Nationality Fair Proposed for Stark County Fair
The Stark County Fair may enter a new era with a proposed Nationality Fair built from Community Day projects. Groups representing Germans Greeks Spanish and Slovaks may stage separate programs in arts crafts music dancing cooking and literature. Organizers hope a year end showcase would become a county fair exhibit with space a key challenge and local groups studying the plan with a possible push from the Northeast YMCA.
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Mel Carpenter
Northeast Y.m.ca
Canton
Thomas H. Nichols
Canton Art Institute
Canton Public Library
Water Displacement Chosen For Big Potato Prize
Stark County Fair hosts WHBC first annual Potato Contest with a $25 savings bond prize for the largest potato. Ohio grown spuds entered by midnight Wednesday qualify, judged by water displacement at the midway studio Thursday.
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Midway
Fairgrounds
Elkhart Cartoonist Franklin J. Finch Dies at 71
Frank J. Finch known as Doc Bird Finch, long time Denver Post cartoonist, age 71, died at his Elkhart home. He worked for Terre Haute Gazette, Dayton Daily News, St Joseph News-Press, Denver Rocky Mountain News and a Kansas City paper. Finch retired in 1931 and later worked at an Elkhart war plant in World War II.
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Frank J. Finch
Denver Post
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Stark County 4-H Safety Drive Award Details
Farm safety work long a Stark County 4-H Club project is spotlighted at the Stark County Fair. The outstanding club will receive a special trophy donated by WHBC, to be held permanently after three wins. First award set for Children's Day at WHBC booth on the midway.
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WHBC
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