State Fair 4-H Cub Camp Parade Highlighted By Dress Revue
More than 500 4-H youths from 50 counties will participate in the State Fair events September 2 to 7. A Wednesday parade led by Governor Bushfield will feature livestock displays and county projects. An innovative dress revue Thursday at the grandstand will have 20 counties’ contestants modeling self designed dresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4-H Cluirs
Verne Varney
Grace Rowntree
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Bushfield
Huron Collcge
Kathryn Whitenell
Brookings
J. C. Holbert
Ames
Anc
H. G Gaveral
St Paul
Minnesota
B. Fiten
St. Paul
I. B. Johnson
South Dakota State College
Phil Anderson
Bowery Dances To Be Operated During State Fair Week
The Bowery will run nightly dances in a tent south of the Industrial Building during State Fair week with Chester Field and his orchestra featured. A pre exposition dance is set for Saturday night before State Fair week on August 31, announced by Secretary C B Hanson. The Band Box pavilion east of Huron has nightly dances also during State Week.
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C. B. Hanson
Huron
Chester Field
Boy Scout Day Opens 1940 State Fair with Band Parade
On Monday September 2, Boy Scout Day launches the 1940 State Fair with a flag raising at the grandstand. St Lawrence music director Calvin Engel conducts the official Boy Scout band, rehearsing at 6 30 p.m. at St Teresa's gym. Scouts from Aberdeen Redfield Sir Lawrence Huron and Doland participate, with booths and displays on merit badges in Home Appliance and Horticulture buildings.
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Calvin Engel
St Lawrence
Engel
St. Teresa's School
Oregon and
Fifth Street
George Woodman
Don Jorgenson
Robert Schaffer
Robert Risager
Harvey Lebanon
Alfred Luce
Jim Alway
John Miller
John Hollman
Wynn Eaking
Don Boyd
Lincoln Boyd
Richard Olson
Dick Banfield
Aberdeen
Ray Aldred
Vinson Oviatt
Jack Jones
Wayne Hall Af Miller
Joe Fisher
Frank Fredrickson
Paul Mickish
Duane Prindle
Ed Neuman
Frank Summerside
Jim Howard
James Norfolk
Region Ten
Extension Clubs Meet At Fair Regular Meeting Slated
The South Dakota Federation of Home Extension Clubs will hold its regular fair meeting at the State Grounds Huron upsta ii Woman's Building from 10 to 12. Governor Bushfield and officials will greet attendees. Miss Mabel Senior will discuss Homemaking Customs in Mexico and Miss Bess Rowe will address the Challenge to Farm Women in a Democracy. Delegates from numerous towns listed plan to attend.
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South Dakota Federation of Home Extension Clubs
Upsta ii Woman's Building
Huron
Chester
Aurora
Harlan Bushfield
Harold O. Lovre
State Fair Board
Gertrude Null
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Mabel Senior
Mexico
Bess Rowe
Moe Severson
Presho
Q. G. Bradshaw
Kimball
John C. Anderson
Langford
Emma Vanderham
Platte
Laura Nyhouse
Scotland
Verne Hinds
Aberdeen
Alvin Yocum
Agar
Beulah Hansen
Irene
Karen Knopf
Hig Stone Civ
Ben Sroith
G. W. Fenske
Elk Point
W. &. Neville
Clear Lake
Dave O'Neill
Hermosa
Ray Myers
Box Elder
John Cavanaugh
de Smet
Jeanette McInnis
Miller
Ai Giegesicka
Mitcheil
John MaMol
Custer
Ed Davilson
Holmquist
John Krumvieds
Canisteta
Vern Hewitt
Madison
Minnie Green
Armour
Earl Banzer
Hecla
C.O. Larsan
Gettysburg
Glaf Johnson
Glenham
Wm. Fischer
Oliver
Albert Erickson
Wilmot
Walter Hendricks
Vermillion
Anna Robins
Wessington
Mamie McGuigan
Spearfish
Rose McCarthy
Elkton
C. A. Wescott
Belle Fourche
Emma Lindskov
Doland
James Kilto
Fulton
Roy Hummel
Fedora
Carty Ash
Oral
Fire Fighters To Be Stationed At State Fair Grounds
Fire Chief Buell Cattan announced that a squad of Huron firemen will be stationed at the State Fair grounds throughout Fair Week. Three men will work at night and two during the day to cope with any emergency. The unit will include Huron's chemical track with 1000 feet of two and a half inch hose, a record of few incidents at the exposition.
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Huron
Buell Cattan
Exposition Grounds
Inca
Zoo And Picnic Grounds At South Dakota State Fair
Visitors this year will find the zoo and picnic grounds among the fair’s most alluring spots. A year-round recreation center, the zoo has expanded with many birds and animals and is near completion of an artesian well to supply water. notable additions include Chester the black bear born to Andy and Min, favorites with thousands of visitors. The cooperative zoo is run by the State Fair Board, Veterans Camp, Soil Conservation Service, and the state Game and Fish Department, housing many native birds and animals. Picnic grounds shaded by trees adjoin the zoo, with hedges providing shelter for visitors. The Soil Conservation Service maintains a display at the State Fair as well.
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Chester
Andy
State Fair Board
Veterans CC
Soil Conservation Service
State Game and Fish Department
South Dakota
The
Public invited to view test plots and grounds
The notice invites the public to visit and inspect several test plots and grounds set aside for demonstration purposes. Details specify locations, access times, and safety guidelines for visitors.
Model Ship Ancestor Commanded By Walter Hull
Walter Hull, great-grandson of the commander of Old Transides in the 1812 battle with Guerriere, finishes a scale model. He has built many models for Milwaukee public museum, including the Constitution known as Old Ironsides, to be exhibited there. Hull’s family hails from Barnstable England and Barns Sinble Mass. His grandfather K C Barker, late Detroit mayor, was commodore of the International Yacht Club of the Great Lakes.
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Milwaukee
Walter Hull
Isaac Hel
Hull
Milwaukkee
Barntable
England
Barnssinble
Mass
K.C. Barker
Detroit, Mich
International Yacht Club of the
Great Lakes
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H.M. Jones
Florence Walker Englesby
State Board of Health
Pierre
Dakota Farmer
H. M. Jones
Perriton's Presents
Waterman’s
Waterman
Lady Patricia
Thorobred
Thorobred de Luxe
Junior
Perriton
Sheaffer
Perriton’s
Pueblo
Colo
B. Vanzandt
State Department of Employment Security
Jim
A. J. Norgaard
State College Extension Agronomist
Norgaard
State Crop Improvement Association
Suliy County
State Fair Grounds
Texaco
Tenaco Motor
Ard
Kansas
Moon Rose
Moon Rose Canned Foods
Morin
Colton Company
Huron, South Dakota
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