Many Babies Win Prizes in Fine Show that Was Event of Washington County Fair

 Marietta Daily Times, September 7, 1923

Here are the prize babies of Washington County, according to judges at the Baby Show at the fair on Wednesday afternoon:

Donald Gray Hoffee of Waterford

Geraldine Metcalf, 619 Eighth St., Marietta

Audrey Preston, 149 Franklin St., Marietta

Jean Davis, 613 Third St., Marietta

Betty Jean Knox, 121 Franklin St., Marietta

These tots were winners of the grand prizes in the competition which included over 700 babies. All of the five will get money prizes of $10, which will be awarded in the form of savings deposits by the First National Bank, the Dime Savings Society, the Citizens National Bank, the Peoples Banking & Trust company, and the Central National Bank.

Many Other Winners

There are 78 other winners, and each of these is to get a prize. These prizes range from baby carts, breakfast sets, dresses, sweaters, baby chairs, silver cups, photographs, etc., to one and two dollar money prizes and boxes of talcum powder.

Here are the names of these winners:

Patricia Ann Ward, 431 Third St.

Eileen Betty Power, 210 Marion St.

McGregor twins (children of C McGregor, R.D. 7)

Marjorie Ann O'Donnell, 730 Second St.

Ruth Strecker, Fairview Heights

Alvena Born, Stanleyville

Richard Lancaster, Rathbone

Leota Bules, 128 N. Seventh St.

Patricia Ann Moore, Fourth St.

Roy McMahan, R.D. 1

Neva Councell, 915 Jahn St.

Billy Frank Reiter, Lower Salem

Georgia May Mooney, 411 Hart St.

Clair Schwendeman, Waterford

Jean Warburton, 503 Second St.

Charles West, Reno

Frances Ann Davis, 161 Woodlawn Ave.

Betty McKinney, Scammel St.

Richard Sutton, Reno

Evelyn Bougamont, 756 Greene St.

Sara Gruber, 720 Sixth St.

Jean Ellis, 524 Front St.

Margaret Reichardt, Newport Pike

Mary Elizabeth Huck, Lowell

Dennis Murray, 146 Harmar St.

Claude Mendenhall, Reno

George Rampp, 117 Franklin St.

Owena Ginsburg, 510 Warren St.

Maxine Evelyn Gerber, 613 Tenth St.

Eugene Simms, 106 Franklin St.

Betty Jean Gill, 981 Gilman Ave.

Mary Bertha Henderhan, 123 N. Seventh St.

Ralph Tryon, 111 Gilman Ave.

Anna May Price, 327 Gilman Ave.

Mary Lou Lender, Fourth St.

Elizabeth Norris, 619 Fourth St.

Helen Anderson, Newport Pike

Jennie Charles, 302 Market St.

Phyllis McPeek, Matamoras

Don Carr, Muskingum Dr.

Robert Kennedy Merrow, 621 Ninth St.

Distribution of Prizes

Money prizes will be mailed to the winners. Deposit prizes may be claimed by the recipients at the respective banks. For other prizes, winners are expected to call Mrs. S. C. Gilman, 305 Fourth Street.

Physical, mental, and general health qualifications were taken in to account in the awards. In the award to Jean Davis, who was among the grand prize winners, her dancing and work in the costume parade also were taken into account.

Talcum Powder Winners

Parents of the babies whose names follow may get a box of talcum powder by calling at the store of the J. W. Dysle company, 128 Front Street.

Wanda Schriver, Lowell

Winnifred Weisend, R.D. No. 3

Mildred Louise Daniel, Whipple

Gerald Brown, Reno

Jack McNutt, 325 Gilman Ave.

Kenneth Sparling, R.D. No. 3

Carl Eldon Pape, R.D. No. 1

Walter Gale Lauer, Newport, R.D. 1

Richard Neil Christy, Fairview Heights

Mary Catherine Wright, 207 Greene St.

Catherine Dobbins, Coal Run

Clyde Eugene Parlin, 525 Eighth St.

Luther Thompson, 110 Sharon St.

Edwin Cogswell, 787 Glendale St.

Maxine Delores Sprague, 108 Fourth St.

James Delmar Baker, 805 Greene St.

Louise Rose, 727 Eighth St.

Juanita Farnsworth, 105 Court St.

Rosebelle McPherson, 503 Fort St.

Delores Hill, R.D. No. 7

Helen Mendenhall, 833 Ridge St.

Doreen Oesterle, 206 Montgomery St.

Martha Bowman, Rathbone

Mary Anna Menke, 638 Fourth St.

Ralph Chandler, Lowell

William Caskin, 638 Fourth

Betty Burton, 911 Fourth St.

Dorothy Miller, 230 Crawford St.

Ruth Lynn, 505 Fort St.

Richard Fowler, 600 Phillips St.

Dale Skinner, R.D. No. 6

Elizabeth Jane Hart, Reno

Betty Jean Perdue, R.D. No. 4

Wanda Schriver, Lowell

Winnifred Weisend, R.F.D. No. 3

Catherine Graber, 625 Ninth St.

Donors of Prizes

Donors of prizes, in addition to banks of the city, were: The Pattin Brothers Col, the Wieser & Cawley Co., H. P. Fischer, Richards Brothers, the Union Hardware Co., L. Gruber & Sons, S. R. Van-Metre & Co., the Turner-Ebinger Co., the Leader Store, Baker & Baker, the Marietta Mantel Co., Hollenbeck & Green, the Blue Door, L. C. Braun, the W. A. Sniffen Co., the Marietta Furniture Co., Charles L. Flanders, J. Wittlig & Sons, The Stanley & Grass Co., Hartman Book Store, the Strecker Brothers Co., the Becker Manufacturing Co., the Dysle Co., the Corner Drug Store, and the National Drug Store.