Show I I pRESIDENT PREDENT OF FAIR DIRECTORS QUITS J. J G. G McDonald Forced to Resign on Account of III Health r I J J. J G G. McDonald president of ot the board of ot directors of ot tho the Utah State Fair association who vho has served d as ns a member of ot that board for tor the tho past sixteen sixteen six six- teen consecutive c years ears has tendered his r resignation I to Governor Bamberger to take effect Immediately Physicians who have havo h been hren cn In ht attendance attendance attend attend- ance on Mr Ir McDonald during durin his hiI pre present ent illness strongly advised him to to relieve e himself of ot cr c every possible duty ut until his health recuperates The Tho ac accident accident aC- aC early Earh ta last t October when the automobile In which Mr Ir McDonald and his hs family were riding was waR wrecked by bya a n street car near Murray left Mr McDonalds McDonald's McDonalds McDonald's Mc Mc- I Donalds Donald's nervous s system tem in a shattered condition and for Cor several c weeks h he has hns been troubled with a throat thront affliction that t has left him scarcely able to speak above a n. whisper President McDonalds McDonald's term as aR a member of ot the board of directors of or the Utah State Fair association does doeR not expire until 1319 1919 so that he would still havo have two more marc years to servo serve Mr McDonald was wa appointed a n member member member mem mem- ber of or th the state fair hoard board of at dir tor sixteen years ears ago h by Governor Wells and has served as a member of ot the board continuously since that time through th the gubernatorial terms of at Governor r Wells Governor Gutter cutler and I Go erno Governor Spry I One of r the most mot Important moves In Inaugurated inaugurated in- in I b by President Pre McDonald during during dur flur- In-I In ing his term of office Is If the proposition to change the late date of the tho state fair to toa toa I In a n time when the weather will be more advantageous for tor the success of f the I attendance nt nl th the fair I During President McDonalds McDonald's s 's incumbency Incumbency benc bency politics have o been n t kept ept strictly apart from the state stat fair fail board hoard and i ilie ith th the lie membership of the tho board has hus been almost divided between bet Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- and Republicans In Tn retiring from rom the board of ot II- II di III rectors President McDonald 1 predicts a splendid future for Utah's state fair tall Speaking of or this la last t night he said In retiring from Crom the board of di directors dl dl- rectors of the Utah State Fair association asso asso- I asso-I elation I desire to extend mv my sincere h cere I I thanks to the directors who O worked with me nie so o conscientiously during the past last sixteen years Not Nut only do I wish to extend m my appreciation to the directors director of or the tho State Fair Fall association itself but I should liko to sa say a a word of or thanks to the scores of or executives In charge of or Utah's Utah industries who have havo operated co-operated so whole heartedly in snaking making Utah state fairs a v success and In helping helpin to I build them up I have made man many close personal friends amon among exhibitors at I 1 Utah's state fairs and I am sincerely I grateful for Cor Corth th thaIr lr support and n assist assist- I ance J President McDonalds McDonald's physicians and and I bu business associates believe It will be boi necessary for Cor him to spend an extended period In a wanner climate until he i fully recuperates as It has haR been practically practically j I Impossible for him to attend to his private business for Cor some weeks I past I |