-
| ton.
1t is estimated that the cost of the
pilgrimage will exceed $4,000. This
| amount is being raised by the State
| Chamber of Commerce. Many dona-
| ions nave been received from
! oranges, service clubs, chambers of
/ commerce, business and professional
womens clubs and other organiza-
! tons fhat have at heart the welfare
OF the youth in Names agriculture,
| communities.
| The general committee in charge
! of the plans comprises representa-
! ives of various State wide organ
lzatons. George f. West. vice
| president of the State Chamber OF
| commerce, is chairman; William G..
Hunton, industrial agent of the
Maine Central Railroad, treasurer:
| A. Ia. L. Cummings of the State
! chamber of Commerce, secretary.
| Following is list of the boys and
| girls chosen by merit of their club
work to represent their respective
| counties on the trip:
ANDROSCOGGIN- SAGADAHOC
Boys: Louis Bowie, Duhmam:
Norman Hamlin, Lawrence Tidswell.
Turner; Howard Kicker Lisbon;
| Basil B. Strout, Wadsworth +.
Strout Liyermore Center.
Girls: Laura l. Andrews, Wales:
Leila Bishop, Lorraine Heenie, Bow
doinham; Louise Nj. Bowie, Bertha
| Miller, Durham; Gertrude Morgan,
Turner.
Alternates: Fritz Garbotz, Lisbon:
Henry Johnson, Turner; Hazel
Hackett, Bowdoinham; Marion
Richards, North Livermore.
AROOSTOOK
Boys: Merle Clark, Herbert Jar
dine. John Wildly, Washburn; Merle
c. Higgins, Mapleton; Herbert Ste
vens, Portage.
Girls: Belle E. Parady, Cecile AL
ward, Lucy kirkpatrick. Portage;
Eula Rasmussen, Mabel Traitor,
Green Ridge.
Alternates: A. P. Hughes, Maple
ton; l.. Ralph Kent, Green Ridge;
Mildred Stevens. Winona Stockford,
Portage.
CUMBERLAND
Boys: Lee f. Adams. Cumberland
Center; Elmer CARL, South Wind
ham; Alfred Dolloff, Sebago Lake;
Stanley NJ. Harmon, Erwin Wood
ward, Scarboro.
Girls: Dorothy E. GRAHAM, Leona
GRAHAM, Sebago Lake: Katherine G..
knight, North Yarmouth; Elinor
Larry, West Scarboro Doris 4.
Pendexter, Bridgton.
Alternates: Lloyd Alton Parker
Intervale; Walter Sargent, West
Scarboro; Eleanor A. Shaw, Cumber
land Center; Marion Varney, Sebago
Lake.
FRANKLIN
Boys: Paul w. Butterfeld. East
Wilton; Roland Hunter, Strong;
Reginald Mosher, jay; Burton New
ton, Pennington Falls.
Girls: Mildred Luce, Olive Rand,
Pennington; Fannie Magrath. Mar
ion Tufts, North Wilton.
Alternates: James Mosher, Farm
ington; Reginald Smith. Edith Fos-
ter, East Dixfield; Ruth Bridges,
North Wilton.
HANCOCK
Boys: Henry Bartlett, Newell
Haynes, Ellsworth; John Blaisdell
William Blaisdell, Floyd Bradbury,
Franklin; Lawrence Chatto, Blue
hill; Sumner Gordon, West Franklin.
Girls: Pearl Chatto, South Penob-
scot; Freda Daniels, Karin Elaison,
Marcia Graham, Gladys Mowray,
| Ellsworth; Alice j. Hammond, Ash
vile: Lucy Martin, East Sullivan.
Alternates: Wallace Gray, Vivian
Gray, South Penobscot; Richard
Lord. Ellsworth: Hulda Bragdon,
Franklin.
KENNEBEC
Boys: Maurice Cannon, Frank B.
Sawtelle. Sidney; Charles Stackpole.
East Augusta; Richard Sturtevant
Walter Woodbury., North Belgrade.
Girls: Catherine Foster, Ethel
Stackpole, Mildred Stackpole, East
Augusta: Ruby Keene. Monmouth;
Clarine Hubbard. Fayette.
Alternates: Ernest Cook, Frank
Kurdish. North Belgrade; Camilla L.