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FESTIVAL CHAfflMAN 

 Eb Harris and his 



committee of 200 put it 



over. 



CHIEF PIE-FACE 

 Charles Thompson, 



La Salle county. 



gobbled, «ron. 



GRAND-PAPPY OF THEM ALL 

 "Sustained interest in the Farm Bureau Baseball League led to 

 the Illinois Farm Sports Festival." DeKalb is the '38 league champ. 



SPORTS FESTIVAL '38 



FANCY FLIPPER 

 Right: Shapely luanita McAlister, Vermilion county, won the 

 girls' diving title, first in the SO-yord swim. Ten counties were repre- 

 sented in aquatic events. 



SKEETER 

 Ora Keele, DeKalb county, broke 24 targets in 25 which wasn't 

 enough to win the skeet shoot. Twenty gunners shot trap, nine shot 

 skeet. 



ROUGH-HOUSERS 

 R u f f y Silverstein, 

 former IJ. of L heavy- 

 weight and present Il- 

 linois champ, handled 

 267-pound. George 

 Monsors, Arabian 

 strongman, gave the 

 Friday night audience 

 20 minutes of thrills. 



BROADCASTERS 

 Stay-at-homes heard the highlights 

 of the Sportsfest when Claire Hull, 

 WDZ, (left) and Farmer Bill, WMBD, 

 put them on the air. 



FAMILY MAN 

 Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Urier and their nine children of lasper county 

 tied with Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Davis and their nine of Edgar county 

 in the largest Farm Bureau family contest. 



