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Show junior Garden Club Members Display Flowers t y vr, ' v , -V . ; -P -? ; v" j l Prize winning flower arcnge-ments arcnge-ments at the Junior Garden club Flower Show are shown here. The show was held Friday, Sept. 17 at the Delta elementary school. There were 226 entries, with a flower exhibit ih each of the ten rooms of the six grades. The flowers were all grown and cared for by the children. Last spring seeds were given the pupils, a gift from Mrs. David L. Bowen, of the state Junior Garden clubs. Mrs. Bowen has organized 3,000 children into clubs. From these seeds more than 40 bouquets were exhibited in the show, including huge zin nias, three kinds of marigolds, asters and cosmos. Other flowers displayed were sweet peas, pansies, gladioli, fall daisies, snapdragons, sweet sultan, double petunias, Michaelmas Michael-mas daisies, golden glow, bud-elia, bud-elia, carnations, pinks, nasturtiums, nastur-tiums, roses and other varieties. Many blue ribbons were awarded, award-ed, and the first graders got all blue ribbons. Almost every bouquet bou-quet got a blue ribbon, and some red. Next year more seeds will be given the children, and for next year's show, all blue ribbons rib-bons are anticipated. There were 37 sweepstake awards made. Every bouquet was atrractively aranged. In the first grade rooms the pupils had made doilies, with flowers drawn on with crayons, cra-yons, on which their exhibits were placed. This was part of their art class the day before. In Mrs. Seegmiller's room the also covered tin cans with white paper, with flowers pasted on, to hold their exhibits. The show was directed by Mrs. Zola Bunker and Mrs. Hazel Gronning. Assisting in the judging judg-ing were Ruth Bishop and Louise Lou-ise Lyman. |