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FARM 2008 Community Fair Day

FARM 2008 Community Fair Day

2008 NOTES, page 7, cropped. [pmss_2008_notes_fall_007-cropped.jpg]

FARM 2008 COMMUNITY Fair Day
September 13, 2008


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INTRODUCTION: 2008 Community Fair Day

The Community Fair Day is one of many annual events that has a long history at Pine Mountain Settlement School. It started in 1917 as an extension of the Harlan County Fair and the School’s “Farmer’s Day.”

While the fundamental program of the Fair has remained remarkably consistent, the scale and scope of the Fair have varied from year to year as interest in fairs waxed and waned in the School, the community, and the nation. It appears that the tradition is going strong in the 2000s.

TRANSCRIPTION: 2008 Community Fair Day

From “Notes from the Pine Mountain Settlement School,” Fall 2008, page 7. [See above image.]

Community
Fair Day

The largest crowd in recent years turned out for the annual Fair Day celebration on Sept. 13 on Settlement School grounds. Community members and visitors lined up for the Nolen Lodge’s pig roast dinner on the picnic grounds, while men gathered to play horseshoes nearby. On the library porch, people browsed through stacks of books on sale: on the library lawn, children and adults played Cornhole, a popular beanbag game. On the playground, children tried their best to win prizes at games of chance and skill.

Local organizations set up informational booths. These included the Harlan County Health Department, Air Evac Lifeteam, and Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. Local artisans displayed quilts, crocheted items, corn shuck flowers, jams and jellies, wood carvings and pottery. Gene Harris and Terry Harris provided mountain gospel music.

At the Fair Day competition, community members vied for blue ribbons for their handmade items, produce, canned goods, photographs and flowers. Phyllis Turner of Bledsoe took home nineteen blue ribbons for her vegetables. The winner of the Pine Mountain Homemakers Club quilt raffle was Carolyn Poore of Oregon. Raffle proceeds will be used to buy canopies and first aid kits for the School.

We thank the many volunteers who helped make Fair Day a wonderful community event. Al Cornett from Tri-City Funeral Home in Harlan provided tents and Harold Lewis of Flav-O-Rich Inc. donated ice cream. Competition judges were Raymond and Donna Cox, Theresa Howard, and Jeremy Williams from the Harlan County Cooperative Extension Office.

[Caption] Fern Cornett of Pine Mountain demonstrated how to spin yarn.