The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-09-17
Brooten' S Big
Fair Will Be
Next Week
Sept. %, %, "a Are the Dates
Worthy of Sank Centre
Support
VERY FINE FREE ACTS
Capt. Webb Dives From 81
Foot Tower-Fine Live
Stock Display

The 1881 Brooten Community
Fair which will be held Sept. %.
% and "a, will far surpass any of
the associations previous efforts
and will be the equal of most of
the better county fairs of the state.
A letter from Secretary ]. B. Wall
is filled with his enthusiasm for the
big show.
The Brooten community is al
ways extremely loyal to the Stearns
County Fair held in this city and
Sank Centre community should
show their appreciation by patron
izing them at least one day. They
are sure to receive their moneys
worth.
Capt. George Webb, of st. Paul,
makes a sensational dive daily
from 97-foot platform. Several
years ago he made this dive in st.
Paul landing in AZ inches of water.
For this stunt he received $500 in
cash; yards of publicity and a brok-
en- jaw.
Captain Webb, who is SO years
old, was born in a dressing room
of the old Barnum & Bailey circus
in Cincinnati. His parents, still
alive, were circus performers. The
st. Paul high diver claims kinship
with the late Captain Matthew
Webb, the English swimmer and
first conqueror of the English Chan
mel,
Webb was with the circus seven
years, during which he learned
ground tumbling. When IL years
old he made a balloon ascension in
Louisville during fair.
Il pinch-hit for the regular bal
loonist," he recalled. "They strap
ped a parachute on me and let the
bag go. I cut loose at about 800
feet. No, I wasn't scared until
landed, and then I was plenty
scared"
In 1912 at Peoria, ILL.,, he COM
pleted what he asserts was the Sec
ond parachute leap made from an
airplane.
Mink DeRonda, who is well
known in st. Paul, made the first
leap" said Captain Webb. 81 leap
ed for him the second day because
he tore off an arm while trying the
stunt. Chute jumping from planes
nowadays is easy compared with
what we did. The top Of the chute
was tied to the axle Of the landing
gears with a cord and the shroud
lines ran up under the cockpit
where the jumper sat ready to go.
"At a signal from the jumper
the pilot would zoom up and the
man would jump. The upward
rush of the plane would swing the
jumper clear and the string would
break, opening the chute almost inn
mediately.
Mink lost his ARM" Captain
Webb continued, because the top
of the chute was tied by a heavy
piece of string which did not bi eak
Immediately. The terrific jerk
pulled off his arm, but he landed
safely and was rushed to a hospital
where he recovered. He still is do
ing daredevil stunts"
Vernon B. Green a tenor soloist
of rare ability, will gle fine pro-
gram afternoon and evening. The
Thoen Sisters, dainty violin and pi-
ano performers, will give pleasing
programs.
Rural and graded school students
from both Stearns and Pope coun-
ties will compete. The Brooten
Concert Band will supply the mus
ic. The exhibition drills by the
American Legion Bugle Drums
Corps, and drills by the American
Legion Drill team will add zesr to
the Gaily programs. Many Herald
readers are familiar with the cap
abilities of these splendid organiza-
tions.
There will be the usual rides and
shows to round out an interesting
midway.
Secretary Wall assures the Her
aid that the Brooten fair offers
larger variety and a fuller change
of program each day than ever be-
fore. He insists the Brooten fair
offers more this year than they
have ever been able to offer be-
fore. That means lot, as their
programs have always been very
high class.
Keep the dates in mind and pre-
pare to attend at least one day.