Milford chronicle., 1931-10-30
CAESAR RODNEY
SCHOOL COMMUNITY
HARVEST SHOW

on Friday, October %. 1891. This
year there were $50 more exhibits
than last year making a total of over
$50 separate entries. This increase
was largely due to added classes for
poultry and pet stock and to more
entries from the Home Economic
Department.
The attendance also eclipsed all
previous records. At the evening
program there were 50 many visitors
that it was impossible to seat them
in the auditorium which has a seat
ing capacity of over 500 personc
During the afternoon each grade
had an opportunity to see the eX-
hibits.
The evening program began at
80 o'clock with a half-hOm con-
cert by the Wyoming Fire
Company Band after which the fol
lowing program was rendered:
Community singing, lead by Supt.
w. f. Jump.
Parent-Teachers Association meet
ing, presided over by President A. b.
Thomas.
MY Club Chickens" stunt by
the Wildcat ill Club.
"Hiram's Pay Day" a one-act play
by the Saddle and Crate Club, Local
Future Farmers of America Chap
ter.
"A Bachelors Delema," a one-act
play by the Home Economic Club.
Presentation Of prizes, Russell e.
Wilson, County Agricultural Agent.
Selections by the band.
The Harvest Show was a cooper
atiye enterprise of the University of
Delaware Extension Service, the To-
cal Parent-Teachers Association
and the students of Caesar Rodney
school, The judging was done by
Mrs. Helen Mckinley State Home
Demonstration Agent, Miss Louise
Whitcomb, Kent County Home Dem
onstration Agent, and Ed Willm, |
New Castle County Agricultural
Agent.
The special grade championship |
prizes donated by the Parent-Teach- /
ers' Association were awarded as fol- !
lows:
Second grade, Ruth Townsend; |
third grade, Dorothy Coyerdale; |
fourth grade. Frank Thomas; fifth |
grade, Margaret Cox: sixth grade, I
Nathaniel Taylor, il; seventh grade. !
Emily Jackson; eighth grade, Will |
liam Walker.
Following is a list of winners in
each class:
Second and Third Grades
Best 5 sweet potatoes Au-
brey Berry second, Dorothy Cover
dale third paul ISppn
Best 5 whiteskin potatoes First,
Ruth Townsend; second, Albert Dag
er; third, Blanche Pearson.
Best redskin potatoes-First,
John Cooper; third, Myrtle Biddle.
Best 5 beets-First. Blanche Pear
son; second, Edward Jones.
Best 3 ears cOrn-Firsl, Dorothy
Coverdale: second, Harry Meredith;
third, Aubrey Berry.
Heaviest pumpkin-First, Dorothy Z.
Coverdale; second. Evelyn Schallis.
Best winesap apples--F.rst, Jes-
Sc Smith; second, Bobby Davidson.
Best ) Nero-First. Helen Wey-
andt; second, Dorothy C0yerdale;
third Doris Kohler
Best Stayman-First, Roland
Marvel; second, Helen Weyandt;
third, Harry Jones.
Best Rome-First, Ruth Town {
send; second, Dorothy Coverdale. {
Best S Delicious First, Betty Lou
Wine. /
Best Paragon First. Dorothy j
second, Helen Cole.
Best Yorks-First, Dorothy Gov /
erdale.
Best pears-S Second. Lorraine /
Turner.
Fourth and Fifth Grades /
Best s sweet potatoes First, Alec
Jackson; second, Frank Thomas;
third. Jack Dryden
Best whteskin potatoes-l'irst. l
John Farrows; second, Margaret Il
Cox. a
Best beets-First, Margaret Cox; e
second, Frank Thomas. T.
Best turnips First, Charlotte e
Virdn; second, John Farrows; third,
Margaret Thompson. l.
Best ears corn-firat, Margaret @
Cox; second, Frank Thomas; third, Il
John Farrow. d
Heaviest pumpkin--Fira Jack c
Dryden; second, Allan Carpenter; a
hird, Margaret Cox. 81
Best 5 Winesap apples - First, "
Frank Thomas. ST
Best Negro-Firal, Margaret W
1oX; second Marjorie Sapp; third, OF
frank Thomas. Il
Best Stayman-First, Alec
Jackson; second, Alec Jackson; cC
hird Roy Wall. b,
Best s ROme-l'ilst, Margaret Cox. III
Best Delicious--lirst, Frank W
Thomas. A
Best 5 Lilly of ient-First, Frank m
Thomas. tn
Best pears Second, Sanford te
ennis.
Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Grades SC
Best S sweet potatoes First, En- re
y Jackson; second, Delbert Berry; 10
bird, Kyle Lanimore. III
Best whiteskin potatoes-First, m
Wanda Ziebutski; second, William ad
Walker; third Hazel Meredith. IN
Best redskin potatoes First, IA
iodney Short; second, Desmond ac
raig.
Best turnips- First, Jeanette s
lawson; second, Charles Millman;
lird, Jack Bloth.
Best beets-First, NJ. W. Taylor,
+.
Best s ears corn-First, Albert tn,
OmegVs: second. Helen WRIGHT: an