Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 19, Number 6, DeMotte, Jasper County, 7 January 1949 — Fair Board Books Acts For Jubilee Event [ARTICLE]

Fair Board Books Acts For Jubilee Event

"Something Extra Special" In Entertainment Features Theme Of Board For 1949 Officials of the Jasper County Fair Association were in Indianapolis January 3 and 4 to attend the County Association of Fairs convention at which time they contracted shows and arranged their other personnel set-up for t]?e August, 1949, fair. Those attending wdre President E. E. Fultz, Conrad Kellner, Ellwood Hoeppner and Ralph Amsler. The 1949 Jasper county fair wifi be the Association’s Silver Jubilee event. It was twenty-five years ago that the first Jasper county fair of modern times was held. Many of the older officei personnel are gone, but such men as Elmer Jacks, Conrad Kellnei and ex-president Henry Toben are still members of the board. The attendants from here as representative of the local association, thinking of the Silver Jubilee year, tried to pick something extra special in the way of entertainment for the 1949 exposition, and they believe they will present to the fair-going public this year some of the finest shows that possibly can be bought. The local representatives contracted the Cleveland Browns Musical Majorettes, one of the top musical revues of the fair circuits, for the opening show on Wednesday night. This great group of performers are entertainers for the Cleveland Browns pro football team. There are twenty-seven girls in this revue, which is regarded by all show people as one of the outstanding revues of the country. For Thursday and Friday, shows from Brown and Caruthers were contracted. This is the same organization that produces shows, for fairs, the Chicago stadium and many other major out-door entertainment centers. Most of the shows included in these acts, will be shown in - the Chicago stadium the last week of April and the first week of May. For Saturday the board contracted the Lucky Lott thrill show, that was one of the highlights of the Indiana state fair of 1946. For the high aerial acts the Joe and Bee Bee Siegrist act was booked. Many people of the show world consider this act staged by three people the most thrilling high aerial act obtainable. One of the thrillers of this show is a somersault on a 28x14-inch platform one hundred feet high. Walter King, superitnendent of speed, has also contracted for services of Heck Kirk as starter of the races. Mr. Kirk started the horses in the movie, “Green Grass of Wyoming,” which appeared at the Palace theatre here a few weeks ago.