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Delmarva Chicken Festival giant fry pans assume new roles

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GEORGETOWN, Del. — Though Delmarva Poultry Industry Inc., the non-profit trade association for the region's chicken industry, has ended its sponsorship of the Delmarva Chicken Festival, the giant fry pans that cooked chicken from 1950 to 2014 soon will have new roles in promoting the chicken industry.

The original one-piece fry pan, first used at the 1950 Delmarva Chicken Festival in Dover, Del., and last used in 1987, has been donated to the Georgetown (Delaware) Historical Society for display at the Nutter D. Marvel Carriage Museum.  The museum is home to a collection of historic objects and memorabilia. . .

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