The Ringwood Leader. (Ringwood, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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Vol 15 No- 3
Ring wood Major Co Oklahoma Thursday Qptober 29 1914
Kstablisned July r90i
FAIR A SUCCESS
rSetond Day Crowd Estimated at Three
Tbonsand People- Exhibits a Bar-
prise to All
The Rlngwood F-iir waa a bln
success -Rlngwood has Indeed set the
pace for small towns In the matter of
agricultural fairs It was an untried
experiment with the people of ibis
community and they came to have
rood time rather than to show what
the country could produce but lo
spile of 1 Ills I here was one of the
’ best displ-iys of farm produce poultry
cattle and liors-s that has been seen
in this part of the country In many
years- It was a surprise even to the
penplw thcm-'elves as'well rs those
who min1 lo see Owing to the in
complete record that was kept of die
plays and luck of c-rguniz-it Ion and
experience no the part of the man
ngers It will be Impossible for us" to
itlve n complete list of premium
awards ( trie thing we are-quite sure
of and that is that the Institution
was a complete success from every
point of view aod the weather could
not have been more favorable The
very meaner facilities for displaying
t beproducts was against the affair but
people did not seem to mind It much
I he main thing was the staff itself
We will try here loglve as many of
the winning as possible
Rest agricultural display by boy tin
4er 18 Cecil Stauffer Second Arthur
and M'i'i Farnsworth
Rest general farm display Ross
Stone
Rest corn exhibit Louis Mcbon
These were all we were able to get
on the agricultural exhibits' Iluw
ever we will s ty that there were ex
hlblls brought In and entered by 81
people 172 different exhibits not
coulitlng the hogs cattle and borres
but as there was 00 record kept of tbe
wlnneralt Is Impossible for us to
state who woo on everything there
being no mooey prizes for 1 he winners
We regret this as we would haveliked
ro report all winners but the work of
doiog this was l ft to ooe man and It
was Impossible fur one man to attend
to It properly
Charley Carter won first on apples
for he brought us in a sample and
slated the fact Wbo tbe winner of
second waa we cannot state but there
was a oleo display belter really than
flny one expected
C M Flock look first on two year
old filly and Russ Stone first on a
standard bred spring oolt S Lahruan
carried off first 00 0 spring cult of the
-draft class V J Tburlow took first
00 a yearling red pollsod heifer and
John Webb took first 00 his 2 year old
Hereford heifer
-Tho ladles have furnished us a
complete list of tbe awards lo the
Arts and Crafts department and It
follows-
Largest exhibit Mrs M G Alley
second Mrs U Carter
Oldest best bed cover Mrs Jacob
Hays
Rest apron Miss Marie Rury
Sofa pillow Mrs C Carter
Quilting 1st Mrs Henry Veatcb
RecoDd Mrs Sleppv
Knitted work Mrs Strange
Crochet work first Mrs Carter
second Mrs AlvIsDjer
Tatting Mrs Terry 1st 2nd Mrs J
t Alley
Embroidery 1st Mrs Hugh Fuller
2nd Mrs Rty McQuIlkla
Chios painting 1st Mra 3 It
Williams 2nd Mrs M E Alley
Picture 1st Mrs’ F W Watson
2nd Mrs J M Hays
Woodwork Maurice Mansur
House plants Mrs F W Watson
Domestlo Science
There were four entries In Ilia Cake
4 lass 1st Mrs Elbrldo Taylor 2nd
Ti-Ib Stone 3rd Rerlha Veatch
4th Mrs Story
Re-t butter display Mrs N U
Farnsworth '
Canned pe iches and beet pickles
Miss Louie Hutchings
Canned cherries Mrs Frank Nash
The mere mention of the different
classes of entries entirely falls to do
justh-e to this excellent display 1 1
was one of the best displays ever
gotten together lo this part of tbe
country and Its assembling reflects
great credit on the-commlttee bavlog
charge of this part of the work
As to the amusements there were
all kinds of races fat men race boys
races girls races old ladles races
potato rc sack races clown races
tennis and basket hill gam-s between
learns In and arournl Ring wood
Special mention should be made 'of
1 be basketball games between the
Missionary and 1-ahelli teams of
girls and between the Missionary
buys aod the Ufngwood hoys Tbe
latter game was e-ellv uon by the
Missionary boys I-iihn foot races
the first day Weslev Dunc-an won 1st
and Claude Nelson 2 -id Potato race
was won by Roy Dailey with Chase
Heaton 2nd Second day the potato
race was a donation affair' and was
won by Ilenllne with Srhwiod 2nd
and Roy Dally 3rd The foot raco
was won by Lloyd Watkins with
Paul Rury second A free for all race
was run In the afternoon lo which
Floyd Newman took 1st and Lloyd
Watkins took aecuod There was also
a little girls race which was won by
Mitchell girl with a Williams girl as
second
The fat roan’s race was ron by El
bridge Taylor with! a man oamed
Tjrner as second The seek raco was
woe by Roy Dailey wltk Henry-Gent-neraasecrud
In the women's race
Mrs Watson was first and Mrs Walls
second Two of the Inldes lo this
race fell dnwo but we are rather a-
frald to tell who they were The fat
women's race was won by Mrs Dubois
with no second None of the others
got away from the starling point
There were lots of other attractions
but it this time It Is Impossible to
get a list of them Nothing was
carrjtd out according to program
arranged but Will Merrick as man
ger or marshall of the Jay bad
complete charge and pulled off the
different stunts when everyone was
ready or when he could get the crowd
back Tlio Ford races failed lo
materialieo as none cared to enter
but there was net time for It anyway
It estimated 'that there were 1
thousand school children lo line on
tbe second day of tbe fair There
could easily have been fifteen bun
dred aod soma place the estimate
that high A very conservative estl
mate of the crowd 00 the second day
t three thousand Tbe first dar was
a good one aod was devoted to gett-
ing arrangements completed for the
udglng The third day waa old
settlers day and they were here lo
persoo Ilitch room was at a premium
all over the townslte It was an In-
spring spectacle and was certainly
enjoyed by all The judglog commit-
tees completed their work on thlsdsy
sod every one seemed to try to have
the time or bis or her life- Only one
accident was noted and that was to
Fred Unrub wlu got the point of a
lath lo bis face )ut above bis eve
duriog a potato race Nothing really
serious as Ills eyesight was not In-
ured A meeting of the Rlogwood Fair
association Is called for next Wednes-
day evening for the purpoa of getting
everything In coDncctloo with the
fair Just closed wound up ship shape
and to make arrangements for tbeone
to be held next vear This hassbown
Itself to be a worthy enterprise aod
citizen of tbe country should co-operate
with the penplo of the town In
making a bio effort to get the matter
underway It Is hoped a good turn-
out will bo tbe result
G W Wayman waa the originator
of the Fair Idea and he stayed with
It ontll It was pulled iff with success
He worked harder than eoyone and
never complained Ilia likely that
lie dune tvo inen work eicli 'day' of
lliefair Much 1-rodit is doe Mr
Wayman for the unfaltering nerve
with which be - went about the
business 111 the face of such great odds
and discouragements It Is a pity
indeed that we cannot all be workers
and boosters and councillors Those
wbo failed lo support the fair this
year will have a chance to get In on
tbe one next year and there bas been
a good example of what boosting can
do tbls year so lay your plans now
for a big ooe next year to ba pulled
off sometime between tbe first aod
fifteenth of October Rlogwood bas
agreed to do Its part aod furnish tbe
amusements sod take care of the dis
plays It la likely that a permanent
organization will be effected for the
purpose of getting tbe matter under
way at once to make it a success
Roys and girls begin now to plan to
get some of that premium money that
will go to some ooe witb the best dis-
plays ’
It was our intention to furnish
complete report of the fair In tbls
Issue but we find it will be Impossible
to get it tbls week Tbe printers
Isld off during the fair Justlike every
body else nnd we find that our work
patiently waited for us and as
const queue wa are somewhat lae If
possible we want to publish a comp-
lete list of the winnings In agrl
culturul classes aod also of tbe games
and contest
The school children carried out
their part f the program In- nice
shape The contest was held In the
nail buttater was taken to tbe rest
room to finish The songs readings
and solos were Ooe for the prepara-
tion It Is estimated that there were
near a thousand of them lu line and
on the grounds '
The tug of war was exciting but It
was Impos-ilolc 0 slate definitely
wheather the duch or Irish were
winners
The candidates w re all here and
then some It was s great lime for
the politicians
So far as we knew no record
was kept by the management of
the winners of premiums and rib-
bons We will be glad to publish
them if we can £nd out wbo they
are
The management of the fair was
very fortunate In securing the Phil-
ips University band to furnish music
during the three days of the fair Mr
Height through whose t Hurts this
band was secured Is to be coogratu
lated on tbls stroke bod too much
cannot be said of his efforts to make
the fair a success lo other ways The
band Is a good one nnd tbe University
faculty Is to be commended for their
acltuo In letting the boya come to
Rlngwoud A more geotlemaoly
bunch of bovs would be hard to find
add much of the success of the fair
was due to the excellent music fur
oiahed by them
Tbe clown parsde pleased tbe big
folks as well as tbe little oues
If you did not come you missed
something worth seeing
Arthur farrington pulled off three
good ball games between the Csrwlle
team and Rlngwood
It was like a big circus Impossi-
ble to see everything going on
The weather was perfect
Everybody waa on tbelr good be-
havior It
The big (lag waved proudly over
if
The largest steer In tbe world was
on exhibition at the Rlngwood fair
It was 19 bands high weighed 3730
and wss seven year old It was a
was a wonder It was boro In King-
fisher county and Is strictly an Okla-
homa product
I hereby cordially thank all those
who took part lo the competition for
prizes offered by me Ass means of
getting attendance at the Fair
think it was a complete success Of
course It was impossible for all to
win and tbe most thankless and oner-
ous task was that imposed on the
judges who regardless of bowdifficult
It was to state were compelled to
designate awlnner Tbe buggy
parade was a success although not
near enough were out some new bug-
gies beiog lo town and owing to
confusion of time and events not
being in the parade Arcb JCox won
this and received tbe lap robe II E
Williams received tlge prize 00
wagons
Fllicla Flores Wright received tbe
prize as tbe prettiest girl at tbe Fair
and was kissed about 4pm 00 Wed-
nesday Ranker Williams took to the woods
and the prettiest woman could oot be
located
Lone Star won tbe 85 00 library
prize to school having every pupil
present and coming a distance of five
and one-half miles
Jake Thomas woo tbe contest on
fruit
Will Strange won the shooting
contest with a score of ten
Hoping regardleap of bow much
you feel you should have won that
all will take It In tbe spirit In which
It was given and all come out again
to tbe sane kind of a -contest next
year again I tbank you
E D Wright
Prtie Paeai Oa Riagweei
Of all tbe small towns
In this blooming West
No one could but see “ '
Our Rlogwood Is best
Our merchants all prosper
That’s the truth: Honor bright
Tel Robb never robs
And Wrlgbt Is alright
Strange treats alt hie patrons
Like friends and like brother’s
And Heaton and Rury
Are as good as tbe others
Go to Aliev’s for a luoebeon
And for a nice bat
They’ll iteal everyone nicely
We will guarantee that '
Aod there’s Floyd Eoskgn
Our telephone man
Pulls wires for Rlngwood
As hard as he can
There Is our paper
Ry Watkins It’s ruo
ft Is surely a Leader
For facts figures sndYun
Our poultry mao ton
Rut chicken and cream
n la the whitest Black mao
Tbat has ever been seen
We have two grain buyer
Syl Oralg and WillStooe
Rut they don’t buy tinetler
Each goes It alone
Our bankers are genial
Roth Williams aod File
They greet ah with a band shake
And-also a smile
S'
lo this olly town
No ooe feels blue
Not evon tbe doctor's
Who find little to do
For Judge Walt tod Wsyman
We often are wishing
But when they era wanted
We find ihe’ve gone fishing
There’ our postmaster ton
V Tburlow bis name
He’ the game every slay
Everyday just the same
We’re a drayman— lumbcrtnao
Auto livery galure
Yut lo this lively town
There is yet room for more
Our barber's a good fellow
Yuu can see any day
It’ not pearl before swine ‘
Rut Pearl before Rea
There Is Flllman and Junker
Doth pretty good fellow
They are worklog for Rlngwood
With anvil end hello’s '
We have Williams and Allen
Two earnest young preachers
Rlngwood will Improve
With such excellent teachers
And there Is tbe pastor
Roth youthful aod bright
You can all guess Ills name
For It Is good — Kolght
Mr and Mrs Hugh Oliver 'came
down from Maobatlen Kansas to at-
tend tbe fair and to look after mat-
ters In connection witb their property
at this place Tbey-were very much
pleased to attend the fair and 'claim
they bad a very pleasant lime
Rev C S Burchfield of Mestck
Mlcb I here this week looking after
business matters aod attending tbe
Rlngwood fair He states that be
was greatly surprised at tbe excell-
ence aod variety of the exhibits ne
states that he likes his new location
lo Michigan aoe Is doing well there
There seems to be a feeling tbat
Rlogwood Is in tbe fair business to
stay Most small towns after trying
tbe fair business out for a year or so
get out of the habit and let them die
There Is a reason for tbls They get
into the habit of playing for enter-
tainment and race track gambling
Instead of paying more attentloo to
tbelr agricultural displays-and tbelr
boys and girls clubs domestic science
arts and craft There Is tbe secret of
the whole thing Tbe country fair
would be like a cat with nine lives if
more alteotion waa paid to tbe
tbioga mentioned You just couldn't
kUI It by any ordinary meana
j Walthall Item
' Jack Frost came Moodav night aod
turned everything tbat was green
black -
Wilma Burchfield aod Ruby Hutch-
craft took dinner witb Reulab Bat-
man Sunday
Tbe Sunday School Convention that
was held at Walthall Sunday was well -attended
all seemed to have an enjoy
able lime several of tbe Sunday
school worker’s from Falrview was
uver They were: S J Bardsley
Will Graves Steven Brewer and Miss
Floesie David
Tom Wilson took d loner with tbe
Bircher boy’s Sunday
Several from Walthall attended the
Friend’s church at Rlogwood Sunday
night
Miss Elbe More came home from
her school Tuesday on account of her
Grandma being very poorly Miss'
Maggie Swartz taklog ber place the
rest of the week
The Waltball school began Monday
after so long a delay on account of re-
pairing tbe ecbool house Mrs Vesta
Kirkpatrick as teacher
Mr Sparks and children left for
her home In Muskogee Friday her
mother Mrs Frey accompanied ber
Tue oew Methodist preacher of
Rlngwood Concord Ames and Wal--thall
charge Rev Williams will fill
his appointment at Walthall Sun-
day Mr Rrogelman called -on Mrs
Bushoell Monday afternoon
Sam Labmao and wife went to
Helena last week on a few d visit "
llh relatives and friends of tbat
place
Grace Lalinnn stayed all night
with Ell? Bircher Friday night
SINGER— Huy a Singer oow nod
make first payment after harve-t
We sell on three yearly payments
with no Interest Let us thi)w you
our new 2otli century Singer A lock
stitch machine with no shuttle to
wear oat Drop roe a card Uy II
Fielder Ames Okla
Mr Sbipman bought a guo at the
coolest the other day
v t
Mrs Rymuster bought one pf tbow
big imse burner wood heaters
Wright last Tbursdi
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Watkins, W. H. The Ringwood Leader. (Ringwood, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 1914, newspaper, October 29, 1914; Ringwood, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1724079/m1/1/: accessed April 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.