1949
Washita county’s first free fair since 1941 which will open in Cordell next Monday will star county farm exhibits and will feature a varied series of entertainment events including amateur rodeo, saddle horse races, baseball games, band concerts, and music by WKY radio stars. An added attraction for the fair will be cash and merchandise awards, valued at several hundred dollars, which will be given by Cordell merchants. Awards will be made Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons at 2 o’clock and a $25 cash award will be given each day. Registration at the desk at the front entrance of the fair building will be the only requirement for participating in the drawings. Old time country horse’s races will be held at e Roundup club track east of town at 10:30 Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Announcement of the event states that all who have good running “plugs” are invited to participate. Cash prizes will be awarded the winners and there will be no entrance fee and no admission charge. Cordell, Dill City, and Butler teams will be participants in baseball games which will be staged at 2:30 o’clock Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons on the ball diamond adjoining the fairground. There will be no admission charge. The teams will play for cash prizes. Teams will draw to determine contestants for Tuesday’s game and the winner will meet the third team in the Wednesday contest. The Cordell high school band will present concerts Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday afternoons after 3 o’clock. The Merit Serenaders, WKY radio stars, will present a free program at the fairgrounds at 4 o’clock Wednesday afternoon and will play Wednesday night for a dance at the Roundhouse club house southwest of Cordell. The Roundup club is announcing an amateur rodeo at 8 o’clock Tuesday and Wednesday nights at the club grounds. contests will include bareback bronc riding, bull riding, calf roping, cowboy and cowgirl square dance on horseback, ladies flag race, ladies pole bending race, junior calf roping, and junior pole bending race. Cash prizes will be awarded. Washita County’s new fair building east of the high school campus will be the location for the fair. Recent improvements at the building will include a livestock arena, stationary bleachers, and hog and sheep shed. Next Monday, September 19, will be official entry day with entries closing at 6 o’clock in the afternoon. Judging will be in progress Tuesday and Wednesday and display of exhibits will continue through Thursday. No exhibits may be checked out before 6 o’clock Thursday evening. Colors designating premiums are listed as follows: championship, royal purple; first, blue; second, red; third, white; fourth, green; fifth, yellow. Cash prizes will be awarded winning exhibits. Following is the schedule of exhibits; Beef cattle, Herefords, shorthorns, Angus; Hereford, Angus, and shorthorn steers. Dairy cattle, Jerseys, Guernseys, Holstiens, milking shorthorns, other breeds. Swine, Durocs, Poland Chinas, Chester Whites, Hampshires, Berkshires. Horses, quarter horses, palominos, Shetland ponies. Sheep, Shropshires, Hampshires, other breeds. Poultry American, Asiatic, English, and Mediterranean breeds.