The Maysville Chronicle	May 1985
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Spring Festival Approaching
Money to furnish new gym interior

   The Maysville Athletic Booster Club has finalized plans for the May 24-26 Maysville Spring Festival, an event which is expected to draw the largest crowd ever at any of Maysville’s festivals.
   Festivities actually begin one week before with the Miss Spring Festival Beauty Pageant.  The pageant will be held Friday, May 17, and Saturday, May 18, at 7 o’clock p.m. in the Maysville Elementary School cafeteria.  Any girl age 0-19 from anywhere may participate.  The entry fee is $20.00.
   Girls will be divided into eight divisions.  Each contestant will receive a participant trophy.  Crowns and trophies will be awarded in each division for first, second, third and fourth place.  Forms are available at Maysville Elementary and certain Maysville stores.
      Admission will be $2.00 at the door.  No advance tickets will be sold.  Charlene Roberts from Commerce is directing the pageant.
   The Spring Festival starts Friday, May 24, with vendors setting up booths.  The PTA Cake Walk will begin at 7 p.m.  Over 50 cakes have been donated.   The Northeast Georgia Playboys, a country music band, will perform at the Friday Street Dance from 9-11 p.m.
   Booths will reopen Saturday morning, May 25, at 9 a.m.  A parade down Main Street will begin at 10 a.m. and include pageant winners, marching units, floats, horses, unique automobiles, emergency equipment, prominent local citizens, a gorilla, clowns and more.  The Shriners will not be able to attend.  Ribbons will be awarded by judges.   Music and clogging groups will perform all day Saturday.  Limited seating is available so please bring a lawn chair.   The Saturday Street Dance will begin at 9 p.m.  The band has not been confirmed at this time.  Festivities will end at midnight.
   On Sunday morning, May 26, Maysville churches invite you to worship with them at 10 o’clock.  Booth will reopen at noon.  Gospel singing will last until the festival closes at 6 p.m.  Expected entertainers include Phillip McQueen, Kent Puckett, Walter Swain and Hubert Blalock.  The MES Rainbow Connection Chorus will perform both Saturday and Sunday.
   The entire weekend will feature arts, crafts, flea market and antique booths.  The booth fee is $20.   Although a full carnival could not be booked, pony rides and a moonwalk are expected.   The Maysville Historical Exhibit will be hosted by the Maysville Fish House during the festival.
   Local non-profit organizations will participate by selling candied apples, fried pies, nachos, boiled peanuts, homemade ice cream, snow cones, cotton candy, hamburgers, hot dogs and pastries.  The Maysville Volunteer Fire Department will sell BBQ chicken and pork plates and have announced that it will donate all profit to the gym fund.
   Planning and publicity for the event began six months ago in November.  Committees were then formed to start work on the project.  Maysville community support for the gym has been encouraging.
   Festival Co-Chair Billy Dorsey said the response to the festival is better than anticipated.  “I think the festival will generate about $14,000.00 of the $20,000.00 we need,” Dorsey stated.  Co-Chair Elbert Mabry agrees adding, “This should be our biggest festival ever.”