Iowa Farm Boys and Girls Club Congress at Des Moines
Plans for the 2nd annual Iowa Farm Boys and Girls Club Congress run August 24 to September 2 at the State Fair. More than 1,260 youths from across the state will compete in eight days of contests demonstrations and meetings to crown state champions in various farm tasks with $11,975.25 in cash prizes, including a Baby Beef Show prize of $4,611.00.
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Iowa Farm Boys’ and Girls
Des Moines
Congress
Iowa State Fair Management
State Fair Club Congress features show and scholarships
The 1927 Iowa State Fair will host extensive Boys and Girls events including lamb and wool, poultry, crops, and livestock shows. A statewide judging contest offers $600 in scholarships to Iowa State College with county teams competing for the state championship. Free dormitories and meals at cost will assist participants, with enlarged Educational Building space for club work exhibits and demonstrations. Copies of rules and premium lists are available from Secretary A. R. Corey.
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Farm Girls
Iowa State College
Iowa
State Fair Management
Mammoth
Fair Board
A. R. Corey
Des Moines
County Legion forms county unit at Knoxville meeting
About twenty members from Van Veen Van Hemert Post drove to Knoxville for a county organization meeting in the courthouse called by District Vice Commander George H. Lankelma. Harry Awtry of the U S Veterans Hospital was named county commander as Knoxville area aims to boost recruitment and bring Knoxville post from sixty toward a hundred members.
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van Veen-Van Hemert
American Legion
Knoxville
George H. Lankelma
Pella
Bussey
Melcher
Pressantville
Harry Awtry
U. S. Veterans Hospital Force
Harry
Marion County
Knoxville Post
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