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Pine Mountain Settlement School
\nSeries 16: Celebrations, Special and Annual Events<\/b>
\nBy Topic: Celebrations<\/b><\/h5>\n

1918 COMMUNITY FAIR DAY\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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TAGS:<\/strong>\u00a01918 Community Fair Day ; Farmer’s Day ; farmers ; farming ; Community Fair Days ; fairs ; Fair Day ; Harlan County, KY ;\u00a0Harlan County Fair ;\u00a0\u00a0Katherine Pettit ; May Stone ; Doc Pratt ; J.M. Feltner ; C.N. Manning ; Dr. Thomas J. Cooper ; University of Kentucky ; Hindman School ; Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station ; <\/span><\/p>\n

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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.”<\/p>\n

The 1918 Community Fair Day is mentioned in a letter written in the same year by Evelyn K. Wells<\/a> (PMSS secretary 1916-31)\u00a0to Angela Melville<\/a> (PMSS fundraiser, 1916-20):<\/p>\n

The fair was a great success from the standpoint of crowd and speaking. 3 people from State University, including Miss Mary Sweeny (?) who has been in France nearly a year, also Germany, and made a corking good speech. Made me long to have had a part in it. She’s a splendid person.<\/em><\/p>\n

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 has waxed and waned in the School, the community, and the nation.<\/p>\n

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GALLERY: 1918 Community Fair Day<\/h3>\n\n\t\t