Mossyrock Garden Club Takes First on Flower Show Entries
The Mossyrock Garden Club came in First in the judging for club entries in the Southwest Washington Fair flower show and arrangement exhibits, closely followed by the Town and Country Garden Club.
Mrs. Ray Ellingson, floral division superintendent, reported that the judges didn’t award a third place, but recorded Fords Prairie and Home Beautiful Garden Clubs in a tie for fourth.
Among individuals, residents of Centralia, Tacoma, Longview, Oakville, Rochester and Chehalis shared top honors.
The best chrysanthemum award went to Verna McNeil, Centralia. The best gladiolus award went to Eugene J. Farmer, Tacoma; best dahlia to Mrs. V. R. LaFountain, Longview; best picture boxes, in order, Mrs. K. Blechschmidt, Oakville; Mrs. J. R. James, Rochester; Mrs. Max Chaney, Chehalis.
Blue ribbon winners in the garden flowers section 1, included: asters, Mrs. Wayne Lowe, Centralia; calendula, Mrs. Max Chaney, Chehalis: carnations, Verna McNeil, Centralia; daisies (both classes) Mrs. George Betts, Rochester; delphinium, Mrs. Ted Teitzel, Chehalis; fuschia, Mrs. G. W. Padham, Centralia; lily, Mrs. George Betts, Rebecca Sorrell, both Rocester, and Mrs. Emil Rosselli, Chehalis.
Also: marigolds, Ernie White, Toldedo, and R.H. Harnishfeger, Chehalis: nasturtiums, Mrs. Cecil Hayes, Chehalis; pansy, Mrs. Herman Schwartz, Chehalis; pentstemon, Mrs. R. F. Bickford, Centralia; petunia, Mrs. Robert Anderson, Bucoda and Mrs. Wayne Lowe, Centralia; phlox, perennial, F. H. Harnishfeger, Chehalis; Scabiosa, Mrs. Arthur Larson, Oakville; sweet peas, Mrs. Herman Schwarz, Chehalis; zinnia, Mrs. R. F. Bickford and Judy Greeley, Centralia; Mrs. E. Ramsey, Chehalis.
Also: miscellaneous garden flowers, any other annual, Mrs. Arthur Larson, Oakville, and any other perennial, Mrs. Will Gray and M. Loughin, both Centralia.
Eugene Farmer, Tacoma, swept the blue ribbon series in gladiolus for Section 3, with other blue ribbon winners in the section listed as Millie Caldwall, Toledo; Rueben Raschke, Chehalis; Mrs. Robert Anderson, and Mrs. Robert Wall, both Bucoda.
In Section 2 Dahlias, blues were won in the A and B size in formal decorations by Mrs. M. J. Barber, Chehalis; Ellen Gans, Winlock; Mrs. Don Long, Ajlune; Mrs. Vern LaFountain, Longview, and from Centralia: Mrs. John Daniells, Mrs. R. F. Bickford.
For informal decorative A and B sizes, blues were won by Mrs. Barber, Mrs. Bickford, Mrs. Long, Mrs. H. Grisivald, Oakville; Mrs. Fred Loy, Centralia; Emile Reynoldson, Centralia.
Straight cactus winners. A and B size dahlias, included: Mrs. Long, Helen Griear, Mossyrock; Mrs. LaFountain, Judy Greeley; Mrs. Bickford, Semi-cactus winners included Mrs. LaFountain, Mrs. Bickford, Mrs. C. B. Cole, Centralia.
Also in dahlias, incurved cactus winners in A and B sizes included Mrs. Bickford, Mrs. Long, Mrs. LaFountain, Mrs. Grisivald; miniatures, Mrs. Bickford, Mrs. G. Padham, Centralia; Mrs. LaFountain; miniatures, any cactus Mrs. Bickford, Mrs. Long.
Also in dahlias, pompom blue ribbon winners included Mrs. Stanley Johnson, Oakville; Mrs. Frank Veitschigger, Centralia; Mrs. Long; other classes, Mrs. Bickford, Mrs. Long, Mrs. Hubert Neeley, Chehalis; Mrs. La Fountain and Mrs. A. W. Padham, Chehalis.
In Section 4, tuberous begonias, singles, criajas, frilled, winners included Mrs. Bickford; in the camellia and rose form, Mrs. Frank Veitschigger, Centralia, Mrs. Arnold Anderson, Centralia. Ruffled, camdllia and ballerina, Mrs. Herman Schwarz, Chehalis and Mrs. Bickford, and Mrs. Arnold Anderson; picotee camellia, Mrs. Herman Schwartz, Chehalis.
Also in begonias: ruffled picotee, Mrs. Robert Anderson, Bucoda; novelties, Mrs. Bickford; collection, Mrs. Bickford.
In Section 5, hanging baskets: Mrs. Cecil Hayes and Mrs. Paul Bethge, Chehalis; Anna Belle Fish, Toledo.
In Section 5, indoor grown potted plants: African violet, Mrs. Fred Loy, Centralia; Mrs. Lloyd Wildfang, and Mrs. Rosa Watson, Rochester; Mrs. C. B. Lindsey, Chehalis. Begonias, Mrs. G. W. Padham, Centralia, and Mrs. Paul Knoechel, Chehalis; ferns, Mrs. Harold Wisner, Chehalis; costuas, Lucille Seines, Chehalis. Flowering house plant, Mrs. Alice Orloske, Centralia; decoration plant, Mrs. Paul Bethge, Chehalis; foliage house plant, Mrs. Paul Knoechel, Chehalis.
Section 6, shrubs, trees, vines; Florence Peterson, Chehalis; rs. Howard Grisivald, Oakville.
Section 7: Garden Club district arrangement: western district, Mrs. Haskell Bailey, Chehalis, president; Cascade district, Mrs. John Moore, Randle, director; southern district, Mrs. George Dennett, Winlock, president; eastern district, Mrs. Don Long, Ajlune, president.
Section 8, flower arrangements - guest cities of the world - Fairbanks, F. H. Harnishfeger, Chehalis; Honolulu, and Tokyo, Mrs. Ben Martin, Chehalis; Calcutta Mrs. J. James, Rochester; Cairo, Mrs. J. Parrish, Chehalis; Athens, Mrs. Kenneth Mills, Rochester; Paris, Mrs. F. Siegwarth, Chehalis; Geneva, Mrs. V. Peterson, Chehalis: Vienna, Olive Irelan [sic], Centralia; Moscow, Esther Clapp, Mossyrock; Amsterdam, Ellen Gans, Winlock; London, Mrs. L. Legat, Centralia; Edinburgh, Mrs. Daniel O'Connor, Seattle; Dublin, Esther Clapp, Mossyrock; Quebec, Hallie Schuster, Chehalis; New York, Mrs. L. Legat, Centralia; Chicago, Esther Clapp, Mossyrock; Mexico City, Mrs. J. R. James, Rochester; San Francisco, Mrs. Frank Veitschegger, Centralia; Portland, Mrs. J. D. Searle, Chehalis: Southwest Washington, Lewis County, Mrs. Karl Blechschmidt, Oakville.
Chrysanthemums: Mrs. Max Chaney, Chehalis: Mary Woodward, and Verna McNeil, both Centralia.
Source: The Daily Chronicle, 28 August 1962, page 10. Microfilm available at Centralia Timberland Library, 110 South Silver, Centralia, Washington 98531.
Transcribed by Kathryn Lester