Monday, September 05, 2016

MEMORIES OF STATE FAIR 4-H BUILDING

With some exterior work, this WPA building has become quite attractive.  When I worked in it form 1970-77 as the public information specialist for 4-H, it smelled like a toilet inside and was quite dingy and dark.  It was a good time with enthusiastic 4-H staff like Leonard Harkness and Juanita Reed.  

Teens performed from across the state long before we knew “Glee.”  We prepared hometown news releases, copied on a ditto machine and mailed to newspapers in an adjacent trailer.  (The 4-H Building at the Minnesota State Fair. Leila Navidi, State Tribune, Saturday)

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