Smyrna times., 1920-07-07
IIIRTH AND COUNTRY FAIR
1IIET OCCASION IN SMYRNA
:, rcHTFUL WEATHER, COOL
rCr FOURTH ON RECORD

:. IN Full Blast-TwO Games o.
Baseball Between Smyrna and
EsutOu-HOme Talent Side Show
Tho fourth coming on Sunday this
=, Monday the Fifth was observed
general holiday in Smyrna and
=, splendid community enterprise
sTss m Country Fair" held for the thir-
.,.,th consecutive year by the club
-smen of the Twentieth Century Club
I Smvrna. made the day a home
.,borng for Smyrnians and former
Srrnians and neighbOrs from nearby
rrrs The weather conditions were
;isal which for delightful cool wealth
= vas record breaker and in mark
Z contrast to the sizzling hot weather
lst 50 often characterizes a Fourth
I Iulv celebration. While some
Snumians formed fishing parties, mo-
m trips, ETC., those who stayed at
lame made the Country Fair"
,muuds the mecca for an all-day
atherng. Shortly after ten o'clock
n Dover Band struck up a lively
march at the Four Corners which was
he keynote announcement that the
dsys festivities had begun at the Fair
Grounds. The Fair which really be-
ran Friday night, despite the rain,
ni was held again Saturday night,
blowing an afternoon shower, had
lot been as well patronized as antici-
ntsd, but Monday was a holiday and
relaxation from business, when the |
roEds were much larger which by |
asning had reached its climax.
Management had DisappOintments
Conducted on about the same lines
8 f0r twelve years past, and if any
ding less attractive in that there was
10 parade CT patriotic exercises, the
Edr this year was rather tame, yet as
community center and the greeting
& friends and former Smyrnians it
sEaed to if it did not eclipse former
uzdOns. The management had
ER than usual disappointments this
W Besides the rain, the free at
utn which was to have been Civ
rECarltOn LaMonte, who also was
ave brought his big merry-go-
nld an innovation planned for this {
va did not matrialize. LaMonte 1
alpe@ the club women, and his \
HsaabOuts could not be learned. |
ms was disappointment not only to t
4 club women, but to many children {
No had looked forward to the merry c
lpi'md with much joy and anticipa- I
lA Neither did the big tent ar a
l's Mrs. ]. W. Clifton and Mr.. and \
1Ney r Hall, immediately got busy, v
1uied the Firemen's Carnival tent, 0
Y after some delay had it erected in \
me for the sideshow. I
a' Show, As Usual Chief Attraction '
Country Fair in Smyrna without !; !;
y aae show, would not seem like a l
-'ilss club women enterprise. This
q ne side show committee COM
l.su o. u Mrs Olive Hirons Shallcross. A
y W. Cray Deakyne and Mrs. T. h
/. ..O'erdale, while probably not as il
'.Ia'e NJ as former occasions, owing il
n le Snortness of time they had to al
y y Up the hOme-talent, was never fl
s.'s !. enjoyable and we'll patronized te
y we're fve numbers: Miss June al
Iy M. sang a solo "I'm on nv wav m
/, .' y. topical song that made a B
,.. /. n' with the audience. Miss is
, NJ d Sevll made another hit with l.
Il s',o "Peggie," a motion song S,
~ r....s was taken up by the chorus 81
H. H. ~ III MISS Eleanor LeCarpen- W
,,.ln alIs Blanche b; Rawlins, Miss Pearl e,
y 'lI' I'm Miss Evelyn Spruance. Miss
~, 'uTaer T and Miss Elizabeth
.,t,a.. Su Little Cummins and Marion IL, ln
d t5sir & won won generous applause Of Of
r,-s-. -,slI dancing act. Miss Eleanor a az
! d,nas dsSa.er, ,.t, Of Wilmington, gave a %, %.
4 @ 5.ol, That Naughty Waltz" in' Ili'
! 'i5,a F,s.Sa oi Miss Blanche RawIins, NE NE
ami Me- lT; Sevll, Miss Pearl Lang nv, W
q hit 's that paqline H1D Pryor sang: It M M
isdv nI... ule Sweet Family" a little n.' ol'
snd play aaylss that brought forth laugh Gn Gl1
d Il vall applause. The cast Of char fu
5 Franz role as as follows: MAI Sweet. IN IN
LIT LUX Al4iel Thomas; Araminty Ann, TN TN
twin. siySr, S4. COrdelia and Dorothy %
HeIen, u.L Misses Elizabeth Wilson
s Emil hudson; Elizabeth Eliza spt
a Nisss s : 6Spruance; Francis Fe' Tn
iisboot out NJ Doris Nichols; Glorianna aft
c,m. MISS Anna Wilson. '" wa
/ sa' s'''a 9, Of Baseball Were PLAYED Ca.
isan ,Iiaeduled 1ia,. to have the smvr- De De
# Ri9y,,the way the strong Highland JlI,yn ISIi Rh
sanes ss'ttI5llngtOn, t5u but Clayton had had WI WI
ae S0,1 ule same day and as son1e ,,, III Rh'
ss raiI,osa s.aa players are memSers ne 1Sl Rh'
suyns sq y. team and other pIavers ia
n town n1ISogethel Sag composing Trr'fe the aGr aS
= dscd.dn @ nad also been srs engaged 'ilq M Mo
asto1 oea sa. to call the Hip6IanJ, fIgeq' Mo
i'isr rsmS contest off and arran@o ,,'l,i 10
Z pisI' % After securing ''tS tSe }
y a5d 5dup p. nine was gotten te to. den
,sttenooD same an, for both morning GU GU