Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 176, Decatur, Adams County, 27 July 1939 — Page 25

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lair Days Are To pe Given A Title ■During 1939 Events

Irtaininu Evento Are tanned Each Day Os Lr This Year. I DAYS N AMED I lit lonmn: 1 ” days. July ■ ■ *«'••’ s "" la,lT *- ,he r,, r I Liir will transformed in* j Krnubl- Mardi (Iran of cele- : Bin d*r» tne elty tnd com*! Lull join with visitors and Emsts in looking for the ■ in :be annual fun festival. Lb- »• la < ustomary each ■ mk. the Chamber of ComKkan staged the annual De■pw Street Fair and AgriL Show. a < ertain type ofl Enon or i oinnietnoraliim is ; E\t.h day of the fair thia |ti« Monday through Satur■lo be given a title, proclaimEuinr. of the festivities for Lrtkular day ■ Oaamng Monday L raroiral workers and con* j Em will have but little time ' ■tatoy night at nudnlght un-I L sparing hour on Monday. | Ey b to be known only at! Kg Day and no great a-| ■ of celebrating |« planned. ■ opening of the fair Monday' ■ taerer «ill be preceded by ■to. m which will appear city j ■to. fair board members and ; ■tor of Commerce members I Nt Day Tuesday Etoy will again be known as Ey with the big Pet Parade Ey afternoon as the feature ■ Score, of various types of lain b. led through the mid ■M a iea»h In the hands of i ■ owners, as the youngsters ■ W secure tor their pet the ■monos being awarded a “Pet ' I pise I float Parade Day •toroday as IS customary, will ■own so "Float and i*arade ■ with the two huge parades ftsr. of the day. ■Mt or more of beautifully ! °°*'s ’hat are scheduled P**-’ la the parades of that f® I* augmented tn color by |j£® M bands that will also | ■ parades will .taged. the 1“ 1 p m W-dnesday after* ; , |^° d ,fc » second at 8 o'clock p*»y bight The floats and ■ •ill feature at both of these I Twin Day Thursday ■ Tbtirsday the second "twin ; r'“® in the history of the f" be staged Thus the day 1

hl “Street Fair" Held pe In 1912; Homecoming Is Name In 1912, 1928

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

i has been appropriately marked i Twin Day." The first twin day was staged lat the IMS Decatur Free Street I Fair and Agricultural Show and j [ was termed a huge success. Entries In the twin contest I swamped the contest managers and judges were handed a seemingly I impossible task in fairly and Impartially Judging the winners. Live Stock Day Friday, as is customary, will be ' called “Livestock Day" — the one. day of the fair in which fair-goers I are afforded a continuous sample of the type of livestock exhibited annually al the Decatur fair. Carnival Day Then on Saturday, the closing day of the 1939 celebration, the thought of the fair-goers will be averted from the more serious side of the fair entirely and will be turned toward the gayest aide of all — the carnival side. Saturday will be known as “Car* nival Day.” The whip, the merry go-round, all of the shows, and the other attractions that are offered the fair goers will receive their I share of attention on that day. Then Saturday night at midnight the lights will blink, blink again and following seveggl hours of tearing down" the 1*39 event becomes history, -z PREMIUM LIST FOR FAIR NOW BEING GIVEN Premium Lists Can Ik* Secured By WritinK Pair Board Distribution of the Indiana State Fair premium lists for the 1939 exposition which will be held eight days. Sept ] to 3. Inclusive, has been started at the fairgrounds off-. ice in Indianapolis. Harry F. Caldwell, president of the Indiana Board of Agriculture, . urged all personn interested In exhibiting at the annual state exposition to write for one of the free booklets which contains complete classifications in all departments, purses and premiums offered, rules and regulations, closing dates for entries and other necessary information for the exhibitors. The fair will offer 1165.248.00 in premiums and purses this year, an increase of 17.871 over last year. The official classifications are car-

than the most enthusiastic booster had dared to dream. The event of 1912 opened October 14 and continued through the week. Though it had been announced to close <■ Friday evening, there was such a demand that it continue until midnight of th«>i last day. dosing with a big parade of Old Home Comers and local friends singing “Home Sweet Home" and other familiar airs of the long ago. Committee In Charge The committee In charge of the event at that time Included: F. M. Shlrmeyer. president; W. P. Shrock i secretary; J H. Heller, vice-presi-dent; E. X. Ehinger. treasurer, and F. H. Hubbard. C. N. Christen. H. l R. Molts. H. J. Tager, French Quinn. Morton Stults, C. C. Schafer. C. A. Dugan, and J. T. Myers.' 'and D. W. Beery who had charge of the horse show. Roglstrstion was in the charge of Mrs. E. B. Adams and Miss Bertha Heller and during the week, more than 1.600 old timers signed the * (CONTINUED ON PAGE Nixf I

Robert Helm

to righ'r.ro H,r *' '■' a ' r Agriculturai Show. Fn,m left ..t■ .n r-t. T. /,. h ‘" nl «*<»••*»'•«•« •”<« ><*«*--lon chairman of the fair; Pete berg <• fCommerce .nd general ctairnma of the fair; Herman H Kruerke- *• _* u f er ot mR■ < hamtier of Commerce and the fait

HOMECOMING IS ALWAYS A PART OF LOCAL FAIR Annual Event Becomes “Homecoming Week” For Many Every year there are hundreds of persons away from their native dty and county who look upon the fair with an interest entirely unlike that of the fair-goers who hope to be arnnsod and entertained by the “rldea.'’ shows, concessions •id exhibits. To these persons, the fair Is a week of “homecoming.” a week when they return to the city of Decatur and clasp someone's hand in a renewal of friendship. Although the "homecoming angle" Is not so definitely stressed In the staging of the annual Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show, each year as It was during the Centennial celebration of 1934, the fact that many individuals look upon this item as most important can easily be seen. One has only to walk down the "midway'* fair week and observe the look of pleasure and anticipation upon the face of a visitor as he spies a friend or relative, whom he has not seen for a year, two years or maybe three, approaching hi hla direction. t|)en will the disbeliever vouch for the "homecom-

ing angle." The Chamber of Commerce no longer seta aside a special day to be known as "Homecoming Doy.” but Ita members nevertheless realise that each day ia In reality a “homecoming day " Especially to the older residents of the etty and the more venerable of those who no longer reside here is the fair considered a good chance to do a little "back-slapping" and handshaking. Rest booths. Installed by local merchants: the agricultural tents, the exhibits and the less strenuous side of the fair entertainment — these are the places to which they go. expecting to meet the people whom they always remember but so seldom see. Townspeople, too. appreciate the drawing power of the fair. To them It generally means the return of a son. a daughter, or a near relative, who each year anxried In detail on draft horses, show horses and harness horse races, beef and dairy cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, rabbits and pigeons, agriculture, horticulture, floriculture and apiary, fine arts, culinary, the farm bureau contest and girls school scholarships. In the club work division classifications are carried for the colt club, beef and dairy calf clubs, lamb and pig. poultry, corn, potato, apple and garden clubs, canning, sewing, bak'ng, dress revue and room Improvement, Boys' and Girls' Judging contests, trips and scholarships. If you are Interested In exhibiting at the Indiana State Fair, address a request for n premium list tn the Indiana State Fair Grounds, manager's office. Indianapolis.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday. July 27, 1939.

HEADS OF 1939 STREET FAIR

Pete Reynolds

iouaiy awaits the fair date and a I j good excuse to return to the scene , of his or her youth. Among these are some who i make trips from as tar distant points as California and Florida. [Some plan their summer vacations so that the event wilt fall on the week of the fair. A few travel hundreds of miles to be present at the fair. Each 1 year some former resident, some I native son or daughter packs up his or her bag and leaves hie prew ■ ent residence to visit the fair and ■ the friends back home All of which adds to the spirit of friendliness and companionship .t.iat abounds during the Decatur Free Street Fair snd Agricultural Show. BOOKING SPOT AT LOCAL FAIR NO EASY JOB Demand By Concessionnaircs (Jrows Stvadily Each Year "Booking a spot" at the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show is no longer tho easy Job that It once was — as concession' i ers will state If asked. As the reputation of the Decatur ' Free Street Fair and Agricultural , Show grew so did the demand for i concession space. Again this year has the demand for concession space been heavy hi I fact, Robert Helm, who la In ' charge of the concession, will as- ’ sert that hla mall has been full of 1 requests from former concession 1 era and prospective new ones The demand thia year has been th<- heaviest in the history of the fairs, evidently offering proof that the fair affords a profitable week for the concessioner Mr. Helm and his aides sre making every effort again thia year to , keep the midway "full of fun.” ■— but clean, wholesome fun. void of all gambling and unclean entertainment. Many of the concessioners that were here in the pant years are again returning. Mr. Helm stated These followers of fairs and carnivals know that a big program of entertainment such as has been given here each year, tends to draw large crowds and will enhance their buatnesa financially. Many of the conceaalonera have I been "making" the Decatur fair for years and promise to return as long as the event la as successfully staged as It has been in the past. Thin year's assortment promises to be no leas attractive aud deslr able than in former years. Therewill be the usual diversified character in the concessions. In fairness to concession people, ! the fair heads limit the number of any one particular type. This ab i ao creates among the concessionnairea a sense of fair play and keen rivalry. There will be. of course, the customary allotment of eating standa. always a welcome addition ■to any fair or carnival. The oat-1 i Ing stands are always needed to;

11 I' ■ Herman H. Krueckeberg

GARDEN CLUB WILL AGAIN SPONSOR SHOW Decatur Garden Cluh Plans Show For Street Fair Here The Decatur Garden clnb wFII sponsor a flower show during the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural show officials of the club have announced. The display, which will be placed in the corridor (St the court house, will be hdd Thursday and Friday. August 3 and 4. The club sponsored a flower show at the 1938 fair and the dlaplay was greeted an one of the moat attractive ever shown In Decatur. "The purpose of the flower stow" members as tho club stated, “Is to raise the standards of horticulture and Doral beauty in the community, to train the amateur xardoners aa well aa the public to t>e good hortlculturista. to teach -he effective and correct use of flowers In arrangements, and to teoch plant relationship aa well aa !>otter growth.” Entries will be received from 7 to 9 p. m Wednesday. August 2. ■nd from 8 to 10 a. m Thursday. August 3. Competent persona will Judg< the show No exhibit may be removed from the corridor before the close of the show A | rite will be given for the beat arranged bouquet. Flrat and aec<>nd premiums will be given on tiouquets of various Dowers, namely; large xlunias. small xliinlaa, petunias, mixed bouquet, gladlola. rones, phlox, dahlia, large marlkoM. small marigold, snap dragons asters, and cosmos All containers must be marked with the name of the owner. This may be done with adhesive tape. accomodate the large crowds, which even the spacious restaurants of the city would be unable to efDclently handle, if all were to depend upon them for their demands

Advertisers In This Section Decatur Lumber Co.. Building supplies and coal Buttlea-Edwards Co.. Insurance. Decatur laundry. Cleaning, pressing. General Electric. Small motors. Colchln Package Liquor Store, Liquors Moose Lodge. Fraternal organic- , ittion Dr. Roy Andrees, Chiropractor Burk Elevator. Feed and grain. Chick's Colonial Case, Foods and beverages Kochd- Lumber Co.. Building supplies and coal Cloverleaf Creamery, Ice cream, butter and cheese. I City of Decatur. Light and power. Northern Indiana Public Service CO.. Gas and appliances. Peter B. Lehman. Dairy. | Peoples isestaurant. Foods. Frickles Place, Beer and sandwiches. Fnrtnry Shoe Repair Rhnp Rhoe repair i Lose Barber Shop ,

City’s Business Organization Sponsors Annual Free Street Fair And Agricultural Show

BRIGHT LIGHTS HERALD COMING OF EACH FAIR Light Lines Are First least Evidence Os Yearly Event The first tangible evidence to herald the approach of the Decatur, Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show and the last tangible evidence to mark the event that for another year has passed into history is customarily the brightlyhued lights that form a colorful fair celling. The city light crew is always : one of the first to start its taak! —a task that upon Its completion I adds greatly to the color and beau- I ty of the fair. Midway In the month of July, I •toUM time before residents had begun to seriously discuss this year's event, the crew started the I stringing of lights. Multi-colored bulbs, that form 1 slim ribbons of light are hung a* cross city streets and augment the craxy quilt of color that always accompanies the celebration. The work of these men is seldom given the recognition it deserves. There Is a certain responsibility < connected with work of this sort, to which only experienced men are assigned. First of all the lights must work each night during the week of the fair. The cables must be properly connected and loaded at all times All lines carrying the current must I be strung out of the reach of a too-gealous youngster or a toocareless adult. The success of the fair itself de-, pends upon the work of these men.! Never must the power or lights fall. Never must the service be disrupted but for the shortest in-i terval. The carnival men and women learn to depend upon the "troubleshooters" of the city light depart-, ment. which constantly keeps a man at the disposal of the concessioners. “Drop-lines' nual be inspected and found safe: “cut-ins" must be made to each of the shows, rides and concessions so that they may light up their places of business, which are to furnish the fair-goers with hours of pleasure and enter-, tainment. Street intersections of course , come in for their share of the decorative lights and It is the approach to the city that gives the fair-visit-or his first Impression of the at*i tractiveness of the event, thus calling for added color gaiety. The courthouse, too, must have gthts. Eaoh year the men string lights to the tower of the courthouse — the highest point in the I city proper. Then after the 1939 fair has faded and all merriment has ceased “Marty Mylott a men'* once again start the laborious task of removing these lights — the last of De- ; catur's 1939 Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show. o • I “Seventh Heaven” Is Promised To Lovers Os Rides and Shows L—dl At the 1939 Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show, persons who like the rides and shows will be In their "seventh heaven," members of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce in charge of the fair have promised. This year. 100. mora than ever before an effort will be made by the fair board to place the rides and shows at advantageous points. They will be placed at the more advantageous places for two reasons. First mixing of the rides and shows adds to the color of the |

GOODING AGAIN WILL FURNISH RIDES. SHOWS Popular Owner Os Fair Devices Is Again Contracted Once again the F. E. Gooding company will furnish the rides, shows and attractions for the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show, Mr. Gooding, who has supplied the major portion of the carnival aide of the Decatur fair for the ; past several years, signed Ms conI tract sometime ago to furnish the ' entertainment again this year. Mr Gooding Is known far and wide for hla reputation of furnishing clean, honest fun for fair-goers 1 and it is upon this reputation that the Chamber of Commerce has depended each year for ita selection of his outfit. Swing devices and shows for the [fairs hero have been supplied by Mr Gooding ever since the first , fair, which was in the nature of a Homecoming In 1928 and he has served the carnival needs of the community at fair time since that year. When the Chamber of Commerce took over the staglug of the fair, its members, after thorough Inves- , tlgation. found that Mr Gooding's outfits were "tops" In the entertainment world and offered him his contract. Whenever a new ride hits the 1 carnival horlson. that ride Is always brought to Decatur among the first Outstanding among the' rides will again be the “aky-rlde" 1 and the giant Eli Several innovations in rides and shows have also been promised by the Gooding company The No. 1 unit of the Gooding company will again be in Decatur this year, thus assuring fair-goers of the .beat In carnival entertainment. ' The shows will be of the calibre synonymous with Gooding shows And are expected to attract at least their share of the visitors. event and balances the "midway." In addition to thia feature It also gives the local merchants a "break" by placing these attractions at various extremities. Dispensing with the usual cua- | tom of placing rides and shows far I | ahead of street fair time, it was decided to wait until shortly before the fair opened to "spot" these , festures of the fair. Rides which will require tli<J driving of stakes will not be placed on the new street surfaces of the city and will only be located where they can be anchored by bricks. The shows, as much as possible i will be placed on Madison. Monroe, Jefferson and other cross streets thus leaving the midway open for other cqfhceaatons and stands.

CHAIRMEN OF 1939 FREE STREET FAIR COMMITTEE PETE REYNOLDS. General Chairman HERMAN H. KRUECKEBF.RG, Secretary-Treasurer HUBERT P. SCHMITT. Livestock. WALTER GARD, Rides and Shows. W. S. ROWERS. Bands. J. WARD CALLAND, Program. GEORGE THOMS. Solicitation. R. E. GLENDENING, Finance. JOHN L. Free Acta. Traffic. Police. H. V. DeVOR. Floats. FELIX MAIER, Lights.

SECTION FOUR

1939 Fair, From July 31 To August 5, Will Be Fifth Annual Event So Sponsored. LIST DIRECTORS The 1939 Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show. July 31 to August 5. inclusive, will be the fifth annual such event sponsored by the Decatur Chamber ol Commerce. The fair was incorporated last year under the name of ths Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show Association, Inc. The articles of Incorporation specify that the officers and directors of the Chamber of Commerce shall serve In the same capacity in the fair association With the system of election used by the Chamber of Commerce, this insures a steadily chanMng gt.aip of officer*, thus tending to have new blood constantly In charge of the fair, with new ideas and new enthus--1 lasm. Weeka of effort are expended 1 by business and Industrial lead- ’ ers of the city in arranging details 1 of the fair to insure the best pose- ‘ Ible entertainment for the thoua--1 ands of visitors who throng to the ' city for the week. The Decatur fair, first sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce in 1935. has grown tn the few years of Its existence to be one of the outstanding street fairs in this 1 section of the country. Cattle and horse shows housing entries of dams county farmers, and by girl and boy members of the 4-H clubs, attract thousands to the livestock show and spread the county's fame for outstanding livestock over a large portion of the country. Officers and directors of the fair association have made every offort possible in previous years to keep the fair and midway as clean as possible to keep down gambling and obscene shows and this year will prove no exception. In attempting to provide the beat possible in rides and shows, the officers have again contracted with the Gooding Amusement company for all such ridea and shows. The best rides and shows of the many owned by the Gooding company will be brought to Decatur for the annual fair as thia city ia noted as being one of the best spots for such types of amusement. With these same top flight rides and shows, and high class tree 'acts booked through the Gus Run compsny. fsir officials are certain of as fine a show again in 1939 as has been presented In the fottr previous years of the event. Officers and directors of the Chamber of Commerce, who serve rapacities for the street fair, are as follows: Pete Reynolds, city editor of the Dally Democrat president and general chairman; Herman H. Krueckeberg. assistant cashier of the First State Bank.* secretary* < CONTI NUBD ON PAOK~IIIX> ~