Show J. J v. I Women Suc Successful S State tate Fair Fair I Secretaries d' d vI v- v I ks w S. S L ek I Ig t 4 iV I i j i z w Women secretaries and managers of state stae fairs ald exp expositions are numerous Among the most widely known are re Mrs Eva J. J Swartz center West Virginia Mrs Ethel Murray Simonds left Oklahoma Okla Okla- upper homa lelia Lena C. C Miss Neer Mabel Georgia 1 L. L SUre upper upper right Miss Mississippi Mrs Ella S. S Wilson lower left Oregon and Miss Working Wonders Says International Fair S Secretary OKLAHOMA IA CITY CITY AP The AP-The The position of fair secretary or manager manager manager man man- ager usually Is thougHt of as amans amans a amans mans man's job but many w women men are serving In that capacity In various parts of the United States Ralph T. T se secretary of the International Association of Fairs and Expositions ons sas they are working wonders Outstanding because of their long tenure of office or the importance tance of ot the fairs fair of ot which they are secretaries are Miss 1 Mabel 1 L L. SUre of the Mississippi Sta State e fair at Jackson Mrs Ella Elia S. S Wilson of the Oregon State fair at Salem Mrs Ethel Murray 1 Simonds Tulsa State fair fall in Oklahoma Mrs Eva 1 J. J SwArtz West rest Virginia State fair at Wheeling and Miss 1 Leila LeUa C C. Neer Georgia Georgi State lair fair at Savan nah nali In addition several Important county and district fairs tailS throughout through through- out the United States have hav wl women m n secretaries Included In this list Is the Ozark District fair at Ca Carthage thai Mo under the direction of Miss Emma Knell Longest In point of or service as secretary manager of ot a a. state fallis fairis fair fall fairis is Miss SUre who has has' been acting in that capacity since 1915 InS In months months' of ot the i ear car when tall fair duties are not preeminent Miss SUre is manager of ot the municipal audi audI- audItorium auditorium auditorium at Jackson Mrs Simonds left lert a a. small Missouri Mis c college lI ge In 1908 and st started work in the office of ot the Missouri i State fair at Sed Sedalla Il lia It was only a few fen years yeal'S until livestock exhibitors exhibitors- horsemen and concessionaires all over the United States knew Ethel Murray assistant assistant assist assist- ant secretary of the Missouri 1 State fair In 1916 the Oklahoma Free FreeState FreeState FreeState State t fair Ir at need needed d a. a manager and sh she was selected She stayed there thele eight eight- years jears e rs with with the exception of of two years e ri when 1 she returned to Missouri uri and married married mar mar- ried ned Dr Ay Yo W. W Simonds During those eight years ears the Oklahoma Tree Free State State- fair became one of Oklahoma's Oklahoma's Okla Okla- homas homa's two big bg expositions In 1925 when Tul Tul-a Tul a the oh oil city wanted a fair Mrs 1 Simonds organ organized it and has and has lIas been bezi at the helm since All but two VO o of 01 the permanent permanent permanent perma perma- nent buildings on the he Tulsa grounds have been built under inder nd r. r h her hr r regime This c ear r from eighteen states was wag exhibited Mrs Irs Wilson 11 has s been with the thc Oregon fair fall In some capacity for fourteen years She has seen seeri it in increase in- in increase crease from a small exposition to toone toone toone one of the best in the northwest Mrs Swartz has been secret secretary ry of ot the West Vest Virginia State fair since July 1 1 She succeeded succeed d her late husband Bert Swartz for many years ears a a. prominent figure e in sn n fair circles Miss Neer was the first office secretary secretary- of ot the Sav Savannah annah fair when hen hert it was n as organized d in 1920 as ashe ashe the he exposition Several ye years rs ago ago the State Ab f cultUre society designated d' d the tho Savannah Sa Sa- Sa vannah t fair tl the e 0 State f fair lr ir Pennsylvania as v v a given Its first woman secretary last l st winter wh when n Miss l Kathryn a hrYn KI ech wa was cle elected ted o lo to that position at the New Nw Castle Costle fall fair and In mother other pa parts so of the country coun counT try women have been een design designated fed as secretaries s cit of of f fairs fahs hs which do not have bave me In the InternatIonal International Association of ot Fairs a and d' d Ex Ex- positions Many fair managers depe depend d on their assist assistant nt se secretaries s sto to handle vital details of tal fair m management man man- n- n says indicating that women d superintendents superintendents or women members of boards of directors play play- their parts In jn the Hie success success' of ot the majority of ot fairs of ot the United St States tes and Canada T |