Smyrna times., 1949-07-14
SMYRNA BOY
WINS CONTEST
Won Top Honors In Kent Al
Dairy Judging Contest
Last Thursday
SMYRNA TEAM FIRST

Francis Downs, of Smyrna, won
top honors in Kent County All
Dairy Judging Contest held Thurs
day, July Z, 1949, announces Miss
A. Margaret Webb, All Club
Agent. Downs, a member of the
Kenton Klubbers All Club and now
a junior leader of the same club is
also Dairy Project Leader of the
Smyrna Bucking Broncos Club. Be-
ing a All Club member for 10
years, Downs has carried a. dairy
project for 5 years and has sue
cessfully completed crop, swine,
garden, safety, and personal rec
ords projects. He was a member
of the State Dairy Production
Demonstration Team last year and
also took part on the State Judg-
ing Team. The club team placing
first in the contest on Thursday
was Smyrna Bucking Broncos with
Downs as their coach. Placing
second in individuals was Jack
Davis, a member of the Milford
Wildwood All Club and dairy club
member for 6 years. Davis has
held many club offices and has TAX
en- part in both county and state
dairy activities. He also partici-
pated on the State Judging Team
in 1948. In third and fourth places
respectively were Billy Knotts and
Clarence Scuse. Both are members
of the Smyrna Bucking Broncos
Club, with registered Holstein
calves as the dairy club project.
These four boys were presented
with calf blankets as awards. PIac-
ing fifth was Purnal F. Friedel, Jr.,
of Canterbury Club, who will be
alternate on the county team this
year. The latter four All dairy
club members will take part in the
State Dairy Judging Contest to be
held at the Kent and Sussex Fair
on Friday, July 29th, at 10 am.
The state Team will be selected at
the Fair and will begin training for
competition in out-of-state con-
tests. To be a member of the
county or state teams the boy or
girl must be Ia years of age, a
bona fide All Club member, and
carry a dairy project this year.
Also participating in the judging
on Thursday were: Ernest Fry,
Milford; William Davis, Milford;
Joseph Hughes, FELTON,; Elbert
Harrington, Canterbury; Peggy
Ann Adams, Vernon; Mary Elean-
or Friedel, Canterbury; Walter
Draper, Vernon; Billy Bowdle,
Billy Taylor, Clifford Outeen, Bob
by Yoder, all of Vernon; Samuel
Walters and Sadie Walters, both
of Canterbury; Elmer ODay, Eel
ton; Gene Short and George Scuse,
both of Smyrna; Charles Ross of
Clayton; Raymond Welch, Vernon;
Ralph Alexander and Norman
Alexander, both of Kenton.
Winning Teams
OF the group judging there were
eight club teams with the follow
ing placings: Smyrna Bucking
Broncos, first; Canterbury Sunny
Smiles ,(team u, second; Vernon
Honeybees (team u, third; Milford
Wildwood Club, fourth; Vernon
Honeybees (team y, fifth; Canter-
bruy Sunny Smiles (tean y, sixth;
Kenton Klubbers, seventh, and Fell
ton Paradise, eighth. Judging
started at $50 am. at PurnaI F.
Friedel's, Viola, with three classes
of Holstein. aged Holstein, 2 year
old Holsteins, and Holstein heifers.
Oral reasons were given on the
Aged Holstein class. At 100 pm.
the 25 dairy clup members judged
the following classes of Ayrshires
at Wallace Caulk's at Woodside:
Aged Ayrshires, and Ayrshire
heifers. Written reasons were CIV
en- on the class of Aged Ayrshires.