66thAnnual
Show to Be
Best Yet
Fairgoers Signify
They Like Rodeo
Feature Each Year
Once again it's fair time!
Monday, August 18, has been
designated as entry day: Tuesday.
August 19, will be judging day;
Wednesday and Thursday, August
20 and 21, wiH be jam-packed with
entertainment, featuring parades
baseball, .midway carnival, ex
hibits, demonstrations, re sues,
rodeo and dancing.
Officials of the Holt County
Agricultural society, sponsors of
annual fair, are sparing no ex
pense in making the 1958 four-day
evposition the best of all time.
For 66 years the Holt fair has
lmen a tradition in the county.
Early fairs were held at O’Neill.
Chambers has had a fair each j
year for several generations.
Originally it was known as the
South Fork fair When the Holt
fair at O'Neill went under finan
cially, the South Fork people
picked up the threads and com
bined their own resources with
the county’s provisions for a fair,
and thus very successfully have
kept the tradition very much
nliun
The Holt fair is a small one ns
fairs go. Many county fairs have
gone by the board. Fairs in the
eastern part of the state are oper
ated in more heavily populated
areas. Some of the eastern Ne
braska fairs are out-and-out sub
sidized hy pari-mutuel betting.
Nebraska fairs generally have
had tough sledding financially in
recent years. Hut the TIolt fair Is
mounting each year in prestige,
attendance and general interest.
No body questions the calibre of
the unexcelled livestock. Few
can guestion on the quality of the
myrnid of other exhibits.
Holt fair officials experimented
with various types of entertain
ment. changing the format from
year to year. Now it is settled
down to a topdrnwer rodeo for the
entertainment feature. Exhibits,
demonstrations, style revues,
carnivals and all the other fea
tures combine to make it an out
standing show.
The Holt fair is not a money
maker. The officials, who devote
eonsidearble year around time
nnd effort to making it a success,
are happy to break even finan
cially and try to earmark funds
for continuous improvements.
There is considerable hidden ex
pense in operating n fair Dig
down and buy fv light bulh for one
of the floodlights and you’ll under
stand. Thcr'c is maintenance that
has to he done cqch year, also
dragging, wiring, rewiring, fence
mending, bleacher repair, paint
ing, advertising, phone calls,
trouble-shooting and a dozen and 1
one other items. Individually they
don’t amount to much but collect
ively mount up.
A new water well has been in-1
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In calf roping the pressure can be on the roper at the rate of
$100 per second.
Hoss Inman Signed
to Produce Show
Producer for (lie 1958 Holt coun
ty rodeo, feature of the fair, will
he Hoss Inman of Lamar, Colo.,
one of the nation’s leading rodeo
producers.
Inman was the producer a year
ago but was obliged to have under
studies supervise the RCA-ap
proved Chambers two-night show.
Inman sends word this year he'll
be on deck himself.
Inman has several sets of ro
deo stock and sometimes has all
slock working at once. That’s the
way it was in 1957.
lie'll bring to Chambers more
than one hundred head of the rug
gest stock that can bo assembled
his “first team".
General information on much
of the rodeo stock appears in fea
ture stories throughout this fair
and rodeo supplement.
There is no tie-up between In
man’s family name and the name
of Holt county’s town situated be
tween O’Neill and Ewing.
Organ Music During
Rodeo Interludes
Therc’il be no dull interludes
during the two-night rodeo Aug
ust 20-21.
Paul Cooper and his electric or
gan will be on hand both even
ings. mixing up the musical bill
of-fare.
Cooper is an expert in the field
and you’ll find that his music
starts and stops with the dime
sized stops of a bronc’s hoofs.
No, Cooper won’t be in the ar
ena. While his music will flood
the grandstand, bleachers and en
tire fairgrounds, he’ll be safely
looking on the arena from a good
vantage point.
Frontier for printing!
stalled this year. Bleachers have
been expanded A new ladies rest
room has been built. These im
provements have come about with
matching funds through an Ak
Sar-Bcn arrangement.
Officials of the Agricultural
society appear on page 6; also
the list of superintendents.
As in years past, this premium
list is published as a supplement
to The Frontier, north-central Ne
braska’s biggest weekly news
paper. Extra copies of the pre
mium list are available without
charge at The Frontier office in
O’Neill: at the office of Fair
Secretary James H. Gibson at
Chambers, or at the county
agent's office.
lawns Excellent
EWING With the abundant
rainfall of the summer, Ewing has
many attractive lawns and beau
tiful flowers. Gardens have yield
ed vegetables in abundance for the
residents. Housewives are busy
canning the surplus.
Many in Ewing have enjoyed
roasting ears from Andrew Olson,
who is Ewing's handyman when
it comes to garden plowing, culti
vating and mowing.
Albert Larson, who likes to
checkup on the weather reports
unofficially about seven inches of
rainfall for Ewing thus far in
July until Sunday, July 27.
Casseroles Part
of Demonstration
EWING A demonstration on
freezing of foods and fruits was
presented by Mrs Catherine In
dra Holt county home extension
agent. Thursday afternoon, July
24, at the home of Mrs, James
Boies.
Speciality casserole dishes and
various types of desserts and
salads were discussed as well as
breads and meat, which would he
of great help to a homemaker in
an emergency.
A general discussion on freez
ing of fruits and preparing chick
en for the locker or the deep
freeze brought out many points of
interest and helps to the house
wife.
In attendance were members
of the Facts and Fun club: Mrs.
J. L. Pruden Mrs. if. R Harris.
Mrs. Jessie Angus. Mrs. Andrew
Olson, Mrs. Harry VanHom. Mrs.
Ella Zeims and Mrs. James Boies.
Also present were Mrs. Rose
Funk and Mrs. H Kurpgeweit of
the Holt Happy Homemaker club
and Mrs Loyd West and Mrs.
Wayne Pollock of the newly-or
gani/ed club in Ewing.
Neighborhood Club
Is in Session —
VENUS Mrs. Cecil Moser en
tertained the Neighborhood club
at her home Thursday, July 24.
Nine members were present.
The group worked on a quilt
for Mrs. Moser. The hostess
served refreshments at the close.
Southernmost rodeo approved by
the RCA is at Homestead, near
the tip o fthe Florida peninsula;
northermost at Edmonton, Alber
ta, some 350 miles above the U.
S. border.
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