The Redwood gazette., 1939-08-24
Entertainment
Best in Years;
Exhibits Good
RECEIPTS SOMEWHAT
OVER AVERAGE OF
RECENT SEASONS

IGIlcl dily III oioS0 cso SAS
best Redwood county fair in
many seasons from an enter
tainment standpoint, the four
day show will close tonight
after a financially successful
run, if today's crowd comes
up to expectations.
Tuesdays crowd compared
favorably with other frs
days in recent years, tn
gate admissions grossin.
$828.75 and the grandstano
$4152O Wednesdays was by nc
means a record breaker bu
ST ,309.40 was paid at the outsio
turnstiles and $1,078.45 at tn
grandstand ticket booths.
The gross for admissions Q
So, ,631.80 for the first two days
compares with $2,700 in the SAM
days last year, $2,lO0 in 1887 ar
$4,000 in 1886, for slightly ovC
an average figure. Night gran,
stand receipts have been reduce
by chilly weather.
Entertainment Excellent y.
The size of today's crowd cotilc
only be guessed at noon, as tn
practice of coming after Dime
rather than in the morning h;
become noticeably more prevalel
in recent years.
On the grounds fair visito
found everything in the entel
tainment sections far above par
West Brothers are presentit
the biggest midway in the histo
of the fair here. There are ov
100 rides, shows, stands and COZ
cessions on the pike, the nine rid
including an $4,000 specially d
signed Scooter attraction built th
year; 1889 Tilt-A-Whirl, ferI
wheel, kiddie-autos ard live poi
track.
The Rolloplane, scariest of 6
fernai machines, is new to shS
business this year, only four o.
er carnival companies in t,H
country carrying a similar ride.
| Also new are the "tented theat
res" which house the Club HI
Hat, burlesque show ard tht
| colored minstrel show
These blue-tops cover rea
stages, elaborate velour curtains
and back-drops and effective foot-
lights in sharp contrast to the
bare makeshifts employed in
similar productions last year All
sideshowS have theirs own public
address systems.
Interesting Exhibits
Exhibits are medium" in num-
ber-neither the largest nor the
/ smallest in the history of the fair
but they are new, varied and
unusually interesting.
Rev. E. A. Birkholz's horticul-
ture department is excellent.
Among several little-known veg
etables displayed are some Jap
anese potatoes, for use in salads,
which are attracting comment.
Wesley McKay's weed exhibit
and the art collection (unusually
fine this year, are among the out
standing ones in the main exhibi
pavilion.
AS usual, the All club inn is e
| favorite with exhibit-vieWers, the
hit of the show being thrift pro-
ject garment made by Ards
Hemmingsen of Clements to go tc
the state fair. It's an interchange
able dress and slack suit made OF
burlap dyed deep rose.
After the platform attractions
Tuesday afternoon, Judge R. V.
Ochs said, They're the best ir
Is years" His statement has beer
echoed by thousands.
Gertrude Avery's Manhattan
Jamboree" revue includes var
iety of acts from chorus numbers
to high-pole acrobatics-the big
gest hit of which is Willie Neck
er's troup of Dobermann Pinscher
dogs that went through the skill
full PAGES at the state fair tive
years ago.
! Ted Cook, the Jamboree's mas
ter of ceremonies has been or
NBC and Columbia commerce;
programs, has appeared wit
! bands at Chicago's Drake ar
Edgewater Beach hotels and h,
acted as master of ceremonies
personal appearances of Ali
(, Faye, Fiji Dorsay, Pinky Tomh.
and scores of other prominent en-
tertainers.
The Six Skating marvels, your
attractive girls, have been togetl
er for six years, playing Austria
and Europe as well as througho
this country Their fast role
skating act is the best of its kin,
ever presented here.
Froboes, a European, perforr
hair-raising feats on an 80 fc
pole. working without net. F.
tunello and Cerrillini, also Eur
peans, are hnockabout come
team.
Twelve foot horizontal bars, 4.
highest used in show business. az
the working equipment of q
Noble Trio which delight
grandstand spectators.
Gates and Claire who do
routine are the originators of Il
double stair dance.
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