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Show JsNVxy - ;:-"Vi""l"-",lk4"-MW iWII.LIII-M. MWWIUim-IIWIIUIIlHIIW.IIIMMM W'lllll WWII WIIWIWtlrfiHIWI . a ... v. . , , P1 . 1 f f djf I1H1II.J , 1 kr .,1 - ;, ,.,, ,,-. - ,,.,,, , GETTING READY By ROSELYN KIRK 'if dtPainting and fixing up tjiildings and yards at the I .wis County Fair Grounds at Mgoon began early in June, "10 months prior to the opening open-ing of the fair on August 18. C0IEDWIN Rogers, Davis unty Fair manager, says eparing for the fair is about six months process, though the 15 member fair Jard met about eight times a ar Mr. Rogers said, "We ,n't do much past October sd then things start to pick up , irApril." ,l!(At present, Mr. Rogers, ;M3ng with four or five trustees 'r jom the county jail, is lllrrking to repair the county n med barn where horses have Jnjewed away part of the stalls ie iring the winter. They are . "placing 600 linear feet of 'jfiod in the eight stalls in the kms- 'Fn ADDITION, the workmen ! S cleaning up and readying children's barnyard area, "is area is one of the big at-5 at-5 "ictions of the fair, Mr. John-mh John-mh said. A mother and young ,'hm many kinds of animal lnEoups are borrowed from ?rmers and are on exhibit, erything from a mother hen id chicks to a large Clydes-frule Clydes-frule mare and foal are on lr.splay. nrThe barns and buildings in ore barnyard areas will be ed: painted light blue this year, Mr. Rogers said. For the past several years they have been painted red, white and blue in honor of the Bicentennial. ABOUT a month before the fair, the county will take over the big barn owned by Lagoon Corp., but loaned to the county for the fair. Here the commercial commer-cial exhibitors, arts and crafts, and vegetable and fruit exhibits will be housed. In spite of the drought, Mr. Rogers expects the fruit and vegetable exhibits to be good. "This may be one of our biggest big-gest years for produce entries. Things look good. People are learning to live with less water." Ralph Nolan Evans, Sunset, is the department chairman in the field crops, vegetables and horticulture area. IN ALL, about 4500 exhibitors exhibi-tors will participate in the fair, Mr. Rogers estimates. Areas of participation will range from a barbershop quartet contest to quarterhouse and Halter Horse Shows. One of the unusual events incorporated in the fair last year and planned to be continued con-tinued this year is a hypnotist and ventriloquest act performed per-formed by Doug Kearsley of Syracuse. The stage for this act is the grassy area behind the fair office. OTHER unusual events Helping with painting at the Davis County Fair Grounds are Cliff Rowe and Buy Boyer. scheduled are a pie and watermelon water-melon eating contest, a fiddle exhibition and fiddling bee held on the green at Pioneer Village, a nail driving contest, and a tractor driving contest. According to Betty Fisher, Farmington, publicity director direc-tor for the fair, the fair began about 50 years ago during the 1920's. The fair was held at several places throughout the county and in 1948 was held at one of the boweries at Lagoon. MRS. Fisher said at that time the fair was mostly a display of canned goods and 4-H products. Then the fair was moved to Davis High where the displays were exhibited in the gym. In the 5Ws the horse and livestock events were initiated and held at the Davis High stadium. It was during the 1950 s that the county bought land from Lagoon and built the grandstand grand-stand and improved the race track. Now the animal area is one of the big parts of the fair with Dan and Jan Campbell, Farmington, in charge of the horse events and Nile Carlson, West Point, chairman of the livestock events. THE ALL Breed Halter show on Saturday, Aug. 20 will be supervised by Mrs. Lori Sides, Farmington. The All Breeds Performance Show on Thursday, Thurs-day, Aug. 18 is under the direction of Vic Adams, Cen-terville. Cen-terville. The Home Arts events, supervised by Luella Byram, South Weber, are judged by the Utah State University Home Agents, under the direction of Dorthy Hansen. In the agricultural area all agriculture and crops are judged by the USU Extension agents under the direction of Darrell Stokes. THREE queen contests are sponsored by directors of the fair. On Saturday, Aug. 13, the Miss Davis County Queen Contest, Con-test, under the direction of Re-ta Re-ta Felt, Fruit Heights, will be held to choose the Davis County girt who will reign over tne lair. Many cities in Davis County send girls to the contest con-test who compete for the title. In addition, two rodeo queen contests are sponsored under the direction of Noelene Evans. Youth activities at the fair, including FFA and 4-H show at Davis Stadium and a Junior Rodeo on Thursday are under the direction of Lloyd Smith, Syracuse, and Norma Dalton, Sunset. Senior Citizens Ci-tizens activities are headed bv A. W. Reynolds, Clearfield. MR. ROGERS said the fair budget for this year is $20,000 as opposed to $37,000 last year which was spent on the Bicentennial Bicen-tennial Fair. In an effort to cut down expenses Mr. Rogers worked out an arrangement with the Davis County Sheriff's office to use trustees from the jail to supply the labor. The trustees were interviewed inter-viewed under the direction of Chief Deputy Jan Cunningham and work with Mr. Rogers, "I've been very pleased with the arrangement," he said. MR. ROGERS, a graphic teacher at Clearfield High School, has been the fair manager for five years. He is also a city councilman in Sunset. |