By Madelon Joyce Rosen
The sky was blue and clear; the sun's rays beat down upon the Greenway. As far as. the eye could . see, communHy groups' booths dotted along the northern part of the Greenway .. Walking. through. the crowd, you cauld hear familiar voices hawking their goods or urging people to stop and partake of
delectable foods. There were old clothl:!s.~ndantique jewelry, and han~..n1a~e artifacts ... by the ceran1ic and the woodworkdubs. For those people with a more active bent, there were crab races sponsored by the Anglers Club and · · assorted games • of chance. For. the kids there was the moonwalk and the giant sliding pond.
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There was a . hodgepodge of ethnic foods for those w.ith a hearty appetite . . and . I • do mean hearty. curried goat's. meat to arroz con pollo to. rice and beans to kosher frankfurters, onewas guaranteed to satisfy one's palate. · There were a .few exhibits · oï paintings for art • lovers and assorted "chaehkas" and bric-abrac could be found, throughout the Fair. Certainly one of the. highlights had to be thé celebrity cow . and calf, here courtesy of Diarylea and the Baychestér Consumers Society. In an exclusive interview with this . Co-op City Times reporter, the cow < who .has been on the Johnny Carson· Show) claimed that ''Co-op City . is a very impressive place. Before this, when I thought of the Bronx I always thought. of the Bronx Zoo, you See my cousin is there: Now, I will think of Co-op City also." Another highlight was the annual Báychester . Consumers Society Baking Contest. Held at the Dreiser Co-op Market, the judges and participants gathered together for what proved to be an exciting time. Helen · Presser, long considered one of this community's be.st . bakers, managed to win first prize in the < Contimied on page 20)
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