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Only Old Daiices to Be Seen At FrolicThree. hundred ■. daheers^os-turned in ’ overalls ..arid ' neckerchief 5* .. in.. ealteo '.and ..: gingham gowns.:and some ofthcnv wearing sunbonnets .will:’ dance the Virginia Reel1- as one of the opening events of the Nesvs-Herald Farm and, Home week, on the. morning of Jan.- 31,. at Convention hall.“It will start with /a'/grand march,” .said Ed’ Sanders;; master of ceremonies .'of the arena.• .The1 .Pioneer, week ..celebration will open*at 9 o’clock cm the morning, of ; the last -day. ofJanuary; All taking part, in the fun in .the arena will be- expected;.to. come in overalls, or other costume. .. The costuming will be. different the . next dayr \vheh the . pioneer settlers - who come ./from other lands will.bo honored,..-Oh Thursday folk dances of / other lands will be put on. . Swedish dancers.German groups, Hungarians, Aus-trians,' French^ Scotch, Swedish dancers, German groups, Hungarians,- Austrians,1 French, Scotch, Trish, - .-Bohemians, • Russians— they’ll all 'put; on their own folk dances, on -arena. floor, in .‘costume/ ^And then on' Friday, Old Home Day, there’ will • be. more; of . ’the pioneer dances, theold squares,and the dances.of the.dugotit andsodhousc days/:MWhat-. we are .trying, to do Is to bring to the people of today the interesting folk dances of the past, back before the. jitterbug. was heard of/V explained Sanders. .A..pioneer days, orchestra, will furnish the music on the opening day^Jan. 31, an orchestra in which probably one-third, of:.the. fiddlers will bfi.past ?0..years of. age..!Incidentally - any groups who would like to.help in staging these folk dances, ypt. contributing. • in any way to -the program are asked to - register with, the .Farm . and Horn*:Editor/.at the News-Herald/Reunion In Hospital / ;•Great Bend—Mr,, and Mrs/John Peterson, 'of . ; Chase, are/ making it a- family ;party.. at the hospital here.: Mrs. Peterson has been there fbr several / weeks.; A •: few hours after her husband, who. had been visiting her,..'returned home, he slipped on. ice, fell/and'broke his hip.. He was brought back to the hospital..-’ '■To Africa As Missionary .*• Pawnee Rock—Rev. Ivan Deck-ert left yesterday to go to western Africa,' for duty / as.. a-missionary in Nigeria/ He has-been pastor of the Mennonite church here , for several ’years/He Is a .son of P. J, Deckert, pioneer - farmer.London's newest/smallest movie theatre,/ seating .24;/ has been opened in the ministry of information.- • There - government' experts. will /see ; propaganda films beforethey, -/are -. generally •• released. • '•
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Hutchinson News
Hutchinson, Kansas, US
Fri, Jan 12, 1940
Page 5
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