Dallas Co., TX - Dallas Morning News 20 Sept 1935 ****************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Robert Bennett USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ****************************************************** The Dallas Morning News 20 Sept 1935 Queen Mildred Crowned; Dolls on Parade to Be Held Friday Night Special to The News. MESQUITE, Texas, Sept. 19. -- All fashioned from a large cedar tree, which he obtained from Cedar Hill, Dallas County, a bed, two chests and a casket made by J. A. Dowdy, 87, who lives a mile east of Kleberg, form an interesting exhibit at the Mesquite Community Fair, which opened Thursday afternoon. Mr. Dowdy expects to be buried in the casket, which was lined with satin by a daughter-in-law. Another interesting exhibit, furnished by the Citizens' Conservation Corps camp at Mesquite, deals with the United States Department of Agriculture's soil conservation service. Three miniature farm models, that of Bedford Galloway at Mesquite and two others at Temple, are shown, with the effect of erosion control brought out. Coronation of Queen Mildred of the House of McDaniel was held Thursday night, with Harvey J. Davis, secretary of the Mesquite Fair, officiating. Felton Humphreys Jr. was crown-bearer and Margaret Ann Galloway was train bearer. "Dolls on Parade," with children from 3 to 6 years old participating, will be held Friday night. This will be a high point of the exposition. The fair will continue through Saturday night. Charles E. Turner, former Mayor of Dallas, spoke Thursday, officially opening the fair. A parade by the Mesquite school band preceded his address. Attending the queen were the following princesses: Helen Livesay, Elam; Josephine Terry, Edwards; Anita Love Jobson, Mesquite; Hallie Cooper, Pleasant Mound; Doris Sanders, Pleasant Grove; Virginia Lemaster, Tripp; Kathryn Conway, New Hope; Viola Lewis, Long Creek; Winnie Thedford, Seagoville; Edna Walton, Kleberg; Helen McElroy, Scyene; Exa Dean, Murphy; Grace Gillean, Balch Springs, and Lillian Bennett, Lawson. Music at night was furnished by the Mesquite band and the Chuck Wagon Gang, radio entertainers. Agricultural exhibits represent the following communities: Murphy, Edwards, New Hope, Scyene, Balch Springs, Rylie and Lawson. Eighteen commercial booths are housed in a building on the west side of the square.