Information Sheet

 

 

R         Pleasant Hope Community Fair.

947                  Booklet, 1936.

                                    One folder.

 

 

 

This is the “Catalog and Premium List” for the Fourteenth Annual Pleasant Hope Commu­nity Fair, also called the Pleasant Hope Educational and Agricultural Fair.  The event was held on 5-7 November 1936 at Pleasant Hope in Polk County, Missouri.

 

The Pleasant Hope Community Fair, also called the Pleasant Hope Educational and Agri­cultural Fair, was sponsored by the Pleasant Hope School District as a community betterment project.  It included competitive scholastic events, athletic contests, and agricultural exhibitions.  The scholastic events included oratorical and declamatory contests, a spelling bee, and musical in­strumental solos.  Athletic contests included basketball and softball tournaments.  The agricultural exhibitions were similar to that of a county fair, with horticultural and livestock categories, along with home economics activities such as “fancy work” and an antique show.

 

This 52-page booklet includes a program of events, lists of committees and their members, and many advertisements for area businesses.  Special activities included a high school play, “Si­las Smidge from Turnip Ridge.”

 

 

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