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<br /> Van Buren County Youth Fair
<br /> Hartford , Michigan
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<br /> Midway Opens 6 P.M. New Carlis* le celebrates Historical Days
<br /> Michigan State Lt. Weight Horse Pull 7:00 p.m. cc,t,
<br /> Tuesday, July 23 by Jim Donathen ing back to the turn of the be offered from 10 A.M. to Saturday is highlighted'by
<br /> During the present days of century, lend to the atmos- 6 P.M. on Friday and Satur- special events such as kiddie
<br /> Watergate and inflation,peo- phere of Historical Days. day. Tickets and tour maps tricycle races, a two mile
<br /> Beef Judging 9:00 a.m. ple often reminisce about the Throughout the three day are available at the informa- cross-coungry race, marble
<br /> Death Riders Motorcycle Thrill Show 8:00 p.m. festival, visitors can enjoy good old days, whether they � lion center, located on Arch shooting, a tobacco spitting
<br /> mean ten years or a century old fashioned buggy and wa- St. contest, a black powder shoot
<br /> Wednesday, July 24 ago. Well, the townsfolk of gon tours, complete with Other events of yesteryear with muzzle loaders and
<br /> New Carlisle, Indiana are guides who will point out his- include horse and wheat marksmen clad in buckskin
<br /> turning back the clocks to the torical sites in the area. threashing and old fashioned dress, a horse pulling con-
<br /> Dairy - Sheep - Swine Judging 9:00 a.m. 1880's during their annual Shuttle wagons will also be saw mill demonstrations (10 test, and a street dance.
<br /> Kiddies Day (Midway Opens 3:00 p.m.) Historical Days slated for available to carry visitors be- A.M. to 4 P.M.) and horse Following an all community
<br /> Magic Shows - Clowns - Entertainment For the Kids July 26-28. tween the festival grounds and drawn buggy wagon rides ori- church service at 10:45 a.m.
<br /> The first settlers in the New the downtown area for the old ginating near Olive Elemen- on Sunday, July 28, a com-
<br /> T h u r s d ay, July 25 Carlisle appeared shortly of- fashioned price of a dime. tary School. munity picnic will be held at
<br /> ter the signing of a treaty Some of Friday's special Bourissa Hills Park. The
<br /> Youth Horse Show 9:00 a.m. �/ with the Potawatomis in Oc For the hungry, roast pig, attractions are a turtle race, Historical Days Festival
<br /> Draft Horse Hitch 1:00 P.M. g corn-on-the-cob, home made
<br /> tober of 1826. During the doughnuts and bread, water-
<br /> historical homes bike tours, closes with a communitycho-
<br /> Livestock _,t.�•Ion 7:00 p.m. � ".��; late 1820's and early 1830's, performances by a barber- ral concert on the Jr. High
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<br /> Dan Fleanors ties_ -'�riverS Auto SNOW 8:00 P.M. it seemed that Terre Coupee melon and othershop quartet, a frog jumping School lawn.
<br /> was destined to be the cen- be available during the festi- contest (you need need your In conjunction with theHis-
<br /> F r i d ay, July 26 ter of activity in the North- val• own frog for this one), a band torical Days, Bendix Woods
<br /> west portion of St. Joseph On Friday and Saturday, concert, and a square dance County Park is sponsoring
<br /> County. July 26 and 27, a number of exhibition and public dance. their 1974 Wilderness Old-
<br /> Youth Horse Show 9:00 a.m. Then , the Penn Central nostalgic activities will run One of the highlights of times Festival on Sunday,July
<br /> Tractor Pull 11:00 a.m. Railroad mapped a route south throughout the day. The Hall Friday will be the re-enact- 28.
<br /> Tanya Tucker Show 7 and 9 p .m. Admission of Terre Coupee, through an of Crafts will be set up in ment of the 1843 "Pony Ex- The day features an old
<br /> area known as Bourissa Hill. the Olive Elementary gym press Hold-Up" at the Post fashioned family picnic, de-
<br /> With the coming of the first featuring demonstrations of Office. The original hold-up monstrations of nature skills,
<br /> railroad, Bourissa Hill was glassblowing, weaving, spin- involved the robbery of a nature tour, and a number of
<br /> Saturday, July 2 7 • gradually converted into the rung, eggery, wood turning, $20,000 of government cur- old fashioned games and con-
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<br /> thriving town of New Carlisle. quilting and the like. The rency from a Chicago to De- tests.
<br /> Showmanship Sweepstakes 10:00 a.m. Only one building remains Hall of Crafts will be open troit stagecoach. Themoney, Scheduled events include a
<br /> Pony Hitch and Pony Pull 1:00 p.m. Free Grandstand from the 1830 era, the old from 9 A.M. to 8 P.M. on all silver dollars, was never country bicycle race, a 25
<br /> Demo Derby at 8:00 p.m. Free Parking Hamilton Church located Friday and 9 A.M. to 6 P.M. found and may still be hidden mile bicycle marathon race,
<br /> north of New Carlisle. But, on Saturday. somewhere in the New Car- a bicycle stunts event, and a
<br /> the numerous buildings dat- Historical Home Tours will lisle area. country bicycle tour.
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