Evening star., 1944-09-25
Winners Announced
In Floral and Harvest
Show al Silver Spring

| Charles T. Williams, 1912 Noyes
drive, Woodside Park, and F. w
Lang. Kensington, were awarded
first prizes in the Victory garden
contest for the eastern suburban
area of Montgomery County at the
Flower and Harvest Show at the
Silver Spring National Guard Arm
ory last night.
Announcement Of the Victory
Garden Committee winners was a
closing feature of the two-day show
Mr.. Lang had the best backyard
garden in the area and Mr.. Williams
the best plot in community gar
den. Each was awarded $40 in War
Savings Stamps.
Other winners were Carl He'll
bach, 1t. Comdr. n Coseboom. E. E
Matson. Albert Buehler and E J.
Wagg The awards were presented
by County Commissioner Lacy Shaw
Silver Medal Winner.
! George U. Graft won the silver
/ medal given by the Potomac Rose
! Society for the best rose. The
bronze medal. also a Potomac Rose
Society award, was won by Mrs. E.
| c. Powell.
The Presidents trophy for the best
| dahlia and also the American Home
Achievement Medal was won by E. r.
Phillips, Silver Spring. John D.
Lowe won the sweepstakes in the
novice classes for dahlias.
In the large Towering classes. the
sweepstakes award was won by c. w.
Dlffenderfer, with the best dahlia
in the class award going to Mr.. Phil
lips. The medium Towering classes
sweepstakes in specimen blooms was
tie between George R. Hitchcock
and Colen E. Ross, with the former
adJudged winner for the best dahlia
in the class. Leslie Bowling won The
Star sweepstakes prize in the large
Towering classes for three blooms.
Sweepstakes Award Tied.
Sweepstakes award in the medium
Towering classes. three blooms, was
won by M. Shipley and Mr.. Phillips,
who tied, while Mr.. Shipley won
best dahlia in class. In the minia-
lures, pompoms, singles and other
types class the sweepstakes award
was won by Eva B. Ross, who also
won the four best dahlia awards in
this class.
The American Dahlia Society
Bronze Medal Certificate for the
best seeding was won by Frank H
Goetzer with medium cactus seed
ling. Leslie Bowling received the
National Capital Dahlia Society
Gold Certificate for miniature
seeding.
Mr.. Goetzer. H. c. Parker. L. M
Clarke, Mr.. Shipley and John L,
Bishop won first place in the bas-
kets and vases with the sweepstakes
prize going to Mr.. Shipley.
Other Prize Recipients.
Besides Mr.. Graft and Mrs. Powell
other prize winners in the rose
classes were J. M. Albertson. Mrs.
Arnold Burr, J. M. Franklin, George
Arner, Frank Pohanka, R. E. Scan
nell. j. Preston Swecker, F. Lang.
DR.. Floyd Smith was sweepstakes
winner in the vegetable section with
E. c. Powell second. The sweep
stakes award for canned goods was
won by Mrs. Floyd Smith with Mrs.
Ronald Mighell second.
Sweepstakes winners in arrange
ments and miscellaneous flowers,
respectively, were Mrs. j. Sazama
and Mrs. R. j. Consley.
Other flower winners were R. J.
Crowley, w. H. Youngman, Floyd
Smith Miss Sally Barker. Mrs,
Sazama, Mrs. Smith, Miss Isabel
Smith, Shirley Youngman. Mrs. M.
j. Murray, Mrs. J. S. Boyd, Marion
White and Mrs. Powell.
The show was sponsored by the
National Capital Dahlia Society, the
Potomac Rose Society, the Takoma
Horticultural Club, the Silver Spring
Garden Club and the Victory Gar
den Committee Of Silver Spring.