Leland White Will Miss Fair
Leland C. White, long time dean of Wisconsin fair secretaries, recalls Green County Fair highlights and notes he will miss this year’s event due to a hip injury. He details early profits, gate prices, and memorable acts, including Roy Smith’s band and windmill exhibits, and reflects on the fair’s growth from a small county event to a major Wisconsin showcase.
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Cleo M. Rufi
Green County
Leland C. White
White
Wagner
Fair Board
Mr. White
Roy Smith
Green County Fair
Baker Manufacturing Co
Evansville
International Baker Holstein
Grand Forks
N. C
Buckbee
Rockford
Moscript
Minnesota
G. T. Hodges
Monroe
Wisconsin
Argyle maker wins round Swiss at 1938 fair contest
Alex Hoerberger of Duncan Hill factory Argyle placed first in the round Swiss cheese judging at the 1938 fair with 96 points. Robert of Cream Ridge factory scored 93 percent. Ernest Kellen of Riverside Verona defeated three other makers for the limburger honors.
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Alex Hoerberger
Duncan Hill
Argyle
Robert
Cream Ridge
Ernest Kellen
Riverside
Verona
Evangelist Billy Sunday at 1931 Green County Fair
The noted evangelist Billy Sunday spoke to several thousand at Monroe’s Green County Fair in 1931, delivering a 80 minute address under a hot August sun. He attacked birth control and sexual education while praising abstinence and warning against alcohol, marital strife, and liquor.
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Uniteds
Billy Sunday
Green County Fair
Monroe
Chicago
United States
Milwaukee
Paulus. A. Roth
1938 Wrestling Show Angers County Fair Fans
At the 1938 County Fair athletic show Aug 14 Walter Bolliger of Orangeville defeated the show's wrestler but was made to face a boxing star in a second wrestling match. The boxer ignored rules, Bolliger was rough handled, the manager halted the event, and angry fans protested while paid performers fled.
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Abe Luaimsan
Walter Bolliger
Orangeville
Bolliger
Crippen Drove To Immortality
Darlington harness star Guy Crippen, 1951 Hambletonian winner with Mainliner, faced cancer in July 1952 and died September 21 at 60. A top Wisconsin driver, Crippen set records at the state fair and Lexing ton, and mentored the Green County fair circuit.
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Green County Fair
Arlie Frost
Guy T. Crippen
Darlington
Guy
Beau Brummel
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
La|ete County Hospital
Carion
Emmett Crippen
Guy Crippen
Wisconsin
D. W. Spencer
Crippen
William Hasson
Plymouth
Dodgeville
Adam Wittenberger
Russell Scott
W. R Schuetze
Highland Ellen
Lexington
Ralph Kroenig
West Allis
United States Trotting Association
Kroenig
Lord Steward
Goshen
N. Y
James Bryson Sr
Kenneth Schrieter
Lafayette County Fair
David Cunningham
Monroe
Green County
William Hoyer
Beaver Dam
Dr. Hoyer
Eddie Vogel
Elkhorn
Peter Langlee
Chicago
Minors State Racing Commission
23 Serve Fair As Secretary 23 Serve Fair As Secretary
The Green County Fair’s secretaries over 100 years are listed from 1853 J. W. Richardson to 1948 W. A. Brown. The 1944 Victory Fair note recalls a boy spending 132 pennies at the penny arcade.
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Fair
Green County Fair
J. W. Richardson
A. W. Potter
William Wright
Edward Bartlett
Wright
A. S. Douglas
Douglas
S. C. Cheney
T. W. Goldin
W. P. Stearns
A. F. Lichtenwainer
J. H. Weber
R. A. Etter
Frank Smock
B. G
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Leland
Milton K. Johnson
Ralph A. Lindsay
Louis H. Kohli
Stanley Neuberger
G. Fred Galli
W. R. Schuetze
Howard Kohn
Times
Hambletonian
Russell Matzke
Nell Cunningham
L. D. Lewis
Kubly Wattraver
Mautz
Utica
House & Garden Magazine
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