The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-09-07
Second Annual Holmes County Fair And
Livestock Show Begins September 18Th
$500 Prize Awards;
Glasses, Competition
Are Completed

SSSSs SOIHPetltIOn
Are Completed
The second annual Holmes
County Fair and Livestock Show
VIII begin on Monday. September
10, at Lexington. Cash prizes TO-
falling $500 will be awarded and
many interesting exhibits will be
on display.
Facilities will be ready for the
Placing of entries beginning Mon
gay, Sept. ID and continuing
enrough 400 pm. Wednesday,
There will be two divisions. one
1or white and one for colored.
These two divisions will not show
IN competition with each other
out Will compete within their own
division. Glasses and entries will
be the same in both divisions and
prize money will be equally dis
tributed.
superintendent Named
Superintendents of classes and
entries will be: w. r. Sullivan.
Beef and Dairy Cattle, junior and
senior divisions; H. T. Parish.
Hogs, junior and senior divisions:
K. II. Manning, Poultry and Tur-
key Show; A. P. Carroll and ] R
Coca, Crops Division; o. A. Cleve-
land, Community Booths: H. T.
Parish, Wildlife Exhibit; Miss
Joyce Williams, Women's Divi-
sion; Miss Joyce Williams and
John Martin, Premiums Commit
tees.
Livestock Regulations
All livestock entering the fair
must be accompanied by an of.
flcial health certificate issued by
an accredited veterinarian showing
ehat the animals are free from anv
infectious or contagious disease.
Cattle must have passed one ne
satlve acclutination test for Bangs
disease not more than 80 DAYS be-
fore the date of the fair. Cattle
under lS months Of age vaccinated
under state-federal supervision
with brucella abortus vaccine be-
tween 4 and monhs of age NAV
be admitted when accompanied bv
health certificate stating the age.
sex, breed and date of vaccination.
NO certificate is required on baby
beef or barrows.
Swine must be accompanied bv
health certificate showing them
to be vaccinated with hog cholera
vaccine or hog cholera serum and
virus 3 weeks before entering the
fair or serum alone within Is days
OF entering the fair.
Veterinarians and inspectors of
the livestock Sanitary Board will
be in attendance to check health
certificates on all livestock.
Directors and Committees
Preparations for this event have
been completed under the direc-
ton of the Fair Association com
posed of members of the Licking
ton Agricultural Development
Association and Junior Chamber
of Commerce groups. Members of
the General Executive Board are
Emmett c. Reese, general chair
man, Lawrence w. Rabb, Jr., gen.
eral secretary, and John j. Mar
tin, treasurer.
Directors are w. E. Thurmond,
Paul Koran, Vernon King, H. T.
Parish and Gene Thurman.
The following committee mem
bers have contributed great deal
of time and effort in making pre-
parations for the fair. The Build
ing and Grounds committee, COM
posed of w. E. Strider, c. c. Tay-
Tor, and Kelly Criiscoe; Indus
trial Exhibits, Paul Koran and w.
R. Mcclellan; Publicity and Ad-
vertising, Mrs. Hazel Brannon
Smith, M. B. Brown, and Law
renee Rabb, Jr.; Concessions.
Doty Porter and w. r. Mcclellan,
Traffic and Police, w. E. Thur
mond and Allie Povall; Women's
Department, Miss Joyce Williams;
Catalog and Program, Gene Thur
man and Mrs. Emmett Reese.
The success of the first annual
Holmes County Fair and Live
stock Show, held last fall, leads to
expectations of an excellent show
this year, with more and better
exhibits and larger attendance.
TIE J. 4. Gen-scn shows viii
be at the fair again, Monday
through Saturday. Admission to
the grounds will be l3c for every
one.
Any inquiries regarding exhibits
may be directed to H. r. Parish
or Miss Joyce Williams at the
County Agents office in licking