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nftsDedication of Foundation Set!One hundred Shaw and Banfield School pupils, cify and county officers, fair officials from Ifl counties and State Fair representatives will help red«*dicate a twoand a half ton granite bird and animal drinking j ! fountain at the Mower County Fairgrounds WednesdaymThe celebration will rival that at the original dedication April 21. 1911 At that time, school children carried flags and were part of the i 5.000 persons who gathered at the north end of Main Street for theceremony jWhen Main Street was extended along Fox Drive, the fountain was ! moved to the site of the present j swimming pool When the pool was built, the fountain was dumped unceremoniously near the old hath house when* it gathered mud Public spirited citizens have re:we *i stored the fountain to its original % j beauty, Richard Rahilly, fair pre-| sident said It has been reassembled west of the Fine Arts Gallery, j Originally it was dedicated to a growing spirit of greater humanity and to all birds and beasts Many persons who carried flags at the original dedication are ex i pecteri to be on hand for the rededi- I cation ceremony which will begin at 11 a m The Veterans of Foreign Wars color guard will present thecolors.t
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Austin Daily Herald
Austin, Minnesota, US
Mon, Oct 26, 1953
Page 9
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