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I.\' A thrill packed two days marked i , 

 with the zest and spirit of hard play > 

 Vermilion won first place among 70 

 contending counties at the seventh Illinois 

 Tarm S|X)rts Festival held Aug. 29-30 » 

 U Champa'gn-Urbana. . 



Farm men, women, boys and girls — t 

 soinc 3141 -- competed in 40 contests ^ 

 during the Festival. Attendance was ) 

 estim.ited at from 18,000 to 20.000. v, 



The thousands of farm families, i 

 friends and neighbors who attended 

 pr.iistd the warmtii, spirit and clean. 



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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 13 feet 3 inches, wins broad jump. 



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



6* Champaign county's tug o' war team stroins in vain. 

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



ner-up in nail-driving contest. 

 0> Colorful version of the Swedish Doll Dance earns Tazewell county "A" rating. 



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