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We had more rain this week. The corn is so tall, and Fall is coming fast.
Andy and Erin Johnson and their crew have finished work at South Union Baptist Church. The work included renovating a bathroom, and Erin picked out modern, pretty colors to update the room.
There was no rain on the parade for the Marion County Fair in Palmyra on Saturday. However, Maywood got a very nice rain during that same time. Many people participated in the parade with their 4-H clubs, churches, horses, and other groups, and Ruthie Carpenter Kiehl, Carrie Blickhan, and Emily Goellner with the Miss Marion County Fair pageant invited former Miss Marion County Fair queens to participate in the parade and a Friday night reception in honor of 40 years of the pageant. Rachel Shepherd attended the reception and parade and enjoyed reminiscing about the 1988 Fair. Thank you to the ladies with the Pageant for hosting such nice events, and congratulations to the new Miss Marion County Fair, Ashley Bode!
I enjoyed the sweet corn Rachel brought home from the parade from George Allen and Ann Keller. Fresh sweet corn is one of the best things about hot July summers!
More than 100 children in Marion County 4-H clubs brought their projects to the Sesqui Building in Palmyra to be judged on Sunday. Thank you to the many volunteers who organized and judged such a great event. My grandsons enjoyed showing off their posters, woodworking, and cooking. Jacob made one of my mother’s cookie recipes and included a copy of her recipe card in his exhibit. He never got to meet her, but he has heard many stories about how much she loved children and baking!
I have several memories of 4-H and county fairs growing up. A few times, my dad and mom took our family to the carnival on Main Street in Palmyra. My favorite ride then was the Tilt-A-Whirl, but I don’t think I could handle it today! In elementary school, I enjoyed square dancing with other area 4-H clubs, like Walnut Grove. Mrs. Bradshaw would come to our school and teach us square dances, and we had special square dancing outfits that were red wool boleros, red skirts, and white blouses. When I was older, I took a sewing 4-H project class from Mrs. Stewart. We made wrist pin cushions that had real hair from a salon in Ewing. I thought it was disgusting. I also made a dirndl skirt out of a purple and orange plaid chicken feed sack. I wore it at the fashion show for the Fair and never wore it again. Luckily, my mother did not make me sign up for any more sewing projects!
“I regard the 4-H work the most important and significant development in agriculture in recent years.” – Frank O. Lowden, Governor of Illinois, 1927
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