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gations
wou lcl irk t,'Q take this
corturtity tQ' express our
nccresL congratulations to the.
Village of t ucknow.
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-DAYTON:AND Numpotoigs •
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*Nan pap .7$
• kagway, Alaska, she wrote home to say that., she:wtoukd
OVA' anything.,iust to hear again that roan at the .Fair calk'
ing: ' Pel"ee bland grapes, five cents a. package. If we
Were lucky that day we had 25 cents to -spend, which of
course we must spend wisely,we might even be able to
save five for sorne future. event. So -went the Nalt Fair.
Therm was no problem as to what we. would do with
our tidae. in then settnttter holidays. There wereso. many.
; things that small gals and legs .could take care of, for
instance tending the gap, .as. we called it. Instead of gates. .
between fences as we see it Ow, the farmers let. down A
section of the .rail fence each: day during- thehaying or
harvest for, wagons and teams to go through. This was.
; replaced at night. We, children had the job .of guarding
this gap, to keep the horses,and cows, from ,getting' into
the harvest,.field while the bars were down; .it seemed to...
us that the .very ntinute the fence Was removed all the
stock bedatne very interested in getting- into, the next,
field. So, armed with big- sticks and strong; -voices,.. •we, held continual skirrishes all' day, This was indeed.
most responsible job. Then tuo the meals must be c
ried out tothe nien tosave them *corking time There,
was: endless activity of which we Were a part,
It was a•reaal tragedy When.cloek stepped, There
w:as usually only one clock in a house ,a clock which
strtlok loudly, .informrng the triost re ote,. occupant Of
ri the• hoar, If that' dock
• stopped -some of us: ;Were
dispatched post has.te,'
across..the field or down
the road; ;to the . neighbors
i,rehlelnber once repeat •
nig over and over the, time .
to myself as 1, sped along,
-home, 'until finally,t
• b�ecatne so confused that 1`•;
realty had no.idea .vias-
:time- it- wa `len I holly •
Arrived hone,
What a wonderful
w,elcotne vvealways
received on our weekly`
visits to Grandffather's.>Ho
was an outstanding •figure
• when he:wal ked through,
town wit t well; trimmed
beard,' wearing; hiss 004.-
'The
laid.:'The ch urch was:; the rally=
ing.poiia o1 our cvtntnunt-
ty and(irandfatiier was a:
leading•elder He held':Sunday School in his.own.
house. Many walked, oth,. •
ers drove a, that the
•:turt.e7. •
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x:$toarn, engines.
Antique 1;ractQr Puif & Show:
Haridrriadp Grafts
1c01iy Parades
in
7th Anniversary-
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t into the Future
* Fiddle &: tei2 Dan Corriptetition=
-Antique: Gar &,Truck: Show.
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