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Greenville's North Texas Fair sought to improve people's lives

KETR | By John Mark Dempsey
Published September 1, 2014 at 6:00 AM CDT
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Hunt County Historical Commission

Hunt County Historical Commission chairman Carol Taylor says Greenville's North Texas Fair, held on the property now partly occupied by the Greenville YMCA, was a major regional event in the early part of the 20th Century.  The fair sought not just to entertain but to educate, with events such as the "Better Babies Contest."

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John Mark Dempsey
John Mark Dempsey is the host of the public interest program The Blacklands Café from KETR News. Dempsey is also the play-by-play announcer for Commerce Tigers Football on 88.9 FM and on ketr.org.
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