Marquette University - Hilltop Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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n , Wisconsin fore Cows, creom puffs, pigs and polkos had about 805,690 visitors smiling, eating and topping their feet or the Wisconsin Store Foir lost August As usuol, the livestock exhibits and judging and the food booths were the main drows. Horses, cattle, sheep, swine, rabbits, goats and poultry entertained visitors while chockihg Up ribbons for their owners. Every kind of food was sold or the fair, from traditional comivol munchies such 05 cotton candy and com dogs to elaborate Greek, Mexican, German or Chinese dinners. But there was more to do than just talk to the animals and devour condy

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. The wafer seems r0 srrerch our ro rhe end of rhe eorrh, woirihg ro carry peopie r0 rheir dreams. Dreams of an ideal world, a carefree iife. Thick whire smoke rises our of rhe srocis behind rhe Daniel Hoon bridge and disappears in rhe wind. indusrry, roo Close to rhor beoury which remains. The frees ourline rhe landscape of rhe dry, and prorecr rhe loisefronr from rheir confinued advance. Morchbox-sized cars zip by on rhe disronr expressway. E veryone always rushing around. So much ro do, so iirrie rime. The brighr sun makes rhe green worer sparkle. The worer rhor once was clear blue Sailboors biilow 0nd breorhe close ro shore. A fish jumps our, frying r0 escape his slimy world. Bur he soon is made ro rerum, he slaps his side on a small wave in reroiiorion. The speck of 0 large ship quieriy blosrs a welcome signal onirs home A shobbiiy dressed old man curls up on a bench for wormrh, rhe rype of wormrh one needs on a sunny day. Two people srroii by holding hands, glowing smiles reflecring love. A bird flies by, his eyes dorring from land ro sea and back again. He squeaks ond confinues flying. Joggers run safely on rhe porh inside rhe srone barrier, their masochisric pleasures pouring from rheir bodies Soiry crusrs form on rheir suirs A young child giggles 05 his red lsire soars upward e- his dreams - irs long whire roii wriring lerrers in rhe sky. Free and easy . . . Paulo C ousino 19

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offers summer entertainment apples. Foirgoers could partake in polka conresrs, watch fashion shows or frisbee demonstrations, porricipore in 0 consumer rosre-resring survey, observe vererinory surgical operations or ogle o belly dance revue. Of course, no fair is complete wirhour music. Grondsrond shows included Rick Springfield, Alobomo, Wayne Newton, Joon Jen end the Blockheorrs, Ronnie Milsop and the Oak Ridge Boys, rhe Beach Boys, Willie Nelson, Eddie Robbirr, Air Supply, rhe Marshall Tucker Bonk and the Doobie Brorhers. Orher bonds appearing on smaller sroges included Sweer Cheeks, Bursr, Side Winders, rhe Brirons and Elvis impersonator Tom Green. Foirgoers had 0 chance to show off rheir skills or rhe many conresrs held each day. Visitors could enrer mud wresrling or wrisr wresrling contests, 0 cake decorating contest, 0 'prerry Iegs' conresr for senior cirizens, weighr lifting conresrs, 0 celebrity lookalike contest, a fiddling contesr 0nd 0 M5. and Mr. Wisconsin Srore Foir conresr. The midway offered irs own brand of contesr, rhe ross-rhe-ring-oround-rhe-borrle voriery. Drover visitors could also take 0 chance on rhe rides. Yourh groups displayed educorionol exhibits promoring rheir producrs. One opple former even baked o 1,000-piece pie promoring his brand of apple. The shores of Lake Michigan ogoin provided the backdrop for Summerfesr '62, though visitors to the 12-day fesrivol saw some changes Music and comedy sroges were enlarged and the carnival oreo dropped completely. Bur cold, roiny weorher during most of the festival kept mony visirors away and Summerfesr onendonce was down according r0 Summerfesr public relorionsh