The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-07
ALL SET FOR THE
BIG COUNTY FAIR
Good Weather Will Make
Stearns COunty's Show
Aug. II, IL, Is, IA
3 BIG DAYS, BIG NIGHTS
High Class Exhibits, Fine
Attraction; Marvellous
Dance Floor

If the weather man is kind the
Stearns County Fair to be held in
this city Monday, Tuesday, We'd
nesday and Thursday, Aug. II, II,
Ii and IA, should be the most sue
cessful ever held by the Associa-
ton.
More than 500 youngsters, mem
bers of the Boys and Girls All
Clubs of the county, are intensively
interested in the success of the
Fair. The Association is planning
to take splendid care of them. The
live stock projects have progressed
sufficiently to be judged for prizes
next week and the winners to go
to the State Fair will be selected.
Secretary Hillerud informs the
Herald that there is every indica-
ton that the entries in every de-
partment will be larger than for
many years.
The amusement program arrang-
ed is more extensive and more var
led than ever before offered by the
Stearns County Fair. The Free
Acts will last for two solid hours.
There will be a change in pro-
gram afternoon and evening and
new vaudeville acts and people each
Of the three days of the Fair. The
10-mile relay running race with
three green horses in each entry to
be run three miles Tuesday, three
miles Wednesday and four miles
Thursday has been filled. The prizes
are 500 first money, $500 second,
and $4,000 third.
A splendid treated dance floor
60x90 feet, has been completed. At
the opening dance Wednesday eve
ming of last week over 200 couple
gave an unqualified approval of its
dancing qualities. The committee
in charge of the fair dances which
will be held Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday evenings have been
especially fortunate in the music
secured. Tuesday evening Oscar
Danielson and his orchestra, famous
radio entertainers over WCCO, will
furnish the music; wednesday eve
ming Jack Hardy and His Band, Of
Minneapolis, have been booked.
Bennie's Dance Band will play
Thursday evening. ~
Each one of the organizations
have a strong following of admirers
in Central Minnesota. Dancing
will start at 900 p. NJ, each eve
ming. @@r.
The Northern Exposition Shows,
carrying five modern rides and a.
half dozen high class shows will
round out splendid midway.
The fair proper will be opened
Tuesday morning at 1000 o'clock
when Supt. VIM. Boerger will sup
ervise the countrywide spelling and
Intelligence contests. The town.
ship champions of Rural and Grad
ed Schools of the county will par
ticipate.
The free act program is SO ex-
tensive and varied that the Herald
is not able to publish detailed pro-
gram this week. The Herald will
publish the official Fair program
which will contain the program for
each day worked out in detail.
The Fair proper will be brought
to a close Thursday evening with
a fireworks display of unusual mer-
it:
The following is a skeletonized
program of the fair:
Tuesday, Aug. IL
1000 A. M.-Spelling and Intelli-
gence Contest for Champion
ship Stearns County by stu
dents of Rural and Graded
Schools.
100 P. M.-Band Concert corner
Boys Band.
lis p. M.-Procession to Fair
Third and Main, Sank Centre
Grounds.
100000 p. M.-Free Acts. Detailed
program not yet worked out;
will appear in Official Program
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