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community fair. Every organization in the community ought to 

 feel responsible for the success of the enterprise. 



The first step is to get together the leaders of the different 

 organizations in the community for the purpose of considering 

 whether or not it is advisable to hold a community fair. It is 

 well to present at this meeting a general outline of the method 

 of procedure for the conduct of the fair. If the plan is ap- 

 proved by this group, a community meeting is called, at which 

 full explanation is made regarding the nature and purposes of a 

 community fair and the methods of conducting it. This meeting 

 should be well advertised by posters, newspaper notices, and post 

 cards addressed to each family, calling attention to the place and 

 date and emphasizing the importance of the meeting. If the 

 community decides to hold a fair, the next step is to form an 

 organization, either temporary or permanent, and elect officers, 

 consisting of a president, a vice-president, and a secretary-treas- 

 urer. Committees should also be chosen. 



The president keeps in close touch with the other officers and 

 the chairmen of all the committees and is the correlating force 

 and executive officer of the fair. The other officers perform the 

 duties usually pertaining to their offices. The committees should 

 have from three to five members each, including at least one 

 young person of school age. 



The amusement and entertainment committee has charge of all 

 athletics and field sports, games, folk dances, pageants, and 

 parades, and also arranges for music, motion pictures, speakers, 

 and other attractions. 



The arrangements and decorations committee arranges for a 

 place to hold the fair and looks after the decorations, using 

 flowers, autumn leaves, evergreens, bunting, flags, and other 

 available material. This committee cooperates with the several 

 committees having charge of the different exhibit departments 

 and assigns such tables, shelves, and wall space as are needed. 



The publicity committee enlists the help of the local news- 

 papers and supplies them regularly with articles concerning 

 the fair and with a comprehensive report after it has been held. 

 Regular notices are given in schools and churches and at all 

 public gatherings for several weeks prior to the holding of the 

 fair. Handmade posters are often used, and when well made 



