The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-11-01
INSPIRING ADDRESS TO
TYRRELL co. FAIR

Columbia.-"A poor man is an
individual who loses his desires
his ambitions and his wishes to
make better way of life by hard
work for himself and his family"
said A. w. Soloman, N. C. Farm
Bureau Representative, of Green's
boro, in his address in the closing
program of the 18th annual Com
munity Fair at Tyrrell High
School, on Friday, Oct. 25th at the
Salem Baptist Church.
Mr.. Solomon was introduced by
emcee Curtis Hassell. Prizes and
awards were awarded by M. l..
Basnight, Supt. of Public Instruc-
ton for Tyrrell County. Welcoming
the guests was by D. T. Spruill;
invocation by Alfred Bush; an
lnouncements and recognition of
guests by L. A. Keiser, principal
Tyrrell High School.
The 18th Annual Negro Com
munity Fair, under the direction of
the Farm Bureau, the MA. and
MIA, was under the supervision
of G. K. McKeathen, agriculture
teacher, Mrs. Elva T. Keiser,
Home Economics teacher and A.
A. Hill, chairman of the fair COM
mittee. 1t was held beginning We'd
nesday through Friday, Oct. 1925
at the Tyrrell High School.
Exhibits were set up and arrang-
ed on Wednesday, and the judging
began on Thursday at 1000 am.
A band parade with color bearers
and three majorettes was led by
a float decorated with green and
yellow colors on which the Fair
Queen, Miss Virginia Hill was
seated, marched through the town
at IL o'clock noon.
Winners of awards for foods
among the N. H. A. students We're
Thedoshia Swain, Esther Alexan-
der, Dorothy Hill, Dolores Wood
ard, Barbara Richard, Bertha
Bryant and Florence McKeathen.
Adult winners were Mesdames
Bessie Mizzell, Eunice Owens, AL
berta Alexander, Linea Fenner,
Tensile Sykes, Mary Jane Steely,
Betty Morris, Nolia Owens, Annie
Bryant, Victoria Owens, Nicola
McClees, Ophelia Alexander, Eva
Bryant, Virginia Alexander, Laura
Alexander, Eva Melton, Vonbeulah
Bryant.
Winners for sewing were Nolia
Owens, Tanzy Dunbar, Bessie Miz-
zell, Matte Brown. Ophelia Alex
ander, and Annie Alexander.
Winners for flowers were Kay
Fenner, Nicola McCleee and Eu-
nice Owens.
Judges for foods, sewing and
flowers were Mrs. Ann E. Oaven-
port, Tyrrell County Home Agent,
Mrs. Elsie B. Edwards, Asst. Home
Agent and Mrs. Myrtle Mitchell.
Winners of school exhibits were
Tyrrell High School; Travis Ele-
mentary School; 9th grade Tyrrell
High; and the Science Department
of Tyrrell High School. Judges for
the schools exhibits were Mrs.
Russell Everton, primary teacher
of Columbia High School, Mrs.
Gladys Sawyer and Mrs. Blanche
w. Cohoon.
Award winners for Farm Crops
were: Timothy Bailey, Robert
Brown, Colon Bailey, John L. Liv-
erman, Roscoe Basnight, Lansed
McClees, Winton R. Fenner, Alfred
Bush, Joe N. McClees, Jamese Hol-
mes, Aaron McClees, Frank Combs,
Curtis Hassell, Romulus Basnight,
Webb Bryant, Curtis Bryant, Dali
ton Hill, Wilbert Bailey, Romulus
Richard, Annie Alexander, Carl
Fenner, David r. Spencer, Gerald
Fenner, Obie Woodland, Helena
Midget, Eva Melton, Bertha Hal
sey, Tansy Dunbar, Emma Bryant,
Bessie Mizzell, Cassie Simpson,
Laura Alexander and Virginia
Alexander. Judges fro farm crops
were: ]. L. Rea Jr., manager Tide
water Experiment Station, Plym-
outh, and c. M. Stokes, agriculture
teacher, Washington Union School,
Roper.
Livestock and Poultry winners:
Harry Hill, Alonza Alexander,