Muscatine County, Iowa

HISTORY OF THE WEST LIBERTY FAIR
1863 - 1962

Transcribed by Lynn McCleary
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CENTENNIAL
WEST LIBERTY FAIR
Muscatine County


AUGUST 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 1962
On “The Fairgrounds Nature Planned”

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CENTENNIAL FAIR

SATURDAY, AUGUST 18
Saturday afternoon – Free Amphitheatre – Judging of Exhibits
Horseshoe Pitching Tournament starts
CENTENNIAL PAGEANT in the evening

SUNDAY, AUGUST 19 – MUSCATINE DAY
Afternoon – “100 Years of Progress” Parade and other events
Night – CENTENNIAL PAGEANT
Honorable Norman Erbe, Governor of Iowa, will be a guest

MONDAY, AUGUST 20
Judging in Open Classes – Monday, Afternoon, Free Amphitheatre
Night – JALOPY RACES sponsored by Mississippi Valley Speed Club

TUESDAY, AUGUST 21
Afternoon and Evening – RED FOLEY and His Complete Jubilee Show

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22
Judging in the Junior Department Livestock
Afternoon and Evening – VARIETY SHOW plus other events

DANCING – Saturday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Nights

OLD TIME THRESHING EVERY DAY


WEST LIBERTY FAIR

VAUGHN SANDERS, Pres.      GEORGE DRAHOS, Vice-Pres.      WARREN McINTIRE, 2nd Vice-Pres.
FLOYD DeFOREST, Secy.      IRWIN MOSHER, Treas.      KENNETH JEHLE, Marshall

DIRECTORS (One Year) – Harold Brooks, Robert Kerr Brookes, Arlie Kennedy, Fred Lehman,
Harry McKee, G. William Smith
            (Two Years) – W. G. Eichenauer, James Shepard, J. Joe Wright, Kenneth Wagner, Jay Steen,
Robert Barclay
ADVISORY BOARD – James Birkett, Robert Brookes II, Preston Brown, Jess Grigg, Ernest Hoopes, Willard Watters, Elmer Kline, Robert Buckman, R. A. Westenberg, Raymond Owen, George Gordon

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