A committee on arrangements of which R.C. Puryear is chairman, is arranging for contests which will consist of foot races, mule races, pie eating contests, a boxing match, pole climbing, sack races, a number of short speeches and two ballgames in the afternoon. Prizes will e given to all the winners in the various contests. These will be paid by the citizens of the town.
A brass band from Winston-Salem has been engaged to furnish music for the entire day and the exercises will begin at 10 o’clock and continue thru the day. The ladies of the town will take up one hour of the day with an interesting program.
The marshals are requested to appear at the courthouse at 9:30 and confer with L.D. Kelly, chief marshal, and receive their badges and instructions. Those appointed, two from each township, are as follows: W.W. Woodruff, Frank Woodhouse, W.B. Minich, R.L. Gregory, W.M. Parks, W.L. Hudspeth, T.F. Johnson, S.W. Vestal, Will Cooley, Gray Dinkins, Will North, Joseph Williams, W.A. Jones, W.H. Renegar, Gray Norman, E.B. Vestal, and W.A. Williams.
All persons who desire to engage in any of the contests are requested to confer immediately with Mr. R.C. Puryear by letter or in person. And all persons who play any kind of string music are requested to bring their instruments along as a band of string music will be made up for a few selections.
A special invitation is given to all the old soldiers of the county who are invited to come and spend the day. Each will be given a few dinner by the Camp Fire girls of Yadkinville. They will all get together and Frank Holcomb of Cycle has consented to sing the rebel songs for the crowd and all other old soldiers are asked to help him.
From The Western Sentinel, Winston-Salem, N.C., August 8, 1922
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