State Fair Coliseum hosts week of varied events and programs
At the State Fair Coliseum a week of events unfolds with a big building plan featuring a rodeo with bucking stock, a circus on ice, cattle judging, and a mass piano festival. After the opening day tarpaulin stage, a tanbark surface supports the rodeo and chutes, with judging continuing through Thursday and a hockey rink surface revealed for the circus on ice. The week also includes a Daughters of American Revolution patriotic program, 4-H and refugee relief activity, and multiple committee roles led by local volunteers and regional leaders.
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Lady Bowhill Addresses Fair Women at State Fair
Lady Dorothy Bowhill flight commander of the Women's Auxiliary of the British RAF spoke on a better world after the war and Britain’s women’s service. She described uniforms, training, and ferry work that frees men for combat as part of wartime efforts.
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England
Dorothy Bowhill
Harriet May Mins
State Fair
Sers Sint Nnt
Women's Auxiliary
British
Royal Air Force
Frederick Bowhill
Atlantic Ferry Service
Great Britain
Army
Navy
Lady Bow Hs
Fair Grounds
Constance Colbeck Davis
Lady Bowhill
Montreal
London
Frances Searles
Rochester
State Fair Planning Commission
County Home Bureau
Livingston County
Sarah Gtosen Blanding
College of Home Economics
Cornell University
Miss Blanding
Winthrop Pennock
Pennock
Charles Poletti
Herbert H. Lehman
Pee Bas
Notable Figures Assisted At Bowhill Institute
Mrs. Constance Colbeck-Davis assistant to Lady Bowhill joinsMiss Alice Kellner professor of child psychology at New York University in a collaborative project.
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Constance Colbeck- Davis
Lady Bowhill
Alice Kellner
New York University
Bath Entries Score in Fair Sheep Show
Dewitt Stewart of Bath and R. C. Gregory of Mr. Vision led the Sheep Show at the New York State Fair with multiple firsts. Stewart won four firsts and the Cheviot championship ram while Gregory earned three firsts and the Cheviot championship female. Van Vleet Brothers of Lodi shown the grand champion ram and ewe in the Oxford group. Waldo Barron of Slippery Rock Pa. showed the grand champion Merino ram with Clarke Wellman.
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S. Dewitt Stewart
Bath
R. C. Gregory
Mr. Vision
New York State Fair
Stewart
Mr. Gregory
van Vleet Brothers
Lodi
Ewe
Oxford
Waldo Barron
Slippery Rock
Clarke Wellman
Utica Marriages and Livestock Show Winners Listed
Utica notes list marriage licenses and a livestock show with dozens of named entrants. Siro Thomas and Talmadge Woodward tied to licenses. champions include Southrie Dolores Fragola and several ram and ewe awards across Cotswold Hampshire Rambouillet Suffolk Dorset and Dorset classes. Cornell University and others named among winners.
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Lof Perry
Owe
Utica
Siro Thomas
Talmadge Woodward
Leroys D. Colli
Mary Street
Carhad
Southrie Dolores Fragola
Bleecker Down Ram
William Duncan Street
Wadsworth
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Women’s Auxiliary
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New York State Fair Ground
Paul Smith
Women’s State Civilian Defense Corps
Booth
Daughters of American Revolution
Harriet May Mills Memoies
Paul Revere Club of Junior America
Comfort Tyler
Baldwinsville
Washington
Cranes W. Reed
Jefferson County
Riness
James Veeder
H. J. Garrigus
Connecticut State Agricultural College
Storrs
Conn
Secie
Turkgns
Rudolph Seisfurth
Elkins Park
Walter G. Zimmer
Brighton
George C. Blanchard
North Syracuse
Syracuse Peace Council
Harriet May Mills
Frederick Webster
John Friedly
Herbert Ellinwood
Lucia Mason
Syracuse University
Doris DeLine
Boston University
Iteere Jimas
Salina Street
New York
Alaska
Britain
Mr. Vision Breeder
Joseph Lawson
Linwood
James McGuire
Oakfield
Hampshire
Mr. McGuire
David McDowell
Mercer
Waldo Brown
Cobleskill
Clark Wellman
Suffolk
Harry Hardwick
Francistown
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HEL Farm
Danby
L. F. Cuthbert
Ogdensburg
L. W. Harvey
Dundee
Edwards
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State Fair Grounds
Syracuse & Oswego Motor Lines
West
Genesee Street
Syracuse
Pompadours
Edwards—Kelvinator Department
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