The Hutchinson News from Hutchinson, Kansas • Page 13

AUGUST 18, 1928 THE HUTCHINSON NEWS PAGE THIRTEEN WHEAT FESTIVAL I A GREAT SUCCESS i hunan Girl Crowned Queen at Beautiful Ceremony Held Last Night. A royal ceremony of tba moat Im: psasatva was staged In connection with the crowning of MIBB Blda Aohilles of In man, rut tho Reno county wheat queen as the climax of the Wheat Festival program last night In front of the packed grandstand at the fair' grounds. The royal pasty waa prooMded by a cute little juvenile trumpeter, who wns followed In stately fash- Ion by the group of wheat prlnces- POP, who had presided on the olic floats In tho parado. ICach of thorn carried a shepherd's orook, hearing at the top small sheaf of wheat On reaching the stage, the princosees faoed one another nnd formed an arch under which the queon. advanood to the throne.

Six Uttio flower girls advanced to tho stage just In front of Miss Vada Watson, Turon, tho Kansas wheat queen, who was followed by MISB Achilles, and the court jester. Crnn-nbd by Miss Watson. After the queen's court had bean aeatod. The golden crown, topped by a spray of wheat waa placed on Mlaa Achillea head by Miss Watson The queen was very beautifully dMBMd with her purple robe trim mod with ermine. The atx little flower girls pleased CM crowd by danolng a ballet This tbjnstlMr with the antics of tho jester furnished the entertainment for tho court PrUo Money Given.

Tho prize given by the Chamber of Commerce for the winning floats In the various classifications were presented to the wheat prlnoesa by Mlaa Achilles, the queen. They ware aa follows: Town floats: Turon, first $60 Bphlor, second, and Haven, tttlrd, 110. Township floats: Partridge 4-H Ohio, first, arove township, second, 125; Medford, third, $10. Sunday Bchool floats: Arlington Methodist first $50 Lorado Methodist second, $25; Turon Methodist third, $10. Hutchinson floats: Rotary club, first silver loving cup; 130th Field Artillery, second, silver loving cup.

Hutchinson Sunday Schools: Bor- vm Baptist first stiver loving cup; First Methodist second, silver loving cup. The success of the ceremony la largely duo to the special effort of Mrs. Ralph Hlnman, of Wichita, who made the arrangements and directed tho program. A Massed Band Concert, The cornatlon ccroraony waa followed by tho mass band concerts by the eight visiting bands together with the Hutchinson Municipal band. They responded wonderfully under tho direction of EU Farney, director of the local band, In splto of the fact that It was the first time they had ever played together.

The crowning of the queen waa preceded by a special concert by the Hutclhnson Municipal bond. Tho Wheat Festival In Hutchinson yesterday was the moat successful event of the kind ever held In this or any other state, according to O. B. Graves, who waa In charge of the Kansas State Agricultural College part in holding similar It in nil parts of Kansas. Addrrsscd by Bankter John Field3, vice- president of tho Federal Land Bank at Wichita, made an appeal to the Reno county farmers for a greater combination of thrift with crop diversification in his address before the grandstand yostordoy afternoon.

"Farming in Kansas is a business of averages," he declared. "The man who forgets that the big wheat yield of this year will not be the sanio next year, gets Into financial difficulties. That Is the cause of the $350 ,000,000 in mortgages which hang over the Kansas farms." Crop notation. H. A.

Fnsgan, OUfltn, wbo was (be ohampann gauaasi of MMa- -(' CAN 'CWtOt Tilt CNN OUNCE MErftO l(E(? 'SWA. tip HEW NAfAE- CONTRACT LET FOR ELEVATOR Grain Belt Head House To Be Constructed at Once by K. C. Firm. Hutchinson's Municipal Band rue KMOWN SOU MO.

wio -OKS iria fwrr" V.ME. KHRW uoaK vwCitep ON ttM.J -file. HlC MIDDLE. Ilk Thn newly formed Grain Belt Elevator Co. let the contract today to Rnd Borton, Kansas City cnntraclovfl, for tho construction of new 110,000 bunliel tor- mlnnl elevator Just south of the SanUi Ko tracks on NolPon Ft Th(! elevator to bo built now enn- alnta only of the head house, which la to be equipped with machinery to take care of storage tanks with a half million bushel capacity.

H. Pettlt, one of tha managers of tho new company, announced today that plana aro practically com- plolod for tho addition of 250,000 bushels of tank storage capacity this fall. Tho Grain Belt Elevator Co. Is mado up of tho men connected with both tho Midwest Grain Co, and the H. Grain Co.

Tha new elevator the firm to ercet will bo a splendid addition to the terminal facilities in Hutchinson, May Roduoo Iroattiv of Commonwealth of Australia bonds on tho Now York market has aroused here that foreign loans will bo reduced during tho year. In this case, it is expected that imports also will shrink. Woakness of the Issues is ascribed in part to deficits in government finances caused by decreased customs revenues. later violin while In grade school i nlcipfll bnnd and high school or- at Minneapolis, played tuba i in school orchestra, lMrr taking up Since coming tn Hutchinson In trombone, studying under Otto Oh- jp'jf, he has playd wltb hnnlt, 1st tromhonist in the Mln-' the Hutchinson Municipal and nenpollfl Symphony nrrhrstrn. it in the heat band he has played While attending hlqh school he with so far.

was tho director of the West Mich Dr. Riley operates a Hotr and Cat orchestra, the orchestrn in hospltil at -TtO West 14th Minneapolis schools to rrccive rred- i it for musical work. after several yenrs experience In hand and attended Kansas State A College nt Manhattan, f'nni which he ci aduatcd In vef ina i medicine. While In Manhattan played In the Marshall 1 heater and ir.ii:iiclp:il band r.i well ns rnd orrhest rn. Was sHecK-d by M.M.- H'- I I ilepn rtnient and rer on line filed for posiilon whirh lie tvdd until atlon, ns ilirector of Munhnttan Mil- nlripal hand and Manhattan )iii'h school bantl.

met teed medicine nt Kan. at whh'hl he was n- pin- Picked Up Around Town Acnes Wrlijht nn.l Miss All'-. 1 Wliisht, nf r.lbrlftl. fflin liavl tlirir Hob- rrt Hnll. for I tip fpw wopk.i Itnvo rrlutnpd from nhott in t'tty.

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ir. Trombono Began n( ft yenrs old on and Dog Costs Two Lives. Bulogne--A littlo dog, tho property of Emilo Crispon, recently cost two lives hero. Tho dog was being swept out to sea by waves and his master, going to his rescue, IBO was overpowered. Mary Ledger, an English girl, went to the rescue ot the man and died rn the attempt.

means of keeping up soil fertility. The Hutchinson field artillery battalion made a splendid showing in their maneuvers and firing in front of tho bandstand. The honors In tho competitive events were split between gun squads from Batteries and C. In the firing, the second section of Battery undor Sergt H. C.

Blam- amno, won first prize which amounted to $7.60 for each man In the squad. Second prize was Won by tho first section of Battery under Laverne Fenn. In the figure eight driving the first section caisson carriage of Battery under Sergt Dale Chesbro, won first prize. The gun carriage section of Battery under Corp. Wm.

E. Lehman placed second. The military events were judged by Col. Guy C. Rexroad, Capt Clydo Bauh, and Lieutenants, Lylburn Howell and Chas.

Long. LODGE NEWS Invites Job's Daughters Miss Nola McCormlck of Mt. Hope has Invited the members of the Job's Daughters to a picnic meeting at her country home tha last of this month. Grotto Has Tlcnlo The members of tho Cyrua Grotto and their families and friends num. itering more than 300 had a delightful time at Carey Park lato yeoterday aftornoon and ovenlng at tho annual picnic of the Grotto.

Sports occupied tho oarller part of the entertainment with Miss Helen AJcar talcing most of the prizes among tho women. In tho drawing contest, Mrs. J. P. Wolfe was tho winner.

Ed Baumhart and Gene Grovo were wlnnora among the boys. The feature of the ning was a ball gamo between the members of tho Grotto and the Moglo Laundry team, tho Grotto winning 6-L A baskot supper waa sorved at tho close of tho athlotlo program. To Sharpen Needles, A blunted needle can bo quickly sharpenod and made available for aervico by stitching for a few inches through a piece of fine aand- puper. ED OWENS BACK IN CITY BASTILB Despite hla protests that "it Isn't right to put mo in Jail," police locked Ed Owens, local Negro, in tho city bastllo last night on drunkenness charge. Owena appeared at the MoVay garage earlier in tho evening tn an alleged drunken condition.

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