Mark Saturday, Sept. 10, to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the Elsmore Ruritan Club.
Activities begin at 10 a.m. at the Elsmore Community Building.
A bake sale will include cornbread, cookies, and various other baked goods. Concession items will include hot dogs, polish sausage, nachos, chili pie, iced tea, canned pop, as well as homemade ice cream.
John Barker with Uncle John’s Backyard Entertainment will provide music throughout the day.
The parade starts at 11 a.m. with a theme of “Elsmore Ruritan Come Grow with Us.”
From 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. lunch is available in the Community Building for $5. A choice of various sandwiches, chips, cookies, and iced tea or water will be available.
A variety of kids games will start at 12:30 on Main Street. Bingo will begin at 1:30 in the Community Building.
The merchant drawing is at 3 p.m. Registration is open during the day and you must be present to win prizes that have been donated courtesy of local businesses and supporters. Tickets will also be sold at $1 apiece for cash prizes of $100, $50, and $25. The free bean feed begins at 4 p.m. People should bring a kettle or table service.
Other activities include a horseshoe pitching contest in the morning, an exotic animal display; cornhole boards will be set up; a baby contest, and a number of silent auction items will be displayed for bidding at the concession stand.
This is the Elsmore Ruritan’s largest fundraiser. Proceeds will go toward a number of projects, including donations to Marmaton Valley school activities, church group activities, college scholarships, Christmas gift bags for school children and seniors, sponsoring Allen County Fair trophies and a dog and cat vaccination clinic. They also assist in food distribution for the Humboldt Ministerial Alliance, as well as provide a second food distribution from various grant funds that we have received. Area families can also be included in holiday food box distributions.
A non-perishable collection box will be at the concession stand for persons wishing to donate.
