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Mobile to Host Permanent Gulf Coast Fair and Night Horse Show
A Mobile fair committee selected an eight‑member central finance group led by M. J. McDermott to raise funds for a permanent Gulf Coast fair. Meridian promoter R M Striplin outlined exhibits and a successful night horse show as key features, highlighting concession profits and phased construction plans to attract Mobile business leaders.
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Gulf Coast
Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
R. M. Striplin
Cliff Williams
Meridian
M. J. McDermott
Central Committee
L. C. Irvine
E. J. Buck
Aubrey Boyles
Williams
J. L. Cawthon
The
Fair Association
W. T. McGowin
John T. Cochrane
E. Q. Norton
Carnival Company
Striplin
Meridian Association
Mr. Williams
Wiliams
Irvine
Southern Commercial Congress
Buck
Mr. Buck
Big
Mr. McDermott
E. J. John T. Cochrane
al P. Bush
Junius W. Woolf
George