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IN A thrill packed two days marked 

 with the zest and spirit of hard play 

 Vermilion won first place among 70 

 contending counties at the seventh Illinois 

 Farm Sports Festival held Aug. 29-30 

 at Champaign-Urbana. 



Farm men, women, boys and girls — 

 some 3141 — competed in 40 contests 

 during the Festival. Attendance was 

 estimated at from 18,000 to 20,000. 



The thousands of farm families, 

 friends and neighbors who attended 

 praised the warmth, spirit and clean. 



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1 . Dancing Baton Twirler Beth 

 Paresh, Henry, struts her stuff. 



2« Over the bar goes Gwen Lawler of Kane county to 

 win high jump for girls 16 and over. 



3. Sharon Wilson, Champaign, tries 4-H physical fitness chinning bar. 



4. Agnes Layden, Vermilion, leaps 12 feet 2 inches, wins broad Jump. 



5. Mrs. Ola Harshbarger, Piatt, tosses a deadly horseshoe to win title. 



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6< Champaign county's tug e' war team strains in vain. 



#• Mrs. Roscoe Smith, Kane, hammers her way to run- 

 ner-up in nail-driving contest. 



o. Colorful version of the Swedish Doll Donee earns Tazewell county "A" rating. , 1 ; 



