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Page 4B - Houston Home Journal Fur Guide, Oct. 6, 1999 Multiple parades highlight Fair days By Torey Jolley Him Joibqm. Snrr __ The Georgia National Fair/Farm Ctty Days Parade Is schaduied for Od 9. The Parry Kiwanis Chd) and be tenth annu al state-sponsored Georgia National Fair are proud to spon sor be parade. This year's theme is 'A Parted Ten.' Executive Director of the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricanter, Mike Froehbch, said,. ‘This year's Grand Marshall is Doug Cagle, Sr. He is president oi Cagle, Inc/ The parade will line up in front oi Perry City Hall at 9 ajn., Saturday, Oct. 9, 1999. The parade begins at 10 ajn. Bill Hafley, Parade Coordinator, said, 'The parade will start an hour earlier this year. This will be better in terms oi traf fic - fairgoers trying to get into the fairgrounds/ sM>eny, GA - E© proud @9 ct to be home 3a rsL to the gL Georgia jjr National iP zLerw Convention fovkiton&C&UMOU/ 101 Genera! Courtney Hodges Blvd., Perry 987-8000 The route takes be parade through downtown Perry on Carroll Street; out General Courtney Hodges Blvd. and through be North Gate of be Georgia National Fairgrounds on Larry Walker Parkway. The parade will continue through the fairgrounds and exit at be East Gate. Tt is about two rteies/ said Hafley, adding be parade mem bers needing to be picked up or divest themselves of instruments, horses, and such could arrange far pick up at be East Gate. Hafley has a keen understand ing of the parade. He has been be parade coordinator for several years. The Kiwanis Club started the parade 20 years ago. We called it be Farm City Days Parade. Ten years ago, we combined wib be Georgia National Fair/ said Halley. He added, *lt was designed to rec ognize and salute be farm and city partnership which contributes to be wealth, strength, growth, and progress of Georgia.* However, Hafley is not the only person putting be parade together. He noted, *fi takes many people. Two people who really are work ing hard on bis project are Emmet Whelchel and Robert Brown. Emmet helps organize the partici pants at be site. Bobert does all the administrative things: letters, jjpxes, calk, and such,* said Hafley. The parade has 40 entries and more are committing to be parade each day. The parade will indude Antique Cars, Model 'A' to !0 bmjiSM mi CB&T Perry * Warner Robins / > * An affiliate of Synovus Financial Corp /(j Y2K/OK Ay A*/ Member FDIC Cars, corvettes, floats from vari ous businesses, trucks, tractors, and bands. The Perry High School marching band and the Pembroke Jr. High Band are scheduled to perform. According to Brown, There will be three unite from Robins Air Force Base, circus acts from be fair- what I am not too sure' The parade is at 10 ajn.