Fair Schedule of 4-H and Community Events
A multi day schedule lists events including 4-H booth judging at 1 p.m, harness racing, kennel club shows, junior fair saddle horse, country western shows, preschool crafts, pony shows, auto thrill shows, cookie demonstrations, fairs sale, big top circus, church services, and a demolition derby across Friday Saturday and Sunday at the grandstand pavilion and junior fair buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennel Club
Agricultural Club
Willard Fha
Birrell Shatters BRANDS HATCH F2 Practice Record
Gerry Birrell piloting a Formula Two March clocked 1 25.95 at Brands Hatch beating the 1 27.0 record during the first unofficial practice for the August Rothmans International race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brands Hatch
England
UPI
Gerry Birrell
Greenwich Pony Team Wins Pull at Fair
Richard Runkle of Greenwich and Harvey Whitt of Oberlin led the pony pull winners in two weight classes at the fair. Runkle’s 46 inch and under team moved 4500 pounds, while Whitt’s 50 inch and under team hauled 5500 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Runkle
Greenwich
Harvey Whitt
Oberlin
Runkle
Whitt
Robert Schaffer
Chuck Weilnau
H.B. Wells
Glenn Whitt
Robert Francis
Jerry Runkle
Clyde Whitt
Jim Weilnau
Clyde Moore
Roger Shoemaker
Gene Weilnau
Bobby Rogers
H.P. Wells
Plain City
New Scout Handbook Overhauls Core Skills for Modern Youth
The Boy Scouts of America announce a revised eighth edition of the Scout Handbook to take effect September 1. It overhauls content to emphasize leadership, communication, ecology, and urban rural life, replacing old emphasis like tracking and signaling. First printing is 1.2 million copies priced at $1.60 and distributed through department stores, Scout Distributors, and Local Council Service Centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of America
All Scouts
Roy L. Cummings
Firelands Area Council
America
Income Soars as July Personal Income Rises
Commerce Department data show total personal income at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $934.2 billion in July, up $11.3 billion after a $1 billion drop in June caused by Tropical Storm Agnes. Revenue from proprietors and rents rebounded with a $6.8 billion July gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
Agnes
Man Falls From Canoe Drowns in Chappel Creek
A Lima man, John R. Mowery, 23, drowned in Chappel Creek near Vermilion after helping two other canoers. He fell overboard while attempting to reach a troubled craft. his body was recovered and he was pronounced dead at Memorial Hospital.
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Chappel Creek
Lima
Vermilion
John R. Mowery
Erie County
Sheriff's Office
Memorial Hospital
Mowery
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Germany
Olmson
W. Main
Dinte
Royal Buffet
O.C
Ohio Turnpike
Avery
Ohio
Bank Americard
Vdweby
Wolohan Lumber CO
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