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L. Y. Ballentine presenting checks to winners in development association community contests

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Title:
L. Y. Ballentine presenting checks to winners in development association community contests
Description:
Transcribed from back: Commissioner L. Y. Ballentine presenting $250 check to first place winner in the rural, non-farm division of the N. W. N. C. Development Association annual community contest at annual Awards banquet held in Elkin, December 5 at YMCA. Other winners receiving their $250 first place awards are left to right: Mrs. Paul Windsor representing Windsor's Crossroads Community, Yadkin County, winner in farming division; Ballentine; Mrs. Eugene Sloop, representing Jefferson and West Jefferson, Ashe County, winner in smaller cities, towns, and villages division; and Gene Pratt, President of the Vienna Community in Forsyth County, winner in rural, non-farm division.
Topics:
Community and Extension
People
Subjects:
Agriculture -- North Carolina
Awards
Dinners and dining
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Item identifier:
ua023_007-007-bx0021-007-019
Created Date:
circa
Names:
Ballentine, L. Y. (Lynton Yates), 1899-1964 more info on Ballentine, L. Y. (Lynton Yates), 1899-1964 
Location:
Elkin (N.C.)
Digital Project:
University Archives Photographs