Began in 1934 by the Jackson Kiwanis Club, the annual Kiwanis School Fair was for nearly fifty years an important part of the yearly lives of the students of Breathitt County. As can be seen in this program, reprinted from 1940 (the seventh annual), the fair was very involved and must have demanded much practice and preparation on the part of the students. (In another section of this website photographs taken through the years at the school fair may be seen.)
PROGRAM - 1940 Jackson Kiwanis School Fair
Friday, October 25, 1940 - Jackson, Kentucky
10:00 A. M. -Group I, Parade: Lees College Athletic Field.
11:00 A. M.-Group II, Spelling: Breathitt County High School.
11:00 A. M.-Group III, Music: Jackson City School Auditorium.
11:00 A. M.-Group IV, Dramatics: Breathitt County High School Gymnasium.
11:00 A. M.-Group V, Penmanship: Jackson High School Building.
1:00 P. M.-Exhibition of Folk Dancing under the direction of Mr. Frank Smith of Berea College.
1:30 P. M.-Group VII, Athletics: Lees College Athletic Field.
Written Work (Group VI) will be on display all day in Jackson High School Library.
The Corn Show Exhibit will be in the Jackson High School Gymnasium and will be open in the afternoon or as soon as judging is completed.
RULES OF THE SCHOOL FAIR
No. 1. To be eligible all entries must be enrolled in school and be produced during the present school term.
No. 2. No student can enter more than one event in Groups 2, 3, 4, and 5, except quartette and band, and not more than three events in groups 6 and 7.
No. 3. No entries will be accepted unless they are entered on the Official Entry Blanks and in the hands of the committee not later than Tuesday noon, October 22. To compete in the competition of the parade the school must be entered on the official blank.
No. 4. Separate entry blanks must be used in making entries in each group.
No. 5. All written work and other material (Group 6) must be in the hands of the committee not later than noon, Tuesday, October 22, 1940, and plainly marked with the event number, together with an Official Entry Blank. (It will materially assist the committee if all material and entry blanks from each school is sent to the committee at the same time.)
No .6. The decision of the judges will be final in all cases.
No. 7. Only one entry from each school will be allowed in each contest.
No. 8. All grade school pupils are eligible to enter all events unless otherwise marked. Those events for one- teacher schools are only open to pupils of one-teacher schools. This does not mean that pupils of one-teacher schools cannot enter other events.
No. 9. If an entry is erroneously given to a grade lower than to which the pupil belongs all entries from that school will be disqualified.
No .10. The teachers or some one designated by the teacher is responsible for the transportation of pupils to and from the fair and for their conduct and safety while in Jackson and for their noon lunch. The Kiwanis Club does not assume any of this responsibility.
No. 11. All prizes will be a blue ribbon and $1.00 in cash or equivalent for first prize except where other- wise stated in the program. The second prize will be a red ribbon.
No. 12. All entries and entry blanks must be mailed to W.E. Blake, General Chairman, Jackson, Kentucky.
GROUP I.-PARADE-10:00 A. M.
Lees College Athletic Field
Committee: Forest G. Adams, Chairman; George E. Cain and Tunis Romein
ORDER OF PARADE
Floats - Representing Americanism
Prize Donated By
1. High Schools, Prize $5.00, First National Bank.
2. Consolidated Schools, Prize $5.00, Elmer J. Terry.
3. Two or more teacher schools, according to districts, Beginning at No. 1, Prize $5.00, Breathitt County Board of Education.
4. One teacher schools, according to districts, Beginning at No. 1, Prize $5.00, Mrs. Marie R. Turner
All schools are urged to take part in the parade and display a banner showing the name and District number of the school. To be eligible for a prize the school must be entered on the Official Entry Blank.
No Trucks, Automobile, Horse or Ox Drawn Vehicles will be allowed in the Parade
The committee suggests that the floats be made on toy wagons, small carts or similar vehicles that can be propelled or carried by the children.
At the close of the parade all of the schools will assemble on Lees College Athletic Field to give the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and sing the Star Spangled Banner and God Bless America.
The Pledge to the Flag and copies of the songs to be used will be found elsewhere in this program.
GROUP II.--SPELLING--11 :00 A. M.
Breathitt County High School Class Rooms
Committee: Eric C. Pelfrey, Chairman and R. M. Van Horne
Prize Donated By
No. 1. Best Speller, First Grade, Forest G. Adams.
No. 2. Best Speller, Second Grade, American Shoe Shop.
No. 3. Best Speller, Third Grade, American Restaurant.
No. 4. Best Speller, Fourth Grade, Mrs. Ethel Bates.
No. 5. Best Speller, Fifth Grade, Bach Furniture Company.
No. 6. Best Speller, Sixth Grade, Buick Garage.
No. 7. Best Speller, Seventh Grade, Roy Barton.
No. 8. Best Speller, Eighth Grade, W. M. Bailey.
No. 9. Best Speller, High School, W. E. Blake. All spelling will be oral-One entry from each grade in each school.
GROUP III.-MUSIC--11:00 A. M.
City School Auditorium
Committee: Stratton Miller, Chairman and John R. Clarke, Jr.
Prize Donated By
No. 1. Best Vocal Solo, with accompaniment, Duncan's Shop
No. 2. Best Vocal Solo, without accompaniment, Cundiff Restaurant.
No. 3 Best Vocal Solo, with accompaniment, high school, Combs Furniture Company
No .4. Best Vocal Quartette, high school, Frede Brodtkorb and A. W. Brown.
No. 5. Best String Band, $2.00, R. A. Collier.
No. 6. Best String Band, high school, $2.00, R. W. Jones.
No. 7. Best Chorus, $2.00, Dr. James H. Stacy.
No. 8. Best Chorus, high school, $2.00, H. R. Parker. Not over five minutes allowed each contestant or group.
GROUP IV.--DRAMATICS--11 :00 A. M.
Breathitt County High School Gymnasium
Committee: Ollie J. Cockrell, Chairman and James A. Lewis
Prize Donated By
No. 1. Best Committed Reading, High School, 0. J. Cockrell
No. 2. Best Discussion European War Situation, Cut Rate Grocery.
No. 3. Best Declamation by girl, Cope Service Station.
No. 4. Best Oration by boy, Jackson Dry Cleaners.
No. 5.Best Extemporaneous Speech, High School, Jaxon Theatre.
Not over 5 minutes allowed each contestant. Each contestant will be allowed 5 minutes solitary preparation without books or material.
No. 6. Best Pantomime, Lees College.
GROUP V.--PENMANSHIP--11 :00 A. M.
Jackson High School Building
Committee:M. H. Holliday, Sr., Chairman; Dr. M. E. Hoge and John Montgomery
The specimens of penmanship will be made in the presence of the judges. Each contestant to furnish his or her own pencil or pen and ink. Only two sheets of paper will be allowed each contestant and this will be furnished by the committee.
All contestants will write the following: "It is a common error, of which a wise man will beware, to measure the worth of our neighbor by his conduct toward ourselves. How many rich souls might we not rejoice in the knowledge of, were it not for our pride."-- Richter.
GROUP V.-- PENMANSHIP- (Continued)
Prize Donated By
No. 1. Best specimen of penmanship, 4th grade, H. June Jett
No. 2. Best specimen of penmanship, 5th grade, J. C. Feltner.
No. 3. Best specimen of penmanship, 6th grade, Dr. R. W. Simonton.
No. 4. Best specimen of penmanship, 7th grade, Snowden Service Station.
No. 5. Best specimen of penmanship, 8th grade, Willard Stacy.
The following events are for pupils of one-teacher schools only:
No. 6. Best specimen of penmanship, 4th grade, Stacy Shoe Shop.
No. 7. Best specimen of penmanship, 5th grade, Galen J. White.
No. 8. Best specimen of penmanship, 6th grade, Kash C. Williams.
No. 9. Best specimen of penmanship, 7th grade, George W. Little.
No. 10. Best specimen of penmanship, 8th grade, E. Q. McGlone.
GROUP VI.-- WRITTEN AND HAND WORK
Will be on Display in Jackson High School Library
Committee: H. June Jett, Chairman; James S. Hogg and W. K. Davidson
Prize Donated By
No. 1. Best Poster on the Care of the Teeth, Nu-Way Dry Cleaners.
No. 2. Rest Poster on the Prevention of Home Accidents, Noble Store.
No. 3. Best Poster on the Prevention of Highway Accidents, Nathan Pelfrey, Jr.
GROUP VI.-WRITTEN AND HAND WORK, (Continued)
No. 4. Best original drawing, pencil or charcoal, Pelfrey Chevrolet Company.
No. 5. Best original drawing, pencil or charcoal, high school, Ray and Blake.
No. 6. Best ceramic vase or bowl, Raymond Strong.
No. 7. Best woven basket, any material, Dr. Frank K. Sewell.
No. 8. Best Composition on the Duties of a Good Citizen, high school, J. W. Stone.
No. 9. Best Booklet on the Influence of Good Roads in a Community, Turner & Moore.
No. 10. Best Booklet on the Immunization from the more Prevalent Diseases, R. M. Van, Horne
No. 11. Best Booklet on the Preservation of Wild Life in Kentucky, James A. Lewis.
No. 12. Best Composition on the Value of 4-H Club Work in Breathitt County. John Montgomery.
No. 13. Best Composition on the Value of a Home Garden, Mrs. Cora M. Noble.
No. 14. Best Composition on Why Each Country Home Should Have a Small Flock of Chickens, Moss Noble.
The following events are for pupils from one-teacher schools only:
No. 15. Best Booklet on the Influence of Good Roads in a Community, Pastime Theatre.
No. 16. Best Booklet on the Immunization from the More Prevalent Diseases, T. Romein.
No. 17. Best Booklet on the Preservation of Wild Life in Kentucky, Fern Ratliffe.
No. 18. Best Composition on the Value of 4-H Club Work in Breathitt County, Everett Bach.
No. 19. Best Composition on the Value of a Home Garden, Dahlia Beauty Shop.
No. 20. Best Composition on Why each Country Family Should Have a Small Flock of Chickens, Beech Strong.
GROUP VII.-- ATHLETICS -- 1:30 P. M.
Lees College Athletic Field
Committee: Dr. Philip Bress, Chairman; K. B. Daniel and Dr. Frank K. Sewell
Prize Donated By
No. 1. Boys' broad jump, V. T. Chapman.
No. 2. Boys' 100 yard dash, under 14 years, George E. Cain.
No. 3. Boys' 100 yard dash, over 14 years, Daniel's Pharmacy.
No. 4. Boys' three-legged race, Dr. M. E. Hoge.
No. 5. Boys' relay race, 4 boys, S. C. McCoun and Mrs. Curtis Moore.
No. 6. Girls' 60 yard dash, under 14 years, The Jackson Times.
No. 7. Girls' 60 yard dash, over 14 years, Jefferson Hotel.
No. 8. Girls' three-legged race, Rose Brothers.
No. 9. Girls' relay race, 4 girls, Hugh Needham and Dr. Philip Bress.
No. 10. 100 yard dash, high school, W. K. Davidson.
No. 11. 220 yard dash, high school, Paul Dulaney.
No. 12. Relay race, high school, Charles Terry and Lees College.
4-H CLUB CORN SHOW
Jackson High School Gymnasium
Committee: J. C. Feltner, Chairman; John S. Hollan and York M. Jackson.
RULES OF THE CORN SHOW
1. Only 4-H Club members who secured their seed corn from the Jackson Kiwanis Club are eligible to compete, and their entry must have been raised from the seed obtained from this, source.
2. Each exhibitor must submit a 4-H Corn Record Book with his exhibit of corn.
3. Each exhibitor must return 40 ears of good seed corn for each peck of seed corn obtained from the Jackson Kiwanis Club. (40 ears are equivalent to 1/2 bushel of shelled corn.)
4. An entry of corn will consist of six ears, and if more or less ears are entered, the entry will be disqualified.
5. Only one entry per person will be accepted.
6. All corn entered will become the property of the show.
PRIZE LIST
Prize Donated By
No. 1 .6 ears Johnson County White:
First, $3.00, First National Bank.
Second, 2.00, First National Bank.
Third, 1.00, Jackson Builders Supply Company.
No. 2. 6 ears Reed's Yellow Dent:
First, $3.00, Powell-Hackney Grocery Company.
Second, 2.00, Powell-Hackney Grocery Company.
Third, 1.00, Lees College.
All entries must be entered on Friday, October 25, 1940, at the Jackson High School Gymnasium, before 10:00 A. M.
PLEDGE TO THE FLAG
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for All."
THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER
Oh say! can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say, does that Star-spangled Banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
GOD BLESS AMERICA
While the storm clouds gather
Far across the sea,
Let us swear allegiance
To a land that's free,
Let us all be grateful
For a land so fair,
As we raise our voices
In a solemn prayer.
CHORUS: Repeat.
God Bless America Land that I love
Stand beside her and guide her
Thru the night with a light from above
From the mountains, to the prairies
To the oceans white with foam,
God Bless America
My home sweet home.
-Irving Berlin.
THE KIWANIS CLUB---1940 Members
Jackson, Kentucky
Dr. M. E. Hoge, President
George E. Cain, Vice President
Ollie James Cockrell, Treasurer
Galen J. White, Secretary
MEMBERS
Forest G. Adams
W. E. Blake Dr. Philip Bress
A. W. Brown
Frede Brodtkorb
George E. Cain
John R. Clarke, Jr.
Ollie James Cockrell
Kearney B. Daniel
Wm. K. Davidson
J.C. Feltner
James S. Hogg
M.H. Holliday, Sr.
Dr. M. E. Hoge
John S. Hollan
York M. Jackson
James A. Lewis
H. June Jett
Roger W. Jones
Stratton Miller
John Montgomery
Eric C. Pelfrey
Dr. Frank. K. Sewell
Robert M. Van Horne
Galen J. White
Tunis Romein
GENERAL FAIR COMMITTEE
W. E. Blake, Chairman
A. W. Brown
Roger .W. Jones
Frede Brodtkorb
Galen J. White