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October State Fair Has CalendarFull Of Contests For Women, GirlsA jam-packed calendar of contests and special activities for the ladies has been scheduled by the Women’s Department of the State Fair of Texas during the 1960 Diamond Jubilee Exposition, October 8 - 23, in Dallas.Special contests offering cash awards and other valuable prizes, in addition to the traditional competitive classifications of the Women’s Department, include a Clothing Contest, Women’s Hat Contest, Photographic Contest and Yeast Baking and Cake Baking Contest.Award-winning garments in the Clothing Contest will be modeled at noon on the opening day of the Fair, October 8th. Sept. 7th is the deadline for entries. The Hat Contest will be judged October 12 and winning entries will be exhibited during the rest of the Fair. Entry blanks and details can be obtained from the Women’s Department on request.The statewide Photographic Contest is for amateur photographers and winning pictures will be on exhibit in the Women’s Building all during the Fair. It is co-sponsored by the Dallas Camera Club. Entry deadline is September 2.The Cake Baking Contest on71 October 19 is co-sponsored by 1 Burrus Mills, makers of Light Crust Flour. An elegant Platinum necklace set with diamonds is the grand prize and three gold necklaces will also be awarded. Rules and instructions will be available September 1st. The Yeast Balling Contest is set for October 14th and is sponsored by Fleishmann’s Yeast. There is a $50 first prize and a number of other cash prizes.A featured special event of the Diamond Jubilee Exposition will be a luncheon October 10 honoring visitors to the Fair during its first five years, 1886-1890. A Mexico Day reception is also scheduled on this day.Porcelain Art Day at the Fair is October 12; China Painting Teachers Day is October 13th; the State Four-H Dress Revue will be October 15th; Czechoslovakian Day is October 16th.For details and entry blanks | on the special contests as wellas the other competitive categories of the Women’s Division of the State Fair, write to Mrs. Leah Jarrett, Director, Women’s Department. State Fair of Texas, Dallas 26, Texas.
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Yoakum Herald Times
Yoakum, Texas, US
Tue, Jul 26, 1960
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