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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1969
Page
3
The Athens County Fair spotlights its Junior Livestock Sale Friday at 7 p.m. featuring top stock from Athens County 4 H and Future Farmers of America members. The program will close with the Midwest Jamboree at 8 p.m. and a fireworks show delayed by 30 minutes.
The Athens County Fair honored junior fair dairy cows with 22 awards. Winners included Richard Dailey in Brown Swiss, Joyce Perry in Ayrshire, and Holstein top finishers Dave Starlin, Beth Gift, and Judy Gift. All For One Clover dominated the Jersey class with Karen Brake, Jane Dodd, and Rick Dodd placing. Showmanship awards went to Beth Gift, Karen Brake, and Jane Dodd in senior, junior, and novice divisions respectively. Jane Dodd secured the grand champion Jersey.
The 118th Athens County Fair hosted six harness races with a combined purse of 2 883. Gretchen Adios won the first race in 2 08.2 with Don Spence driving for Londell Taylor. Marti Dee topped the fourth in 2 10.2 owned and ridden by Burden McKinney.
Blue ribbons went to winners from Southeastern Ohio and West Virginia in open class dairy judging at the Athens County Fair. Harold Carnahan Racine Route 1 won junior senior and grand champion in Guernsey along with first place in nine classes. Beth Gift and Harold Leach led Brown Swiss and Ayrshire results. In other notes two men from Shaker Heights and Mineral Wells faced court fines for obstructing police. charges filed by Patrolman John Hicks.
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