Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-10-02
Damascus
Community
Notes 10
Busy Days
Damascus
By Marion Griffith
Clearwater 3-26S2

DuSy tefl-Uay perlOQ IN damascus
THURSDAY ana Friday of this past
week saw the 18th annual
Damascus Community fair b.s-
ger and better this year Win
some 2080 Individual entries
Saturday was marked by the
parade and contests that are q
part OF the annual convention aE
the Montgomery County Assoc
alton of Volunteer Flresnel sun
DAY saw the Donkey Basea2-l
game with HyatiSgown Fire DE
Iartment Tn.S Eraaay ~a4l see
the presentation OF Nz4loegG and
Sullivan 'kuooigoTe ny ane
Montgomery County Llgala Opera
Association IN a performance
sponsored by the Damascus Aux-
ilIary to the Montgomery Cioungy
General Hospital Alc.ks;rs HnHy he
purchased in advance 11tnn Mrs.
Graham Petrie and other IneIn-
bers of the auxiliary
On Saturday the Damascus
High School Alumni Assoasm0n
Will stage fashion show 81 1he
school beginning al ? pm. Fash
ions are by the Hecht Company
and tickets may be purchased al
the door. There Will be refresh
ments. Mrs Glenn r Barnard
and Lindsey McEIfresh are co
chairmen Ior the event.
Here are the champions al the
Community FAIR. In the baking
classes cake, Mrs. Graham Pc
trie; cookies, Louise MulIinix;
bread, Mrs. Eugene CoTnor; PIE.
Mrs. Thelma Stup; candy, Mrs
Bernard FrenZel. In the canned
products classes - soap. Elaine
Beall; fruits, Mrs. Edna Day;
vegetables, Mrs. Lorraine King;
jelnes, Miss Frances King; PICK
les, Mrs. Thelma Stup; meats,
Mrs. Lorraine King, and pre-
serves, Mrs. Edna Kay. Mrs. julia
Mayer was champion in the sew
ing class with her wool coat. In
the needlework classes crochet.
ing, Janet Turner; knitting, Mrs
Rudell Burdette; embroidery
Florence Lentz; tatting, Gail Wat
kins; quilts, Florence Lentz, and
rugs, Mrs. Marion Howes.
Champions in the hobbies and
handicrafts were painting anc
drawing, Joyce Newell; wood
work, Larry Fetzer.
First place winners in the dairy
Holstein classes were junior
heifer calf, Mary King; senior
heifer calf, Betty Leishear; jun
ior yearling heiter, Gloria King
senior yearling heifer, Phylll.
Watkins; cows two years and old
er, Gloria King. Grand champion
Gloria King. In the Guernsey
breed George yesterday wor
first place on his senior yearling
All tttC USNl uCBui HiASub A(hi-
da Pruitt exhibited the grand
champion animal and also
won the fitting and showing
contest.
In the dairy fitting and show
ing contest in the junior division
Curtis Day placed first, Phyllis
Watkins second and Mary kins
third. In the senior division, Don
aid Leishear was first, Eddie
Burdette second and Gloria KIM
third. Donald Leishear was CRANE
champion.
Champions in the fruit ant
vegetable department were-po
tatoes, Merhle Dutrow; collectiol
of five or more vegetables, Sam
my Halterman; pound jar o
honey, John Fort; and best dis
play of honey in comb, P. c
Brown.
Champions in the hay and smal
grain department - hay, Curtis
Warfield; single ear of corn, Dar
ny Fink; display of 10 ears, Sila
Beall. Poultry department cham
pions - New Hampshire pullets
James Kemp; cockerels, Jane
Kemp; hen, James Kemp; cocks
Eddie Beall; Rcdland Red Chick
ems hens, James Kemp; bar
tam female, Billy Riggleman
bantam male, Walter Furr an
the champion female duck, Merrill
Dutrow
In the various contests spor
sored during the two day fai
Alan Beall won the creased pig
Roger Runkles, the hog calling
contest; Paul Black, the higl
school boys nail driving contest
Frances King, the high schoo
girls nail driving contest; Ros
coe Purddm. the mems nail driv
ing contest; Mrs. Shaffer, the la
dies nail driving contest; Mrs
Jacob Young and Mrs. Marion
Howes, co-winners of the HUSBAND
calling contest and James Johr
son and Donald Leishear werS
winners in the horseshoe tourna
ment. Mrs. Elwood Wright and
Miss Barbara Kelly won the door
prizes and Jerry Duvall and his
1--WE Five Band added much to
Friday pvaninp's a1fertainrnant