Garden Club of Teaneck

Mayor Awards Ribbons To Exhibit Winners; Show Success Hailed

The Town Manager, October 1932, p. 1, p. 8 & p. 9

Flower Show

At an enthusiastic meeting of the Garden Club of Teaneck held in the council chamber at Town Hall on the evening of Sept. 22, Mayor Karl D. Van Wagner presented the ribbons awarded to winners of first, second and third places in various classes at the club’s first annual Fall Flower Show, which was visited by more than 1,200 people at School No. 2 on September 17 and 18.

There was ample reason for enthusiasm in the fact that the club’s first show was pronounced an astonishing success, considering especially that the club was organized less than four months before the show. Visitors from other towns in the county agreed that the show had seldom been equaled by any of the older clubs in this section and scarcely, if ever, surpassed in the number of quality of exhibits.

A most graceful courtesy was extended Teaneck’s newest club by the Ridgefield Park Garden Club, which installed a beautiful rock garden in the hall in which the show was held, not in competition for any prize or award but as a decoration of the hall, thus welcoming the Teaneck organization to the ranks of the clubs that are doing so much to promote cultivation of flowers and beautifying of homes throughout Bergen County.

There were 563 entries all told, including a large member from all over the county and several from outside the state, and the judges declared the exhibits better than they had seen in any other local show.

Judges in the main show were divided into two classes. The first group was composed of Mrs. C. T. Stran of Oradell, Mrs. A. Broadwell of Ridgewood and Mrs. H. D. Thomas of Paterson. These women judged the annuals, perennials, and artistic arrangement classes. For the dahlias and gladiolus, the judges were R. F. Fuhrman of Ramsey, Osmar Eickhoff of Teaneck and Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Romaine of Teaneck.

The show committee was headed by William Flackman. He was assisted by Mrs. C. J. Fleischman, Mrs. William J. Senn, Mrs. R. C. Halstead, William Adams, Henry P. Bruns, C. J. Fleischman, J. H. Furber, Hugo Hagen, L. T. Hostettler, M. H. Martin, Victor H. Palmer and V. Sigismundi.

A large group of women members of the club volunteered their services as hostesses during the show and assisted in directing the spectators through the exhibits and explaining the special points of interest. They were Mrs. Henry Bruns, Mrs. E. H. Crosby, Mrs. F. J. Cordes, Mrs. A. K. Deering, Mrs. William Flackman, Mrs. J. H. Furber, Mrs. R. C. Halstead, Mrs. L. T. Hosteller, Mrs. A. M. Hanna, Mrs. R. T. Humphrey, Mrs. N. S. Jocelyn, Mrs. Elwood Knapp, Mrs. William Lorenzen, Mrs. Harry Langley, Mrs. M. H. Martin, Mrs. C. L. Northrop, Mrs. V. Palmer, Mrs. S. Paguin, Mrs. Walter Spindler, Mrs. W. J. Senn, Mrs. Frank Shaffer, Mrs. W. E. Shadek, Mrs. A. Walker and Mrs. P. Zumpkley.

Winners were as follows:

Annuals – Members Only:
Asters – Mrs. F. C. Barger, H. W. Stumpf.
African marigolds – William Adams, Adelaide Halstead, Mrs. C. L. Northrop.
French Marigolds – H. A. Stumpf, Mr. F. F. McClelland, Mrs. Anna Lorentzen.
Phlox – Henry Bruns, Mrs. C. J. Fleischman. Zinnias – Mrs. W. E. Shadek. Pom-pom zinnias – Mrs. A. H. Hanna, Mrs. C. J. Fleischman, H. W. Stumpf. Cosmos – Mrs. L. S. bruchs, Mrs. F. Cordes. Scabiosa – Mrs. W. J. Senn, Mrs. F. F. McClelland, Mrs. A. M. Hanna.
Snapdragon – H. W. Stumpf, Mrs. C. L. Northrop. Coxcomb – Mrs. F. E. Shaffer, George L. Errick, Mrs. A. M. Hanna. Centaurea – Mrs. J. H. Furber.
Calendula – Mrs. W. J. Senne, Mrs. C. L. Northrop. Strawflowers – George L. Errick. Petunias – Mrs. A. M. Hanna, Mrs. F. Cordes, Mrs. A. M. Hanna. Any other annual – Mrs. H. Langley, Mrs. C. L. Northrop, Mrs. M. H. Martin.

Perennials – Members Only
Delphinium – William Adams, Mrs. A. M. Hanna. Lilies – George E. Errick. Phlox – Mrs. A. M. Hanna, Mrs. C. J. Fleischman. Gaillardia – Mrs. F. Cordes, Henry Bruns, Mrs. A. M. Hanna. Tritoma – Mrs. A. M. Hanna. Any other perennial – Mrs. C. J. Fleischman, Mrs. A. M. Hanna, Mrs. F. F. McClelland.

Gladiolus – Members Only
Best primulinus – V. Sigismundi, Mrs. A. M. Hanna, Best five grandiflorous types – Mrs. C. J. Fleischman. Best three grandiflorous – Mrs. C. J. Fleischman, Mrs. C. L. Northrop. Best grandiflorous – Mrs. C. J. Fleischman, Mrs. A. M. Hanna, Mrs. C. J. Fleischman. Arrangement in vase – Mrs. M. H. Martin, Mrs. C. J. Fleischman. Arrangement in basket – Mrs. C. J. Fleischman.

Roses – Open to All
Best three – Mrs. H. Langley, Mrs. W. Spindler, Gordon Johnson. Best rose – Mrs. F. Cordes, C. G. Dettmer. Arrangement in vase – Mrs. W. Spindler, H. W. Stumpf.

Annuals – Non-Members Only
Asters – John Bernard, Littler Ferry; Mrs. W. Copley. African Marigolds – Mrs. M. A. Dinnen, Ramsey; Miss Ruth Frey, Miss C. Blair. French marigolds – Mrs. M. L. Blair, Ramsey; Mrs. M. A. Dinneen. Zinnias – Mrs. M. L. Blair, Ramsey. Pom-pom zinnias – Mrs. M. A. Dinneen, Ramsey; Miss C. Blair.
Cosmos – Mrs. R. E. Talbert, Mrs. McPartlandt. Scabiosa – Mrs. M. L. Blair, Ramsey; Miss C. Blair, John Bernard. Sanpdragon – John Bergard, Little Ferry. Coxcomb – Miss Helen Levy, Hackensack; A. P. Werkhoven, Miss Helen Levy. Calendula – Mrs. M. A. Dinneen. Petunias – Elmer Miller. Vase of any other annual – John Bernard, Mrs. H. Stumpf, A. H. Schlesinger.

Perennials – Non-members Only
Lilies – Mrs. M. L. Blair. Gaillardia – Mrs. Arthur R. Gahl. Any other perennial – A. H. Schlesinger, Rochelle Park.

Gladiolus – Non-members Only
Best three premulinus – R. T. Kiahre, Bogota. Best primulinus spike – R. T. Klahre. Best five grandiflorous types – Elmer Miller. Best three grandiflorous – R. T. Klahre. Best spike grandiflorous – Mrs. M. M. Blair, Mrs. M. A. Dinneen, R. T. Klahre. Arrangement in baskets – R. T. Klahre.

Artistic Arrangements – Open to all
In case not over six inches high – Mrs. A. M. Hanna, A. W. Pfeiffer, Mrs. M. H. Martin.
In bowl not over six inches high – Mrs. M. H. Martin, Mrs. F. Cordes, Mrs. M. H. Martin
In vase over six inches high – Mrs. C. L. Northrop, Mrs. A. M. Hanna, Mrs. C. L. Northrop.
In baskets – Mrs. E. M. McCracken, Bogota; Mrs. C. Horrocks, Mrs. C. J. Fleischman.

Dahlias – Members Only
Three semi-cactus – V. Sigismundi, H. W. Stumpf. Three formal decorative – Mrs. W. Spindler. Three informal decorative – William Flackman, H. W. Stumpf.
Three ball – H. W. Stumpf. Three pompoms – H. W. Stumpf. Best cactus – M. H. Martin. Best semi-cactus – Henry Bruns.
Best formal decorative – William Flackman, V. Sigismundi, William Flackman. Best informal decorative – V. Sigismundi.
Best ball – H. W. Stumpf, V. Sigismundi, W. J. Adams. Best pompom – Mrs. A. M. Hanna, M. H. Martin. Best unnamed seedling – V. Sigismundi, Henry Bruns.

Dahlias – Non-members Only
Three formal decorative – A. H. Schlesinger, Theo. Penisis.
Three informal decorative – R. T. Klahre, A. H. Schlesinger, R. T. Klahre.
Three ball – Mrs. McPartlandt. Three Pompoms – Mrs. H. W. Stumpf, Macopin; Mrs. M. A. Dinneen, H. W. Stumpf.
Best semi-cactus – A. H. Schlessinger, R. T. Klahre.
Best formal decorative – Theo. Panisis, Bogota; R. T. Klahre, Mrs. R. E. Talbert.
Best informal decorative – R. t. Klahre, Theo. Panisis, R. T. Klahre.
Best ball – Mrs. H. W. Stumpf, William Winquist, best pompom – mrs. H. W. Stumpf, Gloria Gonzalez, Best unnamed seedling – John Bernard. Arrangement in vase – William Flackman. Arrangement in basket – mrs. A. M. Hanna.
Best Dahlia in show – William Flackman (with bloom, Kathleen Norris).

Girl Scout Show
Class- Miss Betty Bixler, Miss Ruth Frey. Class 2 – Miss Ruth Frey. Class 3 – Miss Carmel Bower, Miss Ruth Frey, Miss Blache Sholin

 

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