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NEWT GINGRICH FOR CONGRESS
High Life-Comment
West Georgia Fair Passes Till Next Season
BY DAVID
WILLINGHAM
This reporter got a taste of the
high life last Saturday night when
he visited the West Georgia fair
We, meaning two friends and
myself, made the short trip to the
fairgrounds to spend a fun-filled
Saturday evening touring Carroll
county’s version of that great
American institution, the county
fair.
The grounds, located just
outside of town near Lake
Carroll, were somewhat smaller
than one would expect. In fact, it
was possible to take two or three
complete tours of the fair’s entire
area without becoming
moderately tired. The grounds
were small, but every available
inch of space was covered with
exhibits, rides, or the ever
popular “try your luck’’ games
which are a staple of county fairs
everywhere.
Upon arriving at the fair we
were immediately confronted
with a one dollar admission
charge. This seemed strange, for
we couldn’t recall paying ad
mission to a fair before, but we
put down our money and went in
Just inside the gate were a
number of commercial and
political exhibits which were
viewed with casual interest and
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passed quickly by. Beyond these
first exhibits, the “real” fair
began.
The West Georgia Fair’s
midway was little different from
any other fair’s midway, only
smaller. A broad concrete path
ran from the main entrance in a
large circle around the
fairgrounds and deposited fun
seekers back at the combination
entrance-exit which was the
center of the fair’s entertainment
district. This path was bordered
on both sides by a multitude of
hot dog stands and the previously
mentioned “try your luck”
booths.
Wading though a sea of trash,
debris, discarded candy wrap
pers and popcorn boxes, we
followed the circular path
through the center of the fair,
stopping occasionally at one of
the different gaming booths. The
fair offered many ways for a
person to risk 50 cents in an effort
to obtain a stuffed bear, snake, or
another “grand’’ prize. There
were the usual baseball-throwing
and basketball-shootings, and
“duck pulls,” where you grab a
plastic duck out of a pool of water
and win whatever prize is written
on its underside.
One of the more popular
exhibits seemed to be the
“dunking booth” where people
paid 25 for the chance to throw
three baseballs in an attempt to
dunk a person suspended above a
tank of water. When we passed,
there was quite a competition
going on between a gentleman
from Bowdon and one from Mt.
Zion, with each man trying to
uphold the honor of his respective
town.
At the very center of the fair,
inside the concrete path, was the
James Drew exposition.
Seemingly a standard feature at
every fair since the creation, the
Drew exposition offered the
daring a wide variety of wicked
looking rides designed to contort,
mangle, and upset the human
body. A few of the rides looked
particularly vicious, and the
patrons of these almost in
variably left them with white
faces and shaking hands.
In all fairness, though, the
Drew exposition was a nearly
indispensible item and the fair
surely would have been the lesser
without it.
On the far side of the
fairgrounds lay the girlie shows.
Designed specifically to exploit
women, these exhibits, there
were two of them, featured shows
in which authentic hootchie-
Fall quarter has returned
bringing with it one of the most
basic human drives, the food
urge. Not that people don’t eat at
other times of the year, but for
some reason, the feeding cycle of
humans, and college students in
particular, takes on a certain air
of urgency during the fall.
No longer can the indolent
youth of summer depend upon his
home for proper care and
feeding. Trapped in a cold dor
mitory or trailer park, the fall
quarter student may soon find
quiet desperation, along with
considerable hunger pains,
gnawing at his insides. Even the
hardy few who survived summer
quarter here will discover that a
six-pack of Ballantine’s and a
handful of Slim Jims are no
longer adequate for meals during
the cold season at West Georgia.
In an effort to combat this
middle class starvation, many
West Georgia students are
discovering how to eat well
without becoming wholly
dependent upon the mercy of
local burger joints. In short,
students are learning to cook.
With meals ranging from humble
cans of Beef-A-Roni to strange
and exotic seven course Balkan
dinners. Carrollton scholars are
finding out how to fend for
themselves in the battle against
malnutrition.
Presented below are several
different meal ideas. Assuming
that you are not an accomplished
French chef, most of the foods
listed are very simple to prepare,
but very good to eat.
An all-time favorite for the
haphazard cook has to be chili.
Although you may be industrious
enough to make genuine chili con
carne from scratch, the canned
varieties, when doctored up a
little, can be quite edible. Always
start with a good canned chili like
Hormel or Gerbhart’s. The
bargain brands are cheaper, of
course, but there’s something
downright unappetizing about the
large hunks of fatty dead cow
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kootchie girls were guaranteed to
“go all the way”; whatever that
meant. At regular intervals an
announcer would appear from
behind the mysteriously closed
doors of the show’s trailer,
followed by two or three tired
looking, not-so-pretty dancing
girls The girls would stand
listlessly about while the an
nouncer would extol the
pleasures to be had by watching
these beauties “perform” inside
the trailer.
The appearance of the girls
rarely failed to produce a stream
of red-blooded American males
paying one dollar each to see the
show. We regretfully had to pass
this exhibit up, because none of
us seemed to have the price of
admission
We finally left the fair late that
night, thinking that it had been
quite an experience. The fair is
over for this year,
Saturday was the last night, but
as sure as the seasons it will
come again. If you missed the
West Georgia fair this year you
missed a golden opportunity to
see nearly every type of person
imaginable in Carroll county.
They all come to the fair. Feel
sorry for yourself, but not too
sorry, and make plans to go next
year
around in these inexpensive
varieties.
Once you have bought the chili,
making it palatable is a simple
process. Merely open the can,
dump the contents into a
medium-sized sauce pan, and
allow it to simmer away at a low
heat for several minutes, stirring
it whenever you think it might be
burning. Please note that you
should cook the chili at low heat
only. Higher temperatures mav
make it cook faster, but taste
suffers considerably.
While the chili is bubbling
away, stir in most any spices
short of the Dog-Yums that you
happen to have lying around. Put
in anything you can stomach.
Ketchup, mustard, and barbeque
sauce are always good Chopped
onion, fried weiners or hot
Italian peppers . will do mir
aculous things for your simple
can of chili. Just remember to
stir any additions in well before
removing the pan from the stove.
Serve the chili with a handful of
crackers or potato chips crum
bled in the center. It’s messy but
good. Eating hot chili is also a
good excuse to drink six or eight
cans of cold beer
Another beer-drinking favorite
is frozen pizza. Fixing one of the
many varieties of these, Totino s
is one of the best, is as simple as
placing it in the oven for some ten
or twelve minutes. More flavor
can be acquired by adding extra
cheese, there never seems to be
enough, or additional meat,
green olives, etc. Pizza also goes
good with beer, or, if you’re
trying to impress your dinner
companion, serve a bottle of
Boones Farm or Swiss Colony
Chianti, depending on how high
class he or she is.
One of the simpler dishes for
the casual cook is a T. V. dinner.
Nearly any semi-inept person can
prepare one of these, as it
merely requires heating in the
oven. Of course, T. V. dinners
take a fairly long time to fix,
about 30 minutes. There is
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