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Orono Weekly Times, 30 Sep 1948, p. 3

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L~ÂL , *,,, 1.Photo by Fu-O-'pep photographer Open,ýing the Fair'. at Elm-ira 1tis vyer îsis te Elm-ira Veteran's Band. For the-first i tit ail 1nCorpocratýed thie jerseyCatearh Show- which had 194 to-n-otch entries. Atogether tliis wý,as conlsidered to h h besleOf aya with reco-rd attendances'and very finie entertain- mernt supplied by the Conklin-i-Sim.inonds' Show. FirTimne Ilighlilghts, Dy the Fuï-O-Pep Reporter Vour Fl1-O-Plep reporter regrets lack of space tu dualt fuv,Vtt ih2ai the interesýtincg and 1instructive f ea- tures observeýd at the fati fairs covered this e. Milverton-MAliveýrton it airlhad the ffinest baby show webave seeni for soetisue. Rgstr nurses votuinteereid to iudge- the shlow and over thirty tolddlers were ecntered. The Littie German l, Band, in, at- tnacpuit on a spîited a11C .entertaiing Shloyv, and a-n equa]ly epirited perf-ormance was put on Iby the wmn who Showed fin-e sports- mnanisiip ini the "Cow Cailing Con-. t est.", The inost interesting of the horse Photo by Fui-O-Pop Photographer Among t he Mocst Ex-cin-.g Events at the fair w7a s thie knoc-(k-.down-and-out event. This always suipplies plenty\ of hrl, vth the riders taking some danglerous spilis. Shown above is Robert Mcrlof Woodstock, qaiyn as a finaIist in one of thoe arly heats. show evenlts this year was theHeavy Class. For omce the sturdy "draft- ers" got their fuit shiaro jf attenïtion. The main attractinlat the cattie show seemed to be the Bt1ack and Whites and there were many sien .did enltries. Aylmer-1î, keepinýg ith th.e re- . cords estab1isheid byý other Fairs this year Aylmerci Fair, openied by F.C. m e'ni b e r, Fletcheri Thomnas, had . 4 N '" . scveýra1 records 'to bc proud of. . ~"~ *.~~.. More Icattle Nwere shown ithian îrr any previouis ycar; (thecre was a .y; day each, for thie Holstein, Aýyrshire ' . and jersey cIasses, with 151 entries ' ..,, in Htotsteins atone>. In one class of .A0<. hogs, there were more entries than . ...... .... ..... in ait classes last year. ............ -, i Young Con-testant Wins Close Decisio r'noto by Fut-O-Pep Phiotographer ,~-Yar-ld acer, Mir. Alex Belore, of Elmira, is shown with h~is twon-ty-first racing horse- .1He bas outlived tey of thomi. Best horse of thie 1,1he says, was hlis fam-ous Doctor Boe, with1 whiom hoi st-arted 28 races Ili 1922,.Iii that year he,- won. 22 anda wats nyrout of the mroney, tkn in over $3>000O in prizes. A vacing man. for thirty years, Mr. Belore is niot one to talk about "tho good ol daysý". He says that horses are xnuch the Saine imow as d,1ieu.ý The records set today are Y-tainly possible, he, believe"S, because of the 'improved tracks. His oxperienrce with thedriersis thlat they are ail good chapsad especially thle ycimg ones of tQday. t is îietresting to notc that lie heat a Roodý manv of thei(m i the 2.28 class and wohis becat bands P'hoto by Ful-O-Pep Photographer First Prize Wïinner in thie 1-year, 18-month-old class, is Dale Foyý of Aylmier. W ith him is his protid mother, MrF, Kai Foy. Phioto by Ful-O-Pep Photographer Soups On! This three-wveek-old litter of thiorouighblred Yý-ork- sbires are o-wnod by Sidney Humphriiey, of Aylmier. -Mr. Humii- phireyv is ain old courtt',ry mian 'froji. Essex. Weighing-in for the MI-ilverton Baby Show, i§ 11-i:moithi-oid Blli iller shown abole\c vo ith bis biand on the wecigbits. Billi s, nohris a Scottish) war bride., N N N N N N N N N N N s AN A, 'A, N N N N 'N N N N N N N 'N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N 'N N

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