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Remember when Do you remember the fair years ago How about years Pages and feature old fall fair pictures taken in the SO How many do you recognize The midway Heft has changed considerably in a quarter of a century One of our nostalgic pictures probably docsn t represent the fair but It was loo good to leave out Besides what a fair without a bevy of bathing beauties Boogie down Mill Main The Fall Fair Parade starting at 12 noon Sal to day from the McKcnzle- Smith School grounds Is always one of the best attended features of the fair and promises to be this year Once upon a time the fair parade was a school children special with decorated buggies bikes The bikes ore still here but they re part of much larger spectacle will be wowing spec la tors along the parade route of Mill and Main Streets Floats from businesses organize t Ions commercial and novelty displays will be flanked by ponies ses clowns and what No parade Is complete without a band and this year marchers will toot to the strains of the Acton Band the Georgetown Girls Pipe Band and the Sandhill Pipe Band Acton Ontario Wednesday September 1980 Supplement to The Acton Press Canadian Champion Milton The Independent Georgetown Fall Fair bigger and better Bigger and Better that seems to be the theme of next week Acton Fall Fair Considered one of the best fairs In Ont and certainly the largest In the Acton Fall Fair will attract of visitors to town September 19 and For years the Fair has provided competition for area formers and en or urban residents Now contestants come from all over Ontario the Stales for the widely acclaimed event Fair president Brian Evans feels all directors need to moke the fair the greatest ever Is three fine days of weather Changes for the fair include a full day program this year the Arabian Horse Show starts at 10 a m A mini boat show takes to the water Saturday ihe tractor pull is now a mini tractor and antique tractor pull and the Canada Packers Quilt Display will be here Changes implemented last year in eluding new pork layout pet show contest will be continued and visitors alike agree more efficient plaining found extra room In Ihe water bound Prospect Pork location of the fair Advance passes are now available for the entire weekend for and can be purchased at any Acton bank Including the Credit Union A bus route will be travelling the streets of at regular Intervals see bus map on back page of the Fair sup plement Sept Town residents are encouraged to use the bus as parking Is very limited and nonexistent within the park on Saturday and Sunday midways are appearing to offer fun and games for all who brave the rides and arcades junior sized rides will be available for small fry The air kicks off Friday with the Arabian horse show commencing at 10 am An opening parade with Acton Band will declare Ihe gates officially open at noon The midway will be fully operational Exhibit hall will be opened for a full view of prize winning baking flower dis plays domestic science exhibits band canned and preserved products Junior exhibits and vegetables The poultry building will be open to show off the many varieties of exotic birds a remarkably colourful display and one of the best shows around The birds will be on display for two days Rabbits take over the building on Sun day At the popular heavy horse pull will take place featuring teams from Quebec and the S as well as many from southern Ontario Over teams are expected tills year The fair will be officially opened by at The annual Variety Show and Miss Ac ton Fall Fair contest will be In full swing by m In the Community Centre This year show will feature The Beauty Spots a dancing duo Captain Bill James magic and mirth The Paul Brothers and Shirley a singing comedy trio the Amazing nicy cling and Juggling Hayes singer Fifteen contestants are expected to enter the wellattended Miss Acton con test Two runners up and one reigning fair queen will be chosen by a panel of judges who Include Judy Welch of the Judy Welch modelling agency film producer and production coowner and Dave Johnson CFGM cou ntry radio disc Jockey The girls will compete for In prize money and numerous girt vouchers and prizes and the winner will be entering the CNE Sweetheart contest next August Last year winner Kathy McGrath will be on hand to crown the winner Saturday morning the fun starts bright and early with the English pony show commencing at a featuring classes for young equestrians and Ihelr hunter At noon the grand parade will move slowly from the middle school grounds down Mill Main streets to the Park One of the biggest fair parades In this year It will include the renowned Acton Citizens Band Georgetown Girls Pipe Band and Sand hill Band Prominent local dignitaries and politicians always a welcome feature The Corlsberg Wagon and Belgian eight horse hitch will attract hundreds of delighted eyes Also included arc a wealth of bicycle riders horses and ponies dozens of floats clowns and other part id pants Children pony gomes and a full fledged will take place Satur day in the English horse ring Light horses will be competing all day on the track and this traditional show Includes harness horses and ponies and draft classes Master Feeds six horse team will be showing Saturday Is beef day with hundreds of fine beet cat lie being shown In addition to the Junior show President Brian Evans reports he expects five herds of belted Galloways to be showing this year Shorthorn herds are even coming from Saskatchewan A model boat show display races will be held on the water both Saturday and Sunday An expected entrants will compete in five classes The event is organized by the Toronto Model Power Boat Club Sheep will be shown Saturday after noon and entries are up this year Always a grand event the baby show starts at 1 p m in the arena Over loo babies expected to compete for silver dollars as well as ribbons Old fiddlers in the Old Tyme Fiddlers Contest will hope to win a portion of the in prize money The contest will begin In arena Saturday Saturday night all who are still walk ing are Invited to attend the Fall Fair dance at the Acton Curling Club dancing to J Wright and his band Sunday the gales open at noon on a wide array of activities Both English and Western senior horse shows will be going on in various rings oil afternoon Rabbits will be judged and shown in the poultry barn Pigs will bo also Judged The mini and antique tractor pull starts at p on the track At the same time the waterboll contest sploshes into being at the rear of park Thcdalryshswwill lake place attract some of Ihe finest Jersey Guernsey Ayrshire and Milking Shor thorn cattle In the province Woolly pets of all shapes and sizes can be seen In Ihe arms of their small owners as they judgedfor the big pet contest will be seen tugging their heart out In the centre of the grounds as teams see who is strongest The Royal City Ambassadors a chorus of barber shop singers from will be entertaining in the arena at 2 As usual there will be food concessions the midway exhibit hall on for all three