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Seventh Annual Contest in Agriculture and Household Arts Exhibits and Awards of -Prizes in Agriculture Were Mad^ September 17th and 18th at the County Fair FINANCIAL STATEMENT Balance on Band as per Statement, 1919 h Can account j s}38 ™ Time account $288 99 K Contributed by Banks Marine National, Wild wood -- , '25 00 ( ' ' Security Trust Co., Cape May* ; — -. XX Merchants National, Cape May -J® Wildwood Title and Trust Co. w : }° re Fiwt National Bank, Court House w | . Ocean City First National Bank 10 00 (When special prizes .paid directly to contestants by this bank are. included, its contribution totals $50.) Ocean City Title and Trust 10 00 (When special prizes paid directly to contestants by this bank are included, its contribution totals $50.) f Tuckahoe National Bank — 120 qq ! Contributions by Boards of Education . Woodbine 1 XX I Middle Township — Ocean City — iX XX Wildwood ™ XX B Lower Township — - (Order dated August 31st, 1920, was for $10, but $o ■ was credited to last year's account) Aval on — S! — r ; "" ,X XX West Cape May — XX Cape May Point 10 00 K Dennis Township *• : :X ^ I Cape May -f -* C.T 10 W $95 qO Total receipts • . — W ». Expenditures Transfer to time account ( ^ Star and Wave, Printing ' „ John Wanamaker, books for prizes , McMillan Co- — " """ c nn Garrison & Daniels, conveying children — - — ---— " XX E . Eldredge & Phillips, agricultural implements for prizes ^ f' R. E. Reeves, for prizes + 7 V 87 Willets Corson -t o 7s Strawbridge & Clothier, pennants » '? I- J. B. Lippincott Co., books for prizes — . — ^9 *n W. L. Stevens Co., agricultural implements.for prizes. — tjs j> John Wanamaker, hooks i. 1 — - WBlhelmina Powell— " ss Oft First prize for apples, 1919 — — — f- ?•> X° I -^_Firet prize for apples, 1920—-- _JL_ u 00 |i Hattie Bozarth, first prize knit sweater, 1919 1 00 Total expenditures Agricultural Contest — --;rr;-;r ?273 18 9 • Balance time account t. BaffiiBe tall account . - 230 81 v \ $503 99 Respectfully submitted, AARON W. HAND, „ I — - County SuperintendentEXHIBITS AND AWARDS OF PRIZES IN THE HOUSEHOLD ARTS CONTEST WERE MADE UPON THE FOLLOWING DATES: . Rural Schools, April 14th and 15th; Graded Schools, April 29th and 30th; City Schools having Special Teachers, May 14th (Financiai Statement Continued) , Balances at close of year 1920: Time account .--- — — — ; 5!52 2i . , Call account —a- ^ gJ 1920,-Jan. 30, transferred to time account — , — $100 00 Interest to June 30th on time account — •_ — 9 96 ' v . "• 109 96 Contributed by Banks 1921, June 14 Marine National, Wildworf — - $25 00 Security. Trust Co., Cape May . — ^ — _• — 15 00 <• Ocean City Title and Trust . — lvSML (The total contribution of this bank, including special 7 prizes, is about $50.) , Merchants Bank, Cape May . •' 15 00 First National Bank, Cape May Court House ... 15 00 First National, Ocean City ■' : — 10 .00 (The total contribution of this bank, including ^special ' prizes, is about. $50.) ,V • _ Wildwood Title aad Trust. — 1— — f 15 00 Tbekahoc Nationam®htik — " — i, — , 15 00 120 00 Contributed by Boards of Education _ Middle Township .1 , i — — .". — ... — $15.00 s- . ' - Woodbine • : -• . — . 15 00 Wildwood 1 — +j!. : ; — r 10 00 • ■ ' Ocean City 10 00 (Other contributions not yet- collected,) ' 1 V _____ 50 00 , Total recePpts * — ; '510 77 j V EXPENDITURES . 1921. January 20 r * R. E. Reeves ' V- '2 00 '> J. P. Collins Co... , 7?-; 2—— 29 35 , H. Benson..^..- ... — — - — — 6 00 . April 15 - l - Cost of 'Prizes. Awarded in Household Arts Contest »: ' . . _ < 1 Lower Township — •- $5 75 , Middle Township (exclusive of Court House)_ 38 25 . Dennis Township — ^ — — 38 25 J,.' Upper" Township : — '■ 33 00 £ Soa Isle City ■ — — , — ---- — . — — - — — 11 25 1 &£ Court House — . — •- — ~ — — . 10 75 < 5* .. . -West Cape May . — — 7 75 . J • Ocean City — -P — , — - — — — ^ — 32 2o , . . | . . Cape Mtfy ... — 10 75 ' & Wlildwood a v30 SO t |L- * 198 50 ^ --r' ■ • - May 23 " v W. 1. Stevens — — — -1-— — — . 6 50 { 1 • Willets Corson ... A. : — 6 3.0 E - W. L. Stevens Co.: — — w-^r— x.__ — 19 15 { c I ''dredge apd Phillips v — £ — . 28 15-; . K • 'Incidentals, '1920 and. 1921 j- --~-w 1 "86 •. W. L Steve-s-C«— -'...---ssi. ..--i- — ^.. 8 BO BalancQ in .ctril account., — : $117 13 * r- Balance i.r time accounP... — : — : • : — 87 23 e ir \ • . .. — : — 204 36 r t ". $510 77 1 - • • a - . Respectfully submitted, ■ f ' . AARON W- HANf), r'—7 - -zX C*unty Superintendent. : (N'-B.) — Tljt Annual Household Arts Contest will occur in Apfjl, 1922, c in each district in accordance with the plan- adopted last year, the early c date fixed upon for the county fair rendering it impossible to make our a exhibits at the fair. The'new method is probably the better because exhibits a are held in each school building and all committees have opportunities to 8 see and examine them. The cost of this feature last year was $198.50.

1 A PARENT-TEACHER-CLUB WHY BE BEHIND THE TIMES 7 (Wildwood, N. J., Special) Wildwood is endeavoring to be* an up-to-date progressive community- It has done much for its children and will do much more. It has spent 9 much and will spend much more- But yet it seems as if something were strangely lacking' That mysterious something may be harmony, co-oper-ation, or just plain lack of interestHow many parents in Wildwood have made it their business to get acquainted with the men and women who are teaching their children? How many teachers have made it their business to become acquainted 0 with the parents of the children whom they are teaching? How many parents have visited the schools to see just what was ^>ing on there, unless they had special grievances to settle? Wlhy should not Wildwood School patrons and school teachers get together on a common basis of co-op-eration in a "Parent-Teacher Club?'' The following article from the cur0 rent number of the School Board 9 Journal states clearly the business of such an organization: f 3 The Function of the Pdrent-Teacher 5 Club 2 (H. McKinney, Supt. Schools, Aurora, ) HL) 5 What is the specific function of the j parent-teacher club? From the adj ministrator's point of view, such an ) organization can be justified because 3 it does at least three things that can- ' not be as well done by other agents or through, other channelsA Parent-Teacher club may be the ) means of giving parents an intelli- ' gent interest in the school as their j own institution by affording individual assignments of work. It may afford the superintendent of schools a ' unique opportunity to initiate policies and carry out plans which necessitate parents and teachers sharing - alike the administrator's ideas, and , .in the third place, it brings the teachers in touch with many of the parents under favorable conditions to, discuss yitfottcrs concerning the child in question. . It is advantageous for the ad minis ' trator to think of his school district as an organization which is composed of -individuals who are making an investment in the . schools. It is the superintendent's duty in such a case L way as to cause the individual patrons te fee! that they get. 100 cents . value out of every dollar Invested- | 1 To do this, must know what his . patrons want by way of returns and what they need- The Parent-Teacher 1 Club gives him an opportunity from 1 time to time, to get the reaction . of X parents Ho the different, phases ot schopl activities and he is able to ad- ! 1 just minor matters in the light of!1 • knowledge thus gainedThat is to say. the 'superintendent j is anxious to make the schools fit | the outstanding needs of the com- ( munity that give? the. school its ®xisterfhe and there is no better way to , "'determine the nature of th£se» needs j as the community interprets the -sit- j nation, than some sort of open forum ] each month. In this way the grade ; schools located in different parts of 1 1 a city can be served according to ! ' their peculiar local conditions. .School A in. our city, for example,; ' has recently purchased a tract of ad '[ ' joining land by talcing as their tief- j inite problem to interest the Board of ! 1 •Education, is a supervised playground j ( for that section of town. On this ground, the Parent-Teacher Club, ai ' ' its own expense has placed suitable jf equipment. In doing this, practically | 1 patron in that locality has been ; ' given some part of the undertaking t a?" a definite assignment and thereby ' or her interest has been deepened, t School B, likewise, has set for its | ' parents and .teachers a definite task }, in addition to the-little round of mi- 1 ties in common with all the clubs; 0 Here there is^ definite demand »or l 1 work along the lines of Americaniza- v | ti»n.' Many foreign mothers canhot L ' --peak English ahjl .^his club has ug jdertaken'to hold" meetings in the M afternoons, to .which such mothers, n led by thoiv children, assemble aad|v have a good time- Along with this ), endeavor the Board of Education furnishes instruction by competent 'v teachers of English, letter writing, !w arithmetic and the like.. It was! j, found necessary in carry ing out this j t: program, to secure more Wishes .'and; s, to better eqpip the gymnasium, which ■ p also used as a fiance' hall. "Here j t, again the parents found jl job "in i j and were made happier be- ' p cause -Uiey had been engaged to do ! definite assignment with the school ! ,) an unconscious factor in the back- ! g ground. v The wide-awake superintendent '

finds the transition" quite easy when he attempts to get the parents interested in some additional phase of school activity or in some Change in school procedure. The parents ate, j accustomed to meeting together and by carefully prepared talks' by himself and by others selected as leaders, the siiperintemlent finds it rather easy to mould sentiment in favor of what the school needs. We found, for "example, that such matters as visuaf education and re1 quired physical education were easily j introduced by first taking up the matter in a thorough— way in the Par-ent-Teacher Clubs anq some of the mothers, in turn, took th? matter to the woman's club. Soon - the superintendent found himself in the position of one recommending to the Board as a "result "of a^om^nunity demand. j | These -organizations- in addition to I furnishing personal contact with the I schools by giving thi^parents definitetasks and in addition also, to giving , the superintendent an opporunity to1 study the parents at dose range, can ' be justified on the basis of bringing together the jiarents and the ' teach- j Not long ago, the writer^had oc--' casion to study the effects of pcrspnal vj'^itati.on by teachers to the of pupils. The most astonish- 1 ing thing noted in this "study was, the fact that teachers" usually do not ; make such visitations. Gut of a to- j tal of about 13,50(1 pupils distributed in the elementary grades' of 33 schools! it was fo.imd that 'during three semes- 1 the homes of only four per pent, of the pupils recommended for visi , .tation as a means of -improvement j visited at allLEAJbER— 6 According; to our study, teachers, '.i when left to take the initiative in the matter of home visitation, • do not! visit the homes' even if the matter' Has been called to "their attention.. ; Parents, likewise, do not, as a rule, j visit the school with the idea of ' working out With the teacher the besi 1 interests of the chi]d. This , being true, the modern school ipust have] some other medium whereby the parents and teachers ac^-brought in j touch under favorable circumstances, j This is another specific function' rent- teacher organizations. Leaving out of consideration the. desirable outcome of bringing together the parents and thereby developing a neighborhood ^acqo^jntance that is free from sect of- pat -

E | . ' . f-tisan spirit, the Parent-Teacher | Clubs can be defended as desirable organizations because they perform . . ' the' functions set forth in this paper. .ft . tj _ :

1 ; America's Dinner ;■';! ^ Wm I I Because of our annual Thanksgiving feast, ' \ \ JL some one has said that the turkey, rather "thC Ca®le' shou1^ ^ emblem of i III MS While turkeys for November's celebration are fattening in thousands of farm- | yards, New Jersey is harvesting more than , 'X^i 160,000 barrels of cranberries which will . . ■y '■ qp give the final touch to that epicurean event. \ Native thrift and industry have capitalized what was once considered waste marsh land and made it yield substantial revenue. Tying the farms and the cities of the State * ' together are thousand? of miles of telephone p ,V| # fines, where onci communication was depenN dfent on the sailboat or the stage coach. The grower and the shipper can keep in touch with each other and with the big market v ; . j centers, eliminating time and distance. • * 1 W. W\BRITTAIN . , ' v * I " ; J District Manager The men and women who maintain and . operate thfe Bell Telephone Lines in New Jersey are ambitious to keep pace with the V i| %growth of its' industry, and to give their 7 ■ y ' . fellow citizens in this State the best telephone service possible. - THE DELAWARE & ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CO- ,

n •- ■ • ^ a S I The Caloric Pipeless Furnace Uses less fuel, either coal or Svood, than 1 any of the other furhaces. Why not buy a I d CALORIC. WTiy not buy one now and make the wife bappy. A Norton Dowfer Co. James E. Taylor & Son ' \ li Wj^arood, N. J. Cape May, N. J.^jf I " ; v ' . r' J ' ! ' | > -1

COUNTY CHAMBER MEETS . j When (he- Cape -Slay county cham-j. ' her of poninjeree- meets in the Wlld- . wood High School on Wednesday 1, ! night, November^ 30, at' 8 o'clock, the M delegates' from all Sections of thfc : i county will he greeted by Mayor" W.i Courtrighi- Smith, and :by, the newly • ! clectesl head of Wildwood's board' ot y<rade, H. Foster Goslin. The night will be the" occasion of ^ the annual ladies' night, and. the women folk are especially invited,to join in the program being arranged by both, M"". Smith and Mr. Goslin. , Luther "C- Ogden, of Cape May,)

1 president of the county, chamber, who 1 was missed at the last meeting, will I preside, and has a few things up his - I sleeve that will ' spell big things for A Cape May county, | =Z. Dry Goods j AND 1 Millinery j B.T..HAZLETT 323 Washington Street 1 - Cape May I I