From the May, 1954, issue of Extension Farm-News, published by N.C.
State College, Raleigh
Fairmont Civitans Present Three-Day
Farmers Festival
It takes a
firm hand to keep a young farmer from joining clowns in a wonderful car that
acts like a mule. Thirty thousand persons jammed roof tops and streets to watch
a two-mile parade at the Farmers Festival, conceived five years ago by the
Fairmont Civitan Club. Every spring since then, the countryside abandons
business and devotes itself to three days of attending minstrel, dancing,
eating barbecue, and listening to a minimum of speeches.
Fairmont is
never lovelier than in April when Civitan Club presents a spring crop of
beauties from two states for judging at the Farmers Festival. “Miss Farmer’s
Festival of 1954” is second from the lower left. She is Sarah Williams, 18, of
Tabor City.
The Civitan
Club says its festival is held to thank the farmers “who make the business life
of our city possible.” The crowd in the warehouse here received liberal thanks
in the form of a $1,000 grand prize and 100 lesser gifts. Farmers also heard
their governor speak and examined agricultural exhibits and machines.
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