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FARM 1998 Community Fair Day

Display of canned goods at the PMSS Community Fair Day 1998. [fair_day_1998_037.jpg]

FARM 1998 COMMUNITY Fair Day
September 1998

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INTRODUCTION: 1998 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.” It continues today as an annual event at the School.

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.

EXCERPT: 1998 Community Fair Day

Robin Lambert, Director, wrote about the Fall 1998 Community Fair at Pine Mountain:

We are proud of our community here at Pine Mountain and glad to sponsor activities which strengthen and draw us all closer together. At September’s Fair Day, more than 150 friends and neighbors brought exhibits of fresh and home-canned produce, needlework, and trophy deer antlers and enjoyed three-legged races, musical performances, and a cake walk.
Notes from the Pine Mountain Settlement School, “Fall 1998 News,” written by Robin Lambert