MITCHELL ADVOCATE APPRECIATING YESTERYEAR Mitchells fall fair from ° acentury ago CINDY J. SINKO They were: TS. Ford & Co., Prueter : Sons. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2024 7 FALL FAIR 23rd-24th, 1924 fea het sviemie " Pamat tit Conover doaty Siew STRATFORD-PERTH ARCHIVES a eae the late: t An lany communities in Perth Ae in ladies’ clothing. George County hold fall fairs each year. Ratz and Son had an exhibit of edition of the Mitchell Advocate: n agricultural societies and stoves and P. Scott Barr had pianos “Mitchell Annual Fair - Great rg totry and any prizes Crowds Looked Ba = a itries d year’s event. Look- in the diff Numerous and Vari ing back, the Mitchell Fall Fair The manne Fall Taibition, held HELE categories. Some of the winners di Sept. 23 and 24 in 1924. There was something for everyone. The flo- ral exhibit was the largest in years and had many varieties of flowers. The schools, Women’s Institutes, babies, and lots of animals got in on the act as well. According to the book, A Fair Legacy, by Dean Robinson, in 1924, “the directors had erected outdoor hog pens. They also introduced a acompeti- ys at S.S. No. 6 Logan, S.S. No. 2 Hib- bert, and S.S. No. 5 Fullarton who unde’ f the Fullar- ton, Toa and Hibbert Agricul- tural Society, i is atits height as the par- ticipating in the parade. Some of the Livestock Winners were: Span heavy horses—Dickson Brothers, 100d; J.C. Costello, Monkton; Mrs. P. Davidson, Listowel; Mrs. E.Paghtar St Marys; The Goulet’ Wom first a tion in which fee to judge heavy horses, bacon hogs, dairy cattle, and beef cattle. It Jape Stan aauicatioiall fortheir display of cooking, fruit vegetables, and flowers, with ae ell Insti A 5 Tuesday morning ‘the sun shone rightly and the air was clear and cool following a light frost, the first of the season, during the night, all going to make a fall fair seasonable i ng the Mitchell Fall Fair from 1924. The work of the president, Mr. George Kemp; the secretary, Mr. H.C. Facey, and Mrs. T.S. Ford, together with the co- one The price ticket: indicate that much money can be saved by. buying your winter clothing and cool weather Sue! from Mitchell Merchant To-day, Se oe the fair will be at its height. Everything is set to make this fair the greatest success ever achieved by the local society. Entries for the several classes in horses, cattle, sheep swine are well filled and keen competition is expected. The special feature of the afternoon will be the speeding events — 2.30 trot or pace, purse $150; 217 trot or pace, purse $150; 2.50 trot or pace, purse $80; running race, purse $80; pony oe pee $10. : of the officers and dire lock sharp, the school lucing that desired recut parade ait line up, headed by and making the fais it the the Market is peering with. Square, and proceed to the park, Tuesday, the first day of the where a wonderful big program will fair, the attraction center be crowded into the afternoon.” inand around the agricultural hall, where the exhibits in fancy work, fine arts, grain and seeds, ae and other products, roots and to remind cit itis time to make preparations for cooler weather. The fair promises to exceed former years in entries and attendance and perhaps the biggest mid-way mn the program.” Several of the local dry-goods merchants had displays that year. Busy 'sy weekend \ STEPHANIE MARTIN What do you get when you com- bine three grandkids, two dogs anda camper? A heck of a good time with an overflow of food, games and fun! For our potential last camping trip (who am I kidding, probably not!), we decided to stay close to home since we had three grandkids booked to stay with us for the weekend. Now these are Cam’s three and they’re older at age 15, 14 and nine, so really ue enough food and coping wit wifi withdrawal. But I’m ‘lighted to say the kids didn’t seem to miss prize. The events of the fair were reported in the Sept. 25, 1924 grounds is attracting attention booths are fruits, domestic etic floral exhibits, ladies’ ‘k, children’s department, and poultry and pets, were on exhibi- tion in ee numbers than at Allin all, it sounds like every- one had a great time at the fair ahundred years ago. Hopefully you were able to make it out to one of the fairs in 2024. Stratford-Perth Archives is open for drop-in research from Tuesday to Friday plus ee times, ers Saturday any p how in Mitchell. For dees please Th too, Aa advan- isit tage of the opp nd bad fordPerth. the h doing a rustling business. a 519-271-0531, ext. 259 or email on display their wares of with grandchildren recharges my battery the wifi much and we had more than enough food. For some reason when you hit the edge of signal drops like we. ra entered another realm..... ink the only panic came from eine who expect an instant reply from me since I’m usually working on my phone, but as I sent green bubble messages instead of texts to let people know things were fine. Two friends were also camp- ing with us, so I guess we had a trailer and an RV and a couple of tents, three kids and two dogs. Maybe I should write a song about the 12 days of camping? The best part was the weather was beautiful. We had some extra grandkiddies show up opening night for a campfire and another for dinner the next night, so corn hole and ring toss tournaments took place ... and, well, let’s just pe didn’t win. assy, my giant Saint Pyre- ie was barky as usual and for some reason she’s extra poorly behaved when we go to Wild- wood, although she was a hit will the little kids that camped around us who wanted to snuggle all 130-lbs. of the fluffy droo- ly pup. Jr, who’s not as managed to get in on some of the action, too. we know we have made new memories and granddaughter Dani made a new friend just two campsites d down who eoineiten: The weekend and yet everyone was See although they had never ear head out and we were all packed before. That was pretty cool! 2 and ready to roll 20 minutes a had planned to detox from too arlier than our required check |, too many s’mores and one So do you know what that ieee of} rest. But there was a huge means? We were early for the week ahead anda busy fall back dump station! Only those with in full swing, scattered, of course, (V's and ith ciate how exciting it is to ko trip to Storybook Gardens with my youre at the front of the line to daughter-in-law Rachel and little fump! y Mr. Declan on my regularly sched- Once we survived the short uled day with grandson Madden. journey home, everyone oe The two cousins will surely keep us moving at completely instantly back on wifi. ne kids loved it and are looking forward to going again next summer and even though it’s lots of work, st definitely be an overload of. faites oven pad Although it’s crazy busy and I’m pooped, I know for sure that a is grand!