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This is the Month of Illinois' Great Rural 

 SPORTS FESTIVAL 



AHK \ou all sot tolks! ^on know 

 lliis is the inonlli of the lOtii 

 atinual Illinois Farm Sports 

 Festival. . . . Thursday ami Fri- 

 day. August 2.S and 2f>. to he 

 exact. Again it will he held on the 

 campus of the University of Illinois at 

 Lrbana-Cliam|)aign. 



Make plans now to attend this great 

 rural sports and music pageant. Load 

 up the family in the old car. Bring a 

 picnic hasket if you like, iielter still. 

 why not plan on taking |)art in some 

 event? \ou say your joints creak? 

 \XelI. how ai>out checkers, hog-calling, 

 or sliufTlehoard'.'' 



There's something for every memher 

 of tlie family, including grandma, and 

 you don't have to strain a ligament. 

 Stop in at the Farm l>ureau office the 

 first chance you get and tell iheni what 

 you want to do. 



Every person who enters an event 

 piles up points for his county. Partici- 

 pation points are awarded all entrants. 



Then if you win. take second, or third 

 place you get additional jioints. It's 

 that easy. (Jet in there now and fight 

 for vour county. 



The Sports Festival was set up as a 

 two-day period of fun. sportsmanship, 

 and good clean play for Illinois farmers 

 and their families. So let's make it 

 the biggest and hest festival on record. 

 Join the fun. 



On hand to greet and entertain you 

 during the fun-packed two-day event 

 will be radio stars, orchestras for the 

 big swing and ham dance jamborees. 

 the Illinois Rural Chorus with :^00 



mixed voices. |)lus f..5(M) rural athletes 

 competing in hasehall. Softball, track, 

 lug o'war. sluifflehoard. swimming. 

 woodcho[)ping. hog-calling, tennis, ping 

 pong. shunleh()ar<l. dart throwing, 

 checkers. I-M tumbling. Ill i)hysical 

 fitness, clock golf, chair quoits, dart 

 throwing, ami horseshoe pitching. Vt I,S 

 will broadcast the Diniirr Injl Hour 

 trom tlie Sport- I c-lival. 



Added to this is a daz/ling folk festi- 

 val which will find hundreds competing 

 in such classes as barber shop rpiarlets. 

 song leaders, county choruses, family 

 singers. I-H choruses, adult singers, 

 junior singers, instrumetital grou|)s. 

 novelty and rhythm hands, square 

 dance hands, acrobatic and tap dancers, 

 dialogues, skits and stunts, and folk and 

 s(juare dancers. 



This may he the last year that the 

 folk festival will he held in conjunction 

 with the S])orts FVstival. Starting late 

 next winter it will possibly he held in 

 connection with Farm and Home \^ eek 

 at the I riiversity. This move if made 

 will he because it is difficult to perform 

 when the weather is hot. 



The big Thursday night program of 

 music. daiicing. and entertainment 

 promises to be the best vet according to 

 1. F. I'arett of the lAA and Mary Mc- 

 Kee of the I'niversity. who are in 

 charge of the program. The three- ring 

 event will be held as usual with modern 

 dancing for those who like it that way. 

 square and folk dancing for those who 

 like the graceful dances of years ago. 

 and the program of music and dancing 

 in front of the .\uditorinm for those 



who want to sit and watch. 



Hoy V. Johnson. 1 AA director ol 

 special services, estimates that close to 

 6.S0 Softball teams ha\e been playing 

 prelimitiary to the Sports Festival 

 finals. Of the 6,50 teams about 1.5.T 

 will survive district play to compete 

 in the Sports Festival finals. 



All of last year s wiimers will he back 

 to defend their titles tiiis \ear. They 

 are: St. (Hair. Adult county league; De- 

 Kalb. all county; Coles. Hural ^ outh; 

 \crmilion. age H.t and over; Livings- 

 ton, boys' f-H : \^ imichago. girls' f-H: 

 and Dekalb, girls" o|)cn. Twenty base- 

 ball teams will play in district tourna- 

 ments to earn the right to play at Cham- 

 |)aigti. The champion \^ ill comity team 

 will be on hand to defend their title. 



This \ear 1.5 of the 16 district lug- 

 o'war finals are being held in connec- 

 tion with county fairs. The 16 winners 

 will compete at (Hiampaign. Following 

 are the districts, county fairs, towns, 

 and dates when they will be or have 

 been held: (I) Winnebago. Kockford. 

 Aug. II: (2) Kane. Elgin. Aug. 4; 

 (.Si Bureau. Princeton. Aug. 4; (4) 

 Henderson. Stronghurst. Aug. 4; (5( 

 Livingston. Pontiac. .Aug. 10; (6) Kan- 

 kakee. Kankakee Aug. 9; (7l Adams. 

 Mendon. Aug. <S; (f>) Logan. Lincoln. 

 Aug. 11; (9) Cham|)aign, I'rbana. Julv 

 25; (10) Madison. Highland. Aug. 6: 

 ill) F'ayettc. Browiistowii. \ug. 5: 

 (12) Edgar, Pari.*, July 27; (1.3) 

 Bandolph. Sparta. Aug. t: ( 14) W'avne. 

 Fairfield. Aug. 9; ( l.S) McLeanshoro in 



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