The Penn's Grove record., 1923-10-12
Community Fair for
Every One Fext Week
Everything In Readiness For
Next Thursday, Friday
And Saturday

The final meeting of the Fair Com
mittee was held last evening at the
7 and President A. ]. Dunn seemed
well pleased with the progress made
by MS various committees and every
thing is now headed straight for three
big days, next Thursday, Friday and
Saturday.
Mrs. Joseph Eckhardt has made full
arrangements for large Baby Show
and the health contest will take place
on Thursday and Friday from l to 4
P. NJ. DR.. J. c. Dyer, who has had
several years experience in baby
work, will be the physician in charge,
and on Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day afternoons from l to 5 will con-
duct baby health clinic to examine
all babies under two years of age
whose fond parents wish to enter them
in the show. Nine appropriate prizes
will be awarded and any one may en-
ter their "best baby in the world"
The program for each day will be
dedicated to one of the immediate
communities. The first day will be
Deep Water and County Day; Friday
will be given over to the special at
tention of Penns Grove, and the final
wind-up on Saturday will be Carneys
Point Day. Each evening the Japan
ese Tea Room will be ready to serve
light refreshments under the direction
of Mrs. NJ. J. Cline, and musical num-
bers will be rendered thruout the
course of the evenings by Ye Village
Orchestra and special musical selec-
tions given. For those who wish to
trip the light fantastic, a snappy or
chestra will pour forth jazz in great
quantity, and each evening at II
o'clock ten dollars in gold will be
awarded to the holder of the lucky
number.
The Village Players, under the di-
rection of Jos. Crockett, will present
an hour of farce on Thursday even
ing, at 7.30, in the auditorium. The
first play will be Millions In 1t, with
Peggy Evans and George Heintz play
ing the leading roles. "The Dressing
Gown featuring "The Coomers," and
an all star village cast, promises to
be a most interesting play.
The Carneys Point schools will pre-
cent their programs of music and fun
on Friday evening. Miss Mary FL
well has been directing the sketch,
can Evening in Toyland," which will
be given by the pupils of dupont /.
LAFAYETTE School will render a musi-
cal program, "A Glimpse of Crinoline
Days" with Jazz prologue under the
direction of the musical teacher, Miss
Belle Beck, assisted by Miss Ada
Truncer.
Mardi Gras will be the big wind-up
on Saturday evening and H. B. Hunt,
the director, has made elaborate
preparations for the grand finale.
Every one is expected to be IN cos
tune. and for those who wish to OBJ
tain them at the Fair, costumer Will
be present to supply the needs at a
nominal sum. The intention is not to
have the costuming of an elaborate
nature, but more simple, and have
every one in some kind of costume.
The community exhibits, which are
the big feature of the Fair each year,
will present splendid array of the
handiwork of the people of the COM
munities. All exhibits must be IN
place at the Y not later than Wednes-
dav. John Croft has taken over the
chairmanship of this committee to
succeed Mr.. Burdick, who left for a
two weeks vacation during the week
Mr.. Fred Brownlee and Mrs. John
Croft are busy decorating the Com
munity Exhibit section. Several dah-
liza displays portend to give beauty
touch to the section.
The commercial exhibits will en-
brace washing machine and Arcola
heaters by F. H. Elliott, radio by
Cuninghams. Insurance by Mr.. Coch-
ran. who will have booklets and dem
onstrations on health. The lamp shade
display by Mr.. Dorrell of Alloway,
will present something new and in
teresting to the people who are inter
ested in beautifying and making more
pleasant their homes. Mr.. DorrelFs
handiwork will most surely receive
considerable attention.
The auto show will be a big part
of the Fair and about twenty cars
will be on exhibition outside of the Y.
Buick. Auburn, Dodge, Studebaker,
Overland, Flint, Jewett, Jordan, Ford,
Essex, and Nash cars will be on exhl-
bition.
The Y during the past two weeks
has become a field of community work
ers under the direction of Mrs. Joseph
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and decorations are being made to
beautify the interior of the Y. Dec
Grafton of the building will be in full
force Monday and by Thursday morn
ing present new interior appearance.
Lemuel Peacock, with corps of as
sistants, is working every evening on
construction and frame work, while
Harry Stout has been doing some
special decorations in the main lobby.
Now it remains for every citizen
who is really interested in the COM
munity to be in attendance and insure
a splendid success of the Fair. The
proceeds are to go for a most deserv-
ing project which needs no further
comment-Kamp Karney, and it is for
your boy and every boy.
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