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Colfax Fair Draws Crowd With Family Events
Colfax residents packed the fair as piano and vocal solos crowned a music contest. Mittie Lee Bland and Nancy Blanton led in singing. Miss Mildren Rogers organized a community entertainment night featuring The Great Silk Stocking Caper and chalk talks by Rex Long. The baby show crowned Ruth Edwards as prettiest and most developed, while athletic contests drew about 1,000 spectators with events from greased pole to hog calling. Awards, ribbons, and local demonstrations by A. L. Harrill and A. L. McKinney highlighted a broad display of crafts, canning, and farm goods. Trade notices from Horn's and Farmers Hardware complemented the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mittie
Lee Bland
Margaret Pruett
Nancy Blanton
Reca Harrill
Scrima
Pimm
Ish Price
Réx Long
Curley
Wwelace
Rexny
Aubry Greene
A. B. Bushong
McKinney String Band
Laura Howard
Ella Fowle
Vance Street
Hudson
Ruth Edwards
James Jolley
B. T. Atkins
Bunyan Edwards
Lée Miller
Melvin Holland
Claudé Elmore
James Callahan
Dennis McKinney
John Davis
Ewart Burns
Emmett Hamrick
Loyd Greene
Kathleen Turner
Melvine McDaniel
Velma Mayse
Ruby Harrill
Mittie Lee Bland
Leroy Jones
Joe Allen
R. B. Tapp