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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1939
Page
32
The document outlines judging rules and prizes for poultry, sheep, coarse wool beef and dairy cattle, corn, wheat and potatoes. It specifies pen compositions, standards, exhibitor responsibilities, entry counts, labeling and timing requirements, with August 22 deadline for some entries and tuberculin testing for cattle.
Athens County Fair Board members will attend the Ohio Fair Managers Association two day convention in Columbus January 10 and 11 1940. Plans for better Ohio fairs will be discussed with a banquet on the second day. Officers include President Charles J Gray Treasurer B U Bell and executive secretary Mrs Don A Detrick. The Ferris wheel was invented by G W G Ferris for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.
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