The Mail-Journal, Volume 10, Number 27, Milford, Kosciusko County, 1 August 1973 — Page 27

Senior Citizens Day — Thurs., Aug. 9

There's something for everyone at the 57th annual Kosciusko county fair

There will be something of interest to everyone at the 47th annual Kosciusko county fair set to get underway next Monday. Grandpa, grandma, mom, dad and all the kids will find it’s the “in place” next week and no one will want to miss the fun and thrills that are offered. The fourth annual Kosciusko county fair gospel sing will be held in the grandstands at the

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fairgrounds from 6 t09:30 p.m. on Sunday evening, Aug. 5. In case of rain the event will be held indoors. The event is sponsored jointly by the fair board and the Burket United Methodist church. Also set for Sunday is the 4-H dog judging event. The fair will officially open at 7 p.m. on Monday when queen Lee Ann Willits and 1973 fair queen contestants join fair board

members in the ribbon cutting ceremony. Other events on tap for Monday are the 4-H dress revue at Warsaw high school at 7:30 p.m. with the 4-H tenure awards to follow. Championship wrestling will be held in the grandstands at 8:30 p.m. The 4-H swine show will be held at 9 a.m. on Tuesday as will the open pony show. At 1 and 3 p.m. 4H poultry, rabbits and pigeons will be judged. The 4-H sheep show will be heldat 6 p.m. with the auto thrill circus set for the grandstands at 8 p.m. Included in Dan Fleenor’s auto stunt show will be the Hurricane Hell drivers. Wednesday is kiddies day with reduced prices on all rides for the youngsters. The 4-H pony show will get underway at 9 a.m. as will the 4-H beef show. Draft horses will be judged at 1 p.m. The open sheep show will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday evening with auto racing time trials beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the grandstands. The dairy showmanship awards will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Saddle horses will be entered at 9 a.m. on Thursday and the 4-H dairy show will be held. The annual 4-H livestock auction will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Thursday is also the special day chosen to honor the senior citizens of the county. The pony pull will be held at 8 p.m. in the grandstand. The Tippy Pony Pullers Association will be in charge of the event. Trophies will be given for light weight, medium weight and heavy weight classes. Weigh in as at 5:30 p.m. At 9 a.m. on Friday the 4-H horses at halter will be judged with the open halter classes being judged at 1 p.m. The dairy show will bean all-day event on Friday as will the second kid’s day at the fair. At 8 p.m. the Kosciusko County Racing club will sponsor

harness racing with 12 heats. Saturday the time trials for auto racing gets underway at 6:30 p.m. in the grandstand with the races to follow. At the conclusion of the last race the 1973 fair queen will betrowned. All day Saturday the Holstein dairy show and the horse show will be held.

If you don’t find anything in the above activities maybe you are the type who would like to stroll along the mid-way and enjoy the happenings there. Or, how about the merchants building? Or the exhibits in the other buildings? There are other displays at the fair besides the animals mentioned in the above paragraphs. There will be needlework, clothing, baked goods, candy, canned foods, garden flowers, county home extension club educational exhibits and special awards of the home extension clubs. At the fair you will be able to find crafts, clothing, fine arts, horticulture, strawberries, a cat care exhibit, entomology, forestry, geology, photography, weeds, wildlife and woodTrotters — (Continued from previous page) than the fox are the Indiana State Fair’s horseman futurities for three-year-old trotters and three-year-old pacers. They were launched in 1907 and are the oldest continuously-raced stakes of their kind in the United States. The Single G Free-For-All Pace, to be raced at the Indiana State Fair for the first time this year as a stakes event, has drawn the nominations of nearly all the top grand circuit pacers.

Aug. 6-11

MISS CLAYPOOL — Sally Jo Ransbottom has entered the fair queen contest as Miss Claypool. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Laveral Ransbottom of r 2 Claypool. A senior at Warsaw high school, she is five feet, four inches tall and weighs 110 pounds. She has brown hair and dark brown eyes. Bicycling, singing, embroidery and swimming are her hobbies. MISS MENTONE — Chery! Clampitt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Clampitt, Sr., of r 5 Warsaw, is the 1973 fair queen contestant from Mentone. Cheryl will be a senior at Mentone and is 17 years old. She is five feet, five inches tall and weighs 120 pounds. Cheryl has blue eyes and brown hair. MISS WARSAW 111 — Cathy Cummins, r 7 Warsaw, a senior at Warsaw Community high school and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James AS Cummins, has been chosen as Miss Warsaw 111. Cathy has blue eyes and blonde hair. She is five feet, four inches tall and weighs 117 pounds. She enjoys all sports with swimming and skiing being her favorites. Her hobbies include singing, playing the guitar and bike riding.