C 26-Lancasler Farming, Saturday August 13 1988
Middletown Grange Fair
T his year the Middletown
v range Fair is ceicdrating its 40th
inmvcrsary. The lair will be held
in August 18, 1 1 > ami 20 at the fair
grounds on Penns Park Rd., off
413 in Wnghtslown.
"’’he fair, which retains the fla
of an old-tiino country fair,
i' neopen or 1 'rsday and Fn
i.i liom a m to 11:00p.m.
mon Saturday iron>9 - 00 a.m. to
( 'X) p.m.
About 900 exhibitors partici
pate in the many competitions.
/ isilors to the fair will see samples
o Bucks County’s finest eggs,
nroducc, hay, gram and apiary.
There also will be home products,
along with needlecraft items, arts,
craft and home furnishings. Bud
ding botanists can inspect hun
dreds of flowers and floral
arrangements.
On Thursday at 3:00 p.m. there
will be a flower-arranging class
conducted by Lori Ekelman from
v ardley Flower Co. at the flower
show display. Cost is $5.00, and
you may register by calling Lori at
493-7876 or on entry day or Thurs
day morning.
Members from all of the 4-H
clubs in Bucks County will have
many of their own exhibits and
demonstrations Many months of
hard work and dedication arc
demonstrated in the handling of
their animals, which are impcccab
i\ groomed with loving care.
Thursday’s highlights are a rab
bit and cavy shov. relays, games
and contests open to all children
ices 7 to 18. There will be a 4-H
>at Show, Seeing Eye Puppy
•monstratiom md the 4-H Sheep
siting and Showmanship contest
<oilowed by the Kiddie Class open
u children 8 am under.
Friday 9:30 a.m to 10:30 a.m.,
■ - grange exhibit buildings will
tx open exclusr cl> for residents
nursing homes and the hand
capped. There will be 4-H pet
mow and the Bucks Co. Holstein
cattle show followed immediately
■n the Kiddie Klass for non
4-H’crs under 10 who may enter
id show a dairy animal which
Uiey may beg or borrow. It is an
exciting introdu non to life on a
(arm, also a goat milking demon
stration and the 4-H and open
sheep show.
Saturday, the biggest horse
show ever starts at 9:00 a.m., fea
turing English and Western classes
and 12 championship classes.
There will be the 4-H dairy cattle
show, sheep shearing demonstra
tion and 4-H sheep decorator class,
where the sheep are outfitted in
some unusual costumes, and a goat
milking demonstration.
There are numerous commercial
exhibits, many selling handmade
articles. Amaluer ham radio opera
tors will gladly send a message for
you anywhere in the U.S. or fore
ign countries where permitted. The
Aark Foundation will have a live
animal display, and local chiro
practors will do free spinal check
ups. You may even apply for a
marriage license with Register of
Wills, Barbara Reilly. A beautiful
handmade quill will be raffled off
to benefit the grange scholarship
tund.
An annual tradition at the
Orange fair the chicken barbecue
dinner, which includes a halt of
chicken, cranberry sauce, parsley
potatoes sweet com, tomatoes,
roll and butter, ice cream and all
the ice tea or coffee you can drink
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On stage each day will be John
ny Lee Cook hailing from Boogci
Bottom, North Carolina He has
appeared ai the Grand Ole Opry
and on well-known shows such as
Hee Haw, his talent for story -
telling and hand-clapping musit
together with his unique sense of
humor make this cntcrtainci some
one that everyone can enjoy. Fri
day and Saturday there will be a
magic show and on Sal. the Bur
lington Co 4-H Cloggers.
Musical entertainment on
Thursday night will be the Dais\
Jug Band and on Friday, Peggy
Howard and Country Class Prizes
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