The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1922-08-18
CENTENNIAL, COUNTY
FAIR & HOME COMING
WEEK STARTS 18TH
New Features Being Added
to Make Celebration a
Complete Success.
(By R. c. MecLuRE))
Are You Getting Resdya

and the question now Is, are you get
| ting ready, are your trunks filled and
your portmantoaus packed, your des-
tination, Louisa; have you visions Of
| just how erstwhile friends and rel
atives are going to look-have they
older grown; can you picture the old
! homestead down on the farm as you
saw 1t when you went away, ten,
twenty, thirty years ago? All these
and thousand other happy recollec-
tions loom up in the minds of those
who are so soon to be our guests dur
| ing Home Coming Week, August 28
to September g. Getting ready7''
You should just see stacks Of postal
cards and personal letters that are
coming to us with the arrival of each
mail missives expressive OF their ap-
| probation of the program which we
are proposing to carry out for their
entertainment; entertainment SO gem
erously provided for them by the
home folks" thanking us for our cor
dial invitation and frankly telling us,
many of them. Of the anticipated
pleasure that VIII attend the renewal
of acquaintances and friendships Of
the long ago, now only a memory.
find now and then that some one
is apprehensive that we may have
iailed to send formal invitation to the
name and address which they so kind
| ly furnished us, and, but for which
kindness on your part. we never could
have reached the thousands we have
reached with invitation and program.
To these we want to say we are act
lively, industriously and assiduously
on the job; this is our part Of it and
we are taking very great pleasure in
seeing that your friends get these in
vitations. BY the way. 1t just oc-
ours to us, these invitations have not
been given to the local press and you
may be just a little curious to know
just what we said to your friends and
ldnspeople. was 1t cordial or was it
cold and formal, was 1t characterized
by a sincere and warm friendliness
| ieeply felt, was 1t a hearty welcome?
Well Just publish the thing and you
AN judge for yourself:
Invitation to Former Residents
Of Lawrence County.
Louisa, KY. August /, 1922.
Dear Friend:-
! For and on behalf OF your kinspeo-
pie and acquaintances here in Louisa
and Lawrence county. it affords US
very great pleasure to extend to you
cordial invitation to attend our Gem
tenniaI Celebration and "Home Coming
Week. August 18th to September 3rd,
1922.
In anticipation of your presence on
this occasion, we have prepared elab-
crate entertainment for you outline
of which may be seen elsewhere in
this little booklet. The opportunity of
lifetime is here Afforded you to visit
once again the scenes Of your child
hood. to come and see us, and see
each other, for at some time during
the week the friends of the long ago
will meet other friends who, like
themselves, have wandered far from
the place of their nativity and who
but for this Home Coming Week.
would, in all probability. never meet
again this side of the Pearly. Gates.
Your name and address has beer
handed US by some very dear friend
'r relative and they will be expecting
you do not disappoint them. Pardon
us If we insist that you take a vaca-
ton at this time and come back home.
Let us all get together once more, and
on opening day. August 2S, we will all
make the welkin ring singing my
Old Kentucky Home"
Enclosed please find ready address,
ed Post Card Answer at once and
tell us If you are coming so we may
give 1t to our local press, and in this
way to your relatives and friends,
anxious to know If you are coming.
Assuring you of our high personal
regards and of our very great desire
ty have you Join us in this Centennial
Celebration and Home Coming Week,
Aug. 2S-Sept. g. we are,
Cordially and fraternally and broth
erly yours.
Louisa. and Lawrence Co.
Centennial Association.
By r. c. Mcclure,
Director OF Publicity.
Public Speaking.
In addition to the speakers pre-
ylously announced. Hon. Geo. Colvin
Hon. Luther Walter. Mrs Melva Car
tin Funk, we, this week. add the name
of Major ID. j. Burchett OF Mt Sterl-
ing, KY, one Of Lawrence county's
most favorite sons. Major Burchett
has kindly consented to respond to the
address of welcome on opening day.
August 2S. It win be remembered by
our older citizens that this speaker
twice represented Boyd and Lawrence
counties in the Kentucky General As
sembly. was at one time the nominee
OF his party for Congress In this dis
trict and later United States Marshal
OF kentucky. Major Burchett Is at
present an honored and highly re-
spected citizen OF Montgomery coun-
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