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58—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Sept. 14, 1974
Ephrata Fair
Scheduled Sept. 24-28th
This year marks the 56th
annual Ephrata Street Fair
starting Tuesday, Sep
ceraber 24th and will con
;inue through Saturday,
September 28th, which has
enjoyed the reputation as the
leading event of its kind in
Northern Lancaster County.
One of the big events on the
program of Pennsylvania’s
oldest and biggest street fair
will be the annual parade on
Wednesday, September 25tb,
starting at 7 o’clock. Rain
late is the following evening
at the same time. The
parade will have from 30 to
35 musical units, floats, Mrs.
Fire Chief and Miss Lan
caster County contestants
and other parade features.
An estimated 65,000 viewers
line the three mile parade
route.
A carnival spirit will
prevail throughout the five
day event along the midway
stretching for several blocks
with rides, eating stands and
free entertainment at the
bandstands several evenings
during fair week.
Visitors to the fair will find
many interesting displays of
products from farms, or
chards and gardens -
flowers, fruit, home baked
and canned goods, crafts,
art, needlework and models
shown in store windows and
exhibit tent.
One of the points of major
interest at the Ephrata Fair
is “Tent City” where out
standing displays of poultry,
cattle, sheep, baby beef.
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tobacco, grain seed and
forage are displayed.
It is there that contests are
programmed which draw
several thousand persons.
There will be a pig chase and
a cow milking contest in
which prominent local
citizens participate and is a
lot of fun. There will be
tractor driving and garden
tractor pulling contests. A
carcass lamb auction and a
swine sale is slated and those
visiting this section of the
fair will find many displays
and exhibits of absorbing
interest.
The judging of baby beef,
cattle, sheep and swine held
at various times is of con
siderable interest to fair
goers and schedules of these
events will be found in the
premium book which is
available in downtown stores
and at fair headquarters.
The local fair was founded on
agriculture and the poultry
show, one of the best in the
east, has been in existence
even longer than the fair
itself.
On Thursday afternoon,
thousands of school children
jam the rides area of the
midway, known as “Kiddies
Day”, when a special
reduced rate is offered to
them, to enjoy the chills and
thrills of the ferris wheels,
merry-go-rounds and others
dear to the hearts of kiddies.
The Mrs. Lancaster
County Fire Chief contest is
scheduled for Thursday
night with women members
of the county fire company
auxiliaries vicing for the
crown.
On Saturday afternoon
starting at 2 o’clock, one of
the fair’s major attractions
-the Baby Parade-—is held.
Thousands line the parade
route to see the fancy
costumes of the tots and the
elaborate floats in which
many of them ride.
On Saturday night starting
at 8 P.M. the annual Miss
Lancaster County
Scholarship Pageant is held
in the auditorium of Ephrata
High School. Produced by
the local Jaycees it is on
sidered one of the finest
preliminaries to the Miss
Pennsylvania Pageant held
in the state. Evelyn Ay
Sempier, who was selected
the winner at the first con
test held here later, became
Miss America of 1954. The
pageant is the final event on
the program and annually
attracts a sell-out crowd
from all sections of Lan
caster County.
The fair was inauguarated
in 1919, as a homecoming for
returned veterans of World
War I.
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