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 iiMrin«board ilngl** wMi mm*. 



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 MnMrB#iiC)f rspolrs on skirt or 

 McH«nry ceifnty. 



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 man's lingla* avant In orchary. 



land, win ping 



praUa of ■arnica iitgalklnc. 



Ninth Annual Sports festival 



sponsored by lAA, County 



farm and Home Bureaus, 



WLS-Pralrle farmer, U. of I. 



' Extension, and others, hits a 



> new high In porficlpoffon 



and attendance. 



On the top floor of the HufiF gym 

 table tennis enthusiasts slugged away 

 . ; .. for the ping pong championship while 

 . j .. nearby shufFleboard players were en- 

 • ': grossed in their matches. Over in the 

 . armory sharpshooters banged away in 

 ,;. ' the rifle shoot all day Thursday. Bowl- 

 ers tossed the ball at the hardwood pins 

 all day Thursday, and Friday morning 

 too. The heat was oppressive but 

 bowling gets in yoar blood and neither 

 heat nor cold can stop a rabid kegler. 



All over the campus as far as the eye 

 could see there were ball games, from 

 the 4-H girls class to men over 33, 

 stretching from the stadium south of 



the campus to Illinois field more than a 

 mile to the north. 



There were so many good music and 

 dancing acts in the folk festival that it 

 is difficult to single out any that stood 

 far above the rest. The best were rated 

 "A" and all were the cream of district 

 festivals in which more than 2,000 en- 

 trants participated. 



The stifling heat continued through 

 the evening programs on Thursday. 

 Over at Huff gymnasium, the young- 

 sters who like modern dancing swel- 

 tered in the 95-degree heat but the 

 floor was jammed with dancers just the 

 same. At the women's building old- 

 sters and youngsters scraped, bowed, 

 and do-si-doed to the notes of the fid- 

 dler and the calling of Duke Regnier. 



It was a lot more comfortable out on 

 the lawn under the stars in front of 

 the University auditorium where sev- 

 eral thousand spectators watched the 

 best of the folk festival contestants 

 present their talent. Another feature 



on this program was the singing of 

 three numbers by the Illinois 4-H Qub 

 Chorus. 



The wilting heat seemed to have lit- 

 tle effect on the contestants because 

 bright and early the next moroing the 

 campus was again swarming with com- 

 petitors eager to put the finishing 

 touches on their opponents. 



Because the Sports Festival conflicted 

 with the Grand American Trap Shoot, 

 the Sports Festival trap shoot was held 

 Aug. 6 at the Champaign Gun Qub. 

 The contest drew about 300 entries for 

 the trap and skeet events. 



The trap shoot became an exciting 

 duel between last year's champion 

 James Holderman, Grundy, and Marion 

 Partlow, Qark. Tied at the end of 

 their shoot, Partlow won on the shoot- 

 off before a large crowd. Partlow also 

 headed the Clark county quintet which 

 won team honors. In the skeet shoot, 

 Wilford Tendick, Logan placed first. 

 Team winner was Kankakee. 

 (Continued on next p*g*) 



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 Oola McDoda and Mdcy 

 Ayru, Champaiflii. 



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 was Don Andanon, 

 Ha iwmpad 17' 11 



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 touat dartt. 



OCTOBER. 1948 



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