The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-10-02
1852 STATE FAIR
Is CALLED STATES
NO. l ATTRACTION
More Premium Money. More Ex-
hibifs. and Greater All Ac-
fivi+y Promised Oct. 1917

exposition, the great North Caro-
lima State Fair gets underway
Tuesday, October 10, with every in
dication that this will be the great
est all-round production in its 10f
year history, says DR.. ]. S. Dorton
fair manager.
There's more premium money
offered, almost 100000, there are
more individual entries on record
there will be more livestock, more
farm machinery, more entertain
ment, more commercial exhibits
more free entertainment events
more thrilling rides and shows ane
more people involved in the pro
duction of the exhibits than in any
State Fair since it became a di'
vision of the N. C. Department Of
Agriculture" DR.. Dorton declared
In one way or another every
county in the state will be repre-
scented, in fact in the great Al
Golden Anniversary Celebration
alone, every All district and every
local All club will be concerned
with some phase of the clubs wide
ly varied contribution to the 1855
State Fair.
"This means, says DR.. Dorton
"that every one of the present
membership of 1924 boys anc
girls, plus the more than 1900
900 former All Club members and
their leaders who have participated
in this work since 1909 will have 9
real interest in this years State
Fair
Agribusiness "Theme"
The agribusiness theme" dis
plays will illustrate all phases OF
the growth, distribution and mar
keting of the shrubs and plants
with several attractive paintings
by the North Carolina
of Nurserymen. The
same detailed treatment will also
be given by the N. C. Association
of Commercial Flower Growers.
Some 200 nursery and flower grow
ing firms will jointly prepare these
outstanding exhibits in the South
lobby of the Arena.
A part of this display will be the
$4,000 planting done on the Fair
ground around the Arena in recent
months as a gift from the Nursery
men to the State of North Caro-
lima.
The First Ham Show
That famous North Carolina
delicacy, the country-cured ham,
will come into it's own this year
with special show. John Christian
of State College, widely known au-
thority on the cham what am ham"
product of the state, will head up
this new show. He will be assisted
by Don Lawrence, locker plant
operator of Sanford, and Leroy
Johnson of A & T College, Green's
boro. johnson is the man who built
the fine Johnston County Ham and
Egg Show into one of the major
county shows of the country.
Livestock barns will be crowded
with some of the finest animals of
many breeds. Many show herds
from other states will compete with
North Cardinals top show stock
breeders for nearly $4,000 in
premium money.
Science Education
Space for the Science Education
in Action series has been extended.
There will be a special display by
the U. S. Treasury Department in
which there will be a satellite
model. This plastic covered model
will have all of the identical work
ing "insides" of the Explorer safe
lite now circling the Earth. 1t will
be in simulated operation so that
Fairgoers may see the intricate
data gathering and transmitting
as it contacts receiving
also in the display.
through Saturday, the
popular young recording stars, The
Everly Brothers, will move into the
featured slot. With them will be an
exciting group of other young re-
cording stars, including Santo and
Johnny, the Crests and others.
Entertainment attractions are
stops, according to DR.. Dorton.
Betty johnson, of the famous
Johnson Family of Charlotte, will
be headlined with the Red Foley
company in Jubilee USA".
Popular attractions for t. he
each afternoon and
night include horse racing, big car
auto racing, pony races, auto thrill
shows, circus and hippodrone acts,
and the colorful musical extrava-
ganza each evening with the
famous Manhattan Rockets in a
modern Satellite Revue, the mid
way will have 81 exciting rides and
20 big shows, plus wild animal
menageries. Daily free shows will
be presented at II a. m, 2 p. M, on
the huge outdoor stage by Folk
Festival contestants from over the
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