New Market Monitor (Newspaper) - July 4, 1978, New Market, Iowa Tht NEW MARkET ITC Library 2 July 78 Sonny James to open Taylor County Fair The Taylor County Fair will begin July The first grandstand event will begin at with the Sonny James starring Sonny James and the Country Gentle Sonny James is one of the entertainment industrys most popular He has the longest consistent string of number one records in country musics 27 records in a He has been named Country Musics Male Artist of the Decade by Record Some of his earlier hits are and Since I Met His most recent hit is Also appearing will be King and They were featured with the Spike Jones Show for They will be featured in a juggling and audience participation act full of laughs and The second show will begin at Friday afternoon will be the free barbecue starting at 5 Also starting at the same time will be the garden tractor pull sponsored by the Clearfield Lions At the end of the garden tractor the tractors which would be in the 03500 class and antique tractors will These classes should weigh in by 5 There will be a entry fee for these two classes and the entry fee money will be prorated back in prize Contact Keith Farrens for further Friday at will be the Little Britches This will be sponsored by the Bedford Saddle At this printing the age groups allowed to enter will be nine through There will be a calf ride and a mule The parents of the participants will be required to sign a release form before their children will be allowed to These releases must be signed at the fairgrounds before the rodeo The number of entrants will be limited in each age group so there will be no signups after 7 that No girls will be allowed to but there will be a goat tie for the All riders will receive a silver If there are any contact Steve Kernen Saturday afternoon the tractor pull will start at 1 This is an out of the field percentage pull open to residents of Taylor and adjoining Weighin will be at Farmers Coop Elevator from 8 to 12 Entry fee is per pull and prizes are first and a trophy second and a trophy third and a trophy fourth and fifth For further details contact Gordon Roger Mick or Dean all of Also Saturday afternoon start ing at will be a toy tractor This will be held on r An outdoor sign has been purchased jointly by the Covenant Lodge 453 and Order of the Eastern Star chapter 481 of New The sign was paid for partially by memorial dona It was erected by Lodge members Lyle Max Raymond and Merlin Lovitt with Pete Costen doing the Raymond Whitehead and Merlin Lovitt donated the pipe and cable used in the north side of the Brown of Clarinda will be in charge of this Saturday night will be the fourwheel drive pickup This at and tractors should weigh in at the Farmers Coop between noon and 5 Entry fee for this event is per pull and prize money paid will be and with trophies also given for the first three places in each Anyone wishing further information should contact Dwight Dean Hensley or Gordon There will be a checker tournament on Friday and Satur This is open to anyone interested in There will be no entry fee and there will be a trophy the top three Sponsors for the tourna ment are Boyd Insurance Clark Lumber and the Junction If anyone has any contact Junior Spen Slaten or Joe Boyer for The Sharpsburg community will be sponsoring horseshoe Qualifications will be held Saturday evening and Sunday morning with playoffs to begin at 1 There will be an entry fee of and 12 trophies will be four trophies in three different class Kids events will be held starting at 1 on Thursday and Friday afternoons with a bicycle drawing to be held each of these days at 3 Register on Thursday and Friday to be eligible for the There will be sack wheelbarrow threelegged foot a backward and a mothers threelegged There will also be a frog jumping contest on bring your own and a pet show on Thursday There will be a category for every There will be a penny pickup for kids four years old and Judges and helpers will be the Bedford FHA Friday night the Fair Board has arranged with The Fifth Wheel Drive to play for a teen The dance will begin at 9 but the exact location on the has not been deter mined at this Sunday afternoons entertain ment will be a group from called FESTI This group has been together for five years and was originated by professor of music at They have continued to page 3 Vernon Journey is the new owner of the New Market Oil a native of New returned home after living in California for 17 Journey purchases station New Market native Vernon Journey has purchased the New Market Oil Company from Charlie who recently returned had made his home in California for the past 17 He was employed as a ance supervisor for a telephone He is married and the father of three grown all of whom are living in He also has 1 A graduate of the class of Journey grew up in New When asked why he returned here he explained Because its and he was tired of the hustle and bustle of the city Journey purchased the Margar et Pratt farm northeast of New Market last year where he and his wife will be Clayton Trucking places 8th The Clayton Trucking bowling team finished in 8th place in team bowling in the class E division of the Iowa Womens Bowling Association Tournament held in Burlington this Team members were Nancy Marcia and Sandra Graham of New Market and Paulette McClarnon and Eva Mae Stevens of Sandra Graham placed in all events and singles in the class D Nancy Clayton and Paulette McClarnon also placed in all events and singles in the class E The women brought home over for their efforts in the team event and individual 1 Pictured above are New Market youth who are involved In the CRD Community Resource De velopment program this sum CRD youth meet The Community Re source Development held its kickoff meeting on June 19 in the New Market There were 14 community youth in attendance who enjoyed hot potato and lemon During the meeting it was decided that on the 4th of July the youth would operate a pop ring toss The money raised by this be donated to the opening of the Teen The next meeting will be during the afternoon of July 3 at 4 in the All community youth are invited to help run the pop ring toss and the jail hi the park on the 4th of All the New Market is welcome to become involved in a project whenever