Bandon Grange Captures First at Coos County Fair Talent Show
The annual Coos County Fair Grange Talent Show featured eight Granges performing skits with humor and drama. Bandon Grange won first for Chickens in the Barnyard, while Broadbent Grange staged The Old Rugged Cross in a repaint and Misses Henshaw and Luttrell acted beside a painting replica.
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Bandon Grange
Coos Co. Fair
Coos County
Bridge Grange
McKinley
Myrtle Grange
Coquille
North Bayside
Greenacres
Grange
Allyn Hubbell
Harry Hubbell
Bruce Miller
Orvis Miller
Politics At The Fair Draws Big Wigs From Both Parties
At the fair ground a political row booth pageant drew Democrats and Republicans. Notables included Douglas McKay and Wayne Morse, with Elmo Smith and party leaders mingling amid literature and buttons. GOP and Democratic booth organizers led campaigns in a spirit of good fellowship while papers covered the events. The piece also notes SBA loan figures from 1953 to 1956 and a shift in government spending as a share of national income.
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Douglas McKay
U S
Fairgrounds
Wayne Morse
Coos County
Elmo Smith
Sig Anander
Herald
Mae Barton
Elton Schroeder
Ted Pettersen
GOP
J UC Rankin
McKay For
Signe Dayton
Verne Lundy
Spear
Booth
Lamb and Chicken Scrambles Delight Coos County Fairgoers
At the Coos County fair a lamb scramble for girls drew 12 entries with 12 lambs and local winners Paula Pearce Terry Thomas Judy Shields Ann Nelson and Nancy Kelly. The chicken scramble drew 150 children and 100 roosters, delivering a lively spectacle with local merchants offering extra prizes.
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Fair Board
Coos County
Paula Pearce
Coosquille
Terry Thomas
Coquille
Judy Shields
McKinley
Ann Nelson
Coos Bay
Nancy Kelly
Coos River
Myrtle Point
George Klein
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J. L. Smith
Sam Dement
Evans Dairy
The
Oregon
John Reiher
Department of the Fair Board
Eisenhower
Small Business Administration
Truman
Cape Cod
Perkins Drug
North Bend
Henry A. Schroeder & Sons Eee House
JL. Smith
Glad Jr
Quoys County
City Oil & Fuel G
Schroeder
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