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Manheim Farm Show tradition marking 50th year
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In preparing for this coming week's 50th Manheim Community Farm
Show, Jay Mylin dug up some historical items from the early years of
the event.
The president of the farm show stumbled across a copy of the very
first program.
Inside the cover was a letter written by one of the farm show's
founders and first presidents, Joe McGahen.
"It shared the founders' dreams that the farm show would stay an
agricultural show and not become a carnival-type fair," Mylin said.
"It also sa...
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