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Food entries upsurge seen in women's work exhibitio

IY JEAN MICIBAAC Guardian-Patriot Staff Writer

The scent of garden flowers combined with the aroma of freshly baked cookery against a bright background of embroid- ery. sewing and painting will set the scene again this year for the homacrafts and art ddvidons competition in the Womens in stituto Building at Old Home Wee .

Each year P.E.I. women vie for prizes in these divisions op on to all residents of the pro Vince, and sponsored by the Wo- mens Institutes. Mrs. Ds vld Mutch. Mt .Herbert. is in charge of the week-long display.

The number of entries is run- ning about the same as last year. It was learned. and the upsurge of entries in the food class observed last year seems to be continuing for the 1962 competition.

All entries must be the work of the exhibitor. and must 11 ot have previously been exhibited at a provincial exhibition.

IIANDICRAFTS CLASH

The handicrafts class has 59 divisions. including work in cro- eheting, knitting, patchwork, ap- plique, sewing. tatting and em- broidery.

Articles in miscellaneous han- dicrafts will range from woven shopping bags to pottery and framed petit point.

A special class for work done by women 75 years of age or over will give prizes for pieced "cotton quilts. afghans, floor rugs, crocheted doilies. aprons. socks and needlepoint.

The art division will include entries of original oil paintings. watercolors, pastels and other med iums, drawings, pictures and portraits and original de- signs for quilts and rugs.

Section two of the art division

posters. scrapbooks or drawings. 42 FOOD VARIETIES

Entries in the food class will be for 42 different articles. and will range from dark fruit cakes to canned pumpkin. Standard Brands Ltd. will give a special prize for the best white cake, single layer, baked with Magic

donate prizes for white

Entries in the flower classes amateur class, and 16 for will include 18 displays for the open class. Flowers will be jud-

milk rolls and cinnamon buns made with Fleischman's Yeast.

Changing trends are see

by some

Changing trends at the Pro- vincial Exhibition were noted this week by Almon Boswall. Dunstaffnage. one of the veter- an exhibitors who went to t first Provincial Exhibition in l890 with his father, Albert Boswall, and hasn't missed a show since.

Looking back over the years the man who was this prov- ince's first nominee to Canada's Agricultural Hall of Fame re- called this week that men like Fred MacRae and Major Mac- Rae who showed many years as A. MacRae and e name established by - . er: his brother George L. Bos- ‘3 wall. whose wife is still living, I was an active participant and a winner in saddle horse classes ; many years ago. and K eith ; Boswall, Victoria. are among the early show people he re- l members. George L. Boswal1's son. also called George. is still breeding and showing good Ayr-

ires.

One of the features Mr. Bos- wall remembers from the early exhibitions is the large horse 5 show the province used to put -

OI. BEBE! WERE IMPORTANT Horses were just about tll r most important thing in th 2 then with their use for

Sons, th their fa

Ines: . Mr. Boswall recalls that there drsu t

VISITORS ADMIRE SOME FINE HANDICBAFT WORK

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Veteran exhibitors.

‘there where Mrs. George . L-. Boswall won first and

has missed only one exhibition 2 ture Dual Purpose cows onelB°5“’a"- "W M"- “ed Mac-

from the First Great War and ‘llfourth and fifth in a class of ma-

since then, Iyear, he recalled.

ent generations as an Ayrshire lcow c am e from man with his Leaiands herd. he ' bred and showed Dual Purpose dar herd. He later bought sever- l Shorthorns prior to a disastrous al more from an Amherst breed- 3

fire that destroyed his barn and ler and like some of the other I herd. He had stood first, third. veteran breeders and showmen

SALUTE to the DAIRY come to the OLD HOME WEEK

lll George L. Boswall's Blackad-’

the livestock

REMEMBER . . . KEEP lllllllll roun cusses or

- th T110081! he ll known tn pres-l His first foundation Ayrshire 1-01;; 1 son of June Day 3 Tho,-. S 00113111. oughbred stallion and Miss Bos-

During Old Home Week we" invite ' you to falls in the Dairy Cattle ' [udging and show. We regard this eventosoneofthcmoinfeoturesof

'dIl¢fS¢l'OIl|‘_OSSGn'|'l¢l food for-the entire population. and a vital part of our economy.

Be sure to lioep refreslicil Ev trying the delicious dairy products on sale at the Fair Grounds.

P.El. Dairymen's Association

and quality.

Judges for handicrafts are Miss Irene Mountain. Miss Al- phonsinc Theriault. Miss Doris Lecla and Mrs. Francis Blan- chard. Miss Elaine Lowe will judge the art work-.

Miss Mary Thompson. Miss ,Mountain and Mrs. Blanchard twill judge the foods. and David lschurlnan and Bill Steal-as will

judge the flowers.

A SPECIAL‘ WELCOME

A DURING

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TO All. OUR OUT OF TOWN CUSTOMERS

A Cordial Invitation to Visit Us During Old Home Week

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-- l to U _y 4 OLD HOME WEEK = in cl-wuonsrowu After the fun is over for the day why not spend a couple of ,

hours ‘of relaxation of one of P. E. |.'s top entertainment centres. We have first run movies on P.E.|.

CAPITOL THEATRE

Opp. Confederation Bldg.

NORTH RIVER DRIVE-IN

3 miles from Charlottetown on Tran! Canada Highway to Burden.

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he has scored some impressive l triumphs through the years in I

provincial. Maritime and Upper ‘E Canada Canadian show rings. l

A Massachusetts man wrote‘ this paper recently recalling a ‘ 1910 ladies saddle horse class

Anne

Rae was third. It was learned ' week that Mrs. Boswall

wall. as she was then. rode a Hackney mare owned by h er brother Almo

There were some beautiful

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AlH’cliriot races in 1962 will be based on best summary of 2 dashes. If summaries are equal than horse making the lost- esi time in the event will docla red the winner of The Pat- '

riot award.

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